Nollij

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[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 23 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Republicans have already blamed (credited?) Taylor Swift for election losses, simply because she told people to vote. Not for telling people vote for/against any particular issue, candidate, or office. Just to go vote.

She has immense power, but that power may not be easy to control.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 9 points 3 months ago

He's even stated as much, just not recently. It was about his tax cuts for the rich, and how she would have to love him for all the money he sent her way.

It makes sense, given that he's never known a love that he hasn't had to pay for.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 months ago

Even at stores that have this feature, I rarely see people use it. It's clearly not an experience that people flock to.

OTOH, on the rare occasion I've visited a Walmart in the past 10 years, I have a 100% rate of checkout taking an absurdly long time. Everyone there just seems to accept it like they have no choice.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 months ago (6 children)

As long as it's advertised openly, I don't see a big problem with it. It would probably be sold as a discount for shopping at slower times, though. It's a tried-and-true method of smoothing congestion.

Assuming a store with 9a-9p hours (every day), a 9-5 worker can shop 44 hours in a week, vs 40 they cannot. But that doesn't particularly line up with the busy hours. Around here, after 7 on weekdays and 5 on weekends tend to get pretty slow.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Economies of scale affects the costs to the manufacturer. Competition/demand affect the price to the consumer.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 37 points 3 months ago

There are many reasons to avoid Tesla, regardless of Musk. The complete lack of independent repair was my deal breaker, but you'll find your own. Their competition is looking pretty good these days, too.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Just because the PSU works on another system (or God forbid, those awful "testers") doesn't mean that it's fine. PSUs tend to fail in weird, unpredictable ways

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 months ago

Check your screw standoffs/spacers. Make sure that they match your motherboard exactly.

Most cases come with them preinstalled for a micro ATX board. Certain motherboards- like this one, it appears based on a stock photo- need one of those removed before installing the extras.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 months ago

Industry average these days is ~25-50% turnover when it's just a return to office mandate. As in, no relocation, just adding a daily commute.

Relocation has always been 99% turnover. Very few people are ever willing to spend not only their lives, but those of their family, just for a job.

This isn't really any different than Tesla or Disney moving offices that were in the news recently. It's a mildly disguised layoff, and they will hire new (probably fewer) staff at the new office.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's based on an ex post facto law, which is expressly forbidden by the constitution. I don't like the results in this case, but it's a stronger argument than most people have when petitioning SCOTUS.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_post_facto_law

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 23 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It would vacate his conviction and get him out of prison. His life after may not be great, but he still has money.

As for his future career, people tend to forget/ignore all of that anyway. Chris Brown savagely beat Rihanna nearly to death, and he still has no problems booking a tour. But even if it was still a thing, he'd just say (accurately, mind you) that it was all just a plan by his lawyers. It was the most effective way of getting him out of prison, and clearing his record.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 months ago

Pretty much, yeah. The big thing is that they wouldn't have access to the candidates' strategy. But most of that is pretty public. We already know a few of Harris' talking points. We also know some of the things they will steer away from. What we don't know is if there are any planned pivots later on, like an October Surprise

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