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  • Kage520@lemmy.worldtoComic Strips@lemmy.worldYou Disgust Me
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    24 days ago

    No they pearl clutch and love America and the democracy it has. But they have been taught that Democrats/Liberals are horrible, disgusting people. It’s a knee jerk reaction at this point. My brother, who is hardcore maga, said “no I don’t think they are talking about you. You aren’t a ‘liberal’”. Like he was saving me from a terrible slur. And I had to nicely tell him that I am, in fact, liberal.

    It kind of feels like the hatred against “the gays” in the 90s. They need someone to hate and right now it’s the Democrats and liberals, and I guess everyone else the media has told them to hate (lgbtq, trans, etc).


  • Kage520@lemmy.worldtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldYou're cured!
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    26 days ago

    Not to defend chiropractors or anything, but they legitimately have a doctorate degree and are given the title Chiropractic Physician.

    Whether their studies they do in school are nonsense, they do get a degree for it. So they are technically doctors in some shape or form.

    Honestly there is likely some small value in what they do, but that small value has almost definitely been absorbed into the Doctor of Osteopathy (actually medical doctor-like role), so I don’t see the need for them. Definitely think physical therapists are much more beneficial.


  • We had a guy and the pizza shop I worked show up and ask for a job. He had just driven from New Jersey to South Florida to set up a new life. He wanted full time, a privilege that was rarely awarded. But he gave full availability and showed clear dedication to the job. He got the job. He was our best and most energetic employee for over a year.

    Then one day he said “alright guys it’s been real, but I want to move to California now.” And he did, the next week. I feel like that guy will do well no matter where he goes.


  • Agree that it weakens certain things, but I don’t see how we can overcome that. It’s great to have a knowledgeable GP as your doctor, but their breadth of knowledge causes them to fail at a deep knowledge of specific disease states. So he might be able to determine you have cancer, which then causes him to send you to an oncologist who specializes in that area.

    Basically, there is a limit to the volume of information a human can hold. This was partially what AI advertised it could help overcome, but it’s so much worse than expected. If we could somehow increase the volume of information a human could hold and process, you’d be in much better shape for those doctor visits that end in “well, I guess this symptom is just you getting older” when really it’s SOMETHING but the doctor completely lacks the knowledge of that area.


  • Kage520@lemmy.worldtoComic Strips@lemmy.worldSad but true
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    2 months ago

    To add to this, I gave my card in one of those black books and paid as normal. We don’t go out to eat much, or use this card much. But a couple days later someone had that credit card number and was making purchases. Of course it COULD have been some other usage weeks earlier, but the timing makes it suspicious. I believe there was either a skimmer placed on the restaurant’s machine, or someone in the back was just stealing credit card info.

    It’s now much preferred by me if they either let me go pay at the front, or bring one of those scanners to the table like in Europe.





  • Kage520@lemmy.worldtoMemes@sopuli.xyzIt's the dream
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    2 months ago

    I grew up with the calendar as shown here. Like bookends on a shelf. The week “ends”.

    My wife’s work insists weeks start on Mondays. This allows them to schedule her differently and not get overtime according to their scheduling.

    Mine does the same, but insists the week starts on Saturdays.

    I don’t know why the world cannot decide a proper schema for this.





  • I did buy a super expensive dimmable tunable led strip from Yuji LEDs. It was expensive even before the tariff situation, so really bad now probably. But the LED was top notch. I followed a guide someone had posted to reddit to make a SAD lamp, and used ESP Home to make it so it made a sunrise effect starting all the way as far yellow as it went and ending at the brightest point. It is just a strip with 2 different temperature LEDs on it and it combines them with directions from ESPHome (oh I had to get a controller for the ESPHome connection. It’s just a “dumb” strip that you have to control the voltage to change).

    Since programming it was rough for me, I had some fun experiences where it would just randomly go from super dim to full bright while I was sleeping and hoping for a gentle wake up from a nap. My half asleep brain really thought someone had opened the curtain to the sunny outside. I started thinking of my project as “sunlight in a can”.

    Anyways I happily shipped that expensive project off to my brother who suffers from SAD and he never used it even once.



  • I am going to be redoing the lighting in a house I just bought. I went down the rabbit hole of learning about all the options. It’s hard to find but it is possible to find dimmable, tunable LEDs with a high cri and have matter support so I could use them with Home Assistant. I haven’t actually purchased any though so I can’t report my experience.