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Blackmist, in Rent requirements in the US are nuts

You can use the same trick in job applications.

If they didn’t check themselves, they didn’t really care in the first place.

cheery_coffee,

This is how I spent 8 years working as Bill Gates.

anarchy79,
@anarchy79@lemmy.world avatar

NOC operator, security technician, and sysadmin here. None of them checked until I was qualified as a matter of experience.

Pons_Aelius, in ULPT: If you're renting a new apartment, save a newspaper from the day your rent starts.

Just make sure you strip the meta data from the picture before you send in your evidence.

mom,

Why strip it when you can alter it to reflect any time and date? :D

reflex,
@reflex@kbin.social avatar

Why strip it when you can alter it to reflect any time and date? :D

That's right, Lorraine!
As Marty says after Doc rips up his letter, "I've got all the time in the world! I've got a time machine!"

whodatdair,

Timestomp

ox0r, in Rent requirements in the US are nuts
@ox0r@jlai.lu avatar

PFF just use gimp

AngryCommieKender,

Look, I love The G.I.M.P. It allows me to recreate both 3D Studio Max, and Fractal Design: Painter into a single program. I have begged every single graphic artist and photographer in my life to switch. They all say it’s far too hard to set up and use. I wish I could help them fix this, but apparently modding anything other than a game is too complex for them. How the fuck do I manage to explain this to them‽

KoyoDraka,

It’s because they already have a good workflow for productivity. There is no point of switching to another program just for the sake of change. My workflow is just happened to be on Windows and Adobe and that’s it! I don’t care shit about these brands.

I’m tired of everyone on Lemmy keeps bashing Windows and trying to force people in to Linux. Stop trying to make people doing something unrelated to their real life. In normal people eyes, computer is no different than a toaster. Who care about all the feature and technology? If it can make good toast then that’s good enough for them.

In my eyes, Linux community is no different than a cult and church, who is trying to force everyone into joining them. And I’m getting tired of Lemmy also. It’s like 50 percent of the posts are all about Linux and bashing Windows. I was supporting the movement, but now I think it’s meaningless with this type of community. Impossible for normal user to join in. Sorry about my rant. Have a nice day, eveyone.

AngryCommieKender,

I use windows. I just use The GIMP because NO One else makes a graphics program that acts like FDP. Fractal Design Painter acts like traditional medium, so it’s easier for traditional artists to wrap our heads around. I only suggest it to traditional artists that hate the interface of Adobe products

ox0r,
@ox0r@jlai.lu avatar

Idk man, fighting the good fight is hard.

MargotRobbie, in Rent requirements in the US are nuts
@MargotRobbie@lemmy.world avatar

It’s easier and way cheaper to rent a room in a house somewhere if you’re looking to save money since the rental market looks miserable right now.

Plus, having roommates can be great.

I_Fart_Glitter,

When I was 22 I lived in a curtained off corner of an attic in a house with 13 other people. It was so, so fun. I thought to myself, I could live this way forever! Why do older people get scammed into believing that they need to spend all their money on living alone?! I’m old now. I’ll live with a partner or live alone. I’m done with room mates.

MargotRobbie,
@MargotRobbie@lemmy.world avatar

13 people is a bit too much. I was thinking like 3. Above that, it gets too messy.

I_Fart_Glitter,

Yeah, some years back I got nostalgic about it and was watching New Girl and decided to get a room mate. Nope. Nopity nope nope nope.

Ew0, (edited )
@Ew0@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Surely esteemed actress Margot Robbie doesn’t flatshare?!

MargotRobbie,
@MargotRobbie@lemmy.world avatar

… Back in the day.

Retrograde,
@Retrograde@lemmy.world avatar

It can be great or terrible. Roommate roulette!

MargotRobbie,
@MargotRobbie@lemmy.world avatar

I find it easier if you have multiple roommates. Makes the conflicts less concentrated.

NeoNachtwaechter, in [Request] How to get a tiny multitool past airport security?

Send your tool in a small parcel to yourself at the hotel’s address.

cosmicrookie, in Rent requirements in the US are nuts
@cosmicrookie@lemmy.world avatar

Just to be clear. This is illigal. Fraud will get you in prison.

JesusTheCarpenter, in Rent requirements in the US are nuts

I don’t known, I feel like Photoshop subscription is at this point like rent in NY.

Still, in ULPT: If you are late returning a car rental and you purchased full insurance, you can just crash it.
@Still@programming.dev avatar

that’s not how that works, you can’t “just crash it” you’re gonna be on the hook for the value of the car

would be fun tho

southsamurai,
@southsamurai@sh.itjust.works avatar

Depends on how you crash it. You go hard and fast enough, it won’t be you on the hook :)

WhoRoger, in [Request] How to get a tiny multitool past airport security?
@WhoRoger@lemmy.world avatar

Get a multitool in a form of a credit card. Those usually go unnoticed, but no guarantee.

superkret, in ULPT: If you get paid annual leave and you're definitely going to quit your job soon, ask for a large pay rise first. When you quit, your accumulated annual leave will be paid out at the higher rate

This isn’t unethical. Your boss willingly agrees to a changed contract with you, including all it entails. On the other hand, your boss also extracts the maximum labor value they can get out of you and pays you the minimum amount you’ll agree to.

jimmydoreisalefty,

Agree, this is not a ULPT.

