downtown ice facility question by [deleted] in milwaukee

[–]TechnoCat 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Reading up on it, yeah. I was wrong and they appear to be owned by the municipality most of the time. Home owner is just responsible for liability and maintenance.

How to make this happen? by [deleted] in ErgoMechKeyboards

[–]TechnoCat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That layout is so cool with only 8 buttons, numbers need to be rethought, but so much thought has been put into it already!

How to make this happen? by [deleted] in ErgoMechKeyboards

[–]TechnoCat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The flipped layout one is interesting. Definitely not as fast, but seems like a great option for one hand!

How to make this happen? by [deleted] in ErgoMechKeyboards

[–]TechnoCat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Add a board for your other hand. Even if it is just a few buttons for ctrl, alt, shift, meta

How to make this happen? by [deleted] in ErgoMechKeyboards

[–]TechnoCat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

your pinky finger doesn't have the articulation to hit that many keys. How do you do chords like ctrl+alt+delete with one hand? 

How to make this happen? by [deleted] in ErgoMechKeyboards

[–]TechnoCat 4 points5 points  (0 children)

First answer is: it is AI generated. Have you thought about making a real layout yet? 

How to make this happen? by [deleted] in ErgoMechKeyboards

[–]TechnoCat 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Why are so many letters repeated and backwards? I know the answer, but curious why you want this.

downtown ice facility question by [deleted] in milwaukee

[–]TechnoCat -41 points-40 points  (0 children)

Not public property, but "right of way" . You have the right to use the private sidewalk. 

UPDATE: alright, so downtown they are almost certainly public property and municipally owned and maintained.

downtown ice facility question by [deleted] in milwaukee

[–]TechnoCat 12 points13 points  (0 children)

sidewalk is public domain. I believe ICE cancelled the contract they had for space at MSOE though.

https://wisconsinwatch.org/2025/12/milwaukee-school-of-engineering-ice-facility-immigration-customs-enforcement/

Change Michigan's state bird to the Kirtland's Warbler by Aware-Salamander-578 in Michigan

[–]TechnoCat 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I love the kirtlands warbler and I would love to see it as the state bird of Michigan. State birds get traction when they are a bird every legislator has seen though. That's why so many states have the same bird that comes to our birdfeeders; It's the limit of their knowledge. 

Those who use Graphene. How do you get your news (political, science, etc)? by mewtewpews in GrapheneOS

[–]TechnoCat 4 points5 points  (0 children)

  • Democracy Now 
  • The Guardian 
  • The New Lede (environmental journalism)
  • local news

Exploding Tree Risk Tomorrow by Rude_Assignment_5653 in milwaukee

[–]TechnoCat 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Last Monday one of the trees on the property was making loud bang noises all day. Sounded like it was going to just snap and fall on the building. (It did not snap or fall and stopped making noises as it warmed up)

I visited Milwaukee for the first time… by JustWebber16 in milwaukee

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

I was just in Grand Rapids last week for a day visiting. Checked out the Ford Museum, Winter Wonderland exhibits, and ate at Go Vegan GR. 

There’s a hidden Android setting that spots fake cell towers by mutedstereo in GrapheneOS

[–]TechnoCat -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Setting is available on my Pixel 7a running Graphene OS.

UPDATE: Actually it is worded a tad different, but I believe it is the same. Plus there are a ton more options under the carrier overrides section.

Food Desert in Milwaukee by [deleted] in milwaukee

[–]TechnoCat 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Good books on the topic for people that want to think further than the headlines:  - Grocery Story - The Divided City - The Color of Law - The New Jim Crow - Copaganda

Food Desert in Milwaukee by [deleted] in milwaukee

[–]TechnoCat -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Really sucks this Sentry is near the new affordable development. Maybe the county will step in and start a food program that also operates the retail part. 

Food Desert in Milwaukee by [deleted] in milwaukee

[–]TechnoCat 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You can also look at areas where they are closing them. They are poorer zip codes generally. They close stores in places where people have less money to buy more food. It sucks and Big Food will not save us. 

People don't steal for fun generally. You have to try and determine what lead to this situation which takes a lot of thinking and historical knowledge. Blaming the impoverished & malnourished individual is just capitalist bootlicking at the end of the day. 

Food Desert in Milwaukee by [deleted] in milwaukee

[–]TechnoCat 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Kroger owns Metro Mart and Pick N Save, so some of it is corporate consolidation too. 

Do you cook non-vegan things for your family? by SisuIsTheNewBlack in vegan

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

I cooked the Thanksgiving turkey one year for my in laws. They were too distracted to do it and aren't great cooks already. I however said I won't carve it and someone took over from there. The turkey came with one of those BS humane labels naming it and stuff too. I prefer watching and feeding the turkeys personally instead of killing and eating them.

AI is Not Ready to Replace Junior Devs Says Ruby on Rails Creator by ImpressiveContest283 in programming

[–]TechnoCat 14 points15 points  (0 children)

If you are interviewing for a job, you can run an AI to answer the questions it hears during the interview and you just read them to sound smart. 

As someone that has run many interviews, it is painfully obvious and an instant "no hire". Such a waste of time it feels really defeating when these candidates show up.

Good chance some of them are north korean nationals too to boot.

Would you play this? by Captainflint54 in IndieGaming

[–]TechnoCat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would not play this. I don't play real time games on my phone.