Albbi

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[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Obviously the police are killing all the murderers. /s

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 8 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

The sometime later is getting a call from the doctor that they have an STD and needed medication for it.

I also like how OP implied beer goggles were involved.

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 17 points 22 hours ago

When using a crosswalk on foot, I always make sure a car is stopped in it's lane before proceeding to the next lane. Full eye contact. It doesn't matter that I'm in a crosswalk. I might have been in the right, but that won't matter if I die.

It's the same with cycling. Cameras will only help after the fact, and maybe a bit if it's very visible. But the best thing you can do is not trust any car, and avoid travelling where you have to trust cars.

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 4 points 22 hours ago

If you upgraded to a Pentium, you could really get the visualizers going!

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

The Sunlit Man was so good. I love books that have fast pacing right from the start, and trying to figure out how the world worked was so much fun.

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Time to open up a clinic right on the border!

Actually a vaccination clinic should be put in that library that straddles the border. That would be pretty neat.

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

True... true...

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I don't think he cares about filling the Treasury, unless you mean his personal bank account.

He sees tariffs as something other countries don't like. So if he uses the tool, he makes other countries come to him to make deals. These deals give him a chance to be bribed. That's all there is to it. And he's been successful since his family fortune has been increasing by $1,000,000,000/month since he took office. And crypto is the perfect method to enable this corruption.

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 days ago (6 children)

This is pretty sad to hear. Fairphone was next on my list of phones to try when my current phone gets too old. With the US boycott, I might have to go back to Samsung, but I hate the bloat.

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

And they put a black woman on it. Ooooooo scary!

I love the vertical $10 bill.

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago

Also the sort of things the schools spend money on. I don't know from experience, but I think US schools pay for police officers to be at the school. That seems crazy to me, and expensive.

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

You're welcome‽

 

This is my favourite podcast. It features two contestants who are minor celebrities and asks them for three topics outside their field of work in which they are experts in, and then crafts a trivia quiz for them. Finally they bring in an expert to evaluate their responses, and the show is able to get some amazing experts who are a joy to listen to and usually the response from the contestent meeting the expert is incredibly wholesome.

This episode features Tim Russ so I thought the TenForward community might like it. There also some additional Star Trek trivia and personalities even during the part of the episode that features the other contestant Amber Nelson.

Tim Russ's three topics are - Astronomy, Alien invasion movies of the 1950s and 60s, and World War II. You can find out more about why Tim was intereted in these topics.

Also noteable quote from the episide: "I think Tim might be the center of the universe!"

 

There's been a lot of up and down with this team. Coaching changes and forced trades that have actually turned out pretty well. Very proud of the team for being the best in the NHL.

 

https://theoatmeal.com/comics/artax

I saw the thumbnail and thought "Oh no, I can't handle this!"

 

Visa and Mastercard are American companies, and they essentially tax everybody by taking a percentage of purchase prices for themselves. Not exactly a small percentage either, 1.2% to 2.65%. Ever wonder why so many merchants say they don't accept American Express? That's because they charge quite a bit more to merchantes, 50% more than Visa or Mastercard. Anyway, we're letting American companies tax us and we love them because we get rewards when we use cards. But it's just a shell game because we pay more up front because businesses need to charge more to make up for payment processing charges. They get to sit in the middle and rake in the money.

Now the alternative in Canada is Interac. Interac charges a set amount per transcation. How much? 2 to 5.5 cents. Unless you're going through Apple or Google Pay, and then it's a percentage again.

Interac is also Canadian.

Want to stick it to Trump? Stop using credit cards (and Google Pay or Apple Pay) and switch to Interac. Want to make Canada better? Stop using credit cards and switch to Interac. Is it going to be inconvenient? Yes. Online shopping will be much harder but I have seen online Interac payments before and we can ask our favourite Canadian merchants to accept Interac online.

 

This has been the best peanut butter I've ever had, but it's a product of the USA. I just love the taste the dark roast adds. I've never seen any other brands that do the same thing. Any suggestions out there?

 

All frontends other than the default at lemmy.ca seem to be down, giving a Cloudflare 520 error message.

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Albbi@lemmy.ca to c/nocontext@lemmy.ca
 

Discovered that one of my lights was getting dimmer because halogen bulbs were burning out. This is a new house and I thought it was already an LED fixture. Got 3 new LED bulbs to make that area nice and bright.

Also discovered the house has metal studs when I went to mount the TV. bought some metal anchors. Never worked with metal studs before. Hope it turns out.

 
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