Etterra

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Etterra ,

Gentrification is getting out of hand.

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Not to mention their Governor, who seems to be in a race with FL's Governor for the "evil monster of the century award."

Etterra ,

Well there's at least one example out there of one identical twin committing a crime but since neither would admit it was them, they had to let them go free. I didn't remember if there was a trial or just that they knew they couldn't effectively prosecute them without knowing.

Something like that might be the result here.

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Hey, at least they got paid.

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They'd be better off building a brand new one anyway. With an observation deck, but you have to climb like 5 thousand stairs to get to it.

4ish years ago when I bought a house I was convinced not to get a house inspection, would it be crazy to get one now just to make sure it's all good?

Was 25 and super nervous, so when the realtor was like "oh yeah they just check for basic stuff, but I looked around and it looks great" I was like "Oh okay, this is so astronomically expensive every penny saved is good..."...

Etterra ,

Who convinced you? The owner? F that, always always ALWAYS get an independent inspection.

Etterra ,

Value!

Etterra ,

Why have a thriving community when you can kill the nice and/or helpful ones with a lead pipe and then try to squeeze money out of the remaining morons?

Etterra ,

That's the lab you need to use to research nuclear weapons.

Obscure screw added so appliance cannot be disassembled ( lemmy.world )

Basic blender went bad (motor ran but spindle wasn't rotating). I wanted to disassemble to see if it could be repaired. Three of the four screws were Phillips head. I had to cut the casing open in order to discover why I couldn't unscrew the fourth. It was a slotted spanner.

Etterra ,

I didn't even know that that screw type had its own name until I saw it in another comment, but the first thing I thought was to just do what you said.

Etterra ,

I'll bet her paying simps are really mad that they didn't get a free show. Anybody who pays for porn is a sucker and an idiot lol

Etterra ,

So far I'm mostly unaffected by this. That's probably because I usually internet mostly for niche hobbies and occasionally practical things and shopping. Like apartment hunting, since the industry is too spread out for anybody to get in bed with Google enough to get a big boost up the AI idiocy. Except maybe apartments.com, but that's where I've always ended up anyway even back before Google's enshitification.

Etterra ,

Some smartass drew a penis into the runes for the ritual circle during development by mistake. We tried removing it once we noticed it, but then the whole spell broke so we had to leave it in.

Etterra ,

Orconomics? Is that an economical loop of:

Incite destructive war ⟩ sell the victims supplies to rebuild ⟩ exploit economy ⟩ reach diminishing returns ⟩ incite destructive war

Because buddy, we've been doing that for centuries.

Etterra ,

Oh yeah 9/11 ruined all kinds of things. Seriously I want to be in the timeline that diverged when 9/11 never happened.

Etterra ,

I know it's the wiper fluid spitters, but it looks like the word police is in quotation marks. "POLICE" NATIONALE.

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Alternatively they be like "You got to be hardcore and be willing to put in 18-hour days just like I do!"

Etterra ,

Just because the picture is larger does it mean necessarily that it's clearer. Although it does seem that you've solved the problem in the in this case that isn't the case. But in real life there is no zoom and enhance - You're not getting a license plate number off of a reflection in a screw's head.

Etterra ,

So you make enough money to purchase a luxury boat? Well do I have THE vacation destination for you!

Etterra ,

It works if you pronounce the last word as three syllables. I don't know if that's the correct way to pronounce it, but it is the American way to pronounce it.

Etterra ,

5 works just fine.

Etterra ,

Only if the drainage is really good and keep it to once every two weeks, tops.

Etterra ,

Yeah that's why I buy DVDs if it's something that I actually want to keep. I don't mind streaming as long as you understand that you own nothing.

Etterra ,

Seriously the most useful thing I ever bought for around the house is barely even a gadget. It's literally just a screwdriver where you can flip the tips and the shaft so that it has four tip sizes; two Phillips and two flatheads. Oh and also a tape measure. That tape measure will save you literally all of the headaches when it comes to purchasing furniture. A good socket set of Allen wrenches for assembling set furniture too.

Etterra ,

For me ratcheting is way more important. Trying to get one of those stupid little Allen wrenches to turn in the space you've got to maneuver is oftentimes a pain in the ass, and of course the thing gets tighter to turn with that silly little no leverage piece of crap as you drive it in.

Etterra ,

Jesus fucking Christ what's with those gums? And the face rhinestones? This person is fucking weird.

Microsoft is testing Game Pass ads on the Windows 11 Settings homepage ( www.ghacks.net )

Microsoft's announcement: "We are introducing a new Game Pass recommendation card on the Settings homepage. The Game Pass recommendation card on Settings Homepage will be shown to you if you actively play games on your PC. As a reminder – the Settings homepage will be shown only on the Home and Pro editions of Windows 11 and...

