If I was a Boeing shareholder, I would be mad as a wet hen right about now. Amid a string of phenomenally bad business decisions that culminated in the flying [sorta] tin can that is the 737 MAX, Boeing is handed an aerospace companies PR wet dream: transporting astronauts to the International Space Station. They then proceeded to drop that softball so hard that the thud could probably be heard from Mars.
Netflix, once a pioneer of ad-free viewing that offered a break from traditional TV norms, is now contemplating launching free ad-supported versions of its service in markets like Europe and Asia, Bloomberg reported....
They could even provide an electronic box (for a nominal fee, or course) that shows me a menu of all the shows and movies that are available and what times they are going to play. That way I wouldn't have to search through a bunch of streaming services. It could all just be in one place.
America has always rejected fanaticism, especially since WWII. We are supposed to be E pluribus unum -- out of many, ONE. Now, the right wants America to be E unum pluribus -- out of ONE, many.
During WWII the United States government rounded up tens of thousands of people, including many US citizens, and put them in internment camps because they looked sort of similar to the people who bombed pearl harbor. Why? Because fear is a powerful drug and when people are afraid, logic tends to go out the window, if there was any logic to begin with. If you pay attention to conservative rhetoric, you'll notice that much of it is intended to stoke fear, while inserting themselves as the solution. They do it because it works.
Way out in the Arkansas Delta, in a soybean field 50 miles from anywhere, there is a memorial where one of these internment camps stood. If you aren't looking for it, you'd probably drive right by it unnoticed. All around the camp there are these little voice boxes that you push a button on and it explains what you're looking at. The voice providing the narration is none other than George Takei who was held there with his family as a child.
Spend a little time at a place like this and it will quickly disabuse you of the notion that America has always rejected fanaticism.
"I'm going to get so much done today." or "If I clean the house, it's going to stay that way for more than ten minutes." are just some of the lies I tell myself to help me stay motivated
At a former job, there was one -- and only one -- lady in customer service who would actually reboot and do all the basic troubleshooting steps before calling IT. If we heard from her, we knew something was legitimately broken. Oddly enough, I'm married to her now. Best decision I ever made.
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Pretty safe to say The Donald covets all kinds of things that aren't his, especially power, and he has definitely missused the Lord's name. So we're at least up to five now. If we can interpret the fact that he has to put his name on everything as being a form of idolatry, that'll be six.
I'm looking for lower than instant gadification resources for the news. If I get a news paper weekly, rather then just constantly checking the internet for what usually ends up being the same stories, just another outlet....
I subscribe to two newspapers. My local weekly paper (which is actually owned by our large statewide newspaper), and the state "business" paper. They both cover topics I'm interested in although the quality of reporting in the business paper is better.
On a separate note, if you don't support your local print media, it will go away. The demise of local news outlets, throughout the US anyway, has been ongoing for a long time now. That has not been a positive development.
My personal experience essentially echoes what you've said. I've usually found that when I actually ask Trump supporters, which is probably most of the people I know, what they think and why, they are pretty candid about it. They will also voice frustrations, many of which I can understand or even agree with them on. There is a lot more common ground there than you might think.
The problem is that most of the issues are complex and nuanced. Not that surprising. Issues that impact the population of an entire country, or even a sizeable chunk of it, are bound to be pretty complex.
Here's where things go off the rails.
Kind of like you said, Joe Blow from Louisiana is often uneducated at best or a complete moron at worst. Joe Blow does not understand all the complexity surrounding the issues he's upset about and figures that if he doesn't understand it, neither does anyone else. He's also a little too proud to admit he doesn't understand it.
This is why Republican party completely abandoned an issues bases platform, aside from completely fabricated pearl clutching social issues like those scary tRaNs PeOpLe or AboRtIoN. They know full well that they have nothing when it comes to meaningful solutions to actual problems and if they did, the few supporters they have with functioning brain cells would start to ask to many pesky questions. A divide and conquer strategy is much simpler and more effective; albeit incredibly destructive.
"Sacred Rituals". This is what I call things that have to be done exactly the same way every time or it screws everything else up.
For example, as soon as I get up, the very first thing I do is take my meds. Nothing, and I mean nothing, happens before taking my meds. Gotta pee? Can't. Gotta take my meds. House is on fire? That sucks. Gotta take my meds.
If I don't, I will definitely forget to take them and fuck up my entire day.
It's been difficult to broach the subject and explain the technical concepts to the average person. I did have some success in first sharing the email comparison, which lead into interoperability....
I left Reddit because of their shenanigans. The Tiktok crowd deciding Reddit was cool was what guaranteed I would never go back. Now if anyone asks me if I use social media, I just say "No".
Edit: Resolved. Decorative brick is actually a chase and doesn't need to be completely filled in. Thanks to @Death_Equity for advice on rebuilding the crown....
