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[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

I was on the fence about attending a world cup (it would be my first) when the sleaze has been trying to say it's "his" for the last year. Since FIFA has been corrupt forever it probably means I won't be able to enjoy it as much because I'll be considering what I'd be endorsing. It's disappointing, I've wanted to go to one since I was a kid but considering there will probably be ICE raids in the concourse or psychopaths trying to drive trucks into the crowd to kill the [insert group] I'll have to forgo it.

I'm surprised I have heard anything about boycott here--therr was a ton of push for that during Qatar build up around human rights, and nothing for this? I'd hope the US gets boycotted by whole nations ala East German/Russian Olympics.

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

What a life, lived.

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

Thanks for this link. So amazing to get to see real convo not from corporate media.

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

The US already state sponsors capitalism with tax breaks--only instead of understanding the race for better cars didn't end in 1983, US automakers have poured most of that into share buybacks, dividends, executive comp and other things that leech long-term growth prospects from the company.

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago
[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

The Democrats need no further help getting to an impotent place.

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Between skeletal structure, evolution and biology we have a damn good idea. While we may not know exactly what skin color adapted to a given period 70 million years ago in a certain region or how much feathers some might have had I guess I understood we had a compelling body of ideas drawn from research at this point for many species. What are the parts you're referring to that are so unknown?

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Haha, I bought 200 shares at $10.12 and sold at $12 along with a bit of other stocks I had because I needed a down payment for my house. After splits since, last time I decided to depress myself looking at one of those calculators it would be like 800k.

I've learned playing (free) poker though, you'll eat yourself alive if you focus on the woulda/could/shoulda and end up making more mistakes. In poker (and investing) you do the best you can with incomplete information and sometimes it sucks. Move on.

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Fonts are bolder than that. Long overdue. It's like the NAACP not inviting trump to it's annual meeting.

The left ever so slowly actually beginning to almost turn down the road of understanding you have to fight your enemy.

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

If you aren't a fan of authoritarianism, you may want to read up on what living in China is like ..or Tibet, Urghurs, Taiwan...EU and China are generally pretty far apart in position and trajectory though some places in Europe definitely asking the question in the last 10 years how Europe would feel about fascist ascendency.

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

I work in HR. I might steal this as some perspective for when someone insults the collective intelligence by claiming they couldn't have known and shouldn't suffer any consequences.

Bad HR immediately posts a sign saying Soda pouring near inclined load conveyance is prohibited by Management and has everyone take escalator soda slip safety training.

Good HR fires the dipshit as an example of what happens to dipshits, so people self-regulate and much less collective time can be spent on Stupid island having moronic conversations.

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

If they claim you left your favorite sweater there it's dead to you. Car keys? They can have it.

 

Hello, would love to see the option to mute/filter posts by some criteria, e.g. down vote score of -10 or greater.

Down voting is supposed to make bad content less visible, it would be nice to allow users to not see troll, bot and other low quality posts based on their preferred criteria.

 

The Melo pick, while not surprising, is disappointing. I can't think of many players who did less with his talents and the situations he had. I had hoped that the NBA would stop honoring chuckers after the 90s; the last 10 years has seen the true elevation of "team" ball, San Antonio in 14/15 and GS for their stretch (and I'd argue Boston's failed few years showed you simply cannot win with hero ball and no defense and when Tatum finally stopped trying to be Kobe they finally won but I'm not here to argue about Boston).

Melo was never able to put aside his ego, arrogance or ignorance and learn to be part of a system on offense, let alone defense which he showed consistent contempt for. The closest he got to competing was in Denver--and that was mostly thanks to Chauncey and over-performances by most of the rest of the team. He immediately took that great team and opportunity and decided to get a bag instead, moved to NY and took himself out of competitive basketball in hims prime so he could be a NY superstar and work on his brand and celebrity which Denver couldn't offer. He took less money to go to NY, and because he demanded a trade before his contract was up, it forced NY to give up most of the young talent they had--so he arrived to a historically struggling basketball city that had been building a nice young core that it had to gut to get him. I don't recall if they ever even made the playoffs with Melo. He should have been booed at every touch for his duration there.

Melo never wanted it in the NBA, shrunk in the big moments, never committed to any sacrifice nor leading by example...until he finally had a mini-renaissance with a reduce role on the Blazers--something had he done it years prior would have made him a wicked weapon as a 6th man, but with that ego it wasn't happening.

If Melo gets in, Bradley Beal should get it. Can score with their eyes closed but want no part of what it takes to win. Hopefully the last relics of a dinosaur era where stats didn't matter.


Howard did more and did enough. Intensely unlikable guy, and while his ring wasn't really "his", he played some nice support minutes to AD and added value and managed to keep his idiocy in check thanks to the bigger dogs having him on a leash. Howard deserves HOF in my book.

 

Super brave Caucasian commissioners decide committee they do not directly benefit from does not have a purpose, in a wise and comprehensive evaluation showing exactly who is a member of their community worth investing in.

Program had no funding and cost nothing other than ~4 hours of each program member’s time related to the program each month.

Please keep this in mind when thinking about where you will travel, vacation, live and do business with in Oregon. If you'd like to share your thoughts with the county commissioners: board@deschutes.org

 

Hi, I'm in the US and non-car safety is appalling. I live in a semi-urban area and get nearly hit, obstructed or aggressively cut off at crosswalks or driveways nearly every single time I run, which is every other day.

Rather than try to make the case with stats showing no local enforcement of pedestrian code, I've decided for my and likely my future lawyers sale I should just record and montage it. When I'm inevitably disabled or killed by one of these selfish dumbasses, at least it will make for simple settlements, and prosecutions .

I'm in the market for a headmounted/head strap camera, preferably with a microphone option. I googled a bit and there are some go-pro-ish options but they all seem pretty big and heavy, made for mountain biking or swimming, etc. anyone have ideas or links for a lighter option? Don't need 4k and 400gb of storage, just enough for an hour or video and audio at reasonable resolution.

TIA

 

It steadily has dropped for a year or more and I can't take it anymore. If I replace will they fix? I pulled it off and even with the water off there is still water coming out of the pipe at a slow, slow drip pace. Is it the water shut off that needs help? Would of course prefer the cheaper fix but if a new head isn't going to stop the leak it'd be good to know.

TIA

 

Ziply was a dumb pipe with decent rates for symmetrical fiber with moderate usage. No good can come of this for customers, hope Kahn blocks it.

 

Ziply was a dumb pipe with decent rates for symmetrical fiber with moderate usage. No good can come of this for customers, hope Kahn blocks it.

 

Played out Monster Mayhem card game within a month or so. Bought Castle Panic and was a great fantasy intro board game, simple to learn with just enough strategy to keep it interesting for older folks but it's about run its course.

Looking for suggestions 2-3 can play together mix of youth and adults, ideally collaboratively. Basic-level RPG or strategy fantasy/mystery/adventure, small group of 3 max so not really a "DM" situation type game, all would be players.

TIA

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