Etterra ,

How about Microsoft goes out back and fucks themselves.

Etterra ,

Honestly if there was a Linux anything that I could just buy and install as easily as Windows, I'd totally be up for it because well I'm not completely tech illiterate, most of my computer knowledge comes from the '90s and early '00s when I was young. All I ever see about it online though is a bunch of conflicting tech speak that I just do not understand.

Etterra ,

I suspect that somebody's smart, with a lot of money and not a lot of scruples (not that it's a factor here, I just hate rich people) is going to scoop them all up and either try to replace the standard, or if Elon is lucky, license it and leave the standard alone. Elon's not that smart though so he probably wouldn't agree to it.

Hello GPT-4o ( openai.com )

GPT-4o (“o” for “omni”) is a step towards much more natural human-computer interaction—it accepts as input any combination of text, audio, and image and generates any combination of text, audio, and image outputs. It can respond to audio inputs in as little as 232 milliseconds, with an average of 320 milliseconds,...

Etterra ,

But can it respond intelligently? Does it actually think to look up information to answer questions? Or does it still hallucinate answers? Because if it does it's still useless for all of the things people seem to think it's good for. We need the idiot proof this damn thing because all of the idiots are using it.

Etterra ,

See I had to put up with a lot of bullying as a kid, and learned a few things along the way, and of course subsequently. If I had a kid, which I don't and don't want, my first approach would be to dig up some dirt on the kids parents to arm my kid with some ammunition for clapback.

If that didn't work I just go down to the school personally and terrify the principal or whatever. Not with threats of physical violence or anything; that's overkill and a good way to get your ass landed in jail. No instead you go down there in a cold rage, a loud voice if necessary, and some very menacing threats to go to both the press and your lawyer.

I'm also a firm believer because of said bullying in teaching said kid self-defense. Actual self-defense not just karate classes. Because while I don't want my kid engaging in violence, I absolutely want him to defend himself if somebody throws a punch at him. Or her; I'm an equal opportunity asshole.

Etterra ,

To be fair, some of these countries have literally no use for them. As an American I can say that we have no business having used for them, that's why the government has to manufacture them, to keep most of the populace scared and point their fear and anger at somebody that's not the government or the wealthy. And yes that's why our government does it, don't let anybody fool you by telling you different.

Etterra ,

Further proof that you didn't need to be smart to succeed on twitch. Especially if you're not a gamer. "Just chatting" my ass.

Etterra , (edited )

Replace the glass cooler doors in the drink section with huge screens that display ads abd obscure the contents, then use a sketchy motion sensor to trigger a delayed screen full of what's probably inside the cooler.

Oh wait nvm, they've already got that.

Mandatorily implanted lenses in your eyes that track your location and collect all the data off everything you see, trading it out over Wi-Fi while downloading ads for your surroundings in real time while simultaneously leaking your private information, telling the government everything, and ratting you out to your employer and insurance company.

But only if it's cheaper than a brain chip that does the same things.

Etterra ,

If it's using AI then it'll suck just as much as friggin Google.

Etterra ,

If only every live service game and technology suffered the same fate. Also p2w.

Etterra ,

What we wanted: a-la-carte channels.

What we got: seven expensive streaming services and they all still somehow have ESPN bullshit.

Etterra ,

The Queen of France called, she suggests that you eat cake.

Etterra ,

Just wait, if civilization and/or human life still exists in a thousand years or so, they'll build one into an orbital ring.

Eh who am I kidding, well be lucky to survive the 21st century.

After announcing increased prices, Spotify to Pay Songwriters About $150 Million Less Next Year ( www.billboard.com )

When Bloomberg reported that Spotify would be upping the cost of its premium subscription from $9.99 to $10.99, and including 15 hours of audiobooks per month in the U.S., the change sounded like a win for songwriters and publishers. Higher subscription prices typically equate to a bump in U.S. mechanical royalties — but not...

Etterra ,

Sounds about right. I remember when it was the RIAA. This is just more proof that time is a hamster wheel.

Etterra ,

Oh wow financial incentives work? Who'd've thunk it.

Etterra ,

Eh humanity had a good run.

Etterra ,

Chicago U had been going to divest, but then like shitheads did a 180.

Etterra ,

What are you 9?

Etterra ,

Down with vertical videos, down with short form content!

PS, China already bought all your personal data from Facebook.

Etterra ,

Their oil interest overlords are giving them their marching orders; it has nothing to do with logic (as usual) and everything to do with greed.

Etterra ,

Consider the asker. Y'all have fun with your selfies, I'm going on vacation.

Etterra ,

It should be; I still remember school. I'd have rather drunk myself to death.

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