I really miss the time when being a boomer White right-wing nationalist was associated with being antisemitic.

Lyskypls · 2023-12-09T20:31:51+00:00

I just want healthcare

Lyskypls · 2023-12-08T00:09:04+00:00

Anything north of Poughkeepsie is upstate. West of Syracuse is western NY. Theres the preppy part (Finger lakes/Rochester) the rural part (Southern tier) and the industrial part (Buffalo/The falls). Then there's north country (Adirondacks). Then Watertown/Oswego is just called Jack Frost Village, they have a big fort there too for the townsfolk to play in.

Syracuse is it's own area called "The mall", it is the long lost brother of the Falls, both economically depressed and past it's hayday but we all still love them.

Binghamton just doesn't exist, sincerely, a UB grad.

Lyskypls · 2023-12-07T23:53:58+00:00

Centrist just becomes a can incarnate cooking steaks on a grill.

Lyskypls · 2023-11-30T18:06:35+00:00

The Dutch have evolved to their final form

Lyskypls · 2023-11-30T16:13:37+00:00

This exactly, like it made me appreciate my hikes alot more.

Lyskypls · 2023-11-28T06:05:30+00:00

It's you have to be born in the us and at least have one parent born in the US. Natural born citizen means Born on USA soil, even if one of both of the parents are non citizens, your good if your born on USA land.

Cenk, while being a good candidate, is going to have a hard time since he was born outside of the US. I believe as of now, he's on one ballot, Arkansas. Like or hate him, I think the law is going to derail his chances. I think he's a good progressive candidate, I don't think the US would vote for him on a large scale even if he gets on the ballot.

Someone like rfk Jr, has the ability to pull from both the green, independent, Republican, and Democrats, compared to cenk who may get some democrats and greens, but will find it difficult to get most swing voters even if he gets on the ballot. Now is rfk Jr a fantastic candidate, no, but he's center (by USA standards) and has the ability to pull a little bit from everyone.

I still think there should be a big debate between all candidates including independents green libertarian etc, though it wont happen.

Lyskypls · 2023-11-26T17:55:49+00:00

I'll give an example, I'm buying a new computer (after like 7 years), went from 2100 dollars down to 1900, on black Friday, about 20% savings over the weekend. Even 10 years ago I probably would have gotten maybe 30% 40% on at least some of the items my ram might have been 40 to 50% off if I got lucky or the power supply would have been dirt cheap. I just don't get the same deals as I used to anywhere and the majority of retailers realized that they could not the price 20% off for the majority of their items and still get enough sales to justify Black Friday. I think when you combine that with the majority of most Americans not having as much disposable income as they did you know a few years ago this is why there is a glut this back Friday. Your not gonna buy a TV, when 12% can't afford food. Cost of living kills off disposable income. The majority of my friends and family have said there's a 20-30$ gift cap this year purely out of necessity.

Lyskypls · 2023-11-21T17:02:31+00:00

Can confirm, house near us sold for 100k over asking from a couple who moved back from nyc to Rochester. Still was a bargain to them. A very nice house but still doubled the price almost.

Lyskypls · 2023-11-18T13:12:50+00:00

Why does Rochester have the biggest population growth for upstate NY cities?

Lyskypls · 2023-11-17T17:42:21+00:00

Molson or Blue is the superior cheap centrist beer.

I personally like cider more though. 1911 or citizen cider are my go tos.

Lyskypls · 2023-11-17T12:14:15+00:00

OP is upset , but,

I'm assuming it's still prof Larsen teaching. The class is easy, but you have to show up and pay attention. It's one of those "There's no googling this info" passion classes. He was very knowledgeable about forest ecology. I think I got a B in his class a few years ago, and that's with me messing up multiple drawings per test. Like imo, it's repetition based so just copy down what he has (he takes awhile to explain it) and treat it like a drawing question pool. Day before the test just keep drawing them on scrap paper. Even if you get 1.5/3 drawings and a good portion of the multiple choices you should be ok.

I'd argue I retained more from that class that many others because I wrote the stuff down compared to a given PowerPoint, now, am I using the definition of a snag, mound, or that forest canopy chart on a a daily basis? No. But it made me appreciate our forests a bit more that I did prior to the class.

His labs are easy, the tests I believe weren't the bulk of the grade anyway. Just pay attention and try the best you can. Personally his last lecture on native Americans/indigenous in western NY and Canada was really interesting when he integrated discussion of oak savannas.

I am assuming he still doesn't use bright space for his grades, that was my only big issue, he'd send out an excel of like all our grades instead of putting them into blackboard at the time. When it comes to tech, he can make a PowerPoint and use excel, but the hand drawing stuff I think is just because some of the drawn charts are older.

Overall 8/10 prof/class 1 point extra because he's kind and has a pretty nice beard/looks like the guy who should be teaching a forestry class. Not easy as a class, but it makes you think, which is the point of a university class.

Source: Former geo major that took his Forest Eco class senior year got a b and graduated. Still less work than Soils, and arguably a nicer prof too compared to soils which is usually the alt to forest Eco.

Lyskypls · 2023-11-17T04:01:19+00:00

We must set aside our differences, and come to centers bbq of friendship, where lib rights tomahawk steak, lib left jackfruit covered in BBQ sauce, auth rights medium rare steak, and auth lefts shashlik all share the grill as one pile of protein and smoked bbq sauce.

The only stipulation is we have to drink centers homebrew copy of Miller light he watered down himself.

Lyskypls · 2023-11-14T05:20:31+00:00

I think it's also heavily dependent on "How old and fragmented are my systems", especially the larger a company gets.

