Bob Robertson IX @ Bob_Robertson_IX @discuss.tchncs.de

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

This is what I hate about calling him Taco... he chickens out on the shit he needs to chicken out on. Let's not dare him into doing stupid shit like enacting tariffs and reversing the asbestos ban. Also, why the fuck was it not banned LONG before Biden's term?

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.

This is just going to move porn back to people sharing their personal collections through decentralized systems. Normally decentralized is good, but for things like porn there needs to be some 'ownership' of what's being provided. Back in the message group and bbs days there was a lot of illegal shit floating around. Places like PornHub work hard to ensure they aren't used to distribute anything illegal.

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.

I'd write The Iliad and The Odyssey and include a few musical numbers featuring Imagine, Purple Rain and Benny & The Jets.

The value of a degree doesn't drop because more people get one, if that were the case there'd be little value in finishing high school. If everyone else has a college degree and you don't, then you are at a disadvantage.

The value of a college degree will decrease as the cost of a college education goes up, the knowledge gained from a college education is available elsewhere, and fewer people see a reason to get a college degree.

Is nobody going to mention that the chemical is called "dick wad"?

I'm seeing a very ugly side around Lemmy the last couple of days. It's nice to see posts like this!

If something is despicable when your adversary does it, then it is despicable when you do it.

I had to look up that last part, as it seemed counter-intuitive, but apparently deep ocean water bottoms out at 4 degrees C.

Right, but I still wouldn't call water that is 4 degrees C as warm. How is deep water warm?

Is the Trump admin a good community you are so desperately preaching about?

No, and I never said that good people help good communities. Good people help communities in need.

If this flood hit Mar a Lago and destroyed everything in it's path and only killed people who are a part of the administration then I would be cheering. The people directly causing the issue would be the ones getting the consequences. However, that's not what would happen because there are housekeeping staff there who just need a job, there are families who are on vacation there (some likely reluctantly dragged there by a maga spouse or parent). And so, if there's even a chance that a single innocent person is in need, then every effort should be made to help.

You sound like a preacher who says that natural disasters hit us because of homosexuality.

Good people help communities, no matter who they are. Good people don't cheer or act smug when had things happen to a community. There are dozens of young girls missing after their summer camp got swept away. It is very possible most, of not all of their parents were trump supporters... none of the children voted for trump. This isn't a point for your team, these are lives destroyed.

Yes, if this happened in California term trump would make it clear he doesn't care, and his supporters wouldn't flinch. But those are despicable people, pity them and show them how we should respond to tragedy.

I'm going to be so sad if my spicy pad Thai ever starts hurting me. My weekly lunches at my local Thai place are some of the happiest moments in my life at the moment.

And I know that sounds sad, but their food really is just that good.

It depends on your source. My source said that 'Mary the sinner' was a prostitute, and Mary Magdalene was Mary the sinner.

My source was my preacher in the 90s.

I have never once heard anyone ever refer to an SUV as a 'Large Engine Vehicle'. Am I just unaware, or is this trump being a complete idiot again?

This is great... I just wish I had heard about it a couple of days or weeks ago so I could have joined.

Now this is that alabaster-box which Mary the sinner procured, and poured forth the ointment out of it upon the head and feet of our Lord Jesus Christ, and wiped it off with the hairs of her head.

Can you imagine, here's a baby born in Bethlehem and when he's 8 days old an old lady takes him into a cave and snips the tip of his penis off, then decides to place it in an alabaster box and fill the box with oil, then she gives that box to her son and tells him not to sell it. Then, 30 years later Jesus meets a prostitute in Galilee and she has this box with his foreskin in it, then the uses the foreskin infused oil to wash his feet.

Makes me wonder what my foreskin has been up to.