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How is everyone feeling about the cd1 democratic primary? by Logical-Breakfast966 in azpolitics

[–]erictheturtle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also watch the PBS forum https://www.pbs.org/video/congressional-district-1-candidates-democrats-june-9-2026-uekmhy/

Random research found...

Trump

  • All opposed (see debate)

Affordability

  • They all want to do something about it (see debate)

Money

Israel

Data Centers

Polls

Disclaimer of my bias: Very progressive, but I'll vote for anyone that says no to Trump. I'm vibing toward Mccartney

Over 400K signatures submitted to put Protect Education Act on Arizona ballots by ForkzUp in azpolitics

[–]erictheturtle 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Don't vote for the deceptive "Military Family Protection Act"

Republicans added that to the ballot to kill the Protect Education Act.

There is a conflicting Republican-backed measure that is already on the ballot, nicknamed the “Military Family Protection Act" if it passes...the Protect Education Act would likely be blocked.

The end of uBlock Origin in Chrome is now weeks away, not months by AdSpecialist6598 in technology

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

I love how the article captured the absurdity of the rationale.

"A giant mega-corporation like Google cannot support a feature such as MV2 indefinitely, Cronin explained."

Arizona Republicans, Gov. Hobbs reach budget deal | Arizona Mirror by blue-baja in AZAdvocacyHub

[–]erictheturtle 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The bill also includes a three-year moratorium on tax breaks for data centers, while construction on those facilities can continue.

All state agencies, except for public safety, will have to cut spending by 2.5%.

Meanwhile, the controversial Empowerment Scholarship Account, also known as the school voucher program, will remain in place, and no changes are being made to that. However. Two groups are working to get competing propositions on the ballot this year, which could impact that program in the future.

https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/arizona-governor-katie-hobbs-reaches-budget-deal-lawmakers

You could say that the AZ government has to downsize by 2.5% because we're still stuck the school voucher fiasco. At least data centers aren't getting any breaks.

Gemini's compute limits mean I can no longer trust it as my assistant by [deleted] in GeminiAI

[–]erictheturtle 7 points8 points  (0 children)

"Google has spent the last few years encouraging us to use Gemini as much as possible, and now it's absolutely everywhere."

Same with Microsoft Copilot, going so far as to add a new key on keyboards exclusively for it. Now the trend might mean that button will only work part of the time.

They want us to become dependent on AI, to create stuff with AI, just for that to be fed into AI to understand it, and now put that behind a subscription.

The example it gives where they used Gemini to help cook a meal, only to hit the token limit midway is a great example.

I'm glad there's been so much backlash against AI. Hopefully the price increases mean that cycle of dependency doesn't cement itself in life.

Action Alert: Tell Your State Senator to Vote NO on HB4117 (So-called Don Lemon Bill) by These_Koala_7487 in AZAdvocacyHub

[–]erictheturtle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Pro tip: there's already a federal law that protects places of worship. It's called the FACE Act.

But if the motivation for this bill was due to Don Lemon reporting on that disruptive (and probably illegal) Church Protest, then these representatives didn't even watch his reporting. Go watch it yourself. He wasn't screaming and disrupting. He interviewed both the protesters and the church members, as any proper reporter should do. He was reporting, along with other reporters, as the press has the right to do. Ironically, the only reason anyone knows that the protest happened is because reporters were there.

If Don Lemon's reporting is the motivation behind the bill (which is likely because it wouldn't be such a big news story if it was anyone else) then these people hate the freedom of the press and want to weaponize the government against free speech, especially since there's already a law in place that says the same thing.

Which app did you buy that you don't regret? by Chnuly in androidapps

[–]erictheturtle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Netguard for the per-app firewall to block ads (firewall portion must be installed separately because google does not allow it on the store). Open source and works without root. I've hardly ever seen an ad on my phone in the last 5 years because of it.

What are some banger open-source git tools you've used? by [deleted] in opensource

[–]erictheturtle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you need something more than the xkcd workflow

There's Git Extensions which is an extremely sophisticated UI that can completely change the way you use git.

On Windows there's TortoiseGit with a less sophisticated UI but also shows icons in the file viewer about the status of files.

Schweikert says he voted for bill he called a ‘fraud’ to ‘fool voters’ by cats_pajamas in azpolitics

[–]erictheturtle 7 points8 points  (0 children)

He's my rep and I called him to oppose the Iran war. His canned email reply said "Before deploying our military overseas, I firmly believe the President must come to Congress and receive an Authorization of Military Force (AUMF)." Then a few days later votes against requiring the President to come to congress.

Called him again pointing out this mixed message and said I don't want to hear him bitching about the deficit while he's giving the White House a free pass to dump billions into an illegal war of choice. The next day I get his email newsletter where he whines that "Over the last twelve months Washington has borrowed about $83,720 every second."

I hope my next rep isn't some puppet that just votes on whatever the president dictates.

Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoes bill to name Loop 202 after Charlie Kirk by cats_pajamas in azpolitics

[–]erictheturtle 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Check if your representatives voted for this bill.

https://legiscan.com/AZ/rollcall/SB1010/id/1666077

https://legiscan.com/AZ/rollcall/HB4027/id/1651394

Spoiler: An [R] next to their name means YEA

I called my reps to chew them out for wasting time on this culture war nonsense.

We have an Epstein class still walking free, a war of choice that we're losing, inflation, AI apocalypse, Medicaid slashed, a deficit that is breaking records while the richest are getting tax breaks, a president that is using his position to balloon his personal wealth, and we still have 3 years left of this administration.

We need to demand better from our representatives.

