Kinda sad to see the local news comment. I’m not sure if there’s just a really bad local news station by you or there’s some preconceived notions floating there, but you’re more likely to remember the reporting of a death versus Grandma Martha’s award winning plant that got recognition.

If you have other techniques for staying up to date with local and state events please share them, people need to be involved with local more than national (both are important, statistically you impact local more though). I have a couple of local news stations that I follow with their online postings. I feel it’s important to comment and discuss on those because the only vocal people seem to be extremists on there, people need to see that there are like minded people nearby so it’s not so weird to think differently to them.

I’m also confused by your religious missionaries and leftists comment, are you including the right-wing with religious? I can’t argue that everyone doesn’t push the whole savior narrative, just not sure why you singled out those two groups and left everyone else out lol.

It’s tough. Just keeping up with “trying” to be aware is a full-time stressful job (there’s literally only so much time in a day to absorb information, some have less/more). That would be hard even if everything was awesome news all the time in a world so connected.

It helps to realize that it’s always been this way, the world is a busy busy place. Everything going on, all the time, never stopping. It doesn’t pause, you sleep and the world continues on without you. It’s overwhelming, but kinda cool at the same time.

So for me, I take a step back with “mindfulness”. It’s just a word, but what you’re going for is a feeling. For instance, if you’ve been on here a long time, turn off your screen for a minute and look at your surroundings. Don’t let your mind wander back to the screen. Literally give your mind a second to realize you are just existing in a small space. Look at your wall and pick out a detail you haven’t seen before, or a tree (anything to let your mind think about something else).

Take some deep breaths or stretch or feel your toes, there’s lots of different techniques people use. But, you’re going for the disconnected feeling. If you’re breathing and still thinking about what’s online you gotta refocus to your immediate area. That argument or event is not in your vicinity. You are not helping by stressing out over it. Don’t be a fire-fighter who’s in a firehouse worried about all the houses catching on fire.

You can compensate your mind’s news addiction, by realizing you are better prepared to interact and absorb information online if you’re more stable. At some point your cognitive mind is tapped out but you’re still scrolling from habit, or you’re less likely to get your point across with proper communication if you’re not in your best mindset.

By just giving your mind a little room to breathe you’ll start figuring out what you want to do with that time. Local organization, hobbies, chores, your mind will try to fill that void with something and you’ll be able to hopefully choose something that helps your current overwhelming feeling. Fire-fighters check equipment, play games, shoot the shit, etc. They’re still extremely helpful when the time comes.

From recent events I believe online discourse is an important part of society interaction. Look at the media attention over the CEO, instead of just demonizing him, they had to spend time trying to fight all the online support and looked like fools during it.

Yeah! Can’t understand why they believe checks comment…oh… climate change? Umm, sure. You got them, glad you gave them that mental check and brought them back to reality…weren’t just being insulting or anything.

God save the economy!

oh the podcast looks interesting. I really do enjoy the podcast form where they go over each episode like an unofficial-official commentary bonus, Always Sunny had a good one but I eventually fizzled out from it and need to check back into that. At first I saw the guests and thought it was just a talk show but the descriptions have the episodes they’re going over.

It’s morning and don’t have a lot of time but this is an interesting question I wanted to answer while it was relevant.

A lot of people have touched on the basics which kinda follow along any industry. Price gouging, variety is more expensive than just making one repetitive design, etc. Few things I wanted to touch on,

1. You shouldn’t really be replacing faucets that much. They design them to have internal structures which can be replaced. Even the crappiest low cost items can be fixed with a few bucks (they call these mobile home models, what gets put into all the mass manufactured items and are usually in a different section all to themselves). Pick a design you want and look into it’s replacement parts to save some money (if you’re worried about the part being reliably available, just get like 3 kits and you’ll be set for life).

2. Supply chain cost. Manufacturers make a product for 30, they sell it to distributors who mark it up to 50, they sell it to a store who then marks it up to 80. Home Renovision DIY has a great video detailing the process, compares online vs boxstore vs plumbing store. Also cuts them open and shows you the internals which is all great with a 13min video.

