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AlternatePersonMan

@ AlternatePersonMan @lemmy.world

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  • Trump, reciting songs and praising cannibals, draws yawns and raises eyebrows

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  • That's what I don't understand. Don't like Biden? I get that. Undying loyalty to Trump? What? Why? Just listen to him speak. He's an incoherent idiot.

  • Senior dev be like...

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  • "Are you don't yet? Why aren't you done yet? Help me update infinite plans that will be outdated in a week. Also, I just promised a bunch of stuff... all that stuff we already promised, I think you can do that faster."

    When I was a dev, I once had a PM with no technical skills that decided he would "learn to program to help catch us up"... He did not succeed.

  • CNN's Burnett asks Biden how he is going to turn the economy around. He said he already has.

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  • Biden has done much better than I would have guessed, especially considering how fucked everything was when he took office. He's not a star candidate and I have plenty of criticism, but Biden has done infinitely better than the last 5 Republican presidents.

    That said, even if I thought Biden was amazing, he's basically a walking ghoul at this point. The president (and supreme court justices) should be sharp, at the peak of their game, not in their last dwindling years. I'll still vote Biden, because the alternative is one of the dumbest and biggest pieces of shit in American history. Maybe some day we'll have better choices.

  • T-Mobile, AT&T, Sprint, Verizon slapped with $200M fine — here’s what they illegally did with your data

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  • "customers’ real-time location information, revealing where they go and who they are.”

    All of them did it. That either means collusion or they're all evil and bold enough to do this despite the risk. Either way, this was not an accidental slip up or a hack. Jail time and a crippling fine is the solution. This is neither.

  • Whistleblower Josh Dean of Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems has died

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  • Jesus. Why can't they make whistle blowers anonymous?

  • Husky sings the song of his people, now with accompanying piano!

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  • I have a malamute, so similar antics. It's cute- except at 6am for breakfast... and two hours before dinner time...and when it's time for a walk even when it's -10 outside.

    Not for everyone. But I wouldn't trade it.

  • The US economy is cooling off. Why experts say there's no need to worry yet

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  • I mean, the rich probably benefit either way... But I've definitely seen times get scarier for the rest of us. So...I care.

  • Three Places Changing Quickly to Fight Climate Change | Paris is becoming a city of bikes. Across China, people are snapping up $5,000 electric cars.

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  • I don't think that will be an issue. In the US, most batteries are warrantied for ten years/100,000 miles, which means they confidently go longer. I believe most batteries are also cell based, so failure isn't 100%. Probably just a shorter battery life. Lots of people will be fine driving with a shorter range.

    There are also used batteries and battery recycling. Plus in ten years there will be new technology, efficiencies in production, etc.

    These vehicles will probably follow the same life cycle that most do. Being passed down from new owners to used, etc.

  • Time Travel

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  • That genuinely made me laugh... Then a little sad.

  • BYD pick-up truck spotted completely undisguised - PHEV first, EV version later; to be called the Shark? - paultan.org

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  • Hammerhead shark?

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    So this is super relevant.

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  • Well that's terrifying... I might watch the show if it ever comes out

  • Getting up to speed

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  • I finally asked my wife to find someone to discuss it with. Scheduling appointments is so difficult for me, let alone finding who I'm supposed to see, whether that's a vet, a doctor, or a mechanic. I imagine you can Google (or duckduckgo) "Adhd doctor near me" or something

    Anyway, I only take meds on the days that I need to be productive, but same story. On those days it feels like I snuck a cheat sheet into a test. The same kind of "this is just how most people live? You can just get shit done?"

  • A Judge Can Break Up Google Right Now. Will He?

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  • Not sure what changes, but it's scary how much Google controls. Even if we just broke off YouTube from them, that would be a big deal.

    Ideally we would split their search engine, YouTube, and chrome each into two competing companies. (Google A, Google B, Chrome A, Chrome B, YouTube A, YouTube B)

    Because Google has so much power they can make changes that will break search results, websites, and browsers if you don't accept changes that are beneficial to them.

  • Tic

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  • I'd guess it's a tick. I'm not a vet, but I'd carefully pull on it. If it comes out, it's a tick. Like 75% certain it is. Best of luck

  • Can you all relate to this? I definitely fall into this category

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  • My family has mocked me my whole life for being lazy because of my sleep schedule. "The day is wasting," "I've already done xyz before you've had your breakfast," "Gee AlternatePersonMan, it's 11am nice of you to join us." They snicker and shake their heads.

    I have kids now and only finally got diagnosed when my daughter struggled with sleep the same way I do. Huge eye opener. I had no idea this was ADHD related until a few months ago. It's crazy how many issues there are that aren't 'focus' specific.

  • Great, the worst of both worlds.

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  • Adjacent topic... Do you use a credit union? Because fuuuuuuck banks.

  • A 'radical' approach of tackling homelessness in Spain: give every person living on the street a home - (video, 8 min)

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  • I've often thought of this too. I think I read that most homeless have underlying issues that aren't financial (although with rent hikes...).

    My initial thought would be dorm style apartments with varying levels of support at the building depending on the severity of issues.

  • ChatGPT is leaking passwords from private conversations of its users, Ars reader says

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  • And Google is bringing AI to private text messages. It will read all of your previous messages. On iOS? Better hope nothing important was said to anyone with an Android phone (not that I trust Apple either).

    The implications are terrifying. Nudes, private conversations, passwords, identifying information like your home address, etc. There's a lot of scary scenarios. I also predict that Bard becomes closet racist real fast.

    We need strict data privacy laws with teeth. Otherwise corporations will just keep rolling out poorly tested, unsecured, software without a second thought.

    AI can do some cool stuff, but the leaks, misinformation, fraud, etc., scare the shit out of me. With a Congress aged ~60 years old on average, I'm not counting on them to regulate or even understand any of this.

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  • I believe it goes back to world war 2. The country froze wages for economic stabilization. Some employers started throwing in health care as an incentive during a labor shortage. We are now stuck with this poisonous system.