greenteadrinker

joined 1 year ago
[–] greenteadrinker@midwest.social 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Probably iOS. I use AdGuard and sideload a YouTube tweak to dodge most of the ads on my browsing experience

[–] greenteadrinker@midwest.social 36 points 1 year ago (25 children)

I’m not European nor am I that young, but I share the same sentiment. Commuting by car isn’t good in a lot of aspects and kids are too expensive. Also having kids in this climate seems extremely stressful. Not only do you have to worry about extremely invasive tech, but you also have to worry about the changing climate and the (what seems like) global cost of living crisis

[–] greenteadrinker@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As long as you follow the rules of the road, I’m cool with it. The problems I have are with scooter users who ride against traffic

And personally I wouldn’t want you to go on the sidewalk. I’d rather you stay the course and let me pass as it is a bit more predictable that way

If you’re unfamiliar, the deductions they are talking about is a shift meal deduction. IIRC, I think it’s a 2 tier deduction where if you work like ~6 or less you get a meal deducted from the shift you worked and 6+ is two meals from your paycheck. The hour amount might be different, but there is a tiered system to it

It’s a fair ask, because some people do not want to eat Waffle House. Tho tbf, managers probably don’t even track if you ate meals at all and I have eaten more than 2 meals on shift

In any case, I do believe that there should be a clause stating that wages should increase a certain amount to keep up with CoL changes

While it was an interesting time working there, it was by no means an easy time. They do deserve higher wages and a safer work env

It is kind of a new thing, but there has been more activity within recent years for employees at tech companies to unionize. Most notable would probably be NPR, Alphabet, and NYT

Devs from a city builder game (SimCity or Cities: Skyline) tried to replicate the scale of buildings/lots in real life, but then they realized that a small percentage of the lot is the actual building and it’s mostly parking lots.

Gotta love the cost of free parking here in America

tl;dr tell local officials you want to make roads narrower, make parking spaces smaller, put posts and bollards to restrict access to roads, and restrict vehicle access to roads by schools

Overall, the rise in pedestrian deaths are due to taller and heavier vehicles. Sedans and station wagons had low bumper heights and allowed for pedestrians to roll over the hood. Crossovers and trucks now allow for pedestrians to see the underside of a car more easily

The heavier weight in cars not only means that more energy is transferred in a collision at the same speed, it also damages the road more. This problem is exasperated with EVs due to the heavy battery packs. New York has a bill (stuck in committee) that proposes a new progressive registration fee based on vehicle weight. The heavier the car, the more you exponentially pay to keep it registered 

Unfortunately, change like this requires that some grassroots efforts are to be made to roll out these changes. It all starts with you talking to your local city officials to make these changes happen