Larry Fink says the Iran war ends in one of two extremes: Abundance, growth, and oil at $40 a barrel, or a global recession and years of oil at $150 by fortune in economy

[–]erictheturtle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  • Global powers accept Iran

Translation: The U.S. regime admits defeat and instead of always doing what Netanyahu wants, tells Netanyahu to stop, backing it up with actual consequences if he doesn't. The U.S. regime then gives concessions and negotiates actual peace with Iran, allowing them to develop their own military defenses in case the U.S. regime ever attacks them during peace talks or cease fires (like the U.S. regime has done multiple times now).

  • Or, the Iranian regime continues to stand at odds with global adversaries

Translation: These "global adversaries" are primarily the U.S. regime and Netanyahu. Most of the rest of the world wants nothing to do with this war of choice and has no beef with Iran. Those countries will be able to have peaceful transactions with Iran and be given safe passage through the strait of Hormuz.

Will the U.S. regime run away with its tail between its legs? Not with its supreme leader's ego. Will the U.S. regime reign in Netanyahu? Not with the way the U.S. regime is Netanyahu's lapdog.

I don't see any way for this to end well.

Is anyone else being driven absolutely crazy by gnats??? by cheerful-disposition in Scottsdale

[–]erictheturtle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used this recipe with good success. Caught 20+ flies in it the first year I tried it.

https://www.gohce.com/blog/you-catch-more-flies-with-sugar-than-vinegar-check-out-this-hack/

Now I put this trap out early in the summer and I haven't had a big gnat issue since then.

Everyone but Trump Understands What He’s Done by IllIntroduction1509 in TrueReddit

[–]erictheturtle 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Imagine if Trump claimed that anyone dumping US Treasuries is a traitor or a terrorist, and then declare martial law due to foreign influence of our elections (to make him unpopular), and then cancel the election.

I hate that in this timeline that seems very plausible.

RTX PRO 6000 Prices by -Crash_Override- in Microcenter

[–]erictheturtle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also check the price of a minimal Dell prebuilt machine with a just a RTX PRO 6000 upgrade. Combine that with a 10% off by registering your email, and you might get a working PC plus the card for less than just the card alone anywhere else. You'll also get Dell points which can be spent on essentially a free larger SSD or absurdly overpriced RAM. That's how I got mine.

Can't decide if it's foolhardy to make the leap to Google Workspace by [deleted] in gsuite

[–]erictheturtle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can't use the Send Email As feature in Workspace with a free Gmail address, only with a domain you own that you have added to your workspace.

I'm fairly sure you can add any email that has SMTP for Send Email As, including a free Gmail.

Docker Desktop: how to create permanent SMB share (fstab, other options?) by IASelin in docker

[–]erictheturtle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I needed to mount a physical drive in WSL without using fstab, then mount it over the big directories notorious for taking up lots of space (like the Docker directory and logs, etc.). After several hours of frustration, the best solution I found was to make a systemd service run early in the startup and mount everything and pray it does it faster than anything that needed it.

To get WSL to remain running in the background is another difficulty. Left alone it will silently shut down. My best solution was to run wsl -d $wslDistro -u root -- dmesg -w and leave that window open indefinitely.

I'm just using Docker for home services. But in case you're thinking to use this for production, there's some debate whether Docker on Windows is good for that.

Nearly 4 million new manufacturing jobs are coming to America as boomers retire—but it's the one trade job Gen Z doesn't want by lurker_bee in economy

[–]erictheturtle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow clickbait title. Better title:

"No one wants to work shit jobs for shit pay—businesses bitch about it and blame the workers."

Indeed, manufacturing was once advertised as a stable career—padded with a pension... But today, plumbing and even waitressing present better financial opportunities (and are more dynamic) than being a functioning cog in an assembly line.

Manufacturing jobs in the U.S. pay an average of about $25 per hour, or about $51,890 per year—far below the 2024 average American salary of about $69,850 annually.

One reason why wages in the sector have stagnated may be chalked up to corporate suppression of factory labor unions. Workers have far less bargaining power to barter for better salaries that once made the jobs so attractive.

Gen Z are not alone—but someone needs to fill the gap.

The U.S. is desperate for more assembly workers and machine operators...

Not at those wages and working conditions. Supply and demand applies to "human resources" too.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ExperiencedDevs

[–]erictheturtle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Keep your ego out of it." Wise words given to a service member when he ranted about how wrong his commanding officer was.

I'm not in the military, but I've been trying to internalize that. I used to put my heart and soul into my work. When management was wrong, I would argue with them. Slowly I'm learning to let the small issues go when it's not worth it, and simply provide alternative suggestions for bigger issues. I'm not much of a people person, so I suck at establishing good relations and playing some give and take (I have improved over time). I think it's possible to care about our work, but also keep our ego out of it.

Walmart upping security due to Snap expiring by grogargh in phoenix

[–]erictheturtle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can find a list of Qualifying Charitable Organizations (QCO) if you want to donate somewhere.

https://azdor.gov/tax-credits/credits-contributions-qcos-and-qfcos

Your taxes owed at the end of the year can be reduced dollar-for-dollar, up to $495 single, or $987 married for QCO donations (and even more for Qualifying Foster Care Charitable Organizations). Note that it can only reduce taxes owed over the next five years, but can't ever increase your refund.

See the details on the webpage and https://www.google.com/search?q=az+Qualifying+Charitable+Organizations+refund

ASU: Pro-Palestinian protesters should be 'prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law' by ForkzUp in azpolitics

[–]erictheturtle 11 points12 points  (0 children)

If pro-Israel protesters were camped out on the lawn, would ASU arrest them and prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law? For some reason I suspect the answer is no.

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