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hitmyspot ,

If we want to end gerrymandering but we consistently need districts to be redrawn due to population changes, why not inventovise the nominees to do the work for us?

Release the population data map. Whomever can create the required amount of districts, with the appropriate population with lines of the shortest length has their map used. After Avery census, where the data is release, set a deadline for a certain time, say 1 year, for submissions to be considered.

hitmyspot ,

Yes, it was reasonable to believe was the point. I think what’s also interesting is the bot referred them to the correct information, which was part of the defence. However, the ruling said that both were provided by the company, the customer had no reason to believe the website gave more accurate information in one place compared to another.

hitmyspot ,

And if all the money goes to pay for fines instead of ads, he loses and the criminal charges will come to bite. His whole plan is to get elected to buy time.

hitmyspot ,

It’s a pity they don’t offer the option to ‘supercharge’ to 100, so you get extended battery life when desired, when you know you will need it. Say, going camping, or plan to use the phone a lot for whatever reason.

hitmyspot ,

Yes, they could call it spinal batt.

5 patients die after oxygen cut off in Gaza hospital seized by Israeli forces, health officials say (www.cbsnews.com)

Five patients in intensive care died after their oxygen was cut off in southern Gaza’s main hospital that was stormed by Israeli troops, causing chaos for hundreds of staff and wounded inside, health officials said Friday. Troops were searching the complex where the military said it believes the remains of hostages abducted by...

hitmyspot ,

I found your comment very confusing. It’s a beep, not a peep when fuck is censored on TV. It’s ok to say fuck if that’s what you mean.

hitmyspot ,

Almo heard is “I think they meant --peep-- not --beep–”.

hitmyspot ,

Auto save on by default is not an unreasonable request. If they just wanted to request it, this is not the place. However, is hey wanted to vent and discuss, so this seems like the place.

hitmyspot ,

I like auto save, but it should never be needed and should never overwrote the user saved file. For recovery purposes only.

In this case, it sounds like an os crash, which is not libre office fault, but libre office having auto save by default would have saved it.

I think they have taken the wrong approach. Helping daughter but they write it and learn to type faster. Also a learning experience for software in general and auto save.

hitmyspot ,

Yes, he seems a stickler for the rules, this guy.

After searing inflation, "American workers are getting ahead," Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says (www.cbsnews.com)

As of the end of 2023, the typical U.S. worker could afford the same goods and services as in 2019, prior to the pandemic, and had an additional $1,400 to spend or save per year, according to a January analysis by Treasury officials....

hitmyspot ,

Yes, they will notice price rises immediately at purchase but only notice they have a few dollars left over when all is paid and that might be a slow trickle depending on their purchase patterns. One big purchase or repair and they could take longer to notice.

hitmyspot ,

Lol, do you think they just make it up? It certainly skews towards creating wealth for the wealthiest but Treasury is not making stuff up, even if they massage in favour of a narrative.

hitmyspot ,

Politicians lie to get elected all the time. Civil servants and public officials, not so much. It’s not usually in their interest to do so. Accurate data is more useful than propaganda in those roles.

Yes, there are millions and billions washing around in government. They are literally entrenched the finances and well-being of hundreds of millions of people. Millions missing is a rounding error.

It’s the same with large companies. Millions go wasted and millions go on products that never see the light of day. So long as most is useful and it’s used responsibly, it’s money well spent.

hitmyspot ,

Lol, no. It certainly has aspects of selectively presenting facts. However, so does any argument or debate, ever.

Making stuff up is using false or fabricated information. Like your example of a definition that is objectively untrue.

I understand you’re using a rhetorical device, but the point applies. You’re doing the very thing you accuse them of.

Would a recognized Palestine help end the Gaza conflict? (www.dw.com)

Although Germany does not consider Palestine a country, a majority of the world’s states — 139 out of a total of 193 — at the United Nations do. What’s significant this time, though, is that recognition is apparently being reconsidered by the US, a country that has previously vetoed almost every attempt to make Palestine...

hitmyspot ,

Isn’t Israel’s settler policy of recent decades purposely designed to undermine a two state solution?

