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[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

pwned all those blue state librulz …. In Georgia

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

But have they bought magic beans?

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Iron man and other Marvel movies started being very science. Oriented, but quickly combined magic or turned to magic

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

While I agree in concept, redesigning and rebuilding society to be less car centric would NOT be fast or easy.

It’s better in so many ways and I wish more Americans could experience the freedom and convenience of walkable and transit oriented areas to understand how unpleasant their cars really are. But if even if we seriously pursued that, it would be many decades, probably more like a century. In the meantime electric vehicles are much better than what we use now

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

It’s all in how you combine the numbers, and yes we need a lot more progress, but …. When was the last time an ai caused a collision because it was texting? How often does a self driving vehicle threaten or harm others with road rage?

I do t know what the numbers are but human driving sets a very low bar so it’s easy to believe even today’s inadequate self-driving is safer

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Tesla gets telemetry that should show exactly what happened. We need to require that to be collected with each accident so someone can look for patterns and improvements.

But I’ll agree with the other guy that’s it’s still quite possible this is safer than human drivers already. It makes news because it seems like a ridiculous failure. But what happens when you compare it to the number of accidents caused by people falling asleep or getting distracted, or letting their rage out?

The critical data is the cost in human lives, and it’s quite possible for technology to fail spectacularly while saving lives overall

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

If I’m shopping, I want my tailgate free for loading or unloading. Similar for road trips or any time I’m carrying anything

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

My charging port is in back.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Right, we need to be careful about defining class struggle globally when we’re in the 99% locally but most of us may be in the 1% globally

This is one of the many reason we need to help our fellow humans, it’s our duty to increase support through agencies like USAid, global public health initiatives, global emergency response, global food aid, global development, education, outreach. We’ve never done enough to support our fellow humans, and now that’s the first place they’re cutting. Do we credit them with the intelligence to call it an intentional part of the strategy to divide us from our fellow exploited class?

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Plus a consistent supportive economic policy. I haven’t read the book to know what’s included in that $55B, but I know it’s been a long term effort and no business will try to build such capability in chaos and personality cults.

Republicans talk about being best for business is sort of like their “family values”: mostly talk, mostly opposite

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

But we can just import some of the things we need as we build up the more valuable end of supply chains. I’m sure they’ve thought of that and there are no tariffs impeding those prerequisites, right? Right?

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Did you ask around? I’m sure you can go into any biker bar in that state and ask for bumfuck

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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by AA5B@lemmy.world to c/castiron@lemmy.world
 

Was just browsing Lodge cast iron, wondering if there are some pieces I should splurge on. Are there non-standard pieces people actually use? Normally it’s just me for dinner but my two teens are back summers

I have the three standard skillets that I use frequently, with lids I use occasionally. I got the small Dutch oven thinking it would be good for beans, veggies, maybe a small bread loaf, but have to admit I’ve never used it.

What about

  • the minis, like 5” or 6.5” - do you actually do like individual apple crisp or anything? Which size is actually useful? How many?
  • tall frying pan - I’ve been afraid to try frying, but is this significantly safer than the regular skillet, for fish or something? Or should I just stick to the air fryer? Do people use this?
  • does anyone like the baking pan or cookie sheet? Do you use it enough to be worthwhile?
 

So many toddler toys and sporting goods on the curb in front of our house! Got my now college age kid to help.

We put up a huge “free” sign, and at least some things found a new home. Three bicycles, two portable soccer nets, and a pair of roller blades definitely gone but there’s just so much stuff that I really couldn’t say what’s no longer there

I’m disappointed the snow blower didn’t go. Yeah it’s older and needs service but it’s a nice two stage, self-propelled, auto-start model where bringing it back to life would be a fraction of the cost of buying something like that

 

I find this a bit weird, but I just fell asleep on the sofa while watching YouTube. The weird part was I had a very vivid dream that I was watching an entirely different YouTube video

 

This morning I made pancakes for my little one (ok, he’s a high school senior, and it was an egg, cantaloupe and some pancakes). His favorite is chocolate chip: I can do that!

As I was making them I realized I didn’t have enough chocolate chips. But I could still be the hero, I had mini-chips to make energy bites!

I don’t know if this counts as science, but I discovered the minis sink right to the bottom while full sized are easier to keep in suspension. The minis made it a lot harder to give each a consistent chocolate taste

 

The last several months, I’ve started watching YouTube.

I tried looking at what I’ve been watching:

  • lawn mowing
  • drain clearing
  • dog grooming
 

For those of us still impatiently waiting, what is your experience so far with “Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition”?

—- I ordered just 2 hours in but the vendor I used sold out in 21 minutes. I just found out I also missed the restock, so hopefully some time next month.

 
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Waffles for the win (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by AA5B@lemmy.world to c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world
 

Slept in and made waffles for my kids …. I got too damn excited making Liege Waffles for the first time. The kids loved them but it’s a lot of work, even more cleanup, and molten sugar hurts like the dickens

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Huge Costco trip (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by AA5B@lemmy.world to c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world
 

I haven’t been in about three months so I started running out of stuff. It almost got exciting, going while hungry and without a Christmas list. I should not have done that

And still no effing tissue boxes

 

The pop up reminder has been on my thermostat since October.

However the furnace couldn’t hold temperature and started short cycling so I had to. Unfortunately that doesn’t seem to be the problem so I may need to call a guy (it’s always to replace the control board but I have yet to find a way to confirm that before spending $400 to do it myself)

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Did not sleep in (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by AA5B@lemmy.world to c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world
 

Already failed my first goal for taking today off, by forgetting to turn off my alarm clock.

So my grand plan for using one of my precious days off is (drum roll, please) ….. taking my kid to a routine appointment that for some reason had to be in the middle of the day

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Syrup from a can (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by AA5B@lemmy.world to c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world
 

It’s the weekend, so I got up early, walked the dog and started thinking about what to make my kid for breakfast.

I spent way too long looking at a four hour recipe (why not, dinner is a smoked pork shoulder that I really need to get started asap) before giving it up

Started off normally: eggs over easy and sausage links. Let’s make the pancakes a little different with bananas and walnut, and top with fruit and nuts ….

Critical question: why do we buy a specific syrup for pancakes? It’s just sugar (or corn syrup). So I used the syrup from canned mangoes!!!! Tastes great but a bit thin and I didn’t use enough. It would be easy enough to thicken up, I’m sure. But why isn’t this the norm? We should have flavored syrup all the time, maybe save money over the maple stuff

Oh, and splurged with egg nog.

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