I mean, you’re not the first one to say thing. People picket, people protest, people make noise. College students are arrested, protests either get Zero media attention (or worse, are regulated to an ineffective location because of regulations) or the protestors switch to disruptive tactics that actually get noticed and are demonized by everyone for it.

Like I keep hearing this “You have to go out and take action”, EVERYONE IS! People are walking up and knocking on people’s doors and getting punched in the face. People are outside houses getting cops called on them and arrested. Everyone is now more able to point out the bad actors and exactly how that’s effecting the parties and policies.

You have Bernie Sanders and AOC out protesting and “making noise” in the spot light every damn day.

• third party doesn’t work
• you can’t solve the 2 party system
• The way to solve the issue happens between votes

our election cycle is every 2 years or less depending on the occasion. IT IS ALWAYS ELECTION CYCLE IN AMERICAN POLITICS. They have to plan early and extensively to knock off any candidate they don’t want (pulling national resources to squash anyone they view “outside” their establishment).

At this point the “make noise” comments need to reiterate what the end goal is for that make noise. You’re setting people up to just be angry and upset and protest the inequality or inefficiencies of our system when that’s exactly what the politicians want (it’s a feature, not a bug). No amount of protesting, a litany of policies at that, will be effective when the complete political spectrum is against change. Take a look at the Civil Rights Era and the voting that was concluded, it looks completely unlike anything we have now.

The political parties have strengthened their stranglehold (I’ve argued in the past that they are “political parties” in name only, they are more incorporated or an oligarch representatives at this point and should be regulated as such). They listen to power only, the power was taken from the working and lower classes a long time ago. We get our shows we can put on, but it doesn’t move the needle anymore. It used to at least force them to talk about moving the needle, even that’s gone now.

eh, I put plenty of “or” statements in there. If you proclaim knowledge and then exclaim an ignorant claim, I’m just musing on your assuming tirade.

There is such a thing as Culinary School, you see?

TIL ignoble is a word.

Said someone who’s never baked before, or known a baker, or have watched any culinary show. Following one simplified recipe and hope it turns out alright? You haven’t learned baking as a trade. Might as well say Plumbing or Carpentry is easy. Sure they can glue two pipes together. But, can they design and implement a fully functioning DWV system that’s up to code? I would rather rewire an entire house’s electrical system than spend a whole day trying to figure out why I can’t knead this fucking dough right.

I honestly wouldn’t mind trying this once. I wouldn’t go through the whole process of setting it up, but it looks way fucking comfortable for a nice warm relaxing “my mind is in the 5th dimension” kinda fucked up night shower/bath. I could totally see the “blinds” being a mind-appeasing aesthetic for privacy.

This is my favorite conspiracy theory to ponder over while waiting for the facts. Unknown methods could be blood magic, time travel (or viewing), Sentient AI/Alien overlords, or some kind of dragon ball yearly wish the powerful hid a long time ago.

I think we’re in agreement, I have no real qualms with AI itself. In fact, I view it just like any other tool that takes skill to use properly and get useful results from. I actually look forward to how more accessible things will be when AI is just a background tool and not an over-hype beyond it’s capabilities (a lot of content creators I watch end up using some form of AI).

Your automation’s are being checked, you’re inputting the draft, basic research is started from AI and then expanded on. All completely acceptable uses as a tool. It saves you time, did it really save @TragicNotCute@lemmy.world time to open the AI interface, fill the prompt, then copy paste onto here? Instead of, not replying? It feels exactly like your example of someone doing a google search and then linking the search results, completely unhelpful without a relevant article selected and hopefully an excerpt or “quote” from the relevant information in the article.

Hating companies you perceive from a certain ethnic community is also racist. Are all “Indian” companies like this or are you making blanket statements against a race? Are all the companies exploiting workers founded from India, or again, are we singling out an ethnic group as antagonists while ignoring the governing body? Can someone be born in India, become a Canadian citizen, operate a company under Canadian law and on their soil, and it’s still the “Indians” fault?

You’re right about the international student part, that would be Xenophobia added onto racism.

1. A fear of strangers or foreigners. 2. A strong antipathy or aversion to strangers or foreigners.

Totally not trying to be rude or have an unhappy attitude, very neutral and woke up not long ago. The AI-only stuff just isn’t what people come to Lemmy for (social-media)? You’ve also confused some points that you’re not accepting.

