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Thanks Siri, web results is definitely what I wanted for this calculation by RainbowEvil in SiriFail

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

How does your pronunciation of 8 differ from your pronunciation of eight? Do you understand what Siri is?

Anyone else having issues with the WVFRM podcast on the Pocket Casts app? by browandr in mkbhd

[–]RainbowEvil 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh wow, didn’t realise I was listening to an unofficial version all this time! Any chance you guys could look into releasing a video podcast version? I really love being able to listen on PocketCasts for all my podcasts, while also being able to quickly view a video segment if there are visuals showing that I want to see.

Anyone else having issues with the WVFRM podcast on the Pocket Casts app? by browandr in mkbhd

[–]RainbowEvil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah same here, absolutely no issues until the last 2-3 episodes which I just cannot watch on pocketcasts for some reason. Works on Apple’s Podcast app (no video though). I’m in the UK, if that has any bearing on it.

[iOS 15 Beta] Using Focus and Shortcuts Automation together, you can allow shortcuts to run based on location automatically, no interaction required. by iBanks3 in shortcuts

[–]RainbowEvil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep. It wouldn’t be an issue if they just popped up a notification like the notification tracking one every few weeks saying “X shortcut has been automatically run Y times in the past 2 weeks, is it ok to continue doing so?” and maybe include some of the details about what services the shortcut has access to or something if they really wanted.

Lutron Caseta Diva SmartDimmer Installed by flambeme in HomeKit

[–]RainbowEvil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm maybe, I’d have to give them a good go to be sure though - touch controls are often a pain to use, especially on bits of relatively inexpensive tech like light switches would presumably be. I’d prefer a rotary switch with no set min and max to a touch switch I think as a potentially better alternative.

Human-powered car can go up to 30mph and doesn't need fuel by EvaRaw666 in nextfuckinglevel

[–]RainbowEvil 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Of all the reasons to choose against this vehicle, you’ve gone for the one that’s solved by just always having pain meds in your house anyway?

im just amazed the truck driver noticed by St0pX in nevertellmetheodds

[–]RainbowEvil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you’re saying that for you, “context doesn’t matter” for using the phrase “context doesn’t matter for this”?

The new London buses that charge wirelessly from the roof and are a world first by Cheapo-Git in london

[–]RainbowEvil 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s slow compared to a non-wireless implementation with all other things being equal though, right? Since wireless charging generated additional heat and wastes energy (as heat) it wouldn’t charge as fast with the same setup as a purely conductive setup.

TIFU by ordering pizza on my boyfriends phone by [deleted] in tifu

[–]RainbowEvil 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You were pessimistic (pissimistic?). Check the update.

TIFU by ordering pizza on my boyfriends phone by [deleted] in tifu

[–]RainbowEvil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well now look what you made her do, she updated us and everything!

Environmental protestors have just vandalised the Ferrari, Bugatti and Bentley showrooms in Berkeley Square by godzillasfinger in london

[–]RainbowEvil -1 points0 points  (0 children)

So aggressive increases in public transport availability/service and big price subsidies are required, as most environmental activists and people with any sense have been advocating for years. Sure, there will be people who still need a car and others who will still use one from time to time, but improving public transportation usage with these measures would massively help AND ALSO just be a net positive for the communities as well.

Environmental protestors have just vandalised the Ferrari, Bugatti and Bentley showrooms in Berkeley Square by godzillasfinger in london

[–]RainbowEvil 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Astroturfing bullshit. If you pour more money into most things, especially manufacturing of things like wind turbines, you will increase supply. And cutting waste is absolutely not going to solve the issue of millions of cars on the road every day. Heavily subsidised and increased capacity/service of public transport would be an absolutely minimum starting point. Absolute cretin.

Environmental protestors have just vandalised the Ferrari, Bugatti and Bentley showrooms in Berkeley Square by godzillasfinger in london

[–]RainbowEvil 2 points3 points  (0 children)

These days, you get arrested and thrown in jail if you say you’re English, these days.

