Wrench's recent activity
-
Comment on Shaking up the US two-party system: Cornel West’s 2024 Presidential bid, with Jill Stein in ~misc
-
Comment on Desperate Chinese parents are joining dating apps to marry off their adult children in ~life
Wrench Link ParentYeah, I'm a giant half breed. Definitely not their idea of an acceptable son in law!Yeah, I'm a giant half breed. Definitely not their idea of an acceptable son in law!
-
Comment on Desperate Chinese parents are joining dating apps to marry off their adult children in ~life
Wrench Link ParentI went to the Shanghai market! I was visiting a friend and we happened to be in the neighborhood, and his explanation of the phenomenon was intriguing. So we grabbed some ice cream, I hiked up my...I went to the Shanghai market! I was visiting a friend and we happened to be in the neighborhood, and his explanation of the phenomenon was intriguing. So we grabbed some ice cream, I hiked up my shirt in Asian air conditioning style, and perused the market.
Parents were covering their displays and turning away as we walked through. So many dirty looks. It was delicious.
-
Comment on US cannabis industry confronts billion-dollar threat: weak weed in ~finance
Wrench Link ParentPractice makes perfect. I find vapes and joints to be easiest to control. And for the record, I'm very sensitive and prefer a light high. My hits produce very little smoke/vapor compared to pretty...Practice makes perfect.
I find vapes and joints to be easiest to control. And for the record, I'm very sensitive and prefer a light high. My hits produce very little smoke/vapor compared to pretty much anyone else I've ever smoked with. So when I say it's possible to control for a light high, I mean it. Just take your time with it and wait between hits, even if you don't think you got anything.
-
Comment on US cannabis industry confronts billion-dollar threat: weak weed in ~finance
Wrench Link ParentYou can easily regulate how much you intake to adjust for strength. I just take little baby hits until I reach the desired effect. For me, that means avoiding glassware, where it's harder for me...You can easily regulate how much you intake to adjust for strength. I just take little baby hits until I reach the desired effect. For me, that means avoiding glassware, where it's harder for me to gage the amount I'm taking, because the floor is much higher just to get the flame to catch.
-
Comment on Mastercard move at cannabis shops intensifies call for US decriminalization in ~finance
Wrench Link ParentLegalize it all. If people want to do the harder drugs, they will find it. Forcing them to go to shady sources doesn't do them or society as a whole any favors. Most importantly, they should know...Legalize it all. If people want to do the harder drugs, they will find it. Forcing them to go to shady sources doesn't do them or society as a whole any favors.
Most importantly, they should know exactly what they are consuming. Street drugs are mixed with all sorts of harmful shit. Most obviously, fentanyl is an extremely prevalent and dangerous risk today.
Legalize it, give them access to clean drugs from legitimate sources. They are human too, even if they are making poor life decisions.
-
Comment on Could we get a formal megathread for the Trump cases, to include both upcoming and ongoing legal action? in ~tildes
Wrench LinkI've noticed multiple posts from you about wanting to control what appears on your feed. Honestly, the frequency of posts on tildes in extremely low. You could easily manually hide anything you...I've noticed multiple posts from you about wanting to control what appears on your feed. Honestly, the frequency of posts on tildes in extremely low. You could easily manually hide anything you don't care to see, or set up some extensions to further curate your front page content if unsubscribing from subs isn't enough.
If submissions are getting updated and discussed, it's because other people are interested in it.
-
Comment on Twitter brand made it to the top organically unlike top down imposition of X, the stakeholders should revert this move ASAP to control further damage in ~tech
Wrench Link"Organically" I highly doubt it. I remember news stations falling over themselves trying to promote Twitter. It was extremely obvious at the time that Twitter was paying for exposure to establish..."Organically"
I highly doubt it. I remember news stations falling over themselves trying to promote Twitter. It was extremely obvious at the time that Twitter was paying for exposure to establish itself as a breaking news source and household name. Same with celebs later on.
Organic. Rofl.
