Botzo

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And Make It A Yummy One in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
Democrats Could Nuke the Electoral College - TPM – Talking Points Memo in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The electoral college is quite literally based on the apportionment of Congress.

The average congressional seat accounts for 760k people.

In 1930 (first Congress after this was law), the average was 280k.

Even using Wyoming as a basis (590k/rep), that would give California ~71 electoral votes (69 house seats) if there was equal representation. And this would also drastically improve the balance of power in the House.

So my contention is that even without fixing the electoral college as a concept, we can fix it with appropriate apportionment.

Democrats Could Nuke the Electoral College - TPM – Talking Points Memo in c/politics@lemmy.world
Democrats Could Nuke the Electoral College - TPM – Talking Points Memo in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (6 children)

Just fix permanent apportionment.

Rural states have the Senate as their check.

Zero Breach Toolkit: A free, open-source check for traces of known mercenary spyware (Pegasus, Predator, Graphite, Candiru and others) on computers, Android phones and iPhone backups. in c/privacy@lemmy.ml
[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (3 children)

The whole 1 post, no comments, 2 day old account thing doesn't lend any credibility either.

The picky eater in c/dadjokes@lemmy.world
[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Triple y score: Syzygy

New French literary prize to honour works created with the aid of AI in c/europe@feddit.org
That's the stupidest combination I've ever heard in my life! in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

This is the new Fibonacci sequence for cyber security.

Falling with style in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
TIL that the Ford F-150 is the most popular car in the United States in c/til@lemmy.world
[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The test platform spottings in the wild put it at Maverick size.

TIL that the Ford F-150 is the most popular car in the United States in c/til@lemmy.world
[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

You might also be interested in the Ford Fathom.

TIL that the Ford F-150 is the most popular car in the United States in c/til@lemmy.world
[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

25 "Flash" trim (mid tier) here. They took some features away in 2024 (80A charging/V2L) but switched to a heat pump making it more winter efficient. And ditched the phone as a key, which is the only thing I really wish they kept.

Best vehicle I've owned. And huge space in the back for car seats and crap.

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Rejoined the red team (lemmy.world)
 

I finally gave up my Nvidia 2070 Super and rejoined Team red with a 9070 XT. And it's like this is the way everything was always meant to be.

HDR works without breaking font rendering. Sleep states just work. No more random border flickering in fullscreen or borderless windows. And the fans never even spin up.

I did have to unwind a couple Nvidia workarounds to swap over successfully (like /etc/environment needed cleaning up for sddm-greeter-qt to not core dump).

No ragrets.

No regerts.

Team red 4lyfe (again).

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Fixed the toaster (lemmy.world)
 

I took the toaster apart and cleaned the contacts for the lever that signal the hold down while toasting. Now we don't have to stand there and hold it (that was 3 morning routines slightly out of order).

I had to buy a set of special bits because someone decided they needed to use security torx bolts in the corners hidden under the feet. This was of course in addition to the 14 regular old #2 Phillips screws. But it's always nice to have a reason to get new tools.

In other news, the clean signal started flashing on on the espresso machine today, so I have another little project for tomorrow too.

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Podman Quadlets are so cool (lemmy.world)
 

I don't really have anyone else to shout at about this, but it's an amazing way to host services in rootless containers entirely in user space using systemd (systemctl --user).

https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-systemd.unit.5.html

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Your flag decal won't get you into heaven anymore - John Prine 1971 (youtu.be)
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Paste wax (lemmy.world)
 

I applied some paste wax to the table saw and was pleasantly surprised that it made a difference.

I think I'll have to use this on the wood runners on the old dresser I have too.

In case you're concerned, it's just a little DeWalt contractor's table saw. No sawstop or powermatic here. That's for the cool guys on youtube.

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