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No change here in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean, there are countries with elephants and giraffes already

BMW in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (9 children)

Probably not to the same level of lane-correct-agressiveness, but my SIL's Volkswagen's lane correct is insane. The roads around here aren't great, and it will often detect random streaks or lines of potholes as a lane and refuse to allow you to avoid them. Once an elk ran in front of the car and when my brother tried to swerve to avoid the damn car fought him so hard we only narrowly missed it. And at other times when on roads with no lane markings at all it randomly decides that the road isn't the road, and that ditch over there is the lane we're supposed to be in.

All that said, it works great most of the time, and we just turn it off if it's acting hinkey

Watching DEAD LIKE ME and in Season 2 Ep 4 they line Donald Trump up in a perp walk with KNOWN DICTATORS! Unreal! in c/[email protected]
Watching DEAD LIKE ME and in Season 2 Ep 4 they line Donald Trump up in a perp walk with KNOWN DICTATORS! Unreal! in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I'm sorry your kids are lame, but the fact that you love dead like me and your username makes me really, really want to hang out with you

*squints* in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

A well rounded graduate of highschool, having experienced multiple different kinds of work environments could help our society feel a little more connected, lead to kids better able to determine what it is they want to do with their lives. If you had to do this once per year during highschool, and you had to pick a different one each year, you'd end up with at least 4 different experiences by the end. That's a lot better than our current system of "you've never been allowed to make a decision before. Now, my child, on your 18th year, decide your career for the rest of your life, and blindly take our 200 thousand dollars worth of loans to do it"

*squints* in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

That's fair, honestly. I was going to make a quip about kids not wanting to learn math, so what right do we have to force them to learn it. But in all honesty, you're right. We treat kids like little machines who must do and say as we command, and that's a problem. I still stand by saying that experience with the working world would be beneficial, and that it should be part of standard education, but as far as the ethics and morality of it goes, it's a sticky area that would need much discussion.

*squints* in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I'm not suggesting that no one has empathy, or even that most don't, just that some would benefit from this in that arena

Me_irl in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What does "you want lip too" mean?

*squints* in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (6 children)

How about we just add it to curriculum for school. During general highschool educational, you must take at least one Public Service class per year. You can choose from farming, retail, plumbing, electrician, road crew, et cetera. Each kid has to do a certain number of hour per school year, and it's required even if private school kids. Disability would obviously be an exception, but otherwise you need to be doing at least X number of hours per school year to graduate. Could help people understand how these things work, and hopefully build some empathy in the little sociopaths.

Clock logic in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Dammit, that wasn't supposed to post yet. I'm still in the process of revising! Lol.

Clock logic in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

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This is the technology worth trillions of dollars huh in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Couldn't students just generate a paper with ChatGPT, open two windows wide by side and then type it out in a word document?

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Episcopal/Anglican Lemmings? (startrek.website)
 

Hey, folks, I was just curious if there were any Episcopal (USA) lemmings around here? I've recently begun attending a small episcopal church, after having not been to church since the pandemic began. Before that, I'd only been to church a few times in the last couple decades. I've been really enjoying the episcopal church, and while my own personal belief system isn't 100% in line with theirs, they're one of the closest groups to my own thinking.

I liked the episcopal subreddit before I left that site, and was wondering if anyone has any interest in making a Lemmy community, or if there was one I'm not familiar with.

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search within communities? (startrek.website)
 

Hey, folks.

I'm not sure if this is a Jerboa question or a Lemmy question, but is it possible to (or possible to implement) search within a community?

For instance, on this community, I would have loved to have had a search field to search "search" and it only searched the Jerboa community, so I can make sure I'm not reposting something someone else has already asked. It would make it a lot easier to find information, especially in communities geared towards advice or niche information.

I'm not a techy person, though, so apologies if this is something very difficult to implement or a feature that's already there and I'm overlooking it.

Thanks!

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Best sampler? (startrek.website)
 

Hey, folks! I'm fairly new to hot teas. I've been very much so enjoying my English and Irish breakfast teas, Earl Grey, and a few other Walmart specials. But I find that I think most of them taste weak, and i use multiple bags. I'd like to try a loose leaf, and maybe something a little stronger. I'm not a fan of green tea for the same reason, it feels weak/watery. I'm a US southerner, so I guess I sort of ruined myself to tea strong enough to get out the pot and slap you. Haha.

Can anyone recommend a sampler of stronger teas? I have a fancy kettle that you can set the temperature on if they need some specific temp, as I know some teas do.

Any help is appreciated! Thanks in advance!

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I had a gay joke, but can't say it with a straight face (startrek.website)
 
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Game Recommendation? (startrek.website)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
62 comments fedilink
 

Edit

Sorry I haven't replied to anyone, life got a little crazy. I did not expect this many replies on lemmy! Thank you everyone, and I will be checking out a bunch of these! Thank you so much. :) I really appreciate it.

So, I hope this allowed, if not, I'll remove.

I have a small problem, y'all. I'm a filthy casual, and don't game often. But right now, due to a lot of very stressful things going on, I'm having trouble sleeping. I'd like a game I can play on the deck for an hour or two at night to get sleepy. Here's where the hard part comes in:

It's gotta be cheap (25 or less)

It needs to be not-stressful to play, as in, it works well on the deck, with no fiddling, because I am a dumb and don't understand things

I don't actually know what kind of game I want. I don't care for FPS games, I don't have the time/patience/money for online multiplayer stuff, and I'm not super in super heavy action games.

I like puzzles, platformers, laid back games. Open world is great. Very small games are fun, but I need something that I can play pretty much every night for a while. I loved portal and the Stanley parable, but I'm burnt out on TSP and I've played both portal games several times. I need something with a little more longevity.

Can anyone help with this not at all reasonable request?

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Abolish 'the left' (youtu.be)
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linking communities (startrek.website)
 

I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but I'm curious about something. I've seen there's a big debate about multiple communities for similar content on different instances, and whether they should coalesce into a single community or remain as multiple communities. I also saw a post about linking sibling communities with automatic cross posting and stuff. I'll level with y'all, I understand coding about as much as I understand wtf quantum foam is. So I don't know how likely that is, or how easy it would be to implement.

But why couldn't we just link to sister communities in the community sidebar. Like [email protected] could just have a link to [email protected] in the sidebar, and vice versa?

I haven't seen any of the communities I frequent do this, and I just wonder why. If both communities did it, it would likely increase the user base of both, wouldn't it?

Sorry if this is a dumb question, I'm just loving on lemmy lately, and wish it were easier to quickly find related communities.

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Enterprise era new trek show? (startrek.website)
 

I'm not sure if this is the right community or not, but I'm curious what y'all would think if they came out with a new show set in the Enterprise era. Ent is one of my favorite shows, and I always felt like we got screwed out of some really compelling TV when they ended they stopped making Trek after ENT ended. That era of humanity, the coalition of planets, the filling in of details on humanity's early relationship with the Vulcans. Plus, it has denobulans, and we need more denobulans.

So, I guess I'm just curious if I'm in the minority or not. Would any of y'all be excited if they announced a show in that era?

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