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MeowZedong

@ MeowZedong @lemmygrad.ml

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(Any/Comrade, Tankie for the unserious)

Marxist-Leninist with Meowist leanings (cat supremacy, but love all animals)

Labor organizer. USian.

Scientist, experience in vaccines/drug delivery/chemistry/analytics/biochemistry/protection of eggs dropped from tall structures

  • Liberals be like

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  • Democracy doesn't work for you.

    Please go engage with a leftist organization in real life. You'll quickly see how wrong this is. Arguing on the Internet is rarely productive and it's obvious you haven't engaged with leftist literature. If you want to make these sweeping accusations, do yourself a favor and go see the reality of the situation.

    Most of the people you are arguing against have been involved in both liberal and socialist organizations. They aren't pulling their information from nowhere.

  • Liberals be like

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  • You might be getting closer with that, but this still doesn't account for the deaths caused by the fallout of decisions under feudal or capitalist systems before switching to communism that took years to repair or deaths caused by imperialist meddling (sanctions, wars, coups).

  • title

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  • I was sort of excited for a new, big sci fi movie even if it was going to be mid, but once I saw him, I lost interest.

  • the human pet guy found us

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  • Hamas prefers Zoom

    TIL

    bidets are the next step in the historical material process of ass cleaning. live in ass feudalism if you like, but don’t get jealous when ass communism happens and you aren’t invited because youve left your ass in the dark ages

    Also true and correct. Every tagline is a winner here.

  • Due to the amount of mentions of shidding here capsule corp will have to put a moratorium on long bathroom breaks

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  • I would bring an aquarium net, place every shit I take in a bag, and personally deliver it to the person making this policy. The flow of my shit would stop when their shit stopped. No promises that the bag would be closable or made of plastic.

    Follow this up with HR complaints to make a paper trail and a letter from a labor-friendly lawyer, I think this policy wouldn't last long.

  • Microsoft Is Abandoning Windows 10. Hackers Are Celebrating.

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  • I too have been a victim of this and it's the ultimate suck in science. Instrument companies should be required to develop their control software for stable versions of Linux.

    Why the fuck are you selling us a standard Win11 tablet for your program that simply runs in a browser? Why in the world do you leave in all the bloatware and other baggage when we are paying 10s or 100s of thousands for something that we just need to run reliably? I will never understand. It's like they want us to have a bad time.

  • Trump Declares He Can Wage Secret Wars Against Anyone He Calls an Enemy

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  • It's not like he even has to keep it secret if there is no opposition.

  • IT'S A TRAP

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  • They too lived a full (very short) life.

  • You'll never guess what just happened to Harris's 69 year old rising star

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  • Can't be unlucky if you rig the game.

  • You'll never guess what just happened to Harris's 69 year old rising star

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  • There isn't. They took his disembodied head, put it on a new body, and gave him a new last name. That's why he's only referred to as "Agnew" in the hit docuseries Futurama.

  • because it's too much liquid, too many different things are going into that baby.

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  • Solids are not enough, you also need to make sure there are no additives, etc. Feed your baby a live cow.

  • Half the RDR2 shorts I get recommended have the female gang members modded to look sexier

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  • Arthur can be a suffragette if you play your cards right.

  • Half the RDR2 shorts I get recommended have the female gang members modded to look sexier

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  • Honestly was disappointed it didn't happen on-screen. She should have gotten to come along on some jobs and have conversations with Arthur that led her to that path instead of the relatively quick transition off-screen.

  • /r/teachers- I cannot teach these kids

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  • How you type isn't necessarily a good reflection of your writing level, particularly in the case of touchscreen-based comments on forums.

  • I feel like former socialists never believed in socialism that much

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  • Organizing is hard. I can understand how people get disillusioned with it and feel like their efforts are for nothing.

  • Ben & Jerry’s co-founder quits, accusing Unilever of silencing social mission

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  • How do you learn about auto work?

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  • Diagnosing info:

    I usually find this in YouTube videos or on auto forums, but every now and then they are written in the manuals.

    If you feel a wobble (push in and out) on your brakes, then your drum is warped. If it feels mushy, then there is probably air in the fluid system that needs to be bled.

  • How do you learn about auto work?

