lemmefixdat4u

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[–] lemmefixdat4u@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Impossible when events like Tienanman Square are the outcome in some countries. It only takes one to upset a global unionization apple cart.

[–] lemmefixdat4u@lemmy.world 46 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Once we stopped being regularly exposed to pathogens associated with raw unrefrigerated meat, we lost our immunity.

Think of it like traveling to a country with low water quality standards. If you drink the water, you get cramps and diarrhea. The locals have immunity and their babies have immunity because antibodies to the pathogens are passed in mother's milk. That gives the babies enough immunity to avoid illness when they start drinking the water. Frequent subsequent exposure to the pathogens maintains their immunity.

But if a person with immunity moves to an area with higher quality water and then moves back after many years, they can experience intestinal distress from the water because they lost their immunity.

[–] lemmefixdat4u@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Die without an estate and tell your survivors not to claim your body. The government will take care of your final disposition.

[–] lemmefixdat4u@lemmy.world 36 points 2 months ago (3 children)

You've got more than three. There's the A-hole, P-hole, V-hole, M-hole, two N-holes, and two E-holes. Then there are the manufactured holes: two H-holes when you make a fist, a TT-hole if you squeeze them together, a BB-hole if you're on the heavy side, and two T-holes for those with foot fetishes. There are up to 3 bonus holes if you have one or more of the various medical stoma, and two extra bonus holes if you're blind and have prosthetic eyes.

But you can get by with only one if you tie those sausages together end-to-end.

[–] lemmefixdat4u@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Someone wants me dead

[–] lemmefixdat4u@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Could the slot fit this accessory?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/326364663907

[–] lemmefixdat4u@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

It would no longer be the world-view destroying event that it would have have been 100 years ago. The moment someone came up with the idea of a matter-energy transporter, we had the idea of how someone could come back from the dead. Today we know exactly how it would be done - we just lack the technology.

[–] lemmefixdat4u@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Why not just buy a sensor without the IR filter? They aren't expensive. Or use an HD security camera that doesn't have one? If you remove the filter from a phone's camera, normal picture quality will suffer.

[–] lemmefixdat4u@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago

We are not British. I know it's hard for those in other countries with strong gun laws to understand. If you can fathom why women would put up with Sharia law, you might also be able to grasp why so many Americans embrace guns. It's ingrained in our culture.

Many Americans worry that the government will incrementally take away the right to private ownership of firearms. That's why these printed guns exist. If it's impossible to prevent a person from obtaining a firearm, the argument that a ban only affects those willing to follow the law becomes stronger. Unless the intent exists to restrict the tools that can make a weapon, there will be those willing to make them clandestinely - either for personal use or for profit.

[–] lemmefixdat4u@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Guns like these are why gun control will fail to keep guns out of the hands of anyone who can afford a $500 3D printer and a $300 hobby metal lathe. While the model being discussed used some commercial parts, possessing these two tools allows a person to produce everything needed for a functioning multi-shot lethal weapon.

Instead of a futile effort to deprive people of weapons, we should instead concentrate on preventing, detecting, and treating the conditions that lead to gun violence.

[–] lemmefixdat4u@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I don't think most people realize how dependent we are on undocumented workers. Wait until it becomes illegal to hire them and INS roundups start again. Then the carwash price goes up, the daycare closes, or the landscaper goes missing. Maybe the snow doesn't get plowed or the restaurant prices go up because they can't find cheap kitchen help. Construction-related companies will be decimated, and the cost of home repairs/remodeling will skyrocket. In my area, electric rates will increase because half of the crews that keep the vegetation trimmed back from the power lines are undocumented.

They'll come for the employed undocumented workers first, because they can make it illegal to hire them, just like it used to be 50 years ago. No green card, no work.

[–] lemmefixdat4u@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I also find their "discoveries" more interesting than a treasure that I find improbable. If they actually find solid evidence that the Money Pit is a human construction, it begs the question of why pre-industrial people would spend the resources to create it.

 

My friend is a customer service rep who is ready to retire. Her company is talking about layoffs with 13+ weeks of severance, but when she asked (anonymously) if they were accepting volunteers, they said no. In case she's not one of the ones told to clean out her desk, what are the ways she could get terminated while preserving her ability to claim unemployment (which would equal the 13 weeks of severance)?

UPDATE: She took my advice and saw her doctor. He agreed that she's experiencing a job-related stress injury, set her up with a Disability claim, and referred her for psychiatric counseling.

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