The long short of it is, we need to stop trying to resurrect American manufacturing and accept that American fabrication has taken its place. For China atleast. The only countries it would have a chance working on are ones with comparable employee operating costs to us. You can't make tariffs high enough on China imports to out weigh the costs of domestic manufacturing. 9 times out of 10 the cost of the material is more than the cost of a finished imported product from China.
Isn't the postal service a wierd grey area tho? I'll look it up but I think they're not a government department they're a privately held company but answer to the government at the same time. I wanna say it's something fucked up like that where they're a one of a kind operation. I'll edit after I get back from the rabbit hole.
Edit: Oh shit it is wild. Paraphrased from wikipedia: USPS is ran by 11 appointed officials by the president. The postmaster, his #2, then 9 governors chosen by president and approved by senate for 7 year terms. The USPS recieves $0 of taxpayer revenue. All financing is done by USPS produced revenue. The problem is the USPS has reported almost $70billion in losses between 2008-2018.
So they are an independently financed government branch answering to a board of elected officials appointed by the President and Senate. Fuck that sounds like a waaaaaaaay more efficient operation than tax funded government programs. Like health care. It's could be adapted into a revenue producing independently financed industry answering to a a board of elected officials. I know i digress but am I crazy?
I wanna keep an eye on this now to see how federal budget precedents apply to an independently financed program. Do the board of elected officials have any cards at play? I know there are issues with the USPS but as a whole it has operated as efficient and effective as a privately held company subject to the laws of the open market compared to any other government ran program or department. What I mean is, if the operations of rhe USPS are controlled by this postmaster boardroom, are they compensated by salary/stocks/profit sharing? Might have to dive deeper down the rabbit hole, brb.
Its been 20 years. Why not share the story. Its an anonymous forum. Most will assume any stories here are made up. It's therapeutic as fuck, like writing a letter you'll never send. Just giving a perspective most who know you would never give.🍻
Oh for fucks sake. You are obviously the psycho here. Who tells a story like that and leaves off whether or not their mom is dead or alive.
Fuck me is this what they mean by triggered? Lol I would've bet my left nut when he went to Tampa that Billy B would get another ring before Tommy B because Tom was such a @ystem QB... nope.
Lol I didn't know I subbed to this community and was amazed thinking it was asklemmy or nostupidquestions.
You're getting downvoted but seriously Trump has been a mentally handicapped kid sitting at a chess table against the democrats choice of ANYONE IN THE FUCKING COUNTRY qualified to play chess and here we are wondering how the fuck we lost to the window licker in best 2 out of 3.
Seriously asking because now I'm intrigued. What does the scenario look like and how does it work? Are there dudes just literally loitering infront of the store? What do the contractors hiring them do, say what they're looking for and the workers sort it out who goes or is the contractor treating it like a line up of hookers and picking the one thst looks most hard working lol. Why wouldn't the people looking for work just post fliers instead of wasting the time standing there? I've definitely seen that at some hardware stores. Usually mom and pop local shops where they'll have a corkboard for handymen to hang flyers on.
I wish there article included whether or not the Trump staff that initially filed the Google case are still in office or being brought back. I get that the conservative government that is coming should be expected to side with business but idk if they get enough lobbying from big tech to make them fight the current ruling against Google. I'm assuming tho and for all I really know Alphabet could be a huge right wing donor.
Thanks. I honestly didn't know Britannica was still a thing lol
Awesome breakdown, thank you!
Fuck me. My own last name is a spin on the word Wales and I completely forgot to include it😂
You are a god amongst men. Thank you this was fucking amazing.
So other just doesn't happen at any of the home depots I have gone to across 7 states and untold amount of towns in each state? Lol
Does this really happen at Home Depots? Or is this all derived from the family guy scene?
Sounds very similar to the shit ive gone thru.
Get your thyroid levels tested. Can't remember if its hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism but one of them has symptoms that are very similar to depression. Low energy, tired, lack of motivation, feeling drained. It took a long time to get myself on the right medication but the biggest break thru in that time was getting my thyroid levels straightened out. Most of that time was spent with professionals who thought I was suffering from depression.
Id recommend seeing someone that specializes in ADHD and all the other comorbidity disorders. As well as asking your primary for a script to test your thyroid levels.
Can someone explain the framework of the current British... idk is empire the correct term?
What is Britain?
Is it the same as the UK?
What is Briton?
Wtf is up with Canada?
Is it it's own country?
If yes, then why do they still salute the queen or king?
If no, how are they operating as it's own country?
Same for Australia I guess, too?
Was there an Australian revolution?
Are all parts of the British island the same country?
Or are Scotland and Ireland seperate countries?
Ok I know they're in the middle of a war and all but seriously how much did the guy who installed the solar panels in the thumbnail hate kids? Lol there looks like so much space to put those couple panels and they're just like hmmmmmm howabout right here on top of the seesaw lol.
Got any context so I can google the call you are referencing? Also what do you mean by fuck the bookies? Hardly anyone uses bookies anymore. At least ever since the growing number of states that allow sportsbook apps now.
Wish there was a community called !furiouslyinfuriating for shit like this...