This is just a LPT.

mulcahey, in [Request] How to get a tiny multitool past airport security?

lol getting downvoted in Unethical Life Pro Tips is so funny. Y’all are posers.

rufus, (edited )

I don’t think you’re getting downvoted because of this. You’re not sharing a tip, but asking for advice.

I don’t have any real advice. I forgot my swiss army knife in my backpack a few times. Seems to be completely random if it gets detected. Maybe if the operator of that machine is paying attention. But these x-ray machines and metal detectors seem to work.

Edit: Sorry. Didn’t see this post was already kind of old.

mulcahey,

No apologies needed, but I think you’re mistaken about the reasoning. Requests are explicitly welcome in this community. From the sidebar:

Post titles must begin with “ULPT” or “ULPT Request”, and should be descriptive. [Emphasis added]

rufus,

Yeah. I’m mistaken. Sometimes I read things too fast. Thx. And good luck with your multitool. I feel you. I don’t leave the house without my trusty swiss knife, a spoon, some duct tape and cable ties. And I use these regularly in everyday life and even more so while travelling. I can eat yoghurt everywhere, MacGyver me out of situations and fix somone’s broken-down trolley at the airport with the cable-ties. With those things you’re not only prepared for every situation, but you occasionally make someone’s day.

mulcahey,

I feel you on those cable ties! I keep some on my bike for exactly the same reason.

silvershrimp0, in ULPT: If you are late returning a car rental and you purchased full insurance, you can just crash it.
@silvershrimp0@kbin.social avatar

The collision damage waiver that most car rental companies offer will explicitly exclude any intentional damage, so it has to look like an accident for this to work.

dystop,
@dystop@lemmy.world avatar

of course, but that’s not too hard to pull off :)

FlashMobOfOne, in Rent requirements in the US are nuts
@FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world avatar

I love visiting NYC, but you couldn’t pay me to live there. I have friends I stay with when I’m there, and they take 45-minute showers because that’s the only time they get any real privacy.

solstice,

My rent was $2,100/month when I lived there a few years ago. Nice place, updated kitchen and bathroom, quiet, close to public transit, multiple grocery stores in walking distance. That’s steep for sure but nowhere near as insane as people make it out to be. Also I could’ve rented a place for like 1,600 but I shelled out for the nicer one. It’s really not that bad.

FlashMobOfOne,
@FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world avatar

That’s good to hear.

My friends have a big four-bedroom in Brooklyn, but of course, there are four people in it. They love it, but I just couldn’t do it. I love having my nice big condo to myself.

cactus, (edited )

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solstice,

Oh for sure it is stupid expensive don’t get me wrong. But the way people talk you’d think it is $4k/month for a tiny dump, not 2100 for a pretty nice place that I decided to pay extra for. Also pay tends to be higher which takes the edge off a bit. Just saying it isn’t quite as bad as people make it out to be.

These days I’m paying 1200 for a dump in a medium sized city and often think I’d be much happier paying 2100 in NYC. So there’s that.

jjjalljs,

There are one bedrooms and studios for < $2k in brooklyn. They might not be fancy, but they exist.

That might be more than other places, but you have to factor in you don’t need a car here. So that’s $10k/year saved (though I think it’s about $2k/year if you max out your transit rides before they become free every week).

You’d have to pay me a shit load of money for me to consider living somewhere that isn’t walkable.

FlashMobOfOne,
@FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world avatar

Walkability is nice.

I’m fortunate to live in a part of Kansas City that’s eminently walkable, and when the streetcar expansion is finished in a year and a half, I’ll be a block away from it, but the regional transit here in this city has always been very good. We’ve had a high-speed bus line through the main corridor of the city for almost 20 years now.

The bigger plus is that public transit here is fare-free.

atticus88th, in Rent requirements in the US are nuts

I call BS. No one is renting out to someone based solely on some picture. Unless they are subletting a 2 piece bathroom.

Raiderkev,

Smaller landlords for sure. The last 2 I had wanted a printout of my Equifax credit score, n paystubs. I don’t think they actually verified anything.

spez_,

Mine did. I had to supply references of whom were called

I had to write a cover letter and pay 6 months of rent upfront too

This is Australia

Kikkertje,

A cover letter? For fucks sake, this is getting beyond ridiculous.

hemko,

Wtf leave the shit country this crazyness is a norm

glimse, in Reject modernity. Embrace tradition. - Feddit.cl

How DO you get rid of engine oil?

Viking_Hippie,

You don’t. You have to keep it for the rest of your life then pass it on through your family for at least 5 generations. It’s the only way to break the curse.

Kidding aside, the actual answer from the EPA

Thisfox,

It talks about the benefits of recycling, and not how it is done…

glimse,

“You Dump It, You Drink It”

Got it, pouring myself a glass this morning

Viking_Hippie,

Pretty sure the latter was meant as punishment for the former, but far be it from me to dictate your breakfast, I guess 🤷

glimse,

I read the big letters and stopped there!

Viking_Hippie,

'MURICA! 🫡

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