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Urist, in What is the best option to provide for people who are homeless in the cold?
@Urist@lemmy.ml avatar

Provide them housing. It is effective and cheap in the sense that it can help a lot of people get back on their feet, which is worth a lot of taxes besides the basic human decency. Remember this until the next time you vote.

imkali, (edited ) in Is there a way to get call functionality in whatsapp in Linux

WayDroid with WhatsApp installed seems most sensible to me, assuming WhatsApp lets you use multiple android devices on one account.

Edit: This doesn’t work.

kionite231,

No, It does not let you use multiple android devices with a single account. I will be logged out from my android device if I log into whatsapp in waydroid :(

KmlSlmk64, in Can't we just start calling it "Formerly Twitter" instead?
@KmlSlmk64@lemmy.world avatar

Or you could call it what Linus on Wan show by Linus Tech Tips YT channel made up: ex-TwitterYou essentially say both of the names and the fact that Twitter is the “old name”. But as a F-u to Musk, we should just call it Twitter.

unrelatedkeg,

I prefer xitter

Emwe,

Is my brain meant to pronounce this as Shitter?

lemmyseikai,

Yes

KmlSlmk64,
@KmlSlmk64@lemmy.world avatar

Whatever floats your boat! There are multiple ways of calling it and I’ve just pointed out the one I find the funniest. What we can all agree on is that renaming Twitter was a bad idea. (and everything else he did also)

sombresu,

Yeah whatever float in a toilet.

fidodo, in What's some amazing technology they have in Japan that's very normal to them but would blow our minds here in the US and western world?

Their ability to actually build things. The amount of construction projects I saw while visiting was insane, and they get it done fast.

Fallenwout,

They had a lot of practice with all their empty scam apartment buildings.

madcaesar,

Are you thinking about China?

Fallenwout,

Oh ye. Sorry.

nomous,

When your xenophobia is eager but bad at geography.

Potatos_are_not_friends,

Pretty common unfortunately in America.

I still think about how Blizzard originally made their WoW expansion, Panderia, to include Samurai and sushi. And someone had to explain them the difference between China and Japan.

It’s so stupid.

ICastFist,
@ICastFist@programming.dev avatar

There’s a reason “USA doesn’t know geography” is a worldwide joke

BreadstickNinja,

That’s not even necessarily mixing the two up so much as failing to distinguish cultures within “Asia” in the first place. A lot of people think of the whole region as one place. Put some soy and garlic on something? You’ve got an “Asian” dish. Never mind that there are numerous regional culinary traditions within China alone.

See also: Africa.

rottingleaf,

There are people on the Web unable to distinguish between Asia as in “China, Japan, Kamboja, Vietnam …” and Asia as in “Iran and Saudi Arabia”.

BreadstickNinja,

Yes, but not to mention Asia as in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh! 1.5 billion people living on the Asian continent, but “Asian” in popular American usage seems to only refer to China/Korea/Japan, and maybe Southeast Asia to a slightly lesser extent.

rottingleaf,

Ye-es. And then SE Asia is not the same as CJK, and then Middle Asia is not the same as West Asia/Middle East, and then India in itself has Dravidic parts, and then …

Though, returning to the example above with “Asian” dish, in Russia people usually refer to cuisine by country, not by continent. But may make a few diplomatic errors (possibly mistakes) this way, like saying that Armenians and Iranians drink Turkish coffee, etc.

Fallenwout, (edited )

This has absolutely nothing to do with xenophobia. This was based on a documentary of chinese economic waste and the people that fall into poverty because of it.

Ilflish,

Well can’t fault honesty

firipu,

Fast my ass. Once they finally start maybe… But it takes ages to lay the first stone. There’s not enough people available to build everything they want to build. It’s a serious issue

fidodo,

Ok, well maybe they have a long pipeline of projects ready to be built, but they are getting things built. I went with a friend who was there like 5 years prior and he said everything looked totally different since the last time he was there. I don’t know about the planning process but even if that’s slow that’s still way better than most places where it also takes ages to get something started, takes ages to get something built, and they don’t have enough projects going through the planning process in the first place.

A7thStone, in How was Rudy Guiliani as mayor of NYC?

It was said the only really dangerous place in NYC whole Giuliani was mayor was in between him and a camera, but that’s because he’s a narcissistic piece of shit, not because he improved NY.

despotic_machine, (edited ) in Is there a way to get call functionality in whatsapp in Linux
@despotic_machine@lemmy.world avatar

android-x86.org/…/releasenote-cm-x86-14-1-r5.html

I have made voice calls with this in VirtualBox from a Linux host. Lacking support for VBoxGuestAdditions, it is not a great general solution, as you cannot easily bridge the gap between host/guest, however.