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  • The manuals and third-party books mentioned are great resources, but YouTube videos and old auto forums are also very helpful. There's nothing quite like watching someone do the process on video.

    Another resource that's helpful is online auto part wholesale stores like rockauto.com where you can often get parts cheaper. The problem with fixing your own car isn't usually the parts, but the tools. They are a big up front coat, but pay off in the long run. I like AutoZone tools because they have a lifetime warranty, but they aren't always the best.

    For your squeaky brakes, you can probably fix everything for less than $100 in parts (maybe less than 50 if it's just the pads that need to be replaced). To do this, you'll need the following.

    Tools (none of these are suggestions, they are random links I grabbed as examples):

    • a Jack/lift, a hydraulic trolley jack works well
    • jack stands and wheel chocks (for safety)
    • a socket wrench and appropriately sized sockets or one of these. One that rachets and extends is nice. Do not get universal sockets, they are garbage. Get 1/2 inch or thicker connections or they will break.
    • a breaker bar (long connector for sockets). Optional, but very helpful in turning very tight nuts on the wheels.
    • a big c-clamp to compress the caliper piston (you can get a piston compression clamp, but this is much cheaper)
    • gloves
    • calipers (if you want to measure brake drums to see if they need to be replaced)

    Parts:

    • brake pads and hardware (usually some included metal clips) example
    • drums (rarely need to be replaced, based on thickness measurement)
    • brake cleaner (only if replacing drums)
    • if you get into changing the brake fluid, you will need fluid and potentially hoses/attachment parts as those wear down. You don't usually need anything fancy to bleed them, I use a piece of silicone tubing and a plastic bottle.

    Start small and work up in complexity. It sounds like your pads need to be replaced. There is a piece of metal on the pad that starts grinding on the drum when the pads get low, this means just the pad and pad hardware need replaced unless you ignored it for too long. If you ignored it, the drums may need to be replaced too. It's typical for the brakes to squeak a bit (different sound than the low-pad scraping) after you put new pads and hardware on. There are tricks to fix this if it even happens, but it's more annoying than harmful and will go away on its own. I won't tell them here, because it involves grease and I don't want you to accidentally grease your brakes so they don't work.

    Normal brake service cost from 15 years ago before I started doing it myself: $300-400. Cost from doing it on my own: $30-50 and ~15-30 minutes.

    Cost to replace my broken radiator at a shop: $600. At home: $80 and 1 hour outside in frigid winter weather.

    Long-term, I think it's worth learning to do the service yourself, but I'd stay away from more dangerous work like changing your suspension (springs under tension).

    General brake pad changing procedure:

    1. put on parking brake, emergency brake/handle brake
    2. put chucks behind tires on opposite side of where you will be lifting. Kick them into the tire so they are snug.
    3. loosen wheel nuts
    4. lift car and place on jack stands (look up how to do this properly)
    5. remove wheel nuts, remove wheel and set aside
    6. loosen caliper nut, lift so it sits out of way (caliper is on a hinge)
    7. remove old brake pad, replace with new pad and hardware
    8. inspect drum and replace if necessary (new drums are greased, you will need brake cleaner to remove this if you are replacing drums)
    9. open hood, unscrew cap to brake fluid reservoir
    10. use c-clamp to depress caliper piston, retighten cap to brake fluid reservoir
    11. reassemble in reverse. When you put the wheel on, get the nuts finger-tight, then lower the car.
    12. right wheel nuts. This needs to be done in a star pattern like you are drawing a five-point star. Do not tighten one and then the one next to it, tighten one, then skip a nut and tighten every other nut. Continue until all are tight while the wheel is on the ground (or it will rotate)

  • Root cause for why Windows 11 is breaking or corrupting SSDs may have been found

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  • I had this exact experience with creative cloud about 10 years ago. Adobe is actual malware and I will not allow it on my computers any longer.

    I refused to log in...because I didn't actually have one, I was just wanting to try it or something. Ended up having to go mess with the registry and use a tool from git to remove all traces of it.

    Side-note: I used to use CCleaner too and I believe there was something that happened a while back (I don't remember what, but it was related to security) and you shouldn't use it any longer. I haven't kept up with it, so maybe that's not true any longer.