whyrat

joined 1 year ago
[–] whyrat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I met my wife through eHarmony. I tried the other apps available at the time (mid 2000s) and most were "profile pic & swipe" level of depth. eHarmony had a fee (so both parties were at least a little more committed to finding a partner, rather than "sign up for free account while drinking one night"). Also it had maybe 100(?) questions you had to fill out before it'd give you any matches... basically a quasi personality profile about what you were like and what you were looking for in a relationship. The result was fewer matches, but all the dates I went on were meaningful (eventually leading to ~15 years of marriage & 2 kids).

There's now additional dating sites beyond just eHarmony that have this barrier to entry which seems similar (although I don't have personal experience with those).

[–] whyrat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

60% Local; 30% All; 10% Subscribed (still building out my subscribed list)

[–] whyrat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I enjoy her series; as well as the "What's Eating Dan" one. The regular ATK show is okay; it's still quality content, but the delivery feels too fake for me.

 

America's Test Kitchen has some good videos on cooking technique. This one covers food (mostly meat) sticking to metal pans, how to prevent it and some cases when there are advantages to allow sticking.

[–] whyrat@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Why protect a home industry that won't make the type of product I want? I don't want a giant electric SUV, eHummer, Ford Lightning truck, or whatever; I want a small electric car. The models that would compete with BYD are often being discontinued by domestic producers...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Volt

https://www.slashgear.com/1604210/why-bmw-i3-discontinued-what-happened/

There's still the Nissan Leaf I guess? And the ever-present promise of a cheap compact EV "coming soon" from many producers.

[–] whyrat@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Use a secret manager?

Cert is a secret, add a small agent to your containers that pings your secret manager and gets back the current cert. Then saves / imports it (or whatever is appropriate).

 
[–] whyrat@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Get a wireless charger. If your phone is less than ~6 years old it probably supports wireless charging. Can find them for as cheap as $10-15...

[–] whyrat@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Bluey is great for that age, I can't recommend it enough. For brushing teeth maybe Bluey shorts?

[–] whyrat@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So if the difference is corporate consolidation... Sounds like that's the real underlying issue then, not automation.

Economics has well established that monopolistic behavior by firms harms consumers & the overall economy (that's why we have anti-trust laws in the first place).

Don't conflate the one problem with another, as I agree the erosion of anti-trust laws is a bad thing and needs to be reversed. But that doesn't mean firms further automating things is now also bad.

I'd also say "automation affecting the whole economy at once" isn't unique. The industrial revolution was not isolated to one industry, its effects were economy-wide. Also true for the transportation revolution (trains & steam boats moved everything), telecommunications, and the internet...

[–] whyrat@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (8 children)

If you're not aware, look up the automation paradox: https://ideas.ted.com/will-automation-take-away-all-our-jobs/

Every* automation advancement has lead to an increase in employment, not decrease. Most often jobs in the immediate sector are lost, but the rise in supporting sector jobs are bolstered.

Classic examples are the cotton mill and combine harvester. The number of agricultural workers declined, but the number of jobs processing agricultural product increased. Or with ATMs, the number of tellers needed per bank location decreased, but the total employment in the banking sector increased (banks opened more branches, namely in places where it was previously cost prohibitive).

As more things are automated, what's being automated becomes cheaper and more prolific, often increasing (or creating) new opportunities. There are so many historic examples of this, it's hard to justify "this time is different" predictions... Even for things like AI automating white collar jobs.

*Edit: almost every. It depends a bit on how you count the secondary jobs, and where those are located (automation combined with offshoring results in a net decline in some countries, but increase overall).

[–] whyrat@lemmy.world 44 points 1 month ago (5 children)

A photo op that would be so easy to arrange...

[–] whyrat@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Check out Fez if you haven't already. Also Tunic does a great job of starting out basic & breaking precedent.

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