7rokhym

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[–] 7rokhym 11 points 1 month ago

Heavens no. Hopefully his support continues to wane, he loses the election, and we forget all about Canada's little PP.

[–] 7rokhym 32 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Also, he is 47. Men's bodies age rapidly around 45 and again at 65.

[–] 7rokhym 2 points 1 month ago

Indeed. Charcoal filters are to catch some odours, the aluminum will catch some grease, but 'natural gas' is a whole lot more than methane, and think the same is true for propane.

[–] 7rokhym 55 points 1 month ago

Thought this was an Onion article!

Hey plebs! I demand you work 50% more to develop AGI so that I can replace you with robots and fire all of you and make myself a double plus plutocrat! Also, I want to buy an island, small city, Bunker, Spaceship, And/Or something.

[–] 7rokhym 2 points 1 month ago

I keep seeing articles like this, but I think this entire narrative is being pushed by companies that have been selling tea and infusions as non-alcoholic gin and Rye at exorbitant prices. This article is a case in point. However, there is nothing novel about some people choosing not to drink or being unable to.

What I think is new is that we have smart watches that monitor various health metrics, including sleep and heart and stress. And these watches creat awareness of the impact that alcohol and other drugs have on our sleep and other factors. So I think the generational conclusion isn’t so much a new trend based on age, but I suspect aligns to the adoption of smart watches.

And then there was that multi year, piss-up known as the Covid & lockdowns in which people drank far more than historic averages, so the other fascinating conclusion in this article that people are drinking less could actually just people returning to past norms.

Then there was the insane price increases at bars and restaurants. Cocktails have nearly doubled in price and even bottles of low end beer have nearly doubled. So I get a lot more people wanting to hang out and drink at my place (I make cocktails) simply due to affordability and budget constraints.

Finally, there’s this whole return to office and spending time with clients and coworkers and I’m seeing the slow return back to prior behaviours.

President Krasnov is barely a month into his presidency, so I’d hold off on any conclusions for the time being.

[–] 7rokhym 93 points 1 month ago (15 children)

The studies I read, there was no ventilation / exhaust fan. The point was that low income households using these stoves often don’t have proper ventilation and it makes them dangerous. I didn’t find much evidence that using them with proper ventilation is actually a serious problem.

Further, cooking releases all sorts of chemicals from incomplete combustion in the air if something is burning, as well as the toxic chemicals release from nonstick cookware at very high temperatures, so cooking without ventilation is bad for your health would be the message I’d take away. I find most people are completely unaware of the hazard.

[–] 7rokhym 27 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Just a lack of Nazi hunters.

[–] 7rokhym 4 points 1 month ago

They are already hiding, fearing the electorate. Trumpsters are yellow bellied cowards. #chopchop

[–] 7rokhym 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Also available on Linux, and with the magic of Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) it works on Windows too. Basically, export your mobile data to a sync service and import on other devices.

Far better than Google Maps in many regions and works perfectly offline.

Still using Waze (Google) for traffic though.

[–] 7rokhym 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Somehow most people figured out email. It's like picking Gmail, Outlook, Proton, Mailbox, Yahoo. Doesn't matter, pick the one you like, create as many accounts as you want, or make your own server if you want.

This isn't a Fediverse or Lemmy problem, but is speaks volumes of how broken the Internet has become and how far we've fallen. 😔

[–] 7rokhym 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

I'd be more forgiving, but what MS Copilot sucks at the worst is working with Office files: PowerPoint: completely useless

Excel: useful for some tasks if I reformat all my sheets into tables, so mostly useless

Word: can't even answer why the formatting of the file from my coworker is a mess (which is every coworker), let alone try to fix it. But it will gladly take a succinct piece of information and make it into an insufferable 50 pages of fluff. It summarizes documents well and helps with reviews.

OneNote: creating content it's ok, but useless at retrieving info.

Outlook: It tries to help, mostly confirms that my language is may be perceived as cold and offensive. Which is good, because that was my intention.

It is surprisingly helpful with PDFs and extracting data and cleaning up formatting.

Unsurprising, it does great with CSV and other open data formats. Maybe there is a lesson here?

[–] 7rokhym 3 points 2 months ago

What is up with street parking?
The city has made a royal mess of Bloor, University and several other major streets by keeping parking when they put in bike lanes. Get rid of the parking and use the space to make additional driving lanes to address congestion (Lutron lanes, etc).

With the Gardiner disaster, people are obviously frustrated, but there is no cheap or easy answers. Clearly people still fall for them.

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