What the shit happened to freedom of information act? Now we not only have to sacrifice our privacy to some 3rd party contractor but I must also create a fucking account in order to access information our government provides? Fuck that shit. I'm just guna make a throwaway account. Scrape the fucking site dry and upload the shit to my own website. Fuck them.
With all the articles about Microsoft/Windows integrating AI into "x" software and "y" software, do I need to do more to disable all AI existence off my PC?
I'm on 24H2 Windows 11 with a local account set up, ran windows debloat tool and have CoPilot/onedrive/other data mining features un-installed.
Edit: I have a plan to make the switch to Linux. For now I was just looking for any feedback on how to handle current Windows OS. I whole heartedly hate Microsoft as much as the next, I promise lol.
Can anyone tell me what the 2nd graph down is showing for the tinted area?
I think it's the same color as the color designation for:
>Avg.: 72°F | 58°F
But I have no idea what the graph is showing if the blue line is showing the Temperature at that time of the day. All the values change with the vertical slider for to change the time of day.
Why does it seem the majority of protests in the US are to oppose something while so many protests in other countries are looking to influence improving something?
I want tonpreface that I use exclusively Lemmy for my source for all news. I have no real social media accounts, will never be caught dead watching network or local news on TV (idc if im 37 its cartoons of gtfo lol). I use duckduckgo, Firefox for search and browser ever since I was tasked at work to keep a pulse on seo rankings. Id give cancer permission take my testicles befor ingive any fuckin company's ai permission to my data. If any of my hardware or software is using "AI" it is not at the front end or a configurable setting. What I'm building to is that I feel I put in more effort than most to not have the news I am fed influenced by anything more than what is happening in the world right now and the decisions news outlets make to report on.
Now we have that established, I can elaborate on my question. When I see reports of protesting in the US (live outside of Buffalo, NY obligatory Go Bills!), I see primarily protests in opposition to an event or thing. I get the literal definition of protest, I'm speaking of the mission people are protesting under. Protesting police brutality, protesting oil line, fuck the insurection that doesnt fall under this example but there have been other actual protests against election results (see Buffalo shithead I mean mayor, Byron Brown's most recent election).
Why are the so few:
Protest for improved living conditions. Protesting for higher wages (ok I admit I forgot about this one till now. I do see unions protesting for this) Protesting for lower tuition costs. Not loan forgiveness but legitimate improvements to the corrupt financial structure allowing shit like Alabama's highest paid public office position is Nick fuckin Sabin. Protest for better medical billing regulations.
Is it just the way news headlines and articles are written domestically vs globally? Is it a vernacular thing where US English grammatical structure dictates a protest must be against and never for? Or is it cultural thing where American laziness has evolved into something horrible needs to happen for action to happen (We don't become known as one of the fattest countries thanks our love of working hard). On the same note different page, is it that protest I see for better living conditions don't have the luxury to protest against something? Whether it be a question of freedom of speech, governing corruption or other similar issues.
ORRRRR do you think I am off base here and there actually isn't a difference between domestic and other counties protests?
Looking for some clarification on what im guna call the Lemmy workflow from a new post to the front page.
So one of the selling points I've seen tossed around for Lemmy is it's absence of a Karma system. Keeping that in mind can anyone explain why Lemmy wouldn't adapt a more automated/bot style approach to increasing content. What I had in mind was a system that shocked Pikachu meme used some sort of scraping method or web crawler method that could produce continually fresh posts to communities like the NFL community or even offer a new News type of community that is fed every news break from a defined set of sources. Hell Lemmy even offers the ability to create its own automated front page of the internet instance that exclusively for those who enjoy the automated content provided. If it gained traction there would be no limit to the specific communities it could support. For example if there were a NFL auto posting bot why not one thst serviced each individual team's community.
The biggest ckmplaint in reddit back in the day was the increase of bot activity generating reposts. With Lemmy tho, there already are natural reposts already happening between common communities present across multiple instances.
I very much enjoy how differently Lemmy and it's user base is from the trash pile reddit became. The reddit comment threads after the exodus are all just regurgitated memes and hivemind friendly bot responses. Compared to Lemmy where it's been rare if at all to find anyone farming for karma or pandering to the masses.
This is all just second hand understanding of the digital world. Thank you in advance for anyone whontakes the time tonread this and comment🍻
Josh Allen’s status in Buffalo Bills record books + is he overrated? Bills have enough elite talent?
Von Miller and Matt Milano look to reclaim form on Bills defense in 2024 | Always Gameday in Buffalo
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Starfish Prime - The US oopsie so big that the world agreed no more detonation of nuclear weapons should be done in space.
For more on High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) from nuclear detonation here is the Department of Homeland Security report on the estimated affects if a hostile use of a HEMP was detonated now.
Options for translating content in languages other than English.
I am one of the many Lemy converts from the reddit exodus to give context of my experience using Lemy. I exclusively use the sync app for Android.
In my eary days here I was shocked to find how much content was in languages other than english. I can usually manage with posts that are links to articles by having them open in browser and use a translating extension.
However I was wondering if there were any ways to have the content only available in the sync app to be translated?
Fuck it'd be awesome if on my zfold multiwindow function to even have the native language in sync with the translated version in another window to let me pick up on some of the other language's commonly words and phrases. But I'd be happy with just being able to read their English translations.