Walmart in talks to buy Vizio for more than $2 bln, WSJ reports (www.reuters.com)

Walmart in talks to buy Vizio for more than $2 bln, WSJ reports::Walmart is in talks to buy smart-television manufacturer Vizio for more than $2 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, a move that could bolster its advertising business and give it control of more than a fifth of the U.S. television market.

hitmyspot ,

Wait until the software updates to be basically an Amazon device.

hitmyspot ,

That makes it brave, and therefore more noteworthy.

hitmyspot ,

Always another asset acquisition available. I count AAAAA

hitmyspot ,

Not stamping him down would pose the bigger risk long term then.

hitmyspot ,

I alternate between books that are important to read but more work, and books I just enjoy. Soemtimes the important works are just as enjoyable. Sometimes they are not, but rather than joy, they bring knowledge, or understanding or broaden the mind in some way. Sometimes it’s the classics and the story and themes are great, but the language is dated and just takes more mental effort.

I only read one at a time. I used to keep two on the go, but I found I always went for the easy, joy bringing book. I still enjoyed it, but I felt I’d get more by not always reading easy and fun. However, if a book is such a slog that I dread it or it makes me read less, then I drop it.

hitmyspot ,

Or, by association, the security of all members.

hitmyspot ,

As consoles moved to be closer and closer to custom PCs, I think it was only a matter of time. But, wasn’t that the point?

hitmyspot ,

Israeli propaganda. Or you can just call it lies. Or a deflection from their war crimes.

hitmyspot ,

They’re talking about balance though, not flight time.

hitmyspot ,

Lol, if it’s only needed for landing, that’s a pretty big need.

hitmyspot ,

Ah, the ol’ reddit switcheroo on Lemmy.

hitmyspot ,

I like the idea for AAA games that I know I like. I play sf6 daily and have played sf5 for years. However, id probably stop of ot was that cost monthly as it would seem poor value, knowing my habits. Saying that, I pay for ps+ monthly for online play. I’m considering getting a steam deck on the future to cancel that subscription.

Brazil police seizing Bolsonaro passport, arresting close aides (www.reuters.com)

BRASILIA, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Brazil’s federal police on Thursday sought to confiscate former President Jair Bolsonaro’s passport and arrest some of his closest aides, sources said, as part of an investigation into an alleged coup attempt after he lost the 2022 election....

hitmyspot ,

Always has been. corruption is greater where the power is greater and so there is bigger opportunities. Brazil has much more petty corruption the USA has built in corruption, that is deemed legal.

hitmyspot ,

Yes, but shipping it back to be destroyed instead would be more wasteful, with the same end result.

It would be better to repair, but where repairs cost more than replacement, the only way to force them to repair is with regulations, as otherwise they do what costs less.

I much prefer that they require you to break it and give a new one. From a consumer perspective it’s a better outcome. From an environmental perspective, it’s slightly better than ship back and destroy. The ideal is repair which has less waste and solves the problem for the consumer.

hitmyspot ,

Odd coming from an oppressive regime, but whatever.

hitmyspot ,

Food costs and employee costs have gone up. They are not immune. They just have a poorer product. When the difference in cost between high quality and average quality is less of a value difference.

If a big Mac is $2 and a burger at a nice place is $5, lots will get the big Mac. If a big Mac is $8 and the nice one is $11, lots will get the nice one.

Not only that, bit as the staff cost goes up, there are even more people who will say, screw it, I’ll cook my own.

hitmyspot ,

Nah, he’s not so good with contracts. When he tried to shirk the Twitter bill, it cost him extra.

hitmyspot ,

As much as I agree with you logically, and also disagree with what she did, we shouldn’t encourage people to avoid lawsuits to address injustice they perceived. That’s how we ended up with . So many on the entertainment industry not rocking the boat as it could damage their career. Some were blacklisted for speaking out, so it was a real fear.

