davek804's recent activity
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Comment on I don’t know if my software engineering job will still exist in ten years in ~comp
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Comment on Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix 2026 - Race Weekend Discussion in ~sports.motorsports
davek804 LinkWow. The cars are fast in new spots. They look sharp and smaller. The race direction looks good. More cars is fun and new. The order is mixed up. This is looking like a fun season to watch. I hope...Wow. The cars are fast in new spots. They look sharp and smaller. The race direction looks good. More cars is fun and new. The order is mixed up.
This is looking like a fun season to watch.
I hope Aston can stabilize a bit for ALO's sake!
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Comment on What’s your preferred work monitor setup? in ~comp
davek804 Link ParentRecently adapted to a 5k2k ultra wide OLED. I've seen the light and I'm never going back.Recently adapted to a 5k2k ultra wide OLED. I've seen the light and I'm never going back.
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Comment on Single vaccine could protect against all coughs, colds and flus, researchers say in ~health
davek804 Link ParentLike you said, easy stuff. Won't happen. Wayyyy too much money on the line for the status quo. The USA is old and tired. Sit down in the rocking chair and let something new come along. Maybe do a...Like you said, easy stuff. Won't happen. Wayyyy too much money on the line for the status quo.
The USA is old and tired. Sit down in the rocking chair and let something new come along. Maybe do a bit better.
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Comment on Single vaccine could protect against all coughs, colds and flus, researchers say in ~health
davek804 Link ParentGood chat. Hearing you say it gets dumped onto you is not even the slightest bit surprising. Completely human nature. When you're up against the exploitation machine that's faceless and impossible...Good chat. Hearing you say it gets dumped onto you is not even the slightest bit surprising. Completely human nature. When you're up against the exploitation machine that's faceless and impossible to change or stop? Lash out again the bag of meat in front of you that 'represents' that medical system.
Sorry you go through that.
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Comment on Single vaccine could protect against all coughs, colds and flus, researchers say in ~health
davek804 Link ParentNot the OP, and I generally agree on the zingers respectful callout. I do think there is some truth in that zinger, though. And I think you more or less acknowledge the partial truth while also...Not the OP, and I generally agree on the zingers respectful callout.
I do think there is some truth in that zinger, though. And I think you more or less acknowledge the partial truth while also pointing out all of its challenges!
Seeing hospitals privatized, and massively consolidated, in my lifetime and in my region ... I can't help but call out how problematic for profit medical industries can be. The profit incentive is a wonderful thing, but it can get rather ... Shall we say ... Perverse.
I'd like to live in a world where we had salutes to health care workers and public school teachers before each NFL game rather than fellating the flag and the armed services. But, our society priorities are what they are.
To me it goes back to Eisenhower:
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this: a modern brick school in more than 30 cities. It is two electric power plants, each serving a town of 60,000 population. It is two fine, fully equipped hospitals. It is some 50 miles of concrete highway. We pay for a single fighter plane with a half million bushels of wheat. We pay for a single destroyer with new homes that could have housed more than 8,000 people. This, I repeat, is the best way of life to be found on the road. the world has been taking. This is not a way of life at all, in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron."
Address "The Chance for Peace" Delivered Before the American Society of Newspaper Editors, 4/16/53So, yeah, that was an indictment of the military industrial complex. And I'm not laying all of it at the hands of CEOs of health care conglomerates that have consolidated the market.
But, shoot, sure would be nice if we spent a lot more money in a collected single payer system on health care! It might not be the simple solution of 'hire more people', but maybe it would be a little better.
Anyways, that's just what my lived experience makes me think about when I hear a zinger about 'hire more people!'.
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Comment on Messy 2026 F1 cars leave a deeply disturbing impression in ~sports.motorsports
davek804 Link ParentI agree with your premise, but I can promise that announcers and commentators on the various video feeds will absolutely whine at every single track where a record is not being scratched or...I agree with your premise, but I can promise that announcers and commentators on the various video feeds will absolutely whine at every single track where a record is not being scratched or broken. Just ... that's how it's been since I began watching in 2010. Always!
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Comment on Why Jony Ive put buttons in the electric Ferrari in ~transport
davek804 Link ParentSemi-unpopular opinion, but I'm totally here for a keyless world. I owned a Tesla for awhile before the Nazi salute, and that sold me on PaaK / RFID cards. Not the most secure systems in the...Semi-unpopular opinion, but I'm totally here for a keyless world. I owned a Tesla for awhile before the Nazi salute, and that sold me on PaaK / RFID cards. Not the most secure systems in the world, and they have drawbacks, but the convenience was excellent to not carry keys.
My home is all keypad locks with 9v battery backups; my car is all PaaK (switched to a gross legacy maker of ICEs that has transitioned to some EVs). Not carrying keys is great. I have keys still for 5-6 various usecases, but they're not daily occurrences.
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Comment on What are your food aversions? in ~food
davek804 Link ParentBeet leaves in a salad I haven't got any issues with! I think you're right. The canned ones always just had an odd aftertaste and a soft texture. Fresh ones are a whole new world now!Beet leaves in a salad I haven't got any issues with!
I think you're right. The canned ones always just had an odd aftertaste and a soft texture. Fresh ones are a whole new world now!
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Comment on What are your food aversions? in ~food
davek804 (edited )LinkNo one has said mine just yet! Beets. But it gets more complicated. I was out to a nice small menu restaurant in the depths of the chilly winter this year and my partner seemed a little peckish,...No one has said mine just yet! Beets.
