[-] kingludd@lemmy.basedcount.com 14 points 1 year ago

More likely is a background/credit check service that runs statistical analysis on genetic factors that correlate with late payments or property damage as part of their renter screening service.

[-] kingludd@lemmy.basedcount.com 13 points 1 year ago

Yeah so all shoes were uncomfortable, then I realized my feet are shaped too differently for mass produced shoes. I started making my own on a custom last, and now all my shoes are comfortable. Steep learning curve, though.

[-] kingludd@lemmy.basedcount.com 18 points 1 year ago

Wait, someone paid more than $600 for a fucking concert?

[-] kingludd@lemmy.basedcount.com 13 points 1 year ago

This comment is unacceptable behavior, even if you do disagree with someone. For your sake, I hope this is a phase you'll grow out of. It doesn't show you in a very favorable light.

[-] kingludd@lemmy.basedcount.com 15 points 1 year ago

The bailout system we have now, starting in 2008, is way worse than any reaganomics. Now we just hand them cash and don't even expect it to trickle down.

[-] kingludd@lemmy.basedcount.com 11 points 1 year ago

Try this tool to match a torrent file to its data: https://github.com/JohnDoee/autotorrent

[-] kingludd@lemmy.basedcount.com 38 points 1 year ago

Friends don't let friends drive windows.

[-] kingludd@lemmy.basedcount.com 18 points 1 year ago

Fruit: dehydrate, freeze, or alcoholic fermentantion. Some fruit have special methods, like sulphured apples or bletted medlars.

Vegetables: easiest thing is to pack in brine of 3Tbl per Qt, leave at room temperature or a little cooler for a week before eating. I alway throw in some onion and garlic because I like it that way. Lasts like 6 months at room temperature. Most vegetables have additional special traditional preservation methods, but that fermented pickle in brine works for pretty much all of them.

If you want to be more specific with which foods you need to preserve, I can provide more options.

I'm writing a book on food preservation, ama.

[-] kingludd@lemmy.basedcount.com 18 points 1 year ago

I mean, it's legal under faa part 103...

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So suppose we don't like cars and want to not need them. What are the transportation alternatives for rural areas? Are there viable options?

Edit:

Thank you all for interesting comments. I should certainly have been more specific-- obviously the term "rural" means different things to different people. Most of you assumed commuting; I should have specified that I meant more for hauling bulk groceries, animal feed, hay bales, etc. For that application I really see no alternative to cars, unfortunately. Maybe horse and buggy in a town or village scenrio.

For posterity and any country dwellers who try to ditch cars in the future, here are the suggestions:

Train infrastructure, and busses where trains aren't possible

Park and rides, hopefully with associated bike infrastructure

No real alternative and/or not really a problem at this scale

Bikes, ebikes, dirtbikes

Horse and buggy

Ride share and carpooling

Don't live in the country

Walkable towns and villages

Our greatgrandparents and the amish did it

A lot of you gave similar suggestions, so I won't copy/paste answers, but just respond to a few comments individually.

[-] kingludd@lemmy.basedcount.com 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There has definitely been a renaissance of old school forums since social media started to decline. One advantage to them ia that to bother registering and tracking a separate website for one topic, you'd have to be pretty interested in that topic. So the tiny barrier to entry seems like it promotes deeper discussion and higher quality responses.

Simultaneously, some really cool new forum software has become available with useful and elegant features that the old forums didn't have, but without the attention traps and monetization of the corporate web.

If you have a hobby, look for a forum; you might be surprised at how may have sprung up.

[-] kingludd@lemmy.basedcount.com 14 points 1 year ago

Alpha Centauri.

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