Where I live, there’s a law that says all vehicles have to yield for pedestrians at crosswalks. Of course this would be a thing, otherwise crosswalks would only be as good as any part of the road. Despite this, it’s a largely unfollowed rule, to severe degrees. To the extent that me and some friends have a “running gag”...
Canadian here. In the province I grew up in vehicles yield to a pedestrian at a crossing (marked crosswalk or intersection).
Then I moved to Ontario for a co-op workterm. I was living with family and it was about a 30 minute walk to where I was working.
I was on my way home after my first day and crossing the street in a residential neighborhood when I stepped out in front of a lady who had stopped at a stop sign. I walked in front of the car and she beeped her horn. I thought we might be related since my cousins lived nearby so I looked at her and she was yelling at me in her car. I said “sorry” (I have no idea why) and as I turned to keep hustling she literally bumped me with her car before I could get out of the way (she had been creeping up). I was like wtf and just got out of there.
When I got home my cousin had a good laugh after I told him about this and he explained that pedestrians do not have the right of way (there are some towns and cities where they do, just not the one I was in).
I then proceeded to do lots of waiting at crosswalks.
I think the message is “try to leave, I’ll blow your plane up” which is going to be an issue for cronies trying to leave with their families. And I would say commercial jets are on the table. Just gave up blame it on Ukraine.
I am fully vaxed (booster not available here yet) and had COVID before. Just got it again recently and it really got me good. Still dealing with respiratory problems two weeks later.
I had a thing thing on with a bookcase and told them I was sick of haggling; they could have it for free, it’s at the end of the driveway.
My buddy picked me up to do something right after and helped me take it down to the end of the driveway. He said if it’s there when we get back I’ll take it (he drives a van for his business).
He dropped me off hours later, 3 hours after the guys said they would come and the bookcase was still there, it was going to rain, so we loaded it into his van.
As we’re doing this the brodogs show up in a car way too small to handle this item and acting like they would fight us over this transgression. Lol.
I looked after a house that my brother owned while he was out of the country for a few years. The first tenants were a group home that destroyed the place so much we had to gut the drywall and they never paid the rent until I hounded them endlessly every month. Every month.
The other tenants were just regular families and pretty good for the most part.
I would say I was dealing with something related to that house all the time. Every three weeks for stuff. Leaky faucet, roof shingle gone, branch fell on the lawn, sewer backed up. Big and small, all the time.
And they always called late at night or very early in the morning. This was before texting and email was common, etc.
My brother was paying me to do this, I would have done it for free but he insisted, but I was so glad when he sold that place.
I dealt with everything promptly. A family friend ran a property mgmt business and his crews did all the work promptly and billed us direct. People still always seemed annoyed and dissatisfied. Never again.
It’s more like they want you to keep up a constant interaction with the device the entire time you are awake. Which isn’t that far from how it is now, only you’ll use voice or gestures.
Most people won’t read until that last paragraph, ha ha.
Thanks for writing this up. I have always been concerned that my car is the nearest FM radio. I always kept a clock radio stashed in my basement “workshop” area but it was thrown out at some point along with the old rotary phone I had with it.
My son has a beginner electronics kit that can build a very low powered transmitter so I got him a cheap usb chargeable AM/FM receiver with an aux in, speaker, and headphone jack for next to nothing. The antenna is actually extendable and doesn’t suck. Going to stash it when he’s done with it. Could come in handy.
I love our local university radio. They actually play jazz sometimes. It’s basically mindless pop, frozen in time 90s, or you can pick between new country and even newer country where I live.
I always did but we moved across country as a lot of stuff just got tossed. You know that old radio in the garage covered in paint, and the clock radios no one uses anymore, etc. My mother’s house has one in every room, I think (except bathrooms and maybe the living room, ironically).
Is it at all possible that instead of being pushed away, we are instead getting pulled toward something huuuuuge via gravity? As if we are falling into something way greater than ourselves? I thought this was a wild idea but after I Googled it I found out that there is such a thing as a “Great Attractor”. Something 150...
I see the human organism as a layering of different levels of consciousness. Each layer supports mostly automated processes that sustain the layers beneath it....
If there were no people, would there be a national consciousness? If such a think exists, it is the sum of parts, so it is partially within the body (if what you say is real).