I have not tested QEMU.

tatterdemalion, (edited ) in What's some amazing technology they have in Japan that's very normal to them but would blow our minds here in the US and western world?
@tatterdemalion@programming.dev avatar

Automated underground bike storage

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcZSU40RBrg

derpgon,

We got a few of bike towers on the ground in Czechia. Very neat.

billwashere,

Why does this remind me of Death Stranding?

Bluebanrigh,

It’d be cool if they had those here but I swear we have enough idiots that would try to get in for shits and giggles and maim themselves

SkaveRat,

Make it self cleaning. Problem will solve itself after a while

qyron,

You could put giant billboards warning for the risk and it would still become a recurring event. Even if it said “warning: this is capable of grinding a human being to pulp”.

Bluebanrigh,

Meanwhile, I can’t retrieve my bike because someone’s mangled arm is jamming the main lift.

darkmatterstyx,

New viral challenge…

qyron,

Now you got me seriously depressed.

Malfeasant,

“Not only will this kill you, but it will hurt like hell the whole time you’re dieing”

qyron,

Where is that sentence from?

Why can’t we have basic, objective, uncomplicated worded warnings like that? Maybe the stupid ratio would drop.

Malfeasant,

I’ve heard of it posted on high voltage electrical panels, but never seen it myself (I’m not an electrician). I don’t know if I got the wording exactly right, but it sounds good.

AscendantSquid,

I’d imagine it’s got weight and pressure sensors, so I don’t think a person would get very far. I can definitely see the mechanism getting jammed by garbage or some shit, especially if someone’s trying to jam it.

Bluebanrigh,

Maybe, hopefully? I’d imagine whatever idiotproofing they do won’t be sufficient for the wild.

Potatos_are_not_friends,

We can’t have a lot of things because that 1% is fucking morons.

Everything from clean public bathrooms to high end vending machines.

Azal,

US here… it has less to do with the 1% being fucking morons and more to do with the only infrastructure we actually pay any attention to is cars. Sure we’re having a bit of a bicycle revolution but at least in my area the bikes aren’t being used for transport but for fun, but then that’s with a metro that’s sprawling with a city that’s only 100 sq miles smaller than NYC, with 8,000,000 less people in it. Add that the auto companies were allowed to buy out things like the streetcar that was local and able to tear up the tracks to get rid of competition, it really isn’t a shocker.

But we’re now stuck in a cyclical spiral, of no investment for things like this are happening because it’s not seen as profitable enough. Which means a constant problem of using something like a bike for commuting is “But then I have nowhere I can put my bike where it won’t get fucked with.” so people don’t commute with it, which leads to no investment to the infrastructure.

Dunno how to fix it. It just sucks.

sfgifz,

Don’t forget privacy in toilet stalls - I’ve seen the huge gaps in doors in the US.

intensely_human,

That’s the premise behind /r/ArchitectureForAdults: architecture that’s dangerous for morons, but safe for everyone else

Knitwear, in What misconceptions do you still have that you learned from TV/film as a child?

I used to think orange juice and milk etc should be kept in a jug in the fridge for some reason.

I didn’t know it was because they couldn’t show packaging on TV.

tostiman,
@tostiman@sh.itjust.works avatar

You don’t keep your milk in a fridge?

Mycatiskai,

I think this person transfers their milk and orange juice into jugs in the fridge.

Orange juice was probably in jugs because it’s being made from concentrate in a can. Milk at least in Canada in certain provinces is sold in bags which go into a jug.

tostiman,
@tostiman@sh.itjust.works avatar

Oh

KombatWombat,

Milk in the US uses a different pasteurization technique the most of the rest of the world, so we need to keep it refrigerated while other places don’t until it’s opened.

0x4E4F, (edited ) in What misconceptions do you still have that you learned from TV/film as a child?
@0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works avatar

It is an aphrodisiac, but not a very strong one. Various types of nuts can be more benefitial to the libido than chocolate is… or a combo of them, yeah, that can also work I guess.

kalkulat, (edited ) in What misconceptions do you still have that you learned from TV/film as a child?
@kalkulat@lemmy.world avatar

KInda stupid question, innit? If I still have it, I don’t think it’s a misconception. You’d have to tell me.

