[-] xantoxis@lemmy.world 40 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

There was a chance he might be in a room with black people. You think he was gonna risk showing up?

[-] xantoxis@lemmy.world 27 points 3 days ago

he listens to his better angels,

One subtle diversion from this: I think the joke here is not that Everett opposes homelessness (and is generous regardless); the joke here is that he wants to encourage this fellow, and is actively fighting those who would discourage him.

It's just a little different perspective on why this is funny.

[-] xantoxis@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago

Can we make it weekly

[-] xantoxis@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Well, the best part of 5 minutes is that first 30 seconds; the rest is kinda boring. So maybe they pissed themselves for 30 seconds.

[-] xantoxis@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I had a problem with cards getting demagnetised, for a long time. IDK if i just have different stuff in my wallet now or what, but it happened to me for years and then stopped happening, years ago.

Cashiers would always try rubbing it with a plastic bag, which frequently worked, which makes me think something something static electricity something magnets??

[-] xantoxis@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago

She should be pissed in any scenario. You propose to your partner, you post a photo, and then you put ANYTHING other than I LOVE MY FIANCEE in your post? That sucks, dude.

[-] xantoxis@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I'm pretty anti-AI but even I'll cop to this one. ChatGPT is good at figuring out what you're trying to describe. Know you need a particular networking concept? Describe it a bit to ChatGPT and ask for some concepts that are similar, and the thing you're looking for will probably be in the list.

Looking for a particular library that you assume must exist even though you've never seen it? ChatGPT can give you that.

You're on your own after that, but it can actually save you a bit of research time.

The problem is this: it's sure it has the answer 100% of the time, but about 30% of the time it gives you a list of nothing but wrong answers and you can go off in the wrong direction as a result.

[-] xantoxis@lemmy.world 26 points 4 days ago

Intent matters in criminal law and would be considered in future cases of this type. If someone is being arrested for violating the law, and the intent of the arrest is to prosecute legitimate criminal behavior, you're good. If it can be shown that the intent was political retaliation, you're in the shit.

[-] xantoxis@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago

Are these things literally Little Tykes Cozy Coupes like wtf

[-] xantoxis@lemmy.world 61 points 5 days ago

So they overturned the students' vote and probably pissed off every high school student, undermined everyone's trust, so they could veto... Bulldogs? What was so bad about Bulldogs?

[-] xantoxis@lemmy.world 36 points 6 days ago

Crazy when politicians listen to voters and support the things they want. Don't they know what their jobs are supposed to be?

[-] xantoxis@lemmy.world 121 points 6 days ago

This change is likened to expanding a CPU from a one-lane road to a multi-lane highway

This analogy just pegged the bullshit meter so hard I almost died of eyeroll.

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I'm setting up with HA and zigbee smart bulbs. I've got a few automations already set up, such as turning on a bunch of lights in the morning and turning most of them off again at night.

All these lights still have physical switches. I don't want to take those switches out for lots of reasons, and putting smart switches there seems like overkill when the bulbs are already smart. What are people doing with their physical light switches to ensure that they don't get flipped?

Ideas I've had:

  • some kind of physical plastic covering that fits snugly around it. I'd probably do this if I had a 3d printer, but I don't. Maybe someone sells a thing like this? More just a reminder not to touch them.
  • Carefully paint the switches a different color (perhaps the HA color scheme?). Again, basically just a reminder. This especially makes sense with a few multi-switch plates where some of the connected lights are automated and some are intentionally left manual.
  • Entirely replace the plate with a smart switch? Besides incurring a nontrivial cost and being a bunch of work to install, this won't even help me with the aforementioned multiswitch plates. I don't want all my lights automated.

Other ideas?

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