Maybe they have found us and we’re being prepared to hear that officially. There’s been a lot of unprompted announcements like this lately from various governments and organizations.
I don’t think there’s anything pseudoscientific. It’s pure speculation (as far as I know). I just it fascinating how often “aliens” comes up lately. Chuck Schumer is introducing legislation to compel private business and individual who have artifacts of non-human intelligences to release them to the government under eminent domain.
Here’s it is. You are saying there’s a significant enough group of people who would think this was a reason to vote for, say a Democrat to carry a wide net, who a large enough group of them will hear about this little known, barely mentioned addition to a spending bill to make a difference in which election?
This sounds like some very hamfisted and ineffective politicking. Larry, in Butte, is going to love this. He and his MUFON buddies are going to put us over the top come next election when surely this will be big news!
I want to make sure that you think there’s a political voting block that will be swayed by this, is aware of the legislation, and that this is the only reason?
Ok, so the most logical explanation for this is a career politician at the apex of his career did this despite the fact that the vast majority of people and his colleagues hearing about it would think he was a nut job. And he did this, risking appearing mentally incompetent to his financial backers, the party members who made him majority leader of the Senate, and his constituents to secure the votes of a fringe ufo motivated voting block.
Edit - actually your thesis is he did this without necessarily even wanting those fringe votes. Sounds like he is not making very good decisions.
Have you had an opportunity to review classified information on this that might be available to people like Chuck Schumer?
If not, what you are saying is there is no public evidence that you consider credible.
If you have been privy to the same information, I’m impressed. I have not so I try to consider motivations under the assumption that we’re dealing with rational human beings. Not that every ufo nut is rational,I assure you they are not, but that the people writing legislation, sitting on committees, running the inspector generals offices looking into this, the director of NASA , etc. are rational.
They are not publically announcing anything definitive but there are far, far too many resources being devoted to this up simply handwave it away.
I remain skeptical until I see proof, I respectfully ask you to do the same. I’m using the word skeptical as its actual meaning: I have imperfect knowledge so I have not made a decision.
Laundry: I use “laundry bags”, they cost about the same as hampers. I keep them in my bathroom and office (work from home) because I have to start work much earlier than my family so get dressed there in the morning. They are portable, don’t look that messy (just a black bag) and easy to tote around when full.
It’s funny, I just realized artifact is installed on my phone (forgot about it) and noticed if I tell it to stop sending me Psychology Today articles (like 20 minute YouTube video that should be 30 seconds, but in article form) I just get more pop psych from another click bait source. Probably the next highest bidder.
My brother has worked in that field forever. You will get shocked even if very cautious but he’s never been seriously injured. Not saying it doesn’t happen.
I share a name with a very famous professional athlete. I don’t even think about it usually but as soon as I have to give my name to someone I can pretty much count on some remark about the athlete by the same name....
A friend of my brother has the same name as a Muppet. Used to haul his ID out in bars and use it as an ice breaker. I mean he could have used “me like you” as an ice breaker, given his physical appearance, so not sure how much of an advantage this gave him.
Edit: just realized I inadvertently imitated Cookie Monster, but it was a different Muppet.
I do this when time travel comes up, but more because I get tired of explaining the block universe theory and no one likes a guy that tries to convince them that they don’t have Free Will.
I had a teacher accuse me on front of the entire class (university) of helping the guy who say behind me cheating from my test. He used the word “collusion”.
I had words with the guy who had in fact cheated off me after class, outside. He told the prof I didn’t help him. I also made it clear he shouldn’t sit behind me in front of everyone at the next class.
The prof had it in for me because he completely screwed up the time period of this sort story and I was able to explain why because of a song and artist specifically mentioned for that purpose by the author.
It stands out because he accused me of cheating in front of everyone. I was 25 years old at the time, used to working with people who would literally fight you for impuning their character like that, and it just really made me angry. I’m pretty chill most of the time.
I was told by some mouth foaming Putin fan on the other site that when the tanks were running out of fuel and breaking down on the road in the early days that it was all part of the plan. Yup, all part of the plan. Sigh. Turns out it wasn’t and here we are.
At some point, we have to take the toys away from the children. No more war.
This happens to me sometimes as I lived in enough places that I understand a lot of common stuff in various European languages even though I don’t speak them beyond ordering a beer or whatever.
