I have the number of friends that I want, and I keep in touch with them by sending them messages any time I want to share sometime with them. Some friends I talk with every day I haven’t seen in person in over 3 years, and we have no problem with that.

https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/politica/gobierno-lanza-chocolate-bienestar-cuanto-costaran-presentaciones-barra-polvo-paquete-20250710-767580.html

It’s in Spanish but your browser should be able to translate.

I’m actually seeing a lot more this year in my yard, and I’m wondering if it’s because I didn’t rake/mow my leaves in the fall. I’d like to say that I left the leaves on the ground for the bugs, but it was really just laziness.

I also recently got a plugin hybrid and while it is charging there’s a green light on the dash… I noticed a firefly hanging out on my windshield flashing every time my car flashed. Poor fella thought he found the largest firefly around.

Might I suggest: Tebya ne trakhnut, tak chto ne verti zadnitsey

The National Guard left shortly after 1 p.m., once protesters approached with their hands raised in the air.

So, you treat the National Guard the same as a black bear? Just make yourself appear larger and they will leave.

His ‘core supporters’ at this point are the people who make money from talking about him or just being around him (the podcasters who report on SpaceX).

May you always look back on the puppy months and remember the cuteness… and forget the middle of the night trips outside, the early mornings, the late nights, the chewed up [furniture | shoes | cords | etc.], accidents on the carpet, biting, scratching and constant ball of energy (between naps) of this cute little bundle of fur.

(I’m currently 10 weeks into puppy training my new mini goldendoodle and I’m optimistic that the worst is now behind us)

Not nearly to the same amount.

That’s part of it, but it also helps that the Chinese government heavily subsidizes their auto industry.

What we, the product, should be doing is selling our engagement to companies that need new and unique data to train AI models.

The data we create (including this interaction) is more valuable than the ‘service’ Facebook provides.

Maybe that’s the way Lemmy will eventually enshittify, by paying people to join it and interact so that the data can be used for AI training… who needs advertisers? (Though, try to avoid the urge to tell them to go fuck themselves)

They are just a troll, trying to get people to pay attention to them. Blocking them makes it so you won’t accidentally interact with them again.

Just block him, no need to reply to him.

Nah, you pick your battles. If the kid wants Nikes because that’s what everyone else has, then get him Nikes. I heard 10 years ago that Sketchers are for toddlers and old people… and from what I’ve seen that perception hasn’t changed.

Like it or not, we are social animals and fitting in is important, especially for children. When my daughter was a toddler we made it a point to NOT expose her to Paw Patrol because it is just blatant targeted marketing to children. It was a point of pride for us to be able to walk past Paw Patrol branded apple sauce and not have her begging for it. And then we sent her to preschool and after the first week she came home sad that all the other kids were playing Paw Patrol but she didn’t know any of the characters, so she couldn’t play. That was a real shitty day for me as a parent because that was my failing. We started letting her watch Paw Patrol (as well as other non-PBS kids shows) because pop culture is important. Same with fashion… not every kid needs to wear Nike, but they should be aware of what the trends are and have a say in what they get.

Edit: I’m glad Lemmy makes it easy to block trolls.

Do we really have 3000 billionaires in this world? That’s disgusting.

Several years ago I was at a Microsoft event and I ran into a guy who said that his job is to keep the time on Windows in sync with the actual rotation of the Earth. I asked if he meant leap seconds, but he said that it’s more to do with earthquakes and weather. I had no idea and looked into it a bit, it’s fascinating.

I bought 5 pounds of clover seed this spring and spread it through my lawn… and it’s amazing. I plan on getting 20 pounds this fall and doing the rest of my lawn, and probably going to get some creeping red thyme for my fence rows.

The company I work for is a huge medical equipment manufacturer, practically everyone in my building are either scientists, R&D or manufacturing process management and those positions all require specific degrees.

I work in IT, and they want the people leaders at least to have degrees. The position I was hiring for was a people leader, but I didn’t feel a degree was necessary. That said, if someone starting out on IT asked me if they should get a degree I would tell them that they should work in IT for a few years to see if they like it, and if they want to advance in IT then they will have a much easier time advancing with a degree. Depending how high they want to go they might even need a Masters.

The value of specific degrees may be diluted, however the value of a college degree in general does not - at least from the perspective of being able to land a job. If 75% of the applicants for a job have a college degree, the 25% are going to find it difficult to get a first interview.

Even if they do get the interview it is still an uphill battle. I just hired someone on my team who doesn’t have a college degree. He was by far more qualified than anyone else I spoke with because he had 20 years experience. I hadn’t even noticed that he didn’t have a college degree until I got a call from HR asking me to justify hiring someone without a college degree for this position, and me just saying ‘He has 20 years experience’ wasn’t good enough justification.

A lot of millennials went to college and chose specific degrees due to the promise of a higher wage. That wage difference isn’t there anymore.

You’re right, compared to a career from a trade school versus a career from a college degree there isn’t much difference, but having a college degree can still give an edge over someone without a degree in getting a job.

Thank you… I’m an idiot and wasn’t thinking about the Southern Ocean as in ‘The’ Southern Ocean… instead I was thinking about it in terms of the oceans in the south (as in, not necessarily glacial). But yes, now I get it and understand. It probably would have helped if I had opened the link to start with.