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homura1650

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  • Cars are like horses: people will soon realise EVs are just better, claims VW boss

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  • I did the math for my EV. Even the expensive fast charging station near me came out to be only about 25% of the cost my old ICE car would get for gas on a per mile basis. The slower level 2 chargers typically cost substantially less than that, but are really only worth it if you were going to park in a lot that had them anyway.

  • Absolute insanity

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  • Go to Amazon and search for "Cubic Zirconia ring". Find one you like and order a pair in the appropriate sizes. If you want something less traditional, drop this cubic zirconia part if the search.

    That can easily get you a pair if wedding rings for less money than I spend every year testing my cats' poop.

  • Life comes at you fast

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  • It does do that. I just had a door to door salesman stop by and ask for my parents. I'm thirty, and have always looked old for my age. Sadly, he still read me as a guy, but I'm still only a few months in.

  • How often do people typically get paid where you are? How is the overtime? (Specify location)

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  • US here. I've only ever seen bi-weekly and twice-monthly.

    Overtime is a given (legally required) for hourly work; however there are a lot of shenanigans employers do around timecards that does not get nearly as much enforcement as it should.

    It also typically takes about a month from when you start working to when you get your first paycheck. Paychecks normally come between 1 and 2 weeks after the pay period ends; and your first pay check tends to be extra delayed. Having said that, the one time this was a problem for me, I was able to walk into the HR office and get a hand written check on the spot (no clue how common that is).

  • Dad with Stage 4 cancer dies after insurance company said tumor-shrinking treatment was ‘not medically necessary’

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  • More than that; hospitals are required to provide emergency care to people who cannot pay. This often ends up being more expensive than just providing care before it becomes an emergency; which the rest of us end up paying for in the form of higher costs.

  • TIL there is no agreement on how many continents there are.

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  • North and South America are joined by a thin strip of land that serves as the continent border. Africa and Eurasia are joined by a thin strip that serves as a continent barrier. Europe and Asia have no natural border between them.

  • Uber is letting women avoid male drivers and riders in the US

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  • I imagine lawyers are the biggest issue. Anti discrimination laws vary greatly by jurisdiction. This type of de jure discrimination against a privileged group to counter de facto discrimination against a marginalized one is the type of situation that is going to be thorny pretty much everywhere, with differing results everywhere.

  • Americans' sympathies in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have shifted dramatically, new poll shows

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  • European Jews make up the Israeli elite. There were Jews already living in the land that is now Israel, who were very much not part of any colonization movement, but we're well integrated into the local economy. When the Europeans cames, there was a lot of aminus between them and the native Jews as well as the native Muslims.

    As the conflict developed and identities hardened, the native Jews became increasingly accepted within the Zionist camp, and less so within the Arab camps. Relatedly, this led to a bunch of Arab countries doing their own ethnic cleansing of Jews, who would then go to Israel. Again, these Jews were overwhelming native to where they were expelled from, not European.

    A massive amount of the original conflict started not as a racial dispute, but as a property dispute. Britain brought over its own notion of land ownership that did much match the local notion. The immigrant Jews bought land under the British system, which led to a bunch of dueling claims, both sides of which were legally valid.

    The amazing thing about reading the history on this, is that everyone knew this was going to happen. There were contemporary Zionists who warned about it. Contemporary Arabs warned about it. Even the fucking Nazis warned about it (which is why they were much more interested in forming a Jewish colony in Madagascar).

    At this point, I'm not convinced any of this history actually matters. We have Israellis and Palestinians now. Both of which are modern identities that were created as part of this conflict. And those are the identity groups that need to reconcile in order to solve it. The original land disputes are so far in the past that there is no way to unwind them. The new land disputes can still be unwound, but those are illegal under every system, including Israeli law (although, I'm not so sure about now, as they recently passed laws authorizing it, so the very new ones might be legal under Israeli law).

  • Parents opt kids out of school laptops, ask for pen-and-paper

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  • It still amazes me that laptops are still the cutting edge tech for schools.

    General purpose computers have always had major problems with students getting distracted and going off topic, and are a never ending source of tech issues; particular when locked down in a way that still fails to address the previous issues, but makes them fail more often.

    Admin is concerned about paper costs? Get every student an Eink reader. Schools are a big enough market to justify specoalized Eink readers that support classroom management style features (e.g. pushing a reading to student in the room).

    Don't want to deal with hand written essays. I was using a digital typewriter as a middle school student 20 years ago.

    It's like requing laptops for every math class because we don't want to force students to do all their calculations by hand. But that's not the choice: we have calculators! Even when we let them use calculators, we have a choice of what calculator to give them. We have 4 function calculators, scientific calculators, graphing calculators, symbolic calculators. And we can pick what tool we give students based on the needs of the particular lesson.

  • Pam Bondi suggests Jewish lesbian lawmaker is anti-Semitic in explosive hearing

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  • The targeting of civilians is a war crime, no matter who does it. Israel’s blanket denial of food, water, and other necessities to Gaza is a serious violation of international law and will do nothing but harm innocent civilians. The United States has rightly offered solidarity and support to Israel in responding to Hamas’ attack. But we must also insist on restraint from Israeli forces attacking Gaza and work to secure UN humanitarian access. Let us not forget that half of the two million people in Gaza are children. Children and innocent people do not deserve to be punished for the acts of Hamas.

    • Bernie Sanders, October 11, 2023

    https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-statement-on-continuing-violence-in-israel-and-gaza/

  • El Paso Airport Closed After Military Shot Down Random Party Balloon: The Pentagon appeared to believe the balloon was a foreign drone

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  • You and I, in a little toy shop

  • Klarna for rent

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  • I'm not sure how common it is, but my employer (in the US) runs on a twice monthly payroll system.

  • Cats

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  • For most cats, untrimmed nails are not dangerous. They naturally shed the outer layer, and will instinctively scratch stuff to help the shedding process along.

    As cats get older, this shedding process slows down, so some cats start having issues with overgrown nails. That is an issue, that does require trimming their nails to treat.

    If your cat does not have an issue with overgrown nails, the reason to trim them is for you, as it also fills them. If you have a kitten, it is a good idea to trim them regularly so they grow up used to it and don't have problems getting them trimmed if it becomes necessary in the future.

  • Does anyone else's cat play fetch?

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  • I have 3 cats, and one of them plays fetch. Although he typically gets bored after a dozen throws or so.

  • Why skip the 9? Is 9 the middle child?

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  • No. The time has come for Plan 9!

  • Vanilla Ice

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  • Part of the reason we are seeing such an active protest movement now is that ICE is doing its thing in Minneapolis, which was able to mobilize the existing activist network that was created as a result of the police murder of notable white black person George Floyd. This murder was national news and led to police reform in a bunch of states.

    When notable white Salvadorian person Kilmar Abrego Garcia was illegal deported to a foreign torture prison, there was nation wide protest, with Senate Chris Van Hollen traveling to El Salvador. This nationwide protest movement eventually secured his release.

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  • Advanced calculus? In this house, we use numerical methods!

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  • Probably a stupid question, but has anyplace tried just making business restrooms public. Cities already impose a lot of zoning requirements. It seems like adding this rule to high pedestrian zones should be entirely doable.

  • Apple (SMBC)

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  • Also, prior to the old testament being in the form it is today, the character that would become the one god was just a minor god within the Canaanite pantheon. A lot of the old testament makes more sense when read with that context.

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