Not Brazil but my brother lived in a similar climate and showered before work, at lunch (everyone went home at lunch most days), and before bed.
He also had a massive stack of undergarments which included white t-shirts. He would sometimes change shirts more than he showered. For context he had to wear office attire but could wear Bermuda shorts.
Further context, we are swarthy Canadians that sweat when we eat a sandwich but he’s was really thin/fit at the time. Still sweaty.
[8] I’m high and waiting for food at in n out and it feels like time is standing still AMA
It took so long to post this my food will be up soon haha
What's the longest time you've had to wait for vehicles to stop so you can cross the street?
Where I live, there’s a law that says all vehicles have to yield for pedestrians at crosswalks. Of course this would be a thing, otherwise crosswalks would only be as good as any part of the road. Despite this, it’s a largely unfollowed rule, to severe degrees. To the extent that me and some friends have a “running gag”...
Putin says hand grenade fragments found in bodies of victims in Wagner chief's plane crash (apnews.com)
What UI design trend do you hate the most?
I personally hate rounded corners and shadows added everywhere. Makes most things look crappy and smudged.
Your Guide to October’s Much-Anticipated ‘Ring of Fire’ Solar Eclipse (gizmodo.com)
The annular solar eclipse will be visible across North, Central, and South America on October 14. It’s the last one for the U.S. until 2039.
Says it all. (lemmy.world)
Really wish people wouldn't mess others around over sales sites
So I need some cash and to clear some space as the “landlady” is complaining about why I need 3 bicycles when I only ride one at a time....
Don't be fooled Billy, it's not really a job, more of a parasitic relationship (lemmy.world)
Jony Ive and OpenAI CEO Raise $1B to Design the 'iPhone of AI' (gizmodo.com)
Plan is to reinvent the smartphone with AI, in the same way the touchscreen on the iPhone reinvented the smartphone....
Phones should have FM radio again (www.spacebar.news)
Do cosmologists know for sure that the Big Bang is propelling all matter away?
Is it at all possible that instead of being pushed away, we are instead getting pulled toward something huuuuuge via gravity? As if we are falling into something way greater than ourselves? I thought this was a wild idea but after I Googled it I found out that there is such a thing as a “Great Attractor”. Something 150...
What if you are not the “highest” level of consciousness in your own body?
I see the human organism as a layering of different levels of consciousness. Each layer supports mostly automated processes that sustain the layers beneath it....
anyone put faces on inanimate objects because cute (kbin.social)
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Alien life in Universe: Scientists say finding it is 'only a matter of time' (www.bbc.com)
Russia-China Trade Imbalance Leads To 150,000 Empty Containers Piling Up In Russia (www.marineinsight.com)
What are some household chores people should do more often?
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Career advice for someone trying to move away from web / software development.
It’s been almost one year since I started working on my first job after graduating with a Batchelors Degree on Computer Science....
Have you ever had any experiences that were so unexplainable that you think they might have been paranormal?
Newsmax Host Rails Against ‘Lizard People,’ Asks Viewers ‘You Think I’m Crazy?’ (www.mediaite.com)
Al Jaffee's parody of a Dennis the Menace strip in Mad Magazine (lemmy.world)
One of my favorite Mad bits ever.
Those of you who share a name with a celebrity, how do you deal with it? (sh.itjust.works)
I share a name with a very famous professional athlete. I don’t even think about it usually but as soon as I have to give my name to someone I can pretty much count on some remark about the athlete by the same name....
What was one thing your teacher did that you still can't forgive them for?
Russia wanted to conquer Ukraine in just 2 days — it now says the war will last at least 3 years (www.businessinsider.com)
Shoigu added that Russia could achieve its military goals with “consistent implementation of the measures in the action until 2025.”...
Found a little ChatGPT exploit (lemmy.world)
EDIT: the image in the title is the important one, you have to click on it if you’re on desktop...
Scientists just opened the lid to NASA’s asteroid sample canister (arstechnica.com)
Couples, what secret language do you use to tell each other details that the company you're in doesn't understand or notice?
What words, phrases or signs do you use and how do you get your partner’s attention?
How many showers do you take a day?
Curiosity only....
Is Consciousness Part of the Fabric of the Universe? (www.scientificamerican.com)
Interesting article didnt know where it fit best so I wanted to share it here.