But then, anyone can make a mistake. Doesn’t make you a bad person. I make mistakes every day. I shouldn’t have said stupid, I should said… whatever they call it now. Meathead?

LodeMike, in What misconceptions do you still have that you learned from TV/film as a child?

This question is kind of unanswerable. People don’t really hold misconceptions that they know to be misconceptions.

pete_the_cat,

“what’s a fact that you don’t know?”

Inucune,

The system time on any arbitrary computer.

remotelove,
@remotelove@lemmy.ca avatar

It’s possible, especially when it comes to things like luck or illusion. Most people know that magic isn’t real, but some still tend to fall back on magic as an explanation for a really good illusion.

There is a fine line between holding two beliefs that are in direct contradiction and understanding that something you want to be true is something that you also understand is a misconception, is my point.

tomi000,

Who think of illusions they cant explain as actual magic? That would be pretty sad.

remotelove,
@remotelove@lemmy.ca avatar

There is a term for things like that: “mental gymnastics”

People can naturally hold conflicting ideas or sometimes feel the need to believe things they know aren’t true. It’s extremely important for people to become more self-aware in that regard as it is something that can be exploited by religions, politicians, cults or scam artists.

Everyone is vulnerable to it, to different degrees. Even in the privacy of our own thoughts, most of us have tried to convince ourselves of something that wasn’t true, regardless of any facts we have seen. It’s just human nature.

Extrasvhx9he, in What misconceptions do you still have that you learned from TV/film as a child?

I used to believe that those defibrillators used by doctors were to restart a heart

qantravon, (edited )

“Griff, why in the hell would you give someone CPR for a bullet wound in the head!? That doesn’t make a lick of sense.”

“You’re welcome, Sir.”

remotelove,
@remotelove@lemmy.ca avatar

That myth is still pushed by many TV shows to this day, unfortunately. I believe that most public emergency defibrillators work automatically, so that is nice.

blackbelt352,

Yup, defibrillators are for arythmia, and work by stopping the heart for a moment to let the heart restart itself and get back into rhythm.

reallyzen,

TIL and no, I never watched that much ER episodes.

ezures,

BF players: yeah, they are good for gunshots, knife stabs, if blown up by mines, run over by a jeep or pulverized by a sabot round. And agains lethal falls.

blazeknave, in How was Rudy Guiliani as mayor of NYC?

Piece of shit fascist. Fucking barricades on sidewalks. Anti everything. Hate that pathetic jackass. Always have. Never a hero. Just a decent attorney that did to the mob what nobody before him could. Then buildings fell on and killed all his friends and he went off the deep end.

RubberElectrons,
@RubberElectrons@lemmy.world avatar

Fuck yeah, you remember when he lost the fight against the Brooklyn museum of art for a painting of the virgin Mary made of elephant dung?

In other cultures, that dung symbolizes the potential for life, but it offended that sensitive fascist bitch to where he tried to cut 1/3 of our tax money to the museum until they took it down. Courts denied that loser for violating the first amendment. And that kept happening, repeatedly, he’d violate the first amendment, lose the associated lawsuit and cost the City millions in the process… Repeatedly. What a loser.

blazeknave,

Holy shit (no pun intended) I forgot about that. Wasn’t there also vaginal blood virgin Mary or was that something else?

Was he also mayor when they found the Indian burial grounds under the civic center predating five points, and then did nothing about it?

RubberElectrons, (edited )
@RubberElectrons@lemmy.world avatar

I think it was the black family burial grounds under that federal building on court st(?), but you might also be right. There was a lot going on in this big city.

E: this is what I’m talking about, same thing?

blazeknave,

Yes! That was the burial ground! I went to high school downtown but for some reason we never went northeast of city hall to that side of the plaza. I remember seeing it in person after reading that and feeling like a tourist. Meanwhile I was like 3 blocks from J&R where we used to buy tapes with our lunch money after starving all week

Extrasvhx9he, (edited ) in Is there a way to get call functionality in whatsapp in Linux

Maybe emulation? I never done it so no clue if it’ll work

Edit: yeah can’t really think of anything else that’s isn’t using a dedicated device like a phone for just video/audio calls or changing to different messenger. Hopefully somebody else has an idea

kionite231,

yeah, I guess I have to do it inside a windows VM. I was wondering if there is another way since my laptop is not very high end.

caturra, in What's some amazing technology they have in Japan that's very normal to them but would blow our minds here in the US and western world?

I’m amazed how people in Japan have some small squares instead of genitals, that must be advanced technology I haven’t seen in other countries.

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