tomkatt

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[–] tomkatt@lemmy.world 29 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I’m in my forties and what you’re describing doesn’t sound normal at all. I beat myself up good in my younger years with sports and still do somewhat regular cardio and weightlifting. I have a bum knee and hip problem, shoulder issues from weightlifting injuries, and my back gets stiff and sore on a good day.

None of that stops me from functionally living, and none of its anything the occasional ibuprofen or toke won’t fix in the short term. I can still exercise, do physical labor, open all the jars, and be generally active, and without pain the majority of the time.

What you’re describing sounds more like an inflammatory disease or auto-immune disorder. 110% get a second opinion from a different doc, or a third if needed.

[–] tomkatt@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Ah thanks. I didn't follow to the release page and just skimmed the article, should have read closer.

[–] tomkatt@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

I could easily see a family that shoots together gifting their child an AR pattern rifle after they got used to shooting mom’s or dad’s firearm. It gives them their own platform to customize and practice on, akin to a musical instrument.

It's literally your comment.

[–] tomkatt@lemmy.world 49 points 5 days ago (7 children)

Maybe a stupid question but.... what exactly was illegal about this? I'm sure there were ToS or EULAs violated, but what law is he being charged on?

[–] tomkatt@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I spend a bunch of time in log reviews in my current role. “Googling the error message” image is literally hanging on my office wall.

[–] tomkatt@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

One Punch Man looking daring this week.

[–] tomkatt@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

No, that can only be attributed to the great Omnissiah.

[–] tomkatt@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Generally speaking, idle unpaid accounts like this are either sold by the creditors to a third party debt collector, resetting the clock, or they will sue you for the non-payment to get a judgment or lien, resetting the clock.

The only sure bet is bankruptcy, which will drop off your report after a period of time that varies from state to state in the U.S. (generally from 7 to 10 years). Not sure is this applies outside the U.S.

[–] tomkatt@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

Regarding the heating/cooling, if you’re home is decently insulated look into supercooling in the summer months. At higher temperatures your heat pump has to work harder to cool down the home. By running cooling overnight when temperatures are lower, it uses less power to the same result.

I cool my home to 68f from 2 am until 8 am on a schedule, and then the heat pump stays off until the indoor temps reach 74f. It’s provided a good amount of energy savings and helped me exceed the quoted power offset on my solar setup.

[–] tomkatt@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Use credit cards as cash, and pay off the balance weekly. This protects your bank account from fraud, as chargebacks and fraud are more easily dealt with on credit, and they tend to have better account monitoring and security than banks and credit unions. Even better if you have a cash-back/points card, that’s basically free money.

This also makes it easy to track spending if you have specific purpose credit cards. E.g, one card for groceries and gas, another for recurring bills or service payments, another for frivolous stuff, etc.

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Even if you have no other investments, open a high yield savings account and keep the bulk of your funds there, other than what you need for a general emergency fund and monthly bills. Current yields are over 4%, generally better than inflation, without any risk.

[–] tomkatt@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

USPS does not need to make a profit, this is just bonkers. I live in a rural area and don’t even get mail delivery, and for a time we didn’t even have a local post office. Here’s hoping that doesn’t happen again.

[–] tomkatt@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Use the latest proton GE and set the following launch options:

PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 PROTON_NO_FSYNC=1 %command%

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