ericbomb @ ericbomb @lemmy.world

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Huh, I never considered that one. But I guess if a neighbor advertised "10$ to bring over your knives and I'll make them like new" I probably would at least try it since I have some pretty nice knives that I've been struggling with that are really old.

I am sad to report I have tried to sharpen my own knives... using a thing I bought off amazon. It dud not work out.

I'm doing online college atm, and there is a forum post assignment each week.

I dread having to respond to my other "class mates" because half of them are clearly using AI. Like having to read a single sentence of AI slop makes me lose the will to live. Spending my mental energy to read something no one was willing to put in the energy to write is not what I wanna spend my days doing.

The school, like all universities, are working on new policies. But it's just so painful to prove someone is using AI beyond a reasonable doubt. Sometimes folks accidentally include something where the answer basically includes something like "as an AI" , and those generally get removed quickly and I don't see that student post ever again. Or someone posted code where in it there was a comment that said "Then you can repeat this process to write the rest of the program"

So yeah, if you made a game out of catching AI slop, more power to you. You are a stronger, or more deranged, internet user than me.

With any upholstered furniture we've bought (Since we've bought some for personal use), we keep it in the garage and treat it for like a week before it comes inside. We don't do it often and have yet to have a problem, but anytime we buy something soft we are very concerned we are inviting demons into the house.

Honestly just convincing old folks that "Hey whenever something stressful happens on your computer, please for the love of god just call me."

Is worth its weight in gold to prevent scams. A big thing scammer prey on is shame, blaming the individual. If there is someone they have paid to help them and trust to help them with any issue without judgement, I would hope they would lean on that person when scared by a scammer. So as long as it's for the right reasons I can see how cool that could be!

I do like the computer literacy classes that get ran for older folks, and the ones about avoiding scams. So I can see how this can be good!

It fully depends on if you're doing it at your house, or the house of the child you are watching, and the state.

But the rules don't matter as long as no one is a narc!

Oh man I loved when Evermore (RIP) had fire dancers. But it was funny because for their major events they would hire super skilled pros, then their daily shows they would have a staff member that they had taught or was a hobbyist before being hired. They were fun and skilled, but the difference was very obvious in variety of tricks and number of failed tricks.

Which makes sense considering their financial troubles, but imagine being that fire dancer on staff being like "Super hyped for tonight's show!" and them just being like "Ahh, did no one tell you? We hired someone for five times your nightly wage to do tonight's show cause they're a lot better"

https://childcare.gov/consumer-education/informal-in-home-child-care#:~:text=Your%20state%20or%20territory%20may,to%20ensure%20the%20children's%20safety.

"For instance, most states and territories do not require an in-home child care provider to be licensed if they provide care on an occasional basis, provide care in your home, or are related to the children in their care."

That is why I gave the "it depends"

So a baby sitter baby sitting and the home of the child is completely legally fine. If you are doing it at your own home, or watching unrelated children, it can be iffy.

https://childcare.gov/consumer-education/informal-in-home-child-care#:~:text=Your%20state%20or%20territory%20may,to%20ensure%20the%20children's%20safety.

That's why I said it depends on state/situation.

A little bit of legally dubious action to pay the bills and siphon money from billion dollar companies never hurt nobody!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FW99X9Z?_encoding=UTF8&pf_rd_p=95590a51-8b9e-49a7-bb36-7db49ee510df&pf_rd_r=1H8PF6FSJNKSFTQ26RYQ&pd_rd_wg=M35DG&pd_rd_i=B08FW99X9Z&pd_rd_w=VCFKH&content-id=amzn1.sym.95590a51-8b9e-49a7-bb36-7db49ee510df&pd_rd_r=6e8f84dd-a9c2-4ec1-89b5-033d10379575&psc=1

$50 dollars for THREE, UNASSEMBLED, and UNPAINTED minis? Yeah man, I ain't gonna question why the texture of your warhammer minis are different. Game on.

Editing ChatGPT generated content sounds soul crushing tbh.

That makes sense! If they are similar to my dog, I probably wouldn't notice that much, and if they provided the food and stuff, I honestly wouldn't notice much.

Well getting nice furniture from a hobby sounds pretty chill regardless!

Every now and then my eyes pop at the cost of new furniture.

Oh yeah all the influencer side hustles are straight trash.

My friend if you actually made $1000 a day working 2 hour, you wouldn't be uploading here my dude!

"Surely the company that sells a product for $100 will keep selling the product for that price once tariffs mean that it costs a $125 to produce and import!" - crazy people.

Some folks were a little late to figuring out what tariffs were okay!

Now is the time to see who might run for house/senate seats and encourage those you like, insult those you don't, and volunteer. See if we can replace some of the spineless DNC members.

You're not wrong! Alas I am an admin, not the host. Also we wanted it to be very obvious that it's a game jam about blind accessibility. Could he have picked a different name? Probably, but at this point we're kinda committed!

"Oh, jokes just normally have a punchline and aren't just stating something really backwards"

If you end up working in the medical/insurance field in the USA, you don't even need basic math! The numbers the programs output are just all made up!

I had the audacity the other day to ask in what order we apply deductibles. (YOU want a deductible applied to something covered at 10%, not 100%. The insurance wants it applied to something covered at a100%) I was told it just picks some at random and hopes for the best, so we use the word "best effort" when it comes to estimating what insurance will pay, since they'll make that up anyway.

So yeah, just another throwing in that it super matters where you work. At my job we plug in what is industry standard for medical accounting, and say it's just an estimate on everything else.

Not the part about giving away your riches or loving your neighbor though.

He had no comments on "which" teachings though, I'm sure.