JonDorfman

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[–] JonDorfman@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (5 children)

That is barely even the start of what we need. It would do us better to embrace public transit and densification. If we all just switched to small cars instead it wouldn't solve the underlying issues with car dependent infrastructure. We'd still have wide swaths of useful land buried under miles of concrete and asphalt. We'd still have urban spaces that are hostile to anyone not in a automobile (admittedly somewhat less so). My commute time is nearly doubled simply because all of the parking lots I have to walk through. There's no need (outside of accommodating drivers) for everything to be separated by so much empty space.

[–] JonDorfman@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

There's technically two different rates employers are federally required to pay. First there's the standard $7.25/h. The second is for workers that receive cash tips. Employers are allowed to pay said workers as little as $2.13/h so long as their tips and their regular wages work out to $7.25h. If the employee's gross pay works out to less than $7.25/h, then the employer is obligated to make up the difference. The idea, I presume, is to allow some wiggle room to "encourage a more competitive market for smaller businesses," while still ensuring workers make at least the minimum.

[–] JonDorfman@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’d say the situation is unfair to all parties involved. No matter what someone loses. If the viewer watches the ad, the ad buyer does not receive a return on investment. If the viewer blocks the ad, the content creator is not compensated. If the viewer choses to not watch videos at all, they miss out on whatever benefits the video would have provided.

[–] JonDorfman@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The problem with that is lost time. It’s not much, but it can be a bit of a headache especially on things like repair videos.

[–] JonDorfman@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (16 children)

The question becomes, how does someone that does not have any disposable income support creators they like without inundating themselves with ads for products they are unable to afford?

[–] JonDorfman@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What I typically do is listen to some music. I have a collection of soundtracks from some of my favorite video games. I pick a couple of pieces from the whole collection and let the music lead me through my memories. It’s not too far off from the feeling of going through an old photo album. I imagine one could get a similar effect by returning to any number of things that they used to enjoy.

[–] JonDorfman@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Looks like a centralized alternative to a bank card. Rather than using an existing network like Visa or MasterCard as the backbone it appears that their intent is to build their own separate system. The project is still in the planning phase though, so what it eventually looks like (if it ever happens) is anyones guess.

[–] JonDorfman@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I go with whatever feels right in the moment. My childhood pets were named Tiger and Princess. Right now though I’ve been sitting on a name for a cat for awhile. Just need to find a place that allows pets, then I can have my little Pistachio.

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