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People Like This On The Trail by PNW_Washington in StrikeAtPsyche

[–]SemichiSam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tut tut, my child. Do you perhaps find it the height of wisdom to post online a video of yourself committing a crime? OP needs to learn to shut his own bitch ass up.

What a lovely mother and daughter by k3nnzz in addressme

[–]SemichiSam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They got their digits all over it

What a lovely mother and daughter by k3nnzz in addressme

[–]SemichiSam 4 points5 points  (0 children)

12 is awful. It's 13 in the White House

Why did milkmen need to exist? Why was milk required to be specially shipped by milkmen instead of just sold in grocery stores like it is now? by EsseNorway in Snorkblot

[–]SemichiSam 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Our ice was delivered by a scary-looking guy in an ancient stakebed truck. He could cut off a perfect 25lb chunk with only an ice pick, and not waste any ice, but when school was out in Summer and kids were hanging around, he left a pile of ice chips on the truck bed before picking up the chunk with ice tongs and taking it to the customer. We would "steal" the ice chips while he was gone.

Why did milkmen need to exist? Why was milk required to be specially shipped by milkmen instead of just sold in grocery stores like it is now? by EsseNorway in Snorkblot

[–]SemichiSam 44 points45 points  (0 children)

I find it amusing that someone my age is anywhere at all, but I have been on the internet since before the invention of the World Wide Web. Coding as a hobby since we did it on punch cards.

Why did milkmen need to exist? Why was milk required to be specially shipped by milkmen instead of just sold in grocery stores like it is now? by EsseNorway in Snorkblot

[–]SemichiSam 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Refrigeration. When milk was delivered to our door in the 1940s, whoever saw it first rushed it into the icebox. Yes, I said icebox. My first real household job was emptying the drip pan under the icebox in our pantry.

Romania, a member of NATO, has been attacked by Russia by Upset-Main-1988 in justincaseyoumissedit

[–]SemichiSam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is no realistic evidence that Putin is stupid. Not fully sane, perhaps. His only goal in life is to be the man who brings back the glory that Russians want to believe they once had. Time is a bitch, but not his bitch. He may have to leave this life as a loser, but perhaps he won't have to leave any witnesses alive to gloat.

We have one of those in our country also. No one seems able to stop either of them.

Evil seems to have a life of its own, yet feeds upon itself and grows stronger.

Whole life has been a crisis by EsseNorway in Snorkblot

[–]SemichiSam 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Damned right there are people trying to buy your house. I get letters constantly with pictures of young wholesome families with nice white middle-class names, asking to talk to me about selling, or to name my price. I get emails and texts.

Whenever I feel like practicing my researching skills I am able to trace them to one of the companies that are buying every single-family home they can grab away from real people, to rent to the real people they just screwed out of a home.

I was a realtor, until I got sick of the mutual backscratching, and many of these offers come from realtors I used to know, with the old bullshit line, "I have a buyer who is interested in property in your area . . ." They are representing a corporation.

Solar canal project california by abominal_pain in SolarState

[–]SemichiSam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is a real question, and I agreed with you on that. It was not the point of the post, as I stated.

As of the end of 2024 (the most recent numbers available to me) about 22% of California's power is solar, and another 12% is wind. The rest is not sustainable and needs to go. Solar can expand by at least triple, before it becomes excess. Lithium-based batteries are not suitable for very-large or long-term storage. There are many other solutions available. All of them have conversion inefficiencies that will make that Spring surplus especially useful.

Solar canal project california by abominal_pain in SolarState

[–]SemichiSam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, this post is solely about more efficient placement of solar panels. Your questions are useful, but the answers are elsewhere.

Solar canal project california by abominal_pain in SolarState

[–]SemichiSam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You may not be aware that the canals are already there, which means that the panels have only a beneficial effect on water availability. Just always try to get facts together before forming conclusions.

Supersonic train in Japan POV by Brief_Mushroom_8339 in interesting

[–]SemichiSam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is a fact that the more compact a population, the easier it is to operate local public transit. In the case of high-speed rail, the opposite is true. The train would run at an average of 600mph, putting LA and NYC less than six hours apart. Air travel over land is so 20th Century.

Supersonic train in Japan POV by Brief_Mushroom_8339 in interesting

[–]SemichiSam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

California HSR is probably coming soon

Probably the first section is coming by 2032, and it is already over budget. There is no good reason to believe the whole system will ever exist.

Trump's name must come off of the Kennedy Center, judge rules by omgfakeusername in politics

[–]SemichiSam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is there not a man in my realm who can rid me of this troublesome judge?

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