Father; husband; mechanical engineer. Posting from my self-hosted Lemmy instance here in beautiful New Jersey. I also post from my Pixelfed instance.
Lol wow.
Locking my account helped me cut down my Twitter usage a lot by making it pointless to reply in most cases.
I’m not saying that talent, preference, or experience aren’t real or that people won’t naturally focus their efforts on certain activities. I’m saying that people shouldn’t have to effectively blackmailed into certain activities, whether they align with their preferences or not. I like being a mechanical engineer. I do not like that I have to do it for forty plus hours a week, 49 weeks out of the year. Getting rid of occupations means that I would not be penalized if I decided to cut back on engineering and devote some real time to things that actually matter to me, my family, and my neighbors.
For most people, having an occupation means giving up roughly half of your waking hours, as well as a toll on your body and mind, to the minority class that happens to own the things needed to do this occupation in exchange for wages. These wages are required to buy the necessities for the rest of your life from this same minority class. Getting rid of occupations means ending this relationship so that we no longer have to support the exorbitant lifestyles and cruel whims of this minority class. It means putting us in control of the value we create with our labor and not wasting it on the likes of telemarketing, car dealing, or denying health insurance claims.
All of them. Abolish occupations.
The Emperor’s psychic beacon, of course.
Better than plastic explosives and shrapnel.
I don’t think age is very relevant. Anyone who files a tax return should be allowed to vote.
If someone doesn’t pay forward a favor of mine, then I just show up at their house.
I wonder how they did it. Was the firmware hacked to make the batteries ignite or were separate explosives implanted in each pager?
The trick is to send a link to the photo or video instead of the actual file. This is also how iPhone users can use FaceTime with people on other platforms.
We need hydrogen production because we need emissions free steel, fertilizer, and vehicle fuel. It’s also a good way to soak up excess electricity production. Sure, batteries can store energy arguably more efficiently, but they offer no practical benefits beyond that.
I think you are correct that it’s the car’s fault. I have an MPOW brand Bluetooth adapter that almost always works properly with my phone. I use it in my Mazda 3 that doesn’t have Bluetooth built in. My 2017 VW Golf (one year older than the MPOW adapter) does have Bluetooth and it frequently gives me trouble. However, I’m typically able to get the connection to work by disabling then reenabling Bluetooth on my smartphone. Resetting the VW head unit typically doesn’t help, which is the opposite of what I’d expect if the problem was with the car. The VW has Android Auto over USB, which I thought would be the end of my Bluetooth woes, but that has enough of its own problems that I just keep putting up with the Bluetooth.
How about a version that successfully connects to my car’s sound system right away, every time?
2001 I think. I don’t know if this person actually had to leave for legal reasons, either because he broke a bad law or because he was facing real sex crimes allegations, or because he violated a taboo and was chased out. The rumor, as I heard it, was that he was in the middle of a consensual encounter with a young woman when he decided to try some butt stuff and then authorities got involved somehow. I remember him apologizing to the council and resigning, and I distinctly remember that he omitted the reason for it all, as if we all already knew. The rumor didn’t make it to me until later.
Okay, district heating with a heat pump makes more sense to me if there are processes that require cooling and can act as the source, like lowering the temperature of treated wastewater before adding it back to a waterway. However, the heat supply for the water treatment plant should still probably come from cogeneration. District cooling with a central heat pump system also makes sense, especially if it eliminates noisy condensers on the sides of buildings.
What about when you don’t have excess solar power? People need heat when they need heat, not just on sunny days. So, you’d need a massive battery for that, which has some undesirable implications. Instead, a thermal plant (be it solar, geothermal, or nuclear) can be designed to reliably satisfy heating and electricity demand with excess electricity going to hydrogen production for emissions-free steel, fertilizer, and vehicle fuel.
Never post your resume or sign up for LinkedIn in the course of a job search? Never use a dating site? Never buy a domain? Never pay property taxes? Never go to court? I see your point, but never revealing your info online isn’t realistic or even a choice for most people.