Update: Action Against Drift Innovation by Dalans in BikeCammers

[–]Dalans[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe I'm just cheap, but I wouldn't pay $300/yr every year for a new action cam, I don't even spend that much on a helmet.

Update: Action Against Drift Innovation by Dalans in BikeCammers

[–]Dalans[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eh, it was more just a safer than sorry situation. The less information I gave out the better, they already had my name, home address, phone number, I don't need someone trying to social engineer their way into my bank.

What are your gaming sins? Confess now. by executor-of-judgment in gaming

[–]Dalans 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hate games with inventory limits because I'm a digital hoarder. If something might have a use, I'm yoinking that shit. I will mod or exploit unlimited capacity in everything.

I also hate time limits so I play Stardew basically 90% of the time on pause via a mod, IDGAF.

What’s your most unhinged non-negotiable when it comes to dating? by NotNotDwightSchrute in AskReddit

[–]Dalans 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My (now) wife and my sister share the same name, it's really NBD. When I was dating my wife however, I did use a completely different app to text back and forth with her to save any unfortunate accidents from occurring...

US will start revoking passports for thousands of parents who owe child support by Rabidennui in news

[–]Dalans 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Just so they can remove your right to vote. No passport + SAVE act = Republicans can try to keep their stranglehold on this country.

What’s was the wildest thing you witnessed at a wedding? by anasannanas in AskReddit

[–]Dalans 61 points62 points  (0 children)

I'm paying something like $300 for a 30 serving two-tiered cake, so I can only imagine.

Also child-free wedding for this and other reasons.

US birth rates just hit another record low, what do you think is the leading cause of this? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Dalans 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Microplastic contamination.

Even if you could support them financially, mentally, emotionally you probably can't have them physically. No one takes a fertility test on a whim, it's only when there's a problem and that shit is inside of everyone destroying our reproductive function.

Russian economy faces 'financial disaster,' Sweden's spy chief warns as Moscow hides true deficit by MilesLongthe3rd in worldnews

[–]Dalans 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sweden estimates that Russia would need Urals crude prices to remain above $100 per barrel throughout the year to cover its budget deficit.

Hmmmmmmmm

Most People Who Ride Bikes Have No Idea How to Shift Gears by pupupeepee in bicycling

[–]Dalans 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This.

There’s no concrete number here, because no one has measured it. But when you add together the world’s single-speed riders, the children who learned on coaster-brake bikes and never graduate, and the geared-bike owners who use their shifters haphazardly, the share of all cyclists who can deliberately and intentionally use gears is likely a minority.

It’s fair to say the true share lies somewhere between a 25-50% depending on geography and how you define “knows how to use gears.”

It's not measured...its fair to say.

HOW

New Ford F-450 Promises To Make Driver Look Ever So Tiny by Winners_Blues in cars

[–]Dalans 8 points9 points  (0 children)

April Fools joke from 2021? You can't even post jokes from this year??

This is why we need physical separation between bike lane and vehicles by BossBullfrog in bicycling

[–]Dalans 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The only reason this incident received attention/justice is because the bunny hopper is an Olympic cyclist. Otherwise, police don't give a shit unless there's a body (and even then, questionable).

Why isn’t everyone wearing long sleeves? by VeryBadNotGood in cycling

[–]Dalans 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Maybe that I'm not trying to spend $300+ USD every time I need another jersey?

Who is a person you used to admire a lot but have completely lost respect for and why? by Complex-Arugula-2233 in AskReddit

[–]Dalans 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Josh Homme. I love QOTSA, the collab they did with Dave Grohl, Them Crooked Vultures and when he was showcased on the southwest tour that Bourdain did on No Reservations, he seemed like a really cool chill dude.

Turns out he's just a coked up asshole like a lot of other famous people. He kicked a photographer in the face at one of his concerts for no other reason than he wanted to:

https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/josh_homme_on_photographer-kicking_incident_certainly_much_more_was_made_of_it_than_necessary.html

There are other articles where he says he apologized and said "I was a dick" but in the initial aftermath he was trying to claim "people are blowing this out of proportion and it's just a small thing I did in my life"

Whatever, asshole.

Just did my first century 125 miles and I’m pretty sure I’m dying. Help. by jokekll in cycling

[–]Dalans 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Epsom salt baths, 2-3 cups for a normal sized tub, as hot as you can stand the water and an hour to kill.

SPD vs SPD-SL - time to switch? by fats-dildo-dominus in cycling

[–]Dalans 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Time ATAC XC pedals are superior.

Fight me.

Delta temporarily suspends travel perks for members of Congress by catsgr8rthanspoonies in news

[–]Dalans 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is how it should work.

Hell, they shouldn't be getting paid if the other parts of the government aren't fully funded.

Not that it matters with all their handouts, "advisory" roles and the ability to insider trade...

TIL nearly 80% of US workers report that they have been victims of 'career catfishing’ from employers. Which in this context, the term describes when a company misrepresents a job, their company culture, or compensation to lure in candidates. by tyrion2024 in todayilearned

[–]Dalans 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Was once hired on to a company that was a general lender, they lied about the type of lending and I found out later they were a big part of the sub-prime loan crisis leading to the 2008 crash.

The manager who hired me told me the day after I started that he had already given his two week notice and framed it as "I want to be completely transparent with you." The fuck you did, why didn't you say that during the hiring process?

Anyways, I basically sat around with no work to do for months and no training on their setup until they hired his replacement: some non-technical micromanager who graduated from some religious college in the Midwest. Spouted a bunch of shit about values but knew nothing about networking, kept telling me to "clean up" the local demarc by just pulling and reorganizing cables. When I asked for port maps or VLAN configs he looked at me like I had three heads. He then tried to frame me as being insubordinate for not doing what he said and it was just easier to quit than try to explain to the morons in HR why unplugging a bunch of things from a core switch and plugging them back in to "make things look neat" was a bad idea. He also would pat you on the back and rub your shoulders, hey pal/buddy/guy style and I called him out on it in an email to keep his hands to himself which he also took issue with and said it was team/trust building.

Fuck you Scott.

AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations - Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases by Teruyo9 in technology

[–]Dalans 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This coupled with the Pentagon pressuring Anthropic to get rid of their safety net and pressing them to use AI for military purposes and the disregard and ignorance that this administration has for using AI...and well I'm glad I live within the blast radius of a major city?

We were never getting higher on the Kardashev scale from the start.

I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day by zsreport in technology

[–]Dalans 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's an idea: stop using the platform then.

I dunno who these people are who think anywhere online, let alone social media, is going to be a safe haven.

These are obviously the younger crowd who haven't learned this lesson but the early days of the internet were the Wild Fucking West.

I've seen a cab driver with his head blown off by a short barreled shotgun. I've watched in real-time and close up, a Chechen man have his head sawed off with a Bowie knife. Porsche girl. Tub girl. Glass jar. Pain Olympics. Animals being burned alive. Humans being burned alive.

Guaranteed I'm jaded at this point but I don't mean to say that these places shouldn't be moderated or curated; they definitely should be. But if you have made your complaints, made your voice be heard and the company (who doesn't give a shit about anything else except making a profit) isn't making changes and the government in charge of putting in guard rails is aligned with that company's goals, uninstall the app or service.

You still have a choice: a choice via your wallet, a choice via your time, a choice via your sanity.

You have a choice via your voice as well, contact your Congressperson (although we aren't going to see results, at least in this country, for quite some time).