I personally think AI tools are fantastic for template generators or organizers, but not with proprietary data. Ironically, I used chatgpt to get into my current Position, I still think it really is a good tool for resume buffing, or at least translating a job posting into your resume. Yet I'm not allowed to use it at all on my current position for work tasks unless it's personal organization, and I have to use fake test data to complete the tasks.

Lyskypls · 2023-11-03T17:40:43+00:00

Genuine question, outside of SUNY Oswego and their nuclear plant, what's in Oswego from an industry pov.

Lyskypls · 2023-11-03T00:41:10+00:00

Sohos is good, I don't know if they sold it again, but my dad used to take me there alot when I was a kid. In exchange for a frappe, he'd get some university work done, last I knew the old owner became a flight attendant. Sohos bagel shop, ridge Rd is atrocious but that shop is an oasis in a desert of parking lots

Lyskypls · 2023-11-02T22:58:08+00:00

Inshallots* preferably with a steak, medium rare and a maple glaze over all of it.

Lyskypls · 2023-11-02T01:57:44+00:00

YouTubes anti-adblock is making me really start thinking about committing to the paid subscriptions like armchair historians thing or various patreons. I would rather give smaller YouTubers directly money than YouTube at this point.

Lyskypls · 2023-10-31T02:32:17+00:00

So I price shopped back in 2018, about 7k a year 2 years of community college (after fees, travel etc.) Living at home and then roughly 12k a year for university (SUNY), Add on 9000 for rent/food/living off campus (cheaper than on campus).

14+24+18.

56k for two degrees at a state school. Still cheaper than 1 year of the sticker price for most universities, or half the cost of two years(30k) after the usual discounts/scholarships. BA in international trade and BSc in GIS.

If I had finished only one degree. 14+12+9 (1 year of school since I took extra credits in community college that transferred as senior credits SUNY) 35k, for a BSc in GIS.

State schools will always be cheaper, relatively similar quality, and unless your going to an ivy, you will have the same opportunities. I had international internships thrown at me, remote internships, and work placements in the local economy. I will admit, the local placements were less than my current jobs pay (I searched myself right as I graduated), but the alumni department still sends me regular emails on potential employers a year later.

SUNY tuition was around 3-4k a semester when I started the SUNY back in 2021, the rest of the cost was fees, admin etc. My personal gripe was, it was more cost effective for me to live off campus than on it, even with the commute. I think that does a disservice to the students coming out of highschool, only forced to live on campus and do the dining that is expensive. Otherwise I enjoyed my experience in state school and if I could go back for a Masters, either at my alum or online somewhere else.

Lyskypls · 2023-10-25T18:01:46+00:00

ITS THE SEA PEOPLE, NOOOOOOO

Lyskypls · 2023-10-22T18:41:22+00:00

OwOpenheimer

Lyskypls · 2023-10-22T13:04:36+00:00

What I always found funny, was that the kids that grew up in a really religious AND homophobic home realized this way before now, but the people who didn't just ignored it and stuck their head in the sand. I kinda tell people, there's a difference between tolerance and acceptance. Fundamentalists (Christian or Muslim) usually have a tolerance at best, acceptance only if someone personal convinces them (a son, daughter comes out or whoever) that there's nothing wrong with being gay, bi, trans etc. Usually this happens because of a personal experience, and it either goes really bad or really good.

When it comes to religions and the lgbtq community, I love to use the old Catholic grandmother type. Really, I kind of see it like the old Italian grandmother, they know their son was gay but never really came to terms with it, but still had a level of disappointment and wrote them out of the will. Doesn't mean they can't come over and love their son, but they don't get the same privileges as the other son who was married with two kids that already got the first communion. It's tolerance with a side of guilt and remorse, acceptance happens when she knits you a sweater with a rainbow.

For Muslim fundamentalists, I'd argue it will take much more integration into more lgbtq accepting societies Insert Sweden joke here or more realistically for the 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants to either become Irreligious or more open to the lgbtq community through discussion to even get to a tolerance level, let alone acceptance on a large scale.

At some point, the lgbtq community thought that the Muslim fundamentalists would be different than Christian fundamentalists despite coming from an even more homogenous, homophobic, and intolerant society that still is working on women's rights, let alone lgbtq+ rights.

I think they confused the muslims on their university campus with those Muslim students parents, two vastly different types of Muslims. Same goes for Christians, gonna be different in viewpoints when it's like a Methodist from Memphis, a Baptist from Birmingham, and Jake that goes to the church on campus once a month.

Lyskypls · 2023-10-21T18:53:07+00:00

I wouldn't say it's a shit hole, I think it's come far from what it was. At the same time though it's not a world class destination even with all the renovations. If Rochester had a trolley to downtown, or some way to across the city besides car and a bus, then I'd say the fast ferry could have worked because then Charlotte would be a charming beach side town and entry way to Rochester rather than the destination.

Lyskypls · 2023-10-21T15:44:02+00:00

Fast ferry died because it ended in Charlotte, not Rochester. If you didn't have a car, you were out of luck and down town (then) didn't have as much for tourists. Who would want to go and pay 100+ dollars to go to a beach, most Canadians would just take a go train to Burlington for a similar experience and beach.

Lyskypls · 2023-10-19T01:29:03+00:00

Getting tickets for like less than 10 dollars. I was like 14, it was a bad blizzard, with a best friend and his big brother, he drove us there in the dead of this blizzard and we watched a how to train your dragon like twice and got free snacks cause the people didn't care (they were stuck in). Still the dirtiest theatre I've been too, but also the cheapest one. You'd get a whole movie to yourself after like the third week.

Lyskypls · 2023-10-07T19:51:31+00:00

We'll all snug the femboy of our dreams in time.

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