JoMiran

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Leave? And go where?

Europe is also on a steady march towards fascism, racism, and homophobia with a strong helping of the threat of Russian aggression. Climate change is an extreme risk worldwide. Money isn't going to save you. Maybe if you are a billionaire you can buy comfort for the rest of your life.

So, wealthy isn't enough. Filthy rich is the only answer...maybe.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

I meant that yes, it sucks today, but unfortunately the suckage will persist and escalate. So in the context of the clip, the sun will get louder and hotter every morning until they are finally driven mad or cooked.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I had seen the video.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 24 points 9 months ago (4 children)

the sun will come up in the morning

Unfortunately. The torture will persist and escalate tomorrow, and the day after that, etc.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

...but I really liked it.

Ultimately, that is all that matters.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, posts that do include the keyword in the text but not in the title, still get through. Case in point, this one.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Meh doesn't mean bothered, it means that it did nothing for me. It seemed to make its point quite clearly and then just lingered. Its purpose seemed, more than anything else, to be a self-indulgent Hollywood circlejerk. Not bad, not good, and very forgettable.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 6 points 9 months ago

In the US, eggs are washed, which significantly decreases their shelf life.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I clearly remember my thoughts. For the most part it boiled down to "meh" and "well that was a waste of my time " and finally "Flea?!?".

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

Ah. I was not aware.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 26 points 9 months ago (2 children)

They preferred to lose 45% of their workforce rather than have their employees unionize.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Let's put this in context. I bought a house in East Austin for $250k in 2018 with plans to remodel it and have it be my last home. Then I needed major heart surgery in 2018 and the pandemic in 2020. So in 2021 I finally fixed the tiny bungalow (560sqft) just enough to rent it while I researched the "big house" (1300sqft) I was going to build in the back. Then I got the tax valuation. The city valued it at $775k and was taxing it accordingly. WTF?!? I sold it on the spot and the final sales price was obscene (though not $775k). Again, we are talking about a 560sqft bungalow in an admittedly nice and big lot. There is no way prices in Austin weren't going to crash.

EDIT: To clarify, the tax valuation was for the property as it was. If I built the new house, it likely would have jumped to two million+.

 
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I just need to gush for a minute. I am about to shutdown my server in order to move it to the basement. This off the shelf $300 desktop running Pop!_OS is my self-hosting server that has dutifully done it's job without a single complaint. It has been rebooted maybe three times since 2020 and it currently has an uptime of 840 days. That's 840 days of not ever thinking about this thing. It self updates via Cron jobs and just...works.

I am afraid to open the box up though. Those dust bunnies must be huge.

 
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