Not my favorite sport at all but I’d reduce the padding in American football. Injuries are tied to harder hits which are tied to more padding/protective gear making those hits hurt less. If they want to actually fix the concussion problem then use gear like every other contact sport uses and not the massive pads they use today. The hits will be just as effective with way less power/energy needed.

Any chance you have the documentation for this somewhere I don’t need to setup an account to access (like GitHub perhaps)? I can figure out a print if needed (though somewhere like printables allows you to monetize your print files if you want but is still more accessible/open than Bambus walled garden).

Even if they were, this isn’t what any of these people are trained for. Federal agents are not local police. They don’t go out on patrol or randomly deal with stressful situations. TV makes it seem like federal agents are out chasing bad guys every day but they spend a huge amount of time following leads, interviewing people, and digging up information from various sources (of which i make no comments on the legality of). None of these people are trained to be beat cops on the front lines every day this way.

Honestly LEGO really hasn’t increased in price very much at all over the last ~20 years. They run about $0.10 a brick in the majority of cases (I think they are now closer to $0.11, but it’s close). I don’t really care for non genuine sets since the quality/tolerances I have found never to be good enough, but if folks like them then great; but to say prices have skyrocketed is just demonstrably false.

I also ordered a 17 Pro right when orders opened a long with a 17 for my wife. Both were supposed to come today. UPS showed up and dropped just one box, it was my wife’s phone. Tracking now says it will be delivered on Monday. The tracking says it was on the truck so I’m guessing it got mis-scanned at some point and ended up on the wrong truck. More than a little peeved that they won’t deliver it tomorrow though and I need to wait for the next week day (I also go into the office on Mondays and my wife will be at a work event so it’s going to just sit on our porch all day until I get home).

Yeah, we have an eGMP car (an Ioniq 6) and at real fast chargers (like 300kW) it gets from 20-80 faster than we can pee and eat a quick fast food lunch. I find the Rivan network is good where you can find them, and EA and EVgo are solid second place (those are much more common but more often in Walmart parking lots). I avoid Tesla chargers if I can because the cords are too short, Tesla owners tend to be dicks around here (not all, but many), and I don’t want to park at a nazi bar.

It’s for sure similar in the US, though it feels like it’s getting better. Almost all the fast chargers I’ve stopped at have card readers now (though whether they work is a different issue). Chargers in my area also seem to be more reliable than in the past, and I have always been able to find one close to my preferred routes (I always route plan for trips to be sure, but only once have I needed to go some route I wouldn’t have normally taken).

My big complaint is that fast chargers get installed in the dumbest places. I don’t want to sit in a grocery store parking lot for 20 minutes, I’d much rather have a bathroom I can actually use. Again this seems to be getting better, but it’s still not great.

They will claim “small cars don’t sell well in the US based on current sales numbers” but will not note that they don’t currently sell any small cars so of course they don’t sell well. It’s the same ‘logic’ used to only offer black, white, and silver cars, especially in better trim options.

It wasn’t standard previously, and if you have TV service I think it’s still inconsistent but the past ~5 years it seems to be more common that they are setup that way from the start. If you have internet only service, and a newer ONT (like less than 10 years old) it is the standard configuration and is how the self install guide tell you to hook up the “quantum gateway” router from Verizon.

You can always call and ask to have your ONT converted to Ethernet output if it isn’t already and as long as it supports it I haven’t heard reports of much trouble there. The very early ONTs though don’t support it though IIRC but those should be being replaced at this point anyways.

I mean you can, an ONT is not a router, it’s essentially a media converter. I use my own router (and have for many years) and had no issues. The FiOS tech even ran a long Ethernet run in my basement to connect the ONT and my router in my rack when they installed service.

It depends, and without knowing your ISP I’m not sure there is a way to tell you for sure. I know for example Comcast gigabit Pro has been known to directly connect to an ISP SPF module in your firewall/router, but Verizon FiOS (and most FTTP that I know of) provide an ONT that converts the fiber to Ethernet which you would then connect directly to your hardware.

I would verify if the ISP router you refer to is not really an ONT in which case you are directly connected to the ISP functionally and there isn’t really an advantage to getting an SPF and getting the fiber directly connected if you even can.

I think that’d be fine generally. I’m on Lemmy enough it’s likely to be in the background most of the time and I don’t really get a ton of notifications anyway. If it makes it more maintainable I think it’s a solid compromise

I wasn’t sure about trying yet another app since Arctic really hits a sweet spot for me but yours is really good. It looks polished and is laid out how I generally prefer. Does it support any push notifications for DMs, replies, etc? Also if you have a TestFlight build I’m happy to run that as well.

I never did great in school, I’d ace tests but just not do homework so my grades were middling at best. I did much better at my undergrad but mostly because I loved my major so much. It was like being able to dive into that ADHD rabbit hole every day and still be productive. It was hard so I didn’t do phenomenal, but I did well. All this to say I wasn’t “having trouble” so never got evaluated as a kid.

Fast forward though an online masters I got straight A’s in, and the beginnings of a successful career, I just assumed I was lazy and a bit apathetic. As I got into my early thirties though I started seeing more videos and blog posts about young adults getting diagnosed with ADHD and everyone sounded like how I experience the world. I just couldn’t really ignore it.

I started having trouble with work, I was missing due dates, forgetting to sign documents I’d reviewed, and just generally missing details and falling behind and I hated it! I ended up somehow aiming my rabbit hole cannon one day at finding a psychologist to get evaluated and scheduled an appointment for something like three months out.

Long story short I have moderate combined type ADHD which explains most of my struggles as a kid, am now on atomoxetine and things have gotten better. Took until my mid thirties but better late than never.

This is exactly how I describe being on atomoxetine to my friends and family. It’s not a magic moment of clarity, it just takes the edge off of my need to dive down every rabbit hole I see. I can still do that of course (and sometimes it still happens when I should be doing something else) but on the whole it’s easier to pull myself out of the distraction spiral before it becomes too bad.

I typically will install the cpu, RAM, and possibly cooler depending on size and space outside of the case then install as one unit just because it’s easier. I don’t bother with a grounding strap and build on a wooden desk or table on carpet and haven’t ever had an issue, but ymmv.

I think the biggest thing is thinking through your cable management and routing to avoid redoing work and getting a clean build.

As for screws, it depends but I go for good and snug with a driver for everything that isn’t knurled. I don’t wrench down on them, but in a few areas finger tight may not be enough (or will lead to vibrations and rattling). Fans, radiators, PSU, and cooler screws all get snugged. Fans especially I’ve found can be tough to drive if they aren’t pre-threaded (and most don’t seem to be), the screw cutting threads in the plastic as you drive it means you can’t go “finger tight”.

You should probably read the article, that’s addressed directly in the first section.

Honestly I’d leave it empty and cap the gap with pavers or similar. What it sounds like you are describing is how you build a smokeless fire pit and you’d want to avoid interrupting the airflow in that case.

I feel this way sometimes, then remember what the alternative was and don’t feel as bad. (To save the lookup for those that don’t know, Mehmet Oz was the republican candidate in 2022).

One of the risks around monetizing hobbies is that while you may enjoy that hobby now, doing it to make more adds level of stress and responsibility that can quickly make it into another job that you no longer love. Places like Etsy are competitive and reward consistency in listing and sales, so to have any real success you can’t really list just one or two items and wait for them to sell. You’ll drop far down in search rankings and suddenly your store dies because Etsy stops sending people to it.

This isn’t to say don’t try, but be aware it isn’t as easy as “hobby but get paid for it”.