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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Just wondering, what qualifies as cheap for you?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

What does the conscription look like in daily life? Do people just naturally transition from military life to civilian life, same as going from school to working?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

What kind of purpose does the military serve over there? Is seeing soldiers doing civilian stuff a common thing?

My perspective has always been that the military works overseas, completely seperate from most Americans daily life

 

This question was inspired by a post on lemmy.zip about lowering the minimum age to purchase firearms in the US, and a lot of commeters brought up military service and training as a benchmark to normal civilians, and how if guns would be prevalent, then firearm training should be more common.

For reference, I live in the USA, where the minimum age to join the military is 18, but joining is, for the most part, optional. I also know some friends that have gone through the military, mostly for college benefits, and it has really messed them up. However, I have also met some friends from south korea, where I understand military service is mandatory before starting a more normal career. From what I've heard, military service was treated more as a trade school, because they were never deployed, in comparison to American troops.

I just wanted to know what the broader Lemmy community thought about mandatory military service is, especially from viewpoints outside the US.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

I kinda agree with this, without reading the article yet. I hope there is a clause for "-except with some training certificate"

The age for getting drafted into the military (in America) is 18. Once in the military, you will receive some kind of training on firearms. If for some reason 18yr olds didn't join the military (political or otherwise), but instead wish to get training through their own means, I think being able to purchase a firearm should still be a right. Obviously not military weaponry, but most other stuff, yeah

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Hey at least comedians have plenty of material

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe, but that would defeate the purpose.

Tails is secure because it is a packaged distribution that allows you to do a lot of stuff privately, like browse, email, download, and upload.

Installing a video game doesn't break the other stuff; you can still do that. But that additional software is an avenue for malicious actors to get in to your system, that the tailsOS team didn't test

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Also to add, this is hardly the first airplane crash in a while. There was even a near miss in Arizona just over 2 weeks ago https://people.com/united-and-delta-flights-nearly-collide-while-heading-to-phoenix-airport-8774470

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

I get why 2FA is adopted so widely: companies need to cover they asses. Even if you don't care if a hacker gets ahold of your password for a flash game website, that password leak could cause issues later on, and opens the website up to responsibility.

What really bothers me more, is that 2FA is relying so heavily on phone numbers, which is an extremely flawed security system. At least some of the larger companies are open to using authenticator apps, or sharing the private key for storing in a database. But so many websites do 2FA by "requiring a phone number", which just puts a lot of security responsibility on the phone carrier now. The user doesn't really gain any extra responsibility for having good opsec, because phone companies fuck up all the time and assign phone numbers to new sim cards all the time, often on concerningly small amounts of information

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

About $5.50 for a dozen of the brown, non-organic ones. Kinda middle-tier. This is central texas btw.

Similar pricing in SE Michigan

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This is going to be lemmy history. Omg that was so funny

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Where/when was this? Seems like a cool hike

 

If Kamala and trump both tie the electoral college, which it is looking like a possibility, a new president would be chosen by the new Congress on Jan 6th. Scary to think about

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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Howdy! I am planning to move to the southeast part of Michigan around this new years. I am excited to get out of my state and see what other parts of the USA have to offer. But one thing that really worries me, and that I wanted to reach out about, is the winters in the north.

I'm moving from Texas, so for the most part, snow or ice is rare, and it usually meant the whole city shut down for a few days if it happened that year. And now I need to coordinate a moving truck up to Michigan, which from what I know, snow is to be expected? Do y'all have any tips for dealing with this?

I'll also be moving into a suburb area, is there anything I need to know about that? I've heard shoveling snow is kinda important, is that true? How often do you need to shovel snow?

Thanks y'all

 

Hello everyone! I wanted to start meal prepping this month for lunch. I'm trying to cut down on my sodium, and I found my deli sandwiches are a big source of that. This weekend I'll be trying to make a sandwich from shredded chicken. At the moment I'll be using this recipe: https://livesimply.me/prep-day-how-to-make-easy-crock-pot-shredded-chicken-using-a-whole-chicken/

If anyone has any meal prep ideas for lunch, please share! I am tired of cooking everyday, I want thr convenience of a quick microwave meal without all the salt and extra stuff.

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