Yeah, it was weird. Most restaurants had a non-smoking section because allowing people to smoke everywhere was the norm. Leaded gasoline. Little kids playing with real fireworks. The 70s and 80s were a wild ride of irresponsibility.

It wasn't all bad, though. It was cool being a kid at times. Playing outside almost every day until dinner time with the other kids in the neighborhood.

Tariffs hurt America. The messaging is that simple.

Watch as we fuck up the messaging.

Shit like this is why people go back and play much older titles and have a great time with them.

c/patientgamers rise up! Or maybe not. We'll just wait until it goes on sale and maybe give it a try down the road.

Generally speaking, a modern heating system should not fail nearly this often, even if neglected. Need more information (like the type of heating system, age) but it sounds like it could be a wiring issue with the house, or a flaky dying controller. Replacing the controller is not that expensive, especially if you do it yourself.

It is a generic name for a variety of materials, usually PVC or PU, which are essentially maintenance-free other than occasional cleaning with warm soapy water. Avoid prolonged exposure to UV and abrasion. Should last a very long time.

If it's a more exotic faux leather made from biodegradables / renewables it's going to break down over time because it's meant to.

In short, it's very unlikely you need to regularly condition it like real leather.

At my job we've learned that anyone above director level simply will not read beyond the first sentence of a fucking email. So we have to write them these orc-like one liner emails and pray they understand whatever it is the fuck they need to understand. They have zero nuance or patience. They just want to grunt and point.

I refuse to use Meta, and I block their various URLs in my home. Friends and family complain and give me grief about it. It's astonishing how much of a creep Zuck is, and yet he's got his hooks in deep, and some people are still addicted to his garbage.

Lots of, uh, interesting comments here. My 2-cents worth of advice:

1. Be highly suspicious of arguments that are essentially punching down on workers, all Americans, common people being lazy, stupid, etc. It's class warfare (always has been) and the enemy are the oligarchs, not your fellow working class people.

2. Calls to violence this early are pathetic. The non-violent activism is working and it's only just barely even started. Calls to violence are from meatheads with zero patience (and likely zero understanding of how horrible that outcome will be for everyone involved).

This is why some places like Michigan State University and Ohio State University use "desire path planning". That's where they observe where people walk and then install (or move) the sidewalks to match those footpaths.

I don't like it, either. And I'm not a fan of the "obsessed with sex while shaming other people for being obsessed with sex" vibe of shit like this.

Lot of judgement ITT. At least these guys have someone.

I hate the greedy cynical corporations behind LLMs, and I hate the hype bubble, and I hate my stupid bosses and their AI FOMO. But I don't hate AI. It's a broad concept much bigger than chat bots. Hurricane modeling AI is damned good, for one example.

You're a bold one. Lemmy hates videos and AI both.

Many of my friends use it. I'm old school and just keep a collection of mp3s on multiple devices for backup.

Does "thanks, mother fucker, have shit ass day, and please go fuck yourself" bring up my numbers?

I know it's been a while, but I'm still getting used to the curly hair. Looks much better than the stupid Caesar thing he was going with before. But he still looks like a synth.

The Brother PocketJet series of printers might have a model you like. I have never used one of the PJ printers, but I've had good experiences with other Brother printers.

Unfortunately I think most people have family or at least friends like this here in the post-truth world.

I think what depresses me the most is that once the MAGA leopards start eating all of our faces, they will still do the mental gymnastics to blame all of the MAGA-induced suffering on "liberals". Even though the Democrats have basically zero power (and are right of center) they will still blame "the left" when a gallon of milk costs $18 and is full of dangerous bacteria.

The world would be a better place if we could replace every corporate climber type with this guy.

When you forget to allow the druid into Leomund's Tiny Hut.