Sconrad122

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[–] Sconrad122@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Probably a fair bit of the rest of it is zoned for industrial/office/commercial use only or is water or roads, but yeah the picture is not great evidence for the claim in the title

[–] Sconrad122@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If you refuse to answer the questions correctly because acknowledging facts about our system of government would undermine your weak justifications for your fascist behavior, the fact that you actually knew the correct answer deep down doesn't change your score

[–] Sconrad122@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Depends on whether you are buying insurance in the general marketplace or through your employer. The general marketplace might have several dozen options depending on your state. An employer might offer 1-6 options, the selection of which will be different per employer. They vary not just in level of benefits/cost but also where the risk/cost is (high deductible plans mean cost is paid largely as you use medical services. Traditional plans will tend to weight more of the cost in your monthly premiums for a generally more narrow band of potential total out-of-pocket costs, although there are plenty of exceptions to that rule). Different plan structures will also have different methods available for you to cover co-pays and deductibles with money that you put in tax-advantage accounts like HSAs and FSAs. Different employers will have different selections, so one company's "basic" option might have coverage more in-line with another company's "normal" option. They will also have different rates depending on the size of the company and the amount the company contributes to the plans, so a comparable pair of plans in terms of benefits could easily triple or more in price between the two of them if they are offered by different employers. Different companies will have different open periods where you can select your coverage for the year (also the time when coverage prices and benefits can be changed by the provider, so you have to pay attention even if you like your current plan). These open periods can range from a month-long with a month's worth of notice to review the plan options for the next year to a week long with no prior notice (and that week is often scheduled right around the holidays when folks have lots of other thimgs going on). It's a mess here, do not let your government do anything that makes your system more like ours

[–] Sconrad122@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago

Because header files are common and used across multiple projects to create a common environment or API between those projects. The headers are a shared space, the code that calls the headers (e.g.: the platform-specific RISC V implementation) is a less shared space and may be outside of Linus' domain, so to speak. Basically, it's like if two cities shared a reservoir for drinking water. If one city decides to mix raw sewage in the water at their pump station, that's a bad idea, but it's a problem for that city to deal with. If, on the other hand, it dumps the raw sewage into the shared lake, it affects the other city as well

[–] Sconrad122@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I'm using the term to train my own AI so IP laws don't apply to me

[–] Sconrad122@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Yes, both B1023 and B1025 had flown before when they flew as the FH side boosters, so they were reused

[–] Sconrad122@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Imagine living in Vermont and allowing yourself to be convinced that the border in Texas is the number one issue your country can solve for you. For context, the closest point in Vermont to the closest point on the border is 1800 miles and change. For European context, that's just about the same as the distance from Madrid to Helsinki

[–] Sconrad122@lemmy.world 35 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It's might not be a payphone, it might be an emergency phone. Never been to Korea, but some really long bridges in the US will have these spread across the bridge span so that if you break down and don't have access to a working cellphone, you can walk to them and call for assistance after pulling over. The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel comes to mind Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel

[–] Sconrad122@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

https://www.edweek.org/technology/u-s-students-computer-literacy-performance-drops/2024/12

It is difficult to find data comparing Gen alpha/"smartphone generation" to other generations, largely because definitions of computer literacy and methods for assessing it have not remained stable on that time scale in the face of evolving technology

[–] Sconrad122@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Or you don't work full time because you have other priorities. Or you work up to double time (80 hours per week) in an industry/location that pays federal minimum wage and still make less than that, but can't pursue other career options for reasons that are your own business (e.g.: you are a migrant worker and any attempt to better your working conditions is met with the full force of the Gestapo). Or you're one of the other 37 million people in the US living below the poverty level (31200 for a family of four in 2023) for whatever other reason that is more likely to by systemic than personal because, contrary to popular belief, poverty is not something people do if they have other options. Or IDK, you live outside the US in a country where 32k may be a substantial salary. Brother, if you think a person not making 32k is an indication that they are personally deficient, you need to wake up and smell the roses. Odds are, you are much closer to people making less than 32k than you think, both in terms of earnings relative to the 1% and in terms of how many things would have to happen to you before you found yourself in their shoes

[–] Sconrad122@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Thanks! I'm an idiot, because I'm not the attorney general, so your explanation helped a lot!

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