I have no opinion on him and have no clue what he’s about. But I’ve heard of him and it pleases me no end how much he seems to annoy the MAGA nutcases. I hope he lives up to the expectations of the people of NYC that elected him.

My understanding is that there is a law on the books that prevents government agencies from accepting donations.

For me it was getting a CDL. I went through Swift Transportation to get mine, though most trucking companies either have a trucking school or have tuition reimbursement. Back in 2008, it cost me $800 upfront (going to the state for testing and licensing) plus 2 years working for Swift.

Pay was shit starting out, but at this point in my career I’m making $60,000 a year. I could be making more, but I shifted to running a yard truck instead of running routes.

If you’re not having any luck getting into the trades, that is the direction I would look. Swift literally hired me 30 minutes after I put in the application, in the middle of the night. The trucking industry as a whole tends to be really fast to hire as well. The longest I’ve had to wait to hear back from a company I’ve applied to was 72 hours.

Other options would be to check with local construction companies and farms. Both are probably really hurting for people right now due to ICE. Might also check with HVAC, plumbing and electrician outfits. I know that Alabama, in particular, has been short handed in each of these fields for a while, so they may be willing to train on the job.

Contact the companies themselves, not the unions associated with their fields as the only union I’m aware of that handles job placement as well as training is the Boilermakers. I’ve applied to them once, didn’t hear anything back from the Boilermakers for 3 years. They is a bit slow.

edit: fixing a typo

I looked into this a few years ago. At that time, if you had a “c wire”, there were several options that would work directly with HA.

I don’t have a C Wire so that didn’t help me.

Without a c wire, I was only able to find a single option. A “Sensi” brand that could run on batteries, but wouldn’t work directly with HA. Tou had to control it though Amazon Alexa or through their app. Neither option turned out to be particularly reliable.

Screw striking. Waste of time when the government will just call it an illegal strike.

When the bullshit outpaces the pay, walk away. Find another job.

I was of a similar opinion 15 years ago. Bought into the ecosystem through Hobson’s choice. I needed a flood light in a hurry late at night, and a Ryobi 18v floodlight was the only one available. Since at the time I hadn’t really bought into any platform and that floodlight and the batteries for it cost me so much, I started buying more of their tools and equipment as needed. Over the years, I’ve seen the kit they offer go from, honestly, a bit knaf to on par with the power tools my grandfather and uncle would buy before they died (mainly Dewalt and Makita).

Only once have I been disappointed with a Ryobi battery tool. A dust buster style hand vacuum that was just not fit for purpose. Everything else has served me well.

My current opinion is, so long as you stay away from their really low end stuff, like what they put in the combo kits, Ryobi, over all, makes decent, well built, reliable kit suitable for a homeowner or DIYer, though I wouldn’t look down on a tradesman who pulled Ryobi out of their box. Some of their kit has gotten damned good.

If my house burned down today, while I would probably go with Ego for my yard tools (more repairable, better parts availability), I would probably buy back into Ryobi for everything else.

I have 2 that I use regularly. PIA to unblock things on the internet (and change how things are logged) and Tailscale to access my home network remotely. I’m happy with both of them.

That is a bit disturbing.

I think I first noticed that phrase about 10 years ago. Not sure where it came from.

Cloudflare’s popularity with everyone kinda concerns me, so I’ve always avoided it. Plus I don’t do anything currently that requires their capabilities.

As for namecheap, they haven’t caused me any drama in the last 10 years. The one time I needed their customer support, they solved my problem quickly. I think I’m paying $15/year for each of my domains, plus an additional $60 for email services. There might be cheaper options, but I like drama free.

• ListenBrainz
• NameCheap
• HomeAssistant
• Jellyfin
• Ubuntu
• Nextcloud
• Ryobi

Those are the ones I’ve been using for more than 2 years and am generally still happy with. Shorter list than I expected, but I have been moving away from a lot of things recently.

Take their money. Give your very best every moment you’re at work. And find a job that you can better live with. Or better yet, build one.

Your first priority should always be to take care of and protect yourself and your family. Build systems that enable you to be as self-reliant as practicable. You can’t help others if you, yourself, are are constantly being knocked flat on your ass.

I did notice there are no conservative subs

They exist on Lemmy, though your home instance may be blocking them or their home instances, or you just may not have seen them. lemmy.world has a fair few instances on their block list. I’ve had to block a few of the more egregious MAGA communities myself.

Remember, Lemmy (as a network) is censorship resistant, not censorship free.

In my experience, only a few care about size. Most, just care about whether a guy is able or willing to get them off.

So, what would be the community that is the opposite of buy it for life?

Seriously, I get that internet is ubiquitous in some areas, but everything should have the ability to function correctly without internet access.

I believe it, I’ve just never had any luck with plugin compressors, or really, any automotive 12v device. They’ve all either been a bit knaf or killed the outlets.

Spec sheet on the Ryobi pump says it can do 160psi, though I’ve never had cause to test that. Highest pressure tire I have is on my yard truck at work (100 psi), and they have a built in air compressor. At some point I should see if the Ryobi can actually bring those tires up to pressure.

If I had to guess, never having used it myself, is that it has a decent UI that simplifies sometimes complicated operations and it has been around seemingly forever.

I’ve never had any luck with the plug-in 12v compressors, personally. Seemed like every time I needed to use them the 12v outlet in the car would fail at that exact moment.

The 3rd time that happened, I bought the first gen of Ryobi’s 18v air compressors. It’s a reliable piece of kit. That was 12ish years ago. Currently that one is in my wife’s car and I picked up their latest generation for my car. I’ve used the new one a few times so far. Neither one has failed me yet. The older compressor with a full 2ah pack would fill a stock F-150 tire from 0 psi to 32psi, just. Recommend a 4ah pack if you have a pickup. Newer one seems more power efficient, but haven’t used it enough to be sure.

Looking at Home Depot, it looks like there are battery powered compressors available in all your favorite colors. I would imagine they are all similarly reliable.

If I had to pick a plugin compressor, though, I would probably pick Husky simply based off of my history with the brand. They’re not flashy, but generally make good kit.

Space Engineers 1 mostly just worked. Not great sim speed, even on a decently powerful system, but as long as the world didn’t get too complicated it was fine. Restarting the game from time to time helped.

SE2 on the other hand, I was unable to get to run.

Edit: I got my copy through Steam.

Of course they did.