“with what I believed was the right answer.” There was no way for you to know besides just “having faith”. If you used the AI response to further investigate and add to the conversation by confirming certain aspects or maybe more information you found… well then you’re using the AI as a helpful tool.

Right now, you’re just using AI trying to replace any actual human response with no effort or thought on your part. “But I have zero personal information regarding it.” That last statement is probably why 80% of the downvotes exist. Use it as a tool to educate yourself as a starting point and confirming it’s results (just like math, you check your work).

Apparently you and @daddy32@lemmy.world have missed out on the past few years of hilarious AI responses, misinformation, and general crap those algorithms can spit out. There have been millions of videos and articles explaining the dangers of using AI especially as an informational tool (i.e. Lawyers, coding, education, etc). You’ve decided to completely gloss over it all with no introspection and to use it for your comments lazily. Again, use it as a tool to enhance your comment, not as a replacement for your interaction (you’re literally just a fancy bot at that point).

Any chance you could be anymore racist with your demands? “I blame the Indians” (while working in Canada). “Once the International people leave it will be fixed!” (still, working in Canada).

How about highlighting a specific company who’s founded from India and treating employees bad in your neighboring Canadian community that has impacted you? Maybe some news articles or reports of the mishandling and abuse? Or we can just vaguely and anecdotally continue blaming “THEM” and anyone who’s International?!

Remember, Anti-work doesn’t mean Anti-immigrant.

I’m sorry, definitely on the fence philosophically about the line in the sand with vigilante killing, but wtf are you trying to say about charity and what it says about the person? I’m imagining someone sipping on their expensive tea sitting in their “designer” chair reminiscing about their grand-papi’s charity advice. Meanwhile, inheriting a large bank account and looking down on anyone extreme enough to illicit actual change in a defunct system that you benefit comfortably from.

If you’re unfamiliar with the realities of charities or meant something different than I apologize

The great majority of adult Israelis are militant settler-colonizers

link: Conscription in Israel Since the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948, fixed-term military service has been compulsory in Israel.

I don’t see how your statement and the hyper-texted link are relevant. I went through the sections but it’s just their basic military service that a lot of countries require?

This is not in defense of a government, just want to make sure we’re not making vague blanket statements on a populace.

I meant double dip as in they get to advertise and force you into perpetually using their software on any device you own that you wish to play your “subscription based” games on (you don’t own the games through steam).

Are we really celebrating Steam taking away distribution? That was a whole industry that’s been completely destroyed by companies like Amazon and now Steam.

So imagine you sold in-game currency for 100 EUR. The distribution costs consist of Value Added Tax, which stands at about 20% in Europe and payment processing fee, which could be around 2-4% depending on the payment method. After all the deductions, the developer keeps about 76-78 EUR.However, if the game is sold on Steam or the likes of Google Play, the developer must pay the store a 15-30% commission in addition to the Value Added Tax.

Yes, marketplaces do calculate and pay VAT for the game developers/publishers. They also add their own commission of 15-30% on top, which leaves the developer with about 50% of the revenue generated on the platform.

(link)

If you just want all of your stuff under one umbrella, well that’s your prerogative but you’ve been misinformed on what steam does or how horrible it is for a company to become a monopoly in a sector of the economy.

you get everything steam provides for eternity for all your players.

statements like these are just scary. It’s like everyone has just completely forgotten how companies run in the modern age. Thinking any company has an “eternal” footprint and will always uphold their highest standards just aren’t paying attention to anything.

those that have no faith and do not read it is no surprise you become a murder cheering tankie

Holy shit, you’re still a mod?!? There’s a difference between having faith and casting judgement on everyone else. Really fucking funny and ironic in this context.

You can have productive conversations on any topic. “Productive” here is an opinionated response, I’ve seen plenty of discussions involving the CEO roles/individuals and how harming the public might be viewed on a broader term since these companies have been documented doing just that. Interesting conversations diving into politics, class, morality, our justice system, etc etc on all these posts. It’s unfortunate I have to enter into a meme community to have those though.