Nollij

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[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 11 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Beggar's night is not the same thing as Halloween. Some areas designate a specific date and time for the kids to do trick-or-treat, not on Halloween. This is beggar's night.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 days ago

While misrepresenting yourself or your credentials can be fraud, the title of PhD/Doctor (outside of MD) is not regulated, at least not in the US. It's almost like an endorsement from the university that you passed their tests.

But that's not very regulated either, and there are countless certifying boards (Boards of Regents, typically).

Falsely claiming to have a PhD in Neuroscience from Harvard, or an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Knox College, would be fraud. But just saying that you have a PhD without specifying anything more specific is not.

And it comes up regularly - an easy example is the author of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Leaving you with 80% of the revenue you, yourself, directly generate is unheard of in this day and age. If you have anything like a 9-5, you're probably getting around 10-20%. The rest goes to all your bosses, and most importantly of all, the company shareholders.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 days ago

At a recent (niche) music festival, they said it takes 50,000 streaming songs to pay the artist as much as a single CD sale.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Run MemTest86 for 24 hours. If it fails at any point, you have a memory issue you need to resolve. You might need to adjust voltage, timing, or whatever else. You might even have defective parts. But keep tweaking until you can pass a 24 hour test.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 6 points 5 days ago

How would she tell the story?

How confident are you in that?

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I think that happens as soon as you start driving, and having to be somewhere on time (by driving)

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 week ago

As the saying goes, Steel wins battles, gold wins wars. That's why I'd bet on California.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Ohio here. The vast majority of nonvoters that I've met hold generally left-leaning viewpoints. If they were forced to vote, and did even the most basic research, they would overwhelmingly vote Democrat.

That said, I acknowledge that my experiences have a skewed demographic, and may not represent the population as a whole.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Music and right-wing politics are weird. I can't even begin to count how many bands were proudly anti-war in the 70s. Then there's the punk movement, which was highly critical of Reagan and Bush.

I guess music and a message of hope/protest works better than a message of oppression, especially when appealing to youth.

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

Many items are already packaged to protect them from damage in transit. If it's already in a box with Styrofoam inserts, there isn't as much value on wrapping it again.

That said, there are countless items at Amazon that are not protected like that. Amazon also won't pay their employees enough to care, nor give them the time to make any such decisions.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)
  • Children that won't talk to him.
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