-
Comment on Chinese man convicted for building bridge for village ignites public debate over judicial power in ~news
Wrench LinkThe CCP doesn't give a rats ass about abuse of authority on the local scale. It's rampant. The only time they give a shit is if it makes global news and makes them look bad. Expect the local...The CCP doesn't give a rats ass about abuse of authority on the local scale. It's rampant. The only time they give a shit is if it makes global news and makes them look bad.
Expect the local official to take a fall now that this is world news. Not because they care about the abuse of authority, or any wrong doing, but because it makes them look bad.
-
Comment on Diablo 4 update nerfs all five classes in ~games
Wrench Link ParentAhh, so you're saying Tier 4 isn't end game, but maybe more akin to Nightmare difficulty? Really don't know anything about D4's scaling. The above post made it sound like Tier 4 was the highest...Ahh, so you're saying Tier 4 isn't end game, but maybe more akin to Nightmare difficulty?
Really don't know anything about D4's scaling. The above post made it sound like Tier 4 was the highest difficulty. I wouldn't think nerfing would even matter until you hit late game grinding
-
Comment on Diablo 4 update nerfs all five classes in ~games
Wrench Link ParentI don't know anything about D4 (boycotting Blizzard), but that certainly sounds like it has a difficulty problem. Diablo games are always balanced so you have to have near perfect gear from...I don't think the issue actually is "difficulty" though. D4 was never really difficult to begin with, even on tier 4.
I don't know anything about D4 (boycotting Blizzard), but that certainly sounds like it has a difficulty problem. Diablo games are always balanced so you have to have near perfect gear from countless hours of grinding to reach end game content
-
Comment on San Francisco’s downtown becomes a wake-up call for other cities in the US in ~finance
Wrench Link ParentYes. Actually looking ahead and doing city planning before you create a giant unsolvable mess is being a NIMBY.Yes. Actually looking ahead and doing city planning before you create a giant unsolvable mess is being a NIMBY.
-
Comment on San Francisco’s downtown becomes a wake-up call for other cities in the US in ~finance
Wrench (edited )Link ParentMy old local city subreddit was full of them. Our housing crisis is particularly bad. Southern California, huge demand, pay not raising to match. It was full of Builder propaganda. Slap a high...My old local city subreddit was full of them. Our housing crisis is particularly bad. Southern California, huge demand, pay not raising to match.
It was full of Builder propaganda. Slap a high density building in the middle of single family neighborhoods. Anyone who objected was buried as a NIMBY. Any question on how the street/parking/sewer/electric would support such reckless rezoning was dismissed by a hand wave of "roundabouts and a culture change to biking will solve everything"
Edit - to clarify, you are right that they would also turn to public transit as a solution to "fix" the problems that would arise from throwing high density housing everywhere.
My point is that none of those solutions are ever even half baked when talks of approving/protesting actual proposals to rezoning to high density housing.
That's where the tongue in cheek "if you build it, they will come" quote comes from. Dont think ahead. Build now, create a huge mess with zero plans up front, and stitch together a reactionary fix after the inevitable massive clusterfuck is reality.
-
Comment on America’s therapy boom in ~health.mental
Wrench Link ParentMy wife is a self employed Psychologist. She spends excessive time fighting with insurance companies over simply honoring claims, even when she called in prior to confirm coverage. The insurance...My wife is a self employed Psychologist. She spends excessive time fighting with insurance companies over simply honoring claims, even when she called in prior to confirm coverage.
The insurance companies consistently say "their listed coverage on our own insurance portal isn't accurate. Nor is the verbal word of our employees when calling in to verify coverage"
Its all a clusterfuck for mental health providers.
The only real way to get consistent results is to go private pay, and that's definitely excluding the under privileged.
-
Comment on Parrots taught to video call each other become less lonely, finds research in ~science
Wrench Link Parent18 subjects of proactive bird owners trying to give their pets their best life. Sounds like a loaded confirmation bias study to me.18 subjects of proactive bird owners trying to give their pets their best life.
