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It's a knife, what looks like a fork, and (by process of elimination) the other must be a spoon!

Hopefully they actually vote.

I feel like we heard this same sentiment 4 years ago, and yet here we are.

Also use a towel or cloth on top of the rubber band so it's gentler on your hand / skin.

Why it works: this fixes the problem of poor friction; metal doesn't grip well against skin (especially if your hand is wet or oily). The rubber band grips well against the metal of the lid and your skin (or towel).

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Why protect a home industry that won't make the type of product I want? I don't want a giant electric SUV, eHummer, Ford Lightning truck, or whatever; I want a small electric car. The models that would compete with BYD are often being discontinued by domestic producers...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Volt

https://www.slashgear.com/1604210/why-bmw-i3-discontinued-what-happened/

There's still the Nissan Leaf I guess? And the ever-present promise of a cheap compact EV "coming soon" from many producers.

Use a secret manager?

Cert is a secret, add a small agent to your containers that pings your secret manager and gets back the current cert. Then saves / imports it (or whatever is appropriate).

https://blueypedia.fandom.com/wiki/Shorts

Bluey is great for that age, I can't recommend it enough. For brushing teeth maybe Bluey shorts?

So if the difference is corporate consolidation... Sounds like that's the real underlying issue then, not automation.

Economics has well established that monopolistic behavior by firms harms consumers & the overall economy (that's why we have anti-trust laws in the first place).

Don't conflate the one problem with another, as I agree the erosion of anti-trust laws is a bad thing and needs to be reversed. But that doesn't mean firms further automating things is now also bad.

I'd also say "automation affecting the whole economy at once" isn't unique. The industrial revolution was not isolated to one industry, its effects were economy-wide. Also true for the transportation revolution (trains & steam boats moved everything), telecommunications, and the internet...

If you're not aware, look up the automation paradox: https://ideas.ted.com/will-automation-take-away-all-our-jobs/

Every* automation advancement has lead to an increase in employment, not decrease. Most often jobs in the immediate sector are lost, but the rise in supporting sector jobs are bolstered.

Classic examples are the cotton mill and combine harvester. The number of agricultural workers declined, but the number of jobs processing agricultural product increased. Or with ATMs, the number of tellers needed per bank location decreased, but the total employment in the banking sector increased (banks opened more branches, namely in places where it was previously cost prohibitive).

As more things are automated, what's being automated becomes cheaper and more prolific, often increasing (or creating) new opportunities. There are so many historic examples of this, it's hard to justify "this time is different" predictions... Even for things like AI automating white collar jobs.

*Edit: almost every. It depends a bit on how you count the secondary jobs, and where those are located (automation combined with offshoring results in a net decline in some countries, but increase overall).

Check out Fez if you haven't already. Also Tunic does a great job of starting out basic & breaking precedent.