Good God Almighty. If I worked on a construction job, you'd see a bunch of people trying to pound screws in with the head of a screwdriver. Meanwhile, I'm over here like, "No! What? What the hell are you doing?!Wait, did you just try to solder too boards together with a blow torch? Oh fuck. Now the building is on fire."
And of course, management is like, "Why is the building on fire?? Isn't this like the twelfth time the building has been on fire?"
Yes. Yes it is, because you geniuses fired all the guys who knew anything about construction and hired a bunch of people who were able to identify screwdrivers without asking them if they knew how to use one.
Now, if we were actually in construction, this would be completely ludicrous. But if you work in technology, it's considered a "good business decision" because it has a "positive impact on the bottom line". ..for about 5 minutes anyway.
It's not a good thing if you know what you're looking at. Of course, the average investor doesn't have a clue. Half the problem is that there's a lot that can't be conveyed in financial statements.
I've worked for companies that I would never buy any stock in because it's like you get there and realize that they completely destroyed any chance at long term viability for some small short term gains. Even if they're profitable. Corporations that focus on building a high quality, sustainable business that aims to earn a modest profit are an exceptionally rare breed.
Trump could come steam rolling into the debate with tiny pupils and white powder under his nose and Republicans would give zero fucks. Also, he is clearly on drugs because with Trump, every accusation is an admition.
Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" gave a [somewhat] fictionalized account of the conditions of the meat packing industry in the early 20th century. It paints a gruesome picture. Federal agents sent to the Chicago slaughterhouses to investigate by then President Theodore Roosevelt confirmed the truth of most of the books details. And that was after the plant owners found out they were coming and had the plants thoroughly cleaned.
The market (aka greedy assholes) have conned people into paying for and eating worse things than sawdust.
Do they think they won? Do they just ignore it? Do they think there's some big convoluted conspiracy reason why they didn't do it?
Part of the problem with morons is that they don't think much of anything.
They lack critical reasoning skills and their opinions on most things are based on horseshit rather than logic.
Yeah, I work for one of these companies. Some senior executive quotes some stupid thing Jeff Bezos said about everything being an API and is like "This! We need to do this!"
Nevermind the fact that we're not AWS and our business has zero overlap with theirs. Nevermind that this mindset turns every service we design into a bloated, unmaintainable nightmare. And, forget the fact that our software division is completely unprofitable due to the checks notes shitty business decisions made by senior management.
No no, we're going to somehow solve this by latching onto whatever buzzword is all the rage right.
Turns out having an MBA doesn't mean you know shit about running a business.
You start with a bunch of drama. Mix in some personal animosity and a dash of dysfunction. Then you add a little cocaine. Ok, a little more. Actually let's go with a lot more. Mix it all up real good.
Then you take the mixture, give it a dramatic name, like "Rumours", pop it into a record press, and voila! Out pops a crisp, best selling album.
Had a nice little foundation leak during the last rain storm. Installed a drain line last fall to divert two downspouts and front walkway run off away from the house which helped a lot....
Our house was built by idiots so it doesn't have any foundation drainage that I know of and the grading is all wrong. Well, lots of things are wrong, but most of them don't flood the basement when it rains.🤷♂️
From the official stackoverflow account: We’re thrilled to announce we’re partnering with @OpenAI to bring best in class technical knowledge and the world’s most popular LLM models for AI development together! This groundbreaking partnership with OpenAI will drive our mission to empower the world to develop technology through collective knowledge.
The MPAA should give themselves a great big pat on the back. They, and the studios they represent have done much to not only enable piracy, but also to increase the sophistication of piracy tactics and -- somewhat by extension -- the quality of the material being pirated. Turns out, fucking over your customers at every possible turn has consequences.
No, it's not. You can drill holes through the center of a joist or rafter but the permitted diameter of the hole depends on the overall width of the board. Notching the edge (or in this case cutting most of the way through it) dramatically weakens the board since the edges bear most of the tension from the load.
Touch screens in cars are a massive safety issue. I'm not saying they don't have some benefits but the fact that many newer cars have basically no physical buttons to perform basic functions is a problem. I can feel for the dial to adjust the volume or change the radio station. But a touch screen encourages the driver to take their focus off the road. That's a serious problem.
I've done worse. Walled in an unneeded doorway. The seam on one side is clearly visible. But I was trying to get it done in time to host Christmas and it was done very hastily. I'll fix it one of these days. ...probably.
To be clear, Putin never ordered the death of anyone. Some Russians just have shitty windows and are extra susceptible to the effects of gravity. They didn't choose to be pre-disposed to falling to their deaths. They were just born that way. What are you gonna do?
Anyone have any good external pen testing tools that you've used on your self hosted setup? Mine is pretty secure overall but I would like to be able to scan the WAN for vulnerabilities or misconfigurations just to make sure I haven't missed anything.
Boeing says its space mission is 'going well' as astronauts stranded ( www.businessinsider.com )
Credits to: @mattblaze...
