Broken_Hippo

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by Broken_Hippo 1y ago
> If people dont know what to do with themselves its kinda their own issue. That "kinda" is important. I didn't have the freedom to just do what I wanted to when I was a young teen. 14-year old me couldn't just take
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by Broken_Hippo 1y ago
This isn't special to robotics, though. Folks making software are generally not the folks that lost their jobs because of software either.
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by Broken_Hippo 1y ago
And has meant that some professions are basically dead and fewer people are in lots of jobs. The folks that lose jobs aren't generally qualified for the jobs that opened and aren't always even located in the same country. And that
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by Broken_Hippo 1y ago
I have a car over 20 years old. I don't spend much money on maintenance. I don't have a car payment, taxes are very low, and insurance is decently cheap. Had it for a few years, have replaced brakes and some minor things. Didn&#x2
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by Broken_Hippo 1y ago
This hasn't been an issue in years. I have a bank app. It's simple and works. Before that, they had a website. It's easy to check a balance in the morning and use that to guide you. Before the internet was widespread, banks
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by Broken_Hippo 1y ago
People are injured by celebratory fire all the time. That said, getting hit by a stray bullet of any sort is very very rare, which is the reason the stories stick in your head. Children get killed and injured (or injure others) by playing w
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by Broken_Hippo 1y ago
Go ahead. Invent some new tech that absolutely no one know about or how to do and that isn't based on any known tech. I'm waiting. What's taking so long? Discovering stuff is hard and harder if you don't think you need
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by Broken_Hippo 1y ago
Did we, though? I am just not convinced. A lot of cheap stuff through history that was definitely not made to last. I had paper dolls as a child. So did my mother. Probably her mother too - I'd ask, but she's dead. How long do
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by Broken_Hippo 1y ago
Sure, some of them do that. But seriously, mental illness exists. Other sorts of things affect the brain - hormones, cancers, dementia, injuries, etc. Some things really are completely out of your control and no amount of "personal res
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by Broken_Hippo 1y ago
A college fund your parents saved for you isn't your money unless the money is in your name (or possibly set up correctly at the bank). If they just save it in their name, they can spend away as they like. It is their money until it is
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by Broken_Hippo 1y ago
Even if you end homelessness, you'll still be walking past people in all different states of desperation multiple times everywhere you go. People looking like they have homes or acting like it won't stop this. It doesn't make
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by Broken_Hippo 1y ago
Would you rather hear about being too poor to go anywhere else? I'm from Indiana, lived there until I was 35 and family still lives there. "Too tired" is an apt descriptor, though. "Too Poor" or not having opportuni
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by Broken_Hippo 1y ago
Not the person you responded to, but: I lived in north-central Indiana until around age 35. Family still lives there. And the description: Pretty accurate.
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by Broken_Hippo 1y ago
That line is Really fuzzy. They don't generally cover normal vision needs. Your regular glasses and/or contacts aren't covered. Eye injury or cancer, though? Usually covered. I honestly can't recall anyone getting deni
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by Broken_Hippo 1y ago
The same way other things "help" migration. By making life very difficult for you if you aren't a proper citizen. I imagine the outcome for this would be to make it nearly impossible to do anything with the government or doin
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by Broken_Hippo 1y ago
Because it isn't that simple. If we could just educate people and make sure they don't fall for scams, we'd do it. Same for disinformation. But you just can't give that sort of broad education. If you aren't educate
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by Broken_Hippo 1y ago
I'm pretty sure no phone does this on its own - if it did, people on public transport would have complaints. It is probably a setting on your phone (driving mode, perhaps) or a setting when you pair it with your car.
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by Broken_Hippo 1y ago
It's been a really long time since I've stopped to look at them, but not often. Those self-tanners are a different product. These would be products designed for tanning beds or getting tanned at the beach.
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by Broken_Hippo 1y ago
Those are usually sold as tanning lotions instead of sunscreens.
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by Broken_Hippo 1y ago
Because those are usually sold as tanning lotions instead of sunscreens. A little bit of protection so that folks don't burn as easily.
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by Broken_Hippo 1y ago
Not in Trondheim. You pay one fee for the parking and another for the charging.
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by Broken_Hippo 1y ago
Part of it is likely because Norway has done a lot to encourage the use of EVs. I wouldn't be surprised if this were part of this system. There have been things like tax breaks, not paying for tolls, and allowing people to drive in tax
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by Broken_Hippo 1y ago
Theft is a weird crime. You don't need things to be bad to have theft, especially of small or easy to steal things. It is one of those crimes that sticks around regardless of how "good" or "bad" things are, though a
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by Broken_Hippo 1y ago
Just because they weren't stealing bread doesn't mean they didn't have very immediate concerns they were stealing for. Things cost money, and sometimes only money can help you. The system simply won't take care of all of
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by Broken_Hippo 1y ago
If someone is having to choose between power and medication, how could they get the money to move to this place?? They won't. Most folks aren't really that mobile and being poor makes this more likely. I'll also note that I l
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by Broken_Hippo 1y ago
It wasn't that they were amazing. Good enough. And while maybe not amazing, they were wonderful at the time. Do you remember folks being amazed at the graphics on the PS1 or heck, even the N64? Those weren't good, really, but at t
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by Broken_Hippo 1y ago
No, but it was good enough for most movies. The person you replied to is correct: It was glorious at the time. We were all amazed by graphics, even on those old tvs. The "movie theater experience" wasn't worth the hassle for
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by Broken_Hippo 1y ago
Part of the reason you can walk across the city in this time is because it is really walkable. I'm from the Midwest - Trondheim is the biggest city I've lived in but more walkable than any of them. I'll add that the "acr
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by Broken_Hippo 1y ago
I'm pretty sure Berlin has public transportation. I have it here in Trondheim, Norway - but only one town that I've lived in the states had busses. They didn't run all night, on Sunday, nor did they visit all areas of the som
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by Broken_Hippo 1y ago
That 2400 number? It is an average. A guideline. And most countries give an average or range. And the US isn't the highest here: The official recommended averages I found after moving to Norway were higher than in the US and much more

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