[-] GooseFinger@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

Are you talking about the student loans he wrote off for a small subset of people who needed it?

I'm happy for those who got it, but that's hardly enough progress on this issue for me to give our government praise for it. Nearly all of us in the working class were still better off four years ago than we are now. Biden jacked up interest rates to address "inflation," which increased my mortgage by around $700 a month. That's more than what I pay in student loans, and that's just one example.

Things seems to just get worse slower when dems are in office, not better. IAnd I'm entirely fed up with it.

[-] GooseFinger@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 weeks ago

They're referring to the white buildup that happens from the aluminum in antiperspirant. Deodorant without aluminum (and therefore not an antiperspirant) won't give this buildup.

[-] GooseFinger@sh.itjust.works 35 points 1 month ago

So like half a tic tac and a stick of bubblegum. Got it

[-] GooseFinger@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Here's my attempt with no Googling

Edit - that's GTA 4 not SA, I thought that didn't sound right

[-] GooseFinger@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

Not necessarily. Buttons and switches introduce contact resistance, which in the case of the mushy Duracell buttons, is relatively high and also dependent on how hard they're pressed.

Ideally, the buttons are pressed very hard to ensure the entire contact area is closed, minimizing the contact resistance from the buttons. A good switch should have little resistance.

Poorly closing the contacts by not pressing the Duracell buttons very hard would result in higher contact resistance (because there's physically less contact between both halves of the switch), which means less current flows through the strip and less heat is generated. This would look identical to a deader battery with the buttons pressed well.

[-] GooseFinger@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

This is Figaro.

[-] GooseFinger@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago

ChatGPT apparently lol

[-] GooseFinger@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

If you have basic soldering skills and care enough to do this, the mouse buttons can be replaced for less than a dollar each. Not that this excuses Logitech's poor QA, but my ~~g502~~ g305 will last damn near forever if I keep replacing the switches like I have been.

[-] GooseFinger@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 months ago

If you have an Amazon Echo (or whatever they call it) in your home, then you already pay them by letting it spy on you, your family, and any guests that come over. Even if they improved the service (they won't), why would you pay $20 or $30 a year for it?

[-] GooseFinger@sh.itjust.works 41 points 5 months ago

No one's mentioned the privacy nightmare that new vehicles are. Why anyone would pay $45k for a vehicle that spies on you for the sole benefit of car manufacturers and insurance companies is beyond me. Do away with all the unnecessary privacy violations, or pay ME a monthly subscription for MY data.

[-] GooseFinger@sh.itjust.works 21 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I have a handful of ~~tankie~~ capitalism and "democracy" loving, American "traditional" leaning and religious Republican coworkers who absolutely still believe that he's a genius. They feel that way about other billionaires too.

Edit: TIL that "tankie" doesn't mean "capitalism and 'democracy' loving, American 'traditional' leaning and religious Republicans." I guess the shorthand for that is just "stereotypical conservative."

[-] GooseFinger@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

We've committed to listening to this front to back on the living room TV right now

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