MNByChoice

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How did people poop before smartphones were invented? in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Plus catalogs.

Earth once wore a Saturn-like ring, study of ancient craters suggests | Live Science in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 4 points 1 week ago

Cool. Great article!

*Permanently Deleted* in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 46 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

And to answer for everyone else:
It was in the country of Georgia in Europe.

*Permanently Deleted* in c/news@lemmy.world
Ford Chairman & CEO Jim Farley Wakes After Decade-long Nap, Shocked By China's EVs - CleanTechnica in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 20 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Thank you for the reference link.

China has one hell of a note on that page:

b. See info about additional detainees, and alleged detainees, at Re-education through labor, Laogai, and Xinjiang internment camps.

JD Vance says US could veto NATO if Europe tries to regulate Elon Musk’s platforms in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 7 points 2 weeks ago

NATO and EU overlap, but are different.

Fond memories in c/android@lemmy.world
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

Too bad it is out of stock.

Bystander shot in head as New York police tackle fare-evader in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

People should be.

People clearly are not.

I don't like it either.

Many people need to easily picture ourselves in the exact situation.

Bystander shot in head as New York police tackle fare-evader in c/news@lemmy.world
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 32 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Wish framing were different. Not "innocent bystander", but a more specific version of "father of 3 on way home from a long day of work", or whatever.

Omnipresent AI cameras will ensure good behavior, says Larry Ellison in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 35 points 2 weeks ago

Will Ellison and government officials volunteer to be observed for next 5 years to prove software?

(No.)

Do you ever get frustrated at your own creation? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 51 points 2 weeks ago

An apt quote from "Rick and Morty" is "no one exists on purpose".

Your parents' issues don't need to be yours.

I hope you don't carry this hurt forever. Sorry.

lemme just operate that heavy machinery in c/memes@lemmy.ml
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

That is a kickass bed. That was a lot of work. Happy to have seen this meme just to see the bed.

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What happened to the Batteriser? (midwest.social)
 

While looking for uses for old disposable AA batteries, I ran across the Batteriser from 2015. Clearly, it was a flop of some sort, as I am posting in 2024. What happened? Are there any iterations that do work?

https://money.cnn.com/2015/06/02/technology/make-battery-last-longer-batteriser/index.html

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batteroo_Boost

Also, are there any uses for old batteries?

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Berkeley can't enforce natural gas ban, federal court rules again (www.berkeleyside.org)
 

On Tuesday, Jan. 2, a federal appeals court declined to rehear the case of Berkeley’s ban on new natural gas hookups, which was struck down by a panel of judges in April 2023.

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Pluralistic: The real AI fight (27 Nov 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow (pluralistic.net)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by MNByChoice@midwest.social to c/tech@kbin.social
2 comments fedilink
 

Last week's spectacular OpenAI soap-opera hijacked the attention of millions of normal, productive people and nonsensually crammed them full of the fine details of the debate between "Effective Altruism" (doomers) and "Effective Accelerationism" (AKA e/acc), a genuinely absurd debate that was allegedly at the center of the drama.

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How would you spend $20 million a year? (midwest.social)
 

Pretend the $20 million is guaranteed, and if anything will increase slightly over time.

What problems could be significantly improved for $20 million?

(I am dreaming of winning the $1.55 billion Powerball drawling. Then taking the lumpsum, posting taxes, investing, and spending 4% each and every year. I understand that the actual may be more, or less than the started amount.)

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Car registration scam? (midwest.social)
 

I have started to receive junk mail (actual junk mail) for a car I do not own.

I do not know what state it is registered in, but do know the make, model, and year of the car.

How do I check if there really is an unknown car registered to me? I assume it could be in any of the 50 states.

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What would get you "back to the office"? (midwest.social)
 

There are a lot of news articles about "back to the office", but they recirculate the same bad ideas. Let's provide some new ideas for the media to circulate. It may also have the effect of making the office less terrible.

I would like my work computer to do Windows updates lightning quick in the office. It currently takes weeks, in or out of the office. Stopping in for a day makes no difference, so there is no point. Now, if there was a point, I would go in.

What would get you in the office?

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