But it gets more complicated. I was out to a nice small menu restaurant in the depths of the chilly winter this year and my partner seemed a little peckish, whereas I wasn't quite as famished. I offered to get the beets as an appetizer so that they could have most of it, and I could have a tiny bite to confirm beets were still disgusting to me.
I had my small bite, and they still tasted like beets. But I noticed I didn't hate it. Now, disliking beets has been a core part of my identity for a few decades now in my family life. I felt myself turning over the idea of acknowledging that I no longer detested well-prepared beets. I decided to leap off the deep end and acknowledge that they weren't bad!
I look forward to trying them a few more times to see where my evolving tastes take me. I suspect it's rather like brussels sprouts for other folks: when I was young, I was eating canned beets that weren't an amazing expression of the range of tastiness of beets.
Baked beans in a can are disgusting, bruh. Still completely disinterested in those. I like almost every other bean. Kidney, black, and pinto in a chili? mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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Comment on 2025 NFL Post Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Playoffs, Week 3 in ~sports.american_football
davek804 Link ParentAs a Pats fan, thanks for putting the stink over on the left coast. 'preciate that.As a Pats fan, thanks for putting the stink over on the left coast. 'preciate that.
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Comment on 2025 NFL Post Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Playoffs, Week 2 in ~sports.american_football
davek804 LinkSheesh. Lot of great comments here with a LOT to say. I watched all the games this weekend. I was stressed watching the Pats. I can say that for sure. Boutte's beaut of a catch saved our bacon...Sheesh. Lot of great comments here with a LOT to say. I watched all the games this weekend. I was stressed watching the Pats. I can say that for sure. Boutte's beaut of a catch saved our bacon when there was a risk of a turn / momentum thing in the air. Settled it down. Ugly W against a strong D.
Not happy that Nix is out for the AFCCG. You never know though, backups can surprise you.
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Comment on Hacktivist deletes three white supremacist websites live onstage during hacker conference in ~tech
davek804 Link ParentYeah, I've been seriously reviewing an emigration to Canada. And as a result of that, seriously reviewing the rights and laws of Commonwealth of Nations states. I am, generally speaking, a pretty...Yeah, I've been seriously reviewing an emigration to Canada. And as a result of that, seriously reviewing the rights and laws of Commonwealth of Nations states. I am, generally speaking, a pretty solid fan of the Bill of Rights.
Fundamentally, I do believe in freedom of speech as an inalienable right. And I believe in that for all persons regardless of their place of birth.
There's something rather honorable about proclaiming that rights are endowed onto us by our existence ('our creator') as opposed to bought by money or deigned onto us by states.
But, shit, yeah, we can just run all that over because we don't like what they have to say and they're not United States citizens in this hypothetical. Stunt on those hoes.
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Comment on Hacktivist deletes three white supremacist websites live onstage during hacker conference in ~tech
davek804 Link ParentBecause I believe in the first amendment. Holy shit.Because I believe in the first amendment. Holy shit.
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Comment on 2025 NFL Season 🏈 Weekly Discussion Thread – Week 17 in ~sports.american_football
davek804 LinkI'm down by ~9 points in our two week championship round for Fantasy. I have far-and-away the best record in the league, but my crown is undeserved: I've had the lowest points scored against me by...I'm down by ~9 points in our two week championship round for Fantasy. I have far-and-away the best record in the league, but my crown is undeserved: I've had the lowest points scored against me by 2-300 compared to second place.
That all being said, I'm suffering this week in my deficit because the Patriots benched Maye mid-way through the 3rd quarter whilst destroying the Jets.
My suffering is immense.
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Comment on The story behind the iconic Vietnam episode of 'Hey Arnold!' in ~tv
davek804 LinkMan, I didn't remember this episode until the first photo / screen capture. Then it all flooded back in. The story and the accent. It was so moving to me. I hadn't thought about it in decades. I...Man, I didn't remember this episode until the first photo / screen capture. Then it all flooded back in. The story and the accent. It was so moving to me. I hadn't thought about it in decades.
I really appreciated reading this this evening. Thank you!
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Comment on Merry Christmas! in ~talk
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Comment on How Wall Street ruined the Roomba and then blamed Lina Khan in ~tech
davek804 Link ParentI was shook, too. Had used them extensively for my two Roomba s9. Did a couple weeks worth of noodling before decided to pull the trigger on the Dreame X50 Ultra. At the time it was going between...I was shook, too. Had used them extensively for my two Roomba s9. Did a couple weeks worth of noodling before decided to pull the trigger on the Dreame X50 Ultra. At the time it was going between #1 and #3 on their list as prices fluctuated.
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Comment on How Wall Street ruined the Roomba and then blamed Lina Khan in ~tech
davek804 Link ParentI chose mine based on vacuum wars. Its abysmal performance is why I have serious doubts about them going forward. Which is a shame, because I really did trust their process and valued their...I chose mine based on vacuum wars. Its abysmal performance is why I have serious doubts about them going forward. Which is a shame, because I really did trust their process and valued their reputation.
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Comment on How Wall Street ruined the Roomba and then blamed Lina Khan in ~tech
davek804 Link ParentI have a $1300 Dreame. Piece of shit at getting wood floors clean, especially edges and corners compared to my two older Roomba s9. I will say, the lidar is amazingly good at mapping (well, no...I have a $1300 Dreame. Piece of shit at getting wood floors clean, especially edges and corners compared to my two older Roomba s9.
I will say, the lidar is amazingly good at mapping (well, no shit) compared to a camera system.
I'm so angry I spent money on a Dreame. I want a high quality robot vac that lets me run the OSS all-local backend.
It's just so infuriating.
Crank that savings rate.