recursivepickle

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[–] recursivepickle@piefed.dk 11 points 1 day ago

Your taxes will be funding the billionaires. Lovely.

[–] recursivepickle@piefed.dk 46 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What a muthafuggin' bunch of rotten tyrannic cunts.

With the CPB gone in less than a few years, will it be possible at all, to get non-cable news, in the US?

[–] recursivepickle@piefed.dk 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Mit indtryk er, at de mest frastødende og ækle ting cirkuleres i beskedapps, altså uden for det "almindelige" internet.

Pornosider som Pornhub har efterhånden mest vanilla porno, sammenlignet med langt mere uanstændigt og stødende materiale der deles i foraer og på darkweb.

Kravende fremsat i england i forbindelse med deres seneste lov, som jeg ikke lige kan huske hvad hedder, gør blot, at alle over 18 skal verificere sig på pornosider, samt sider med stødende indhold. Det betyder at alle over 18 registreres på en eller anden måde, for at få adgang til nogle indholdstyper (ikke kun porno), mens alle under 18 lærer hvordan man omgår den barriere. Det tjener intet formål, og kan i værste fald misbruges af fremtidige, eller nuværende, regeringer til dataindsamling og kompromat på helt almindelige borgere.

[–] recursivepickle@piefed.dk 3 points 1 day ago

Der mangler lidt en statusside for at se, hvordan mit efterliv ser ud lige nu. Som du skriver, fik jeg spist en reje, eller glemte jeg at vise tegnet til min skaber en dag i kirken, hvor jeg skulle have gjort det? Er jeg sikret min billet, eller skal jeg lige lægge lidt mere arbejde i 4. kvartal inden midnat?

Manglen på bevis for, at nu har du gjort nok til at komme i himmelen er vel også langt hen af vejen den største motivator for at gøre godt. Men samtidig er det noget ingen ved, heller ikke de religiøse. Hvor meget er nok til at komme i himlen? Fik jeg sagt 19 hail mary, eller de 20 som præsten sagde for at jeg kan blive tilgivet?

Ved ikke hvad jeg vil med min kommentar, men jeg kom til at tænke på, at mens der ikke er nogen der kan sige om man har gjort nok til at få den store pris i efterlivet, så kan man selv være den der siger "nu har jeg gjort nok, for at komme i himlen" eller hvad ens religion tildeler en for at have været en god tilhænger. Men det er vel blasfemi, og så er man ude igen.

Meget besværligt koncept.

[–] recursivepickle@piefed.dk 1 points 5 days ago

That was exactly my attitude, "I can't do this", and for a long long time, I couldn't, because that's what I was telling myself.

I know you wrote that you couldn't afford to fix your bike, so you fixed it out of necessity. I will still applaud you for doing that, it's not everyone's approach to such a scenario. And now, you have skills, and a much more positive position.

[–] recursivepickle@piefed.dk 2 points 5 days ago

I can't wait to get on it tomorrow for my commute to work, entirely because I was able to fix those things myself. Otherwise it's a completely regular day, but to me, it's zen, just like you point to.

[–] recursivepickle@piefed.dk 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Not achieving perfect planning does provide for great human encounters. One of the two cars I ever owned, broke down in the middle of nowhere, and ended with me staying overnight in the guest room of the mechanic who ended up fixing it. Great guy, just like the gentleman you encountered. They are out there, willing to fix our broken toys :D

[–] recursivepickle@piefed.dk 1 points 5 days ago

I definitely agree that time is a decisive factor as well, when it comes to fixing it yourself. I totally understand opting for a professional to fix your bike, if time is limited, and you want to, or have to, spend your time on other things. If you have the option to pick, I guess it's a question of whether practicalities or passion wins out.

[–] recursivepickle@piefed.dk 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I don't have experience with cars, so I can't speak to how difficult they are to fix, and my bike is a 2nd hand single speed bike I bought for $120, exactly because I need to keep it simple. My commute is relatively flat, so the upside of having less parts that can break outweighs the struggle up the hills I need to conquer on my way to work :)

[–] recursivepickle@piefed.dk 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Today my knees and my back definitely agrees with the importance of a half-decent stand. I might have to look into that :)

 

I'm a lifelong cyclist, always cycled, will cycle as long as I'm able. Never got around to doing all the maintenance myself though, besides fixing punctures. Never had the tools, never had the patience, never had the confidence. I only have one bike, which I use every day, so making a mess of it would put me out of business for a few days as I would have to haul it to the nearest repair shop, wait for it to get fixed etc. I've relied on bicycle repairmen to keep me mobile, and they've done a great job so far.

I needed new tyres front and back, and new brake pads on my front wheel. I found the tyres on sale online, and had them delivered yesterday. I also got some brake pads. I would normally bring it to the local bike shop after booking a slot, and they would fit the parts, and I would pay the labour. When shopping for the tyres, I came across a small bike toolkit with tyre levers on sale, which I bought thinking I might have a go at it myself. It turned out the little toolkit had all the parts I needed to change the brake pads as well as the tyres. So I thought, what the heck. Let's give it a shot at fixing it all, how hard can it be?

So here I am, a few hours later, and I managed to replace both tyres, and front brake pads! I survived the test drive, and so did the bike, still in one piece.

It wasn't as bad as I expected, and now I feel like I could do even more next time I need to fix stuff. It has really given me a confidence boost, I feel more capable now, so much so, that I've ordered a new rear handbrake as the current one is on its last leg (or hand). Looking forward to hopefully coming out of that exercise successful as well.

This is to say that even if you have 10 thumbs like I do, you might just be able to do your own bike maintenance.

[–] recursivepickle@piefed.dk 4 points 1 week ago

Det er da også lidt af en indrømmelse

Ja, det synes jeg også det må ses som. Nu er jeg ikke helt op-to-date med hvad EUs regelsæt kræver af politiske reklamer, men jeg forventer det er noget med at platformen verificerer hvem der er afsender, samt at persondata (eller i hvert fald at noget persondata) ikke må bruges til at målrette reklamerne.

Det skulle man tro ville være overkommeligt, men hvad ved jeg. De synes tilsyneladende at det er for dyrt, og for juridisk farligt, at efterkomme de krav.

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