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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

They're in the same universe and there are some Easter eggs you'll notice if you read both, but the stories themselves are standalone. You can read either without ever knowing about the other and you wouldn't miss anything.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

Atlanta as well. The frustrating thing is that Atlanta has MARTA, but the state refuses to fund it and MARTA's answer for everything is to divert funds away from rail to bus lines. But then the degraded rail service means more people drive than ride trains, thereby increasing gridlock, which causes bus service to suffer. So then MARTA diverts funds away from rail to bus lines...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I always suggest starting with Mistborn Era 1 and then moving to Stormlight Archive. It's more of a slow burn introduction to the Cosmere.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Well, that's super neat and very useful for my circumstances. I'm moving outside of the US soon to a place where WhatsApp is dominant, but I still want to use SMS/MMS with family and friends in the US since I doubt they'll make the switch. I've been using WhatsApp for about a year now while coordinating stuff for my soon-to-be home and I've come to the conclusion that WhatsApp is complete garbage.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

This is what I'm most concerned about with moving away from Gmail. I have literally everything associated with my Google email address and, since almost every website uses email as credentials, it means I'll have to create new accounts for everything. If I move to a new email, I'm worried if they go belly-up or just flat out close my account then I'll lose access to everything.

I'll have to look into using an alias, that would clear up a lot of my concerns.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My favorite YouTube channel, hands down, would have to be Sampson Boat Co. It is chronicling the ongoing efforts by a young shipwright to rebuild and restore a 112 year old wooden sailing yacht named Tally Ho. Episodes come weekly/biweekly, the cinematography is fantastic, and the people involved in the project are extremely skilled. As a woodworking hobbyist myself, it's magical seeing the things they're capable of doing. And also, wooden boat building is infinitely more complex than I ever would have imagined...

I would highly recommend watching the playlist with the episodes in chronological order.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So they absolutely can arrest you for being in their presence; the minor caveat is that you have to be ordered to stop first, so you have some warning.

In practice, there won't be warnings. They'll say, out of the blue, "I told you to move away," and then arrest everyone in the vicinity.

Also, how does this bill treat cops approaching you? For example, even if the cops do give warning, what if they continuously walk towards the person warned? I think this law is ripe for abuse by cops, who famously love to abuse.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My wife was talking about this recently. She used to wake up at 5:30AM everyday, take a shower, blowdry her hair and style it, put on makeup, and prep her lunch by 7AM. Then she'd set out on her 1.5 hour commute to the office.

Once we started working from home, all of that extra time went to sleeping well and relaxing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

He took over Tucker Carlson's time slot, so you'll probably hear a lot more of his word vomit make it into headlines in the future. Fortunately, he seems like an idiot; unfortunately, the Fox News viewership is too dumb to notice.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I think I was literally using that exact same stud finder. We were getting very sketchy hits on where the studs were located, so we started probing and found the issue.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Just watch that narrative spin around the moment one of them gets elected.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not sure how it can be too much money, it's literally free to use. There are ads, but there aren't many and not obtrusive at all. I haven't really noticed them. I'll probably buy the pro version just to throw some money at the developer. Otherwise, I wouldn't mind just using the free version.

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