wulrus

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Hm. Maybe try putting the water away from the food. Some cats don't like it near the food. (Presumably related to clean water sources in nature vs. dead prey.)

My last cat only ever drank from the running tab. Jumped into the bathtub and meowed until someone turned it on, day or night.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (4 children)

What would happen if someone were to detain a group of marines (with the minimal force necessary), in the wrong assumption - honest mistake - that they were about to execute illegal orders?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Never read one completely nor watched a full movie, but it always felt cheap and written from the unenlightened perspective of a simple mind to me.

The fantasy books of my generation, such as The Neverending Story, Momo, The Hobbit, Jim Knopf were a whole different level. Life experience and a touch of wisdom in a great story for children.

But I also think that it might be just my perspective, since my mind has been imprinted like that. I'm not judging anyone for being a Harry Potter fan and try to think of it as different, not worse.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 days ago

That is a weird understanding of the law. As any elementary school kid (outside the US) knows: Doesn't matter if the suspect stole a chewing gum or killed someone - they need to be stopped and arrested with the least harm possible.

Punishment is done by the courts. Not a police job.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I'm no expert, but I would think that the best way for this to work is to go all-in with the first strike. Every following strike will be SO much harder to succeed.

Could be a "phase 2" like: Expecting all parked trucks and sheds in a 10 km radius of any military airbase to be inspected, so make traps. (Or any other phase 2 that takes advantage of the reaction.)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

LA is also a good opportunity to say: This and this and this high ranking officer failed and will be replaced (by a loyalist).

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

It's what makes Walter White a weak person. Even when his family needed him, he cowered when he had to face his ego, false pride and other vices.

Knowing that you COULD become this badass, but choosing not to, for his family, while nobody else would ever believe that he could have, that'd be the mark of a hero.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

The far right doesn't even need to win directly. Even within conservative parties, such as Germany's CDU, the populists make it to the top. They have good people with real solutions up to a state level, maybe more than any other party, but the new chancellor and most of the ministers from his own party are populists.

Conservatives with a real vision and plan might soon suffer the same fate as McCain and Romney.

This has a whole chain of consequences. Problems are not solved and increase, the far right gains.

Also, the current government coalition of the two formerly major parties didn't even get half of the votes, resulting in less acceptance of the democratic process and legitimacy of the government. Not a big difference to the electoral college problem in the USA.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Clippy (the old Office assistant)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Chatbot Shill

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Or 50 and 29 - eww

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Interesting! Do you think you would have gotten out with filter bubbles and Echo Chambers as they are these days?

 

I've been on it since things got bad in the US. And in most cases, I found a good replacement. Different Pizza delivery, book order, convenient even, most of the time.

For general products I switched to Otto (Germany) mostly, Thalia for books. And I was able to get the biggest recent order through there (two big screens, screen mount, cables), as well as some smaller ones. Alternate would have been another option.

Cost is significantly higher, often +10 % - +20% for the same product and no free shipping.

But what I miss most is convenience. The whole process at Amazon is just working great, especially for stupid people with bad attention (that might be me). Miss a little detail, and you ordered with advanced payment, adding double the clicks and inputs to do a wire transfer. Or not realise you did that and wonder why the product never ships a few days later. Buy from a marketplace seller who ships through DHL, but can't use a DHL pickup location anyway.

What I always disliked about Amazon was the exploitation of employees. How much does that even save per product? I bet that the people handling my order would be happy with EUR 2 extra split among them, as they certainly handle many orders per hour, and I'd be happy to pay that. Is there really no market for high convenience with fair prices?

I do have 10 minutes extra per day to work through a lacking order flow for a good cause, but it would take lots of resources to catch up to that level of convenience.

 
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