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chisel@piefed.socialto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Why do we keep measuring the value of things with something that constantly loses value over time?English13·4 days agoEveryone used to tie their money to gold. Not anymore.
https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2011/04/27/135604828/why-we-left-the-gold-standard
https://www.stlouisfed.org/open-vault/2017/november/why-us-no-longer-follows-gold-standard
How do nornal people survive? I have the answers!
Power bank stopped charging? Throw it out and buy a newer better one for $15.
Face seal aging? Buy a new one for $25.
Garage door opener not pairing to your fob? Play around with it a little and if that doesn’t work, contact support and make it their problem.
I’d argue it’s faster, cheaper, and easier to solve all of those issues the “normie” way. Maybe with the exception of the garage door. The equipment to do this costs, in some cases, a lot of money and even enthusiasts are unlikely to have the spare parts necessary to do a lot of this stuff just laying around.
Like, in the battery example, the author replaces the actual battery part and just keeps the shell. It’s really not that different from just buying a new one if you’re replacing basically the only part of the gadget. And how many people have a working (I’m guessing) 10k mAh battery just lying around that isn’t already in a powerbank?
Tinkering and fixing stuff like this is a really great hobby. It’s fun, you get to learn new things, play with cool tools, and be less wasteful. However, let’s not pretend like it’s necessary for survival or even the optimal way to handle most situations.
chisel@piefed.socialto politics @lemmy.world•‘No, You Cannot!’ Kristi Noem Denied Bathroom Access at Illinois Government BuildingEnglish45·5 days agoThe government is doing everything about this. It’s literally being done entirely by the government.
If you want the government to be doing the opposite thing about this, the time for action was during the past few elections, before the fascists got control over all three branches. Best the dems can do now is try to lock things up as best they can. Maybe by shutting down the government or something idk.
And OData!
Using 7 chars to represent 8. Now that’s efficiency!
Do you, though? Pi starts 3.141592, but 7/22 starts 3.142857, already wrong by the 4th digit.
chisel@piefed.socialto Technology@lemmy.zip•Signal Protocol and Post-Quantum RatchetsEnglish3·6 days agoAbout time!
chisel@piefed.socialto Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Oklahoma Town Faces 75% Property Tax Hike To Cover Sexual Abuse SettlementEnglish2·7 days agoThat’s pretty common. You garnish their salary, sell off assets, and recover what you can.
chisel@piefed.socialto Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Oklahoma Town Faces 75% Property Tax Hike To Cover Sexual Abuse SettlementEnglish21·8 days agoThe families that sued him and settled for $7.5M were from the community. Did they enable him? What about the children that attend the same school and will now have less funding for their education? Did they enable him? Do they deserve to partake in the punishment?
Make the people that did the offense pay for it.
chisel@piefed.socialto Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Oklahoma Town Faces 75% Property Tax Hike To Cover Sexual Abuse SettlementEnglish135·8 days agoSome coach diddles kids and the families and kids have to pay for it through insane tax hikes and less school funding? In what world does that make sense?
They already put the coach in prison for 15 years and probation for 25 years after that. Why punish the local community too? Yes, the families should be made whole, but not at the expense of objectively innocent tax payers and schoolchildren.
That’s not the bet. It’s a frivolous lawsuit with no chance at succeeding.
They’re either betting that defending it would cost more than $25M, that a bribe will bring them favor, or, more likely, accepting that the cost of doing business in Mein Dönald’s America is to periodically pay large baseless “fines” at the whim of a dementia patient.
chisel@piefed.socialto Not The Onion@lemmy.world•MrBeast defends trapping man in burning building for chance to win $500,000English2612·9 days agoHe trapped a professional stuntman in a burning building with a pyrotechnics crew, multiple fire suppression methods, and a professionally tested saftey system?
Wait until you hear about what Ridley Scott did to Matt Damon on Mars.
chisel@piefed.socialto Not The Onion@lemmy.world•MrBeast defends trapping man in burning building for chance to win $500,000English68·9 days agoTrained professionals with specialized on-site safety crews and kill switches. “But think of the children who will recreate this!” 🙄 Manufactured outrage to cash in on the Mr. Beast hate bandwagon.
chisel@piefed.socialto Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com•Warner Bros Joins Disney In Suing Sling TV For Making Streaming Video Cheaper And More ConvenientEnglish4·9 days agoIt’s not a legal issue. They’d just shut down any accounts doing this. They already detect and shut down account sharing and this is just a variant of that. No law or government intervention necessary.
chisel@piefed.socialto Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com•Warner Bros Joins Disney In Suing Sling TV For Making Streaming Video Cheaper And More ConvenientEnglish50·9 days agoSling couldn’t have asked for a better marketing campaign
chisel@piefed.socialto Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com•Warner Bros Joins Disney In Suing Sling TV For Making Streaming Video Cheaper And More ConvenientEnglish5·9 days agoIt’s certainly breaking TOS, so the country you’re in doesn’t matter.
chisel@piefed.socialto Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com•Warner Bros Joins Disney In Suing Sling TV For Making Streaming Video Cheaper And More ConvenientEnglish6·9 days agoWake me up when Jellyfin does live sports
chisel@piefed.socialto politics @lemmy.world•Mormon Church Shooter Had a Trump Sign Outside His HouseEnglish22·9 days agoThat sign is clearly a paid actor!
Companies are already (questionably) using AI as an excuse for layoffs, and it’ll certainly lead to less new hires.