If it was a real injustice the same logic would apply and we should take that into consideration when we consider damages for real injustices.

hitmyspot ,

Fuck nestle communities exist on here and the old place.

hitmyspot ,

I worry that it’s a bit chicken and egg. I’ve a psvr and psvr2, for reference. Without millions of users, the market for a range of quality apps is poor. Then, of those quality apps, only a few will be truly great, even less revolutionary enough to sell a $3500 headset for one.

hitmyspot ,

Me too, but that assumes devs that have the time and access to do so. If it’s not mass market, they may not. In a way, hopefully it means that all vr has to use the same apis/design language eventually rather than a a new set of competing systems. Obviously, with seeing how the phone market went, none of the big companies will allow that to happen if they can avoid it.

hitmyspot ,

That already existed on psvr 4 years ago and I think take up was minimal. Again, it could be something that apple can popularise, now the technology is better, but it won’t be ground breaking.

hitmyspot ,

Yes, but many millions of the kind of people that would be interested already have a ps5. For those that don’t, it’s still cheaper to buy both twice over.

It’s designed for vr, not at, so the video pass through is sufficient rather than great. It’s still a huge step up and hopefully, so is the apple headset.

hitmyspot ,

Yes but the question is whether this can be mass market enough and is refined enough.

hitmyspot ,

Yes, but they can be won over with better education and rainbows and using trickery for entertainment purposes as flamboyant magicians with buxom assistants.

hitmyspot ,

Lol, use Linux, it’s super gay. You’ve got to arch. Your back, that is. Also, pop, as fun to dance.

I’m not even gonna mention deepin.

hitmyspot ,

Humanely (insofar as it’s possible) slaughtered and packaged and refrigerated. These are just floating cesspools of disease with animals forced to endure horrific conditions. Worse so, when things go wrong like this. 15,000 sheep have been shitting in the same spot for a month in 30 to 35 degree heat.

hitmyspot ,

Not just cheap labour, but cheap education. Nurses trained in Australia have to have schooling, then university. Urges imported from the Phillipines go straight to work, paying taxes. It means the Phillipines is subsidising healthcare in a different country.

hitmyspot ,

Whatever the motives of those that wrote it, the fact that cryptocurrency uses power wastefully to ensure validity is absurd when we want to reduce climate change.

The concept is great. The execution needs altering.

hitmyspot ,

No, it needs non-useful computation to make it more and more difficult to mine. This needs more and more power to do. The power wastage is not required, but is a side effect. There are other methods of securing digital currency. Bitcoin should be seen as a proof of concept at this stage, rather than a complete technology.

The problem is trying to prevent concentration of power and ensuring new good faith actors can enter the ecosystem at any time on a similar footing.

The irony is that the more widespread it is, the less likely for any one entity or group of entities to have control, yet the more total power is being consumed.

hitmyspot ,

Reducing wastage, increasing base load of renewables, back up storage and peak load usage and interconnected grids are all used. This suggests reduce wastage, which should not be ignored. Bitcoin wastes the energy solving problems that are computationally difficult but not useful. That’s wastage.

hitmyspot ,

You’ve clearly never tried to send money between countries that dont have an interconnected bank system. Or has your credit card stolen. Or has to make large transactions outside the bank system, say for a car. Or used PayPal.

The concept of sending money without requiring a third party to be trusted is great. It should not be a store of wealth.or a gambling machine. Enabling cash transfers is it’s only purpose. And that concept is good. And what is cash, but government sanctioned ways of transferring currency. The name is apt.

Israel accuses Australia of forgetting ‘Hamas’s culpability’ for Gaza war as ministers consider UNRWA funding (www.theguardian.com)

As an Australian, no we didn’t. We just had it put in context. Jews around the world are great people, the Israeli government and the hardline supporters are absolute monsters. I hope the Australian government tells them as much. Israel deserves no support and everything that may happen when it’s withdrawn.

hitmyspot ,

Israel are horrible, (Jewish people are nice and horrible, like everyone else) but saying civilians deserve to when they lose funding is just as bad. That’s effectively what you’re saying when you say they deserve whatever happens. We need less violence, not more.

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