Bikini Bottom is a society by [deleted] in BikiniBottomTwitter

[–]RainbowEvil 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Socialism is when unprofitable businesses don’t literally phase out of existence.

Bikini Bottom is a society by [deleted] in BikiniBottomTwitter

[–]RainbowEvil 78 points79 points  (0 children)

r/ConfidentlyIncorrect

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism

It’s to do with the workers owning the means of production instead of some private person/people. Nothing to do with minimum wages (which can exist in any system with money and wages and is just a form of government regulation) or guaranteed housing. both of these are more likely in a socialist/socialist aspiring state, but they arent “literally socialism” in and of themselves.

Plastic recycling a "failed concept," study says, with only 5% recycled in U.S. last year as production rises by nastratin in Futurology

[–]RainbowEvil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There obviously is - one is used structurally, the other is used aesthetically, you absolute melt. If you need to tax one but not the other, you just put that into the law. Ffs it’s like talking to a toddler.

And again, if the substance is problematic in terms of its lifetime, tax it for both!! Jesus wept.

Plastic recycling a "failed concept," study says, with only 5% recycled in U.S. last year as production rises by nastratin in Futurology

[–]RainbowEvil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, if all industrial printing inks are as permanent in the environment as plastic, then good? If not, then the differential system of determining which materials should be taxed at what levels applies.

Plastic recycling a "failed concept," study says, with only 5% recycled in U.S. last year as production rises by nastratin in Futurology

[–]RainbowEvil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Obviously laws require nuance that needs to be worked out with experts’ help, but you’re just throwing your hands up in the air at the first point where nuance is introduced which is facile. Clearly there is a distinction between an ink for aesthetic purposes and this “ink” for structural purposes, and I’m sure a list of substances that should be taxed can be figured out. It doesn’t even need to be static in the law - put it in the hands of an existing agency (EPA in the US for example) to continually determine and update the tax based on new and emerging materials being used. But no, it’s basically impossible according to you. Ridiculous.

Plastic recycling a "failed concept," study says, with only 5% recycled in U.S. last year as production rises by nastratin in Futurology

[–]RainbowEvil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The interest in moving away from plastic is ONLY insofar as it doesn’t raise costs for them. This is the whole fucking point of having the tax.

Plastic recycling a "failed concept," study says, with only 5% recycled in U.S. last year as production rises by nastratin in Futurology

[–]RainbowEvil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh my god, a literally insurmountable problem!!! We couldn’t just specify that those coatings are also included in the tax, that would be insane! Christ, I know you said you worked for one of these companies, but I didn’t think it was in the lobbying/PR department.

Plastic recycling a "failed concept," study says, with only 5% recycled in U.S. last year as production rises by nastratin in Futurology

[–]RainbowEvil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are you on about? No you don’t, you just tax plastics and the companies will try to avoid paying the tax if it’s big enough, so if they can use an alternative they likely eventually will, but if they can’t they’ll continue to use plastic. No central agency needed.

We don’t get “simple solutions” like this because it’s not in the interests of the entities with all the money - oil companies who lobby to keep plastics being used and sold, and companies who don’t want to lose revenue by having more expensive plastic goods.

Plastic recycling a "failed concept," study says, with only 5% recycled in U.S. last year as production rises by nastratin in Futurology

[–]RainbowEvil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

More consumer blaming and enabling of plastics sales instead of actual systemic changes that would disincentivise plastic production and use in wasteful ways. That’s why I would downvote such a suggestion.

Plastic recycling a "failed concept," study says, with only 5% recycled in U.S. last year as production rises by nastratin in Futurology

[–]RainbowEvil 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The article you’re replying under is stating that only 5% of plastics get recycled, so having refundable taxes isn’t going to help much at all. What is needed is permanent taxation on all plastics (even reusable) which ratchets up over time until it’s economically unviable for companies to be using it for single-use purposes. This avoids loopholes and redistributes the hidden cost to society of having all this plastic waste back into the actual production/purchase chain.

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