Sounds like a loaded confirmation bias study to me.
-
Comment on San Francisco’s downtown becomes a wake-up call for other cities in the US in ~finance
Wrench Link ParentShh. The solution is always build up without any consideration to upgrading infrastructure and public services to accommodate denser populations. "If you build it, they will come" is the mentality...Shh. The solution is always build up without any consideration to upgrading infrastructure and public services to accommodate denser populations. "If you build it, they will come" is the mentality of any progressive forum.
-
Comment on Lemmy.world has been hacked and is currently down [UPDATE: It's back up] in ~tech
Wrench (edited )LinkCan anyone give a short description on how to use lemmy? I tried subbing to lemmy.world, and there's a note that posts won't start popping into your feed until you're subscribed, so I waited a...Can anyone give a short description on how to use lemmy?
I tried subbing to lemmy.world, and there's a note that posts won't start popping into your feed until you're subscribed, so I waited a bit.
Seems like my Frontpage is filled with a legion of small, very very niche sub forums. I've been dropping in, blocking like 20 forums in a pass, and giving up.
The sheer amount of Canada specific sub forums is astonishing. Like, I get it, it started as a Canadian centric content, and I think it's great that they have a place that's not polluted by US dominated discussion. But is there a way to just filter all that in one setting, rather than curating constantly like wack a mole?
Edit - Nevermind, I'm an idiot. I thought the gateway into lemmys was lemmy.ca (first link I found a file ago), and you signed up to federated lemmys through that general UI. Went to https://lemmy.world and this is what I wanted. Mystery solved
-
Comment on Are phones really listening to us at all times? in ~tech
Wrench (edited )Link ParentI've had way too many coincidences for that to be true. A few weeks ago, my wife and I were watching the last season of Barry, and we randomly had a conversation where we repeated "No ho hank is...I've had way too many coincidences for that to be true.
A few weeks ago, my wife and I were watching the last season of Barry, and we randomly had a conversation where we repeated "No ho hank is the best character" a bunch of times, verbally. No Google searches or watching old clips or any kind of related digital trail.
The next day, my Youtube front page was full of "No ho Hank is the best character" titled Mash up videos.
That's way too coincidental.
And no, my YouTube feed did not usually contain that kind of content. It was all woodworking and PC hardware videos previously.
But now, No Ho Hank is mixed in there because I watched one video... damn targeted advertising.
-
Comment on Minecraft Wiki strongly considering moving away from Fandom in ~games
Wrench Link ParentAnd so much flashing crap. Ads, chat, video ads. You're a game wiki. You're open on 2nd monitors or tabbed out. Don't be distracting or hog resources. If you had static image ads, I wouldn't give...And so much flashing crap. Ads, chat, video ads.
You're a game wiki. You're open on 2nd monitors or tabbed out. Don't be distracting or hog resources. If you had static image ads, I wouldn't give a shit. But it's like a strobe light out of the corner of my eye if I don't remember to change tabs every fucking time I look something up.
-
Comment on How Tabasco fills up to 700,000 hot sauce bottles a day | Big Business in ~food
Wrench Link ParentThat's exactly it. From what I remember, one farmer was supplying something like 80% of their chili's for decades. Huy Fong then decided to try to renegotiate their agreement to something shitty,...That's exactly it. From what I remember, one farmer was supplying something like 80% of their chili's for decades. Huy Fong then decided to try to renegotiate their agreement to something shitty, and the farmer walked.
Apparently the farmer had very consistent quality compared to every other supplier Huy Fong has tried, and their product sucks now in addition to shortages due to not having enough supply.
And the farmer started his own Sriracha sauce brand that's scaling up.
Greed raking in that karma
The point is you're making an argument that reeks of "both sides" and use agriculture as its basis, under the premise of the idea that Red is pro agriculture and Blue is anti agriculture.
The person above wants to know why you feel that way. Blue tends to be very pro agriculture and the infrastructure it relies on, while Red only pays lip service to "real america" and cuts subsidies behind closed doors.