Moka pots are a little stronger than drip so it’s enough to keep me going. If something important is up, I might get a latte or something out… but I try to save that rush for important things so it still hits as intended.

Oh I should also mention I haven’t worked in an office for a couple years now. Now that I teach, I go full espresso before lecture and that’s it. Lol

If it’s a lane closure, yes, you zipper merge at the end-- imo, because you need visual confirmation of what’s happening but also because it’s predictable and usually both lanes are already matching speeds and zipper merging ahead of you. There’s no need to complicate things with an early swap. Granted, I rarely see a lane closure warning more than 100 meters, if at all… in my tiny car, the best indicator that we’re merging is sudden lane changes of everyone in front of me.

Where I draw the line is when there’s an exit only lane on a freeway and people are zooming along and suddenly want in. Did they jump into that lane just to get ahead? Or are they a helpless victim of circumstance from the latest onramp and unable to merge until now? I let them in, but I’m usually bitter about it.

It’s rare, but I think they’re referring to when it’s open enough and running at optimal speeds. It happened the other day on a side street during an off hour, the free lane couldn’t cut to the front without going like 70mph in a 40mph zone.

Of course a muscle car did just that, but still.

It’s weird to me simply because I bring my own brew. Office coffee just isn’t as good as my moka pot and if you’ve got a zojirushi or similar high quality thermos, you can have hot coffee for a majority of the day.

Man we have way too many people on the ballot at it is, all you need is $3k. I mean, literally anyone runs, I was reading the booklet and there’s even a guy named LivingForGod AndCountry, a Barack Obama, and some very deranged conspiracy theory guy who earned a little asterisk saying his views don’t represent the office.

The problem is, without big money, nobody stands out. You can’t just rally for some rando-- they’re already trying that, and it doesn’t work. CA Governor Primary is one of those situations where it was well intended but in execution it falls apart, especially after Citizens United.

Judging by the footnote, it’s YouGov which isn’t a very good poll typically. That said, it’s likely got enough people across ages to standardize it properly. They probably do have a larger amount in one demo vs another, but you can simply weigh them differently to balance it out.

There’s probably plenty wrong with their methodology if we dig deeper though; these polls aren’t very scientific typically. With political division, it could be how they were asked, for instance.

Any Chinese people? Because I’ve got several Chinese friends and coworkers I could name but probably wouldn’t on live TV, lol.

I’m way too analytical to fall into that curve, and I’m sure most people on Lemmy are like that too. Like, we literally have data going back decades on most of these metrics, so why are people even going with their gut? Quite a few are literally numbers you can check!

But alas, your average nobody ignores data…

I’ve got the same setup but I found the issue wasn’t the hardware but a driver conflict with my Nintendo Gameboy Printer. I was able to rollback and get it working fine.

Reminder that it’s not just paying for infrastructure; it’s the amount of force applied due to trucks and other heavy vehicles. Americans generally have heavier vehicles, which results in more potholes compared to places with more compact cars.

My city very much pays for pothole repair but the number of trucks and full size SUVs/vans are pretty high so we’ve got potholes o’ plenty. It mostly just means every other day this major street I live on seems to have a crew doing a repair.

Aww man, I’d have loved BBQ today. It was my birthday and entirely uneventful aside from texts from people who didn’t necessarily remember the day but had it saved on their socials.

Me and my mean voice just direct that anger at y’all. It gives me great things to say that I don’t say out loud. Usually. Except in traffic.

Well it’s especially weird with an open primary like this. Open primaries should be a good thing, just isn’t without RCV.

This asshole is the reason I’m having to vote for a billionaire instead. The whole race is just so fucked.

Edit: Actually more context for non CA and non US folk; it’s technically because of a mix of first past the post and open primary system. CA doesn’t do a two party primary thing so everyone, including the Republicans, are on the same vote. Top two get to go on the general. It also allows pretty much let’s everyone run it they can afford to do so.

For a while that also meant the risk of two Republicans because Dems diluted the vote to the extent that two Republicans were in the lead, but a Trump endorsement ironically saved the Dems trouble because it gave them a forerunner.

However, Dems only seem to have two closer frontrunners this close to the vote deadline. This guy who has experience but is a moderate with big donors… and a “good” billionaire hedge fund guy who has fairly progressive views (on paper). Others are more or less washed away, due to the aforementioned two person FPTP system and a Republican in the lead.

Though, to be fair, none of them are that progressive, anyway. Democratic socialists for instance didn’t endorse anyone but did admit that Steyer is probably the better of the realistic candidates. It sucks since primaries are the only way we can get progressives on the ballot, but that’s so difficult in big races with lots of ad money and the FPTP system…

No, no, as an adult you can definitely just run away screaming no; but you also get a new option of just shushing them, holding a finger up and sipping your coffee for a while.

Both great things to wake up to on this Saturday, which as we all know now, is one day from Sunday.

I’ve never seen this and it makes me so happy. Also I miss the old Internet.

I mostly ever use Octopi if I can’t think of the spelling of the name of an app I want, it’s terrible for exploration.

Otherwise, I just command line my installs, it makes me feel cool and pacman goes waka waka waka.

Good way to put it; I’ve been a subs person for anime as long as I remember but I make an exception for games, I think in large part because they consult the devs more during localization. When anime does that, it seems to hit those two points.

Indeed, I made that change in 2020. Going meatless for a few days also isn’t bad. Lentils and such are real cheap.