Netflix mulls introducing free ad-supported tier. The circle is complete ( adguard.com )
Netflix, once a pioneer of ad-free viewing that offered a break from traditional TV norms, is now contemplating launching free ad-supported versions of its service in markets like Europe and Asia, Bloomberg reported....
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Why are Republicans/Conservatives embracing fanaticalism these days?
America has always rejected fanaticism, especially since WWII. We are supposed to be E pluribus unum -- out of many, ONE. Now, the right wants America to be E unum pluribus -- out of ONE, many.
How do you manage to do all the things you want to do?
This is mainly directed towards those who have many and broad interests, who have somehow found a way to balance all of them more or less equally....
Such a pain in the sas ( lemmy.world )
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WIth instant gratification leading to addiction (for me) on Social media and the internet, I'm considering trying the old fashion newspaper.
I'm looking for lower than instant gadification resources for the news. If I get a news paper weekly, rather then just constantly checking the internet for what usually ends up being the same stories, just another outlet....
Stop casting your counterspells, you little demons! ( lemmy.world )
Crypto Scammers Are Targeting Trump’s MAGA Supporters ( www.wired.com )
ADHD Life Hacks which worked for you?
Random urge to share some hacks that I've come up with that have worked for me and might be helpful to others, and encourage hearing some more!...
break fast 🥣 move things 🛒 ( cdn.fosstodon.org )
particularly move your cv to the blank email
How do you like to tell people about the fediverse?
It's been difficult to broach the subject and explain the technical concepts to the average person. I did have some success in first sharing the email comparison, which lead into interoperability....
What a time to be alive
Corporate America is Just Office Space in Real Life ( sh.itjust.works )
This isn't a game for the faint of heart ( lemmy.world )
Sewer Vent Through Middle of Standing Seam ( sh.itjust.works )
Recently had a new standing seam metal roof installed. Roofers could talk the talk but I was not impressed with the quality of work overall....
Chimney Gaps ( sh.itjust.works )
Edit: Resolved. Decorative brick is actually a chase and doesn't need to be completely filled in. Thanks to @Death_Equity for advice on rebuilding the crown....
The Vitamin ( lemmy.world )
Saw 37 the software Dev ( sh.itjust.works )
but stackoverflow how i fixy the brokey!
Every time I hear news from the tech industry lately ( lemmy.world )
Trump demands drug test for Biden ahead of first debate ( thehill.com )
Former President Trump said he wants President Biden to be drug-tested before their first debate....
Don't like the sound of that ( lemmy.world )
High levels of weedkiller (glyphosate/e.g. Roundup) found in more than half of sperm samples, study finds ( www.theguardian.com )
The levels (of glyphosate that the) French researchers found in sperm were four times higher than in the men’s blood...
Maine Cybertruck Owner Sad Everyone Hates His Truck ( jalopnik.com )
I'm at my most motivated just before falling asleep ( lemmy.dbzer0.com )
Rise up those with Bill Gates microchips in our blood to protect us from fake 5G Chinese flu hoax ( lemmy.world )
Let's do micro service ( sh.itjust.works )
Go Your Own Way ( literature.cafe )
Home Ownership is Just One Persons Fight Against Water ( sh.itjust.works )
Had a nice little foundation leak during the last rain storm. Installed a drain line last fall to divert two downspouts and front walkway run off away from the house which helped a lot....
He is the man ( lemmy.world )
Stack Overflow bans users en masse for rebelling against OpenAI partnership — users banned for deleting answers to prevent them being used to train ChatGPT ( www.tomshardware.com )
Should we tell him? ( sh.itjust.works )
Stack Overflow and OpenAI Partner ( files.mastodon.online )
https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/112394551768481505...
Pirate Site Blocking Agency Reveals How and Why Pirates Circumvent Blocking * TorrentFreak ( torrentfreak.com )
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It's Friday at 5pm. You're all set to go home and relax then your monitoring dashboard goes like this.... ( files.catbox.moe )
More of a sysadmin humor, but there's not really a community for that, and from what I've seen here, there's plenty of overlap....
Is this discoloration a problem? ( lemmy.world )
Renovating the bathroom and found these dark patches in the joists and roof lumber surrounding the old vent pipe. The PVC part is new....
Americans Are Open To Cheap Chinese Cars. That’s 'Scary' For The Rest Of The Auto Industry ( insideevs.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/15089465...
When you do it yourself and it looks like you did it yourself lol ( lemmy.world )
Okay, my first ever drywall and I know what I did wrong. I just didn't think that small indifference would make it look obviously bad....
The IT experience? ( lemmy.world )
Every Damned Time ( sh.itjust.works )
US intelligence believes Putin probably didn't order Navalny to be killed, Wall Street Journal reports ( www.reuters.com )
Self Host Pen Testing
Anyone have any good external pen testing tools that you've used on your self hosted setup? Mine is pretty secure overall but I would like to be able to scan the WAN for vulnerabilities or misconfigurations just to make sure I haven't missed anything.