Phoenix3875

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Two types of Medieval castle latrines in c/historyillustrations
77% Of Employees Report AI Has Increased Workloads And Hampered Productivity, Study Finds in c/technology
[–] Phoenix3875 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The link to the study is just a "Paid Search Ad" page. Ouch for the professionalism of Forbes.

Gen Alpha will elect MrBeast president and there's nothing you can do to stop it in c/[email protected]
[–] Phoenix3875 71 points 2 days ago (9 children)

Well, that already happened for Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Why don't utility companies charge the exact amount used for the monthly bill? in c/[email protected]
[–] Phoenix3875 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Thanks. I didn't know Octopus supports that. That being said, billing the exact amount approach has been working fine for billions of people elsewhere, I guess maybe it's just a cultural difference.

Yet another good recipe in c/[email protected]
[–] Phoenix3875 6 points 2 days ago

Philip K. Dick's early novella The Gun describes this, but instead of chat bots, they were auto nuclear weapons.

No puppies were harmed in this analogy in c/[email protected]
[–] Phoenix3875 30 points 2 days ago (2 children)

They go to Hollywood and write a fifth sequel to a 20 years old series that no one cares about.

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Why don't utility companies charge the exact amount used for the monthly bill? (self.askuk)
 

Coming from another country, I always wonder why the two utility companies I have here in the UK, Thames Water and Octopus Energy, would calculate an amount that they think I should pay monthly, instead of just charge whatever I used last month. To me, the latter way makes much more sense and is the standard practice in the countries I lived before.

The amount they calculated seems to generate either a huge credit balance, or a huge underestimation. Thames Water changed my monthly bill from £29 to £7, and then to £17 over the course of a year and a half. Octopus Energy built up more than £200 of a credit balance (not sure if it's a result of the UK government energy gift credit last winter), then set a minimal amount of £61 monthly. They say the purpose is to make sure that the credit balance would be always be more than £100. Okay...but why? If I want to save money, I'd go to a bank.

I could see that it might make sense if the measurement is not as easy or accurate, but come on, it's the 21st century and the meter shows me my energy usage by the hour, surely they can calculate the exact amount rather than pull a random number out of nowhere?

Yeah, they're pretty great in c/memes
[–] Phoenix3875 20 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They are also band names.

He deserves it, dadgummit in c/[email protected]
[–] Phoenix3875 2 points 4 days ago

And he died anyway

Kamala Harris Launches Presidential Bid: ‘My Intention Is to Earn and Win This Nomination’ in c/news
[–] Phoenix3875 6 points 4 days ago

The problem is their retail politics style being more costly.

Look you've just to got read the prologue that was a limited edition IHOP giveaway in 2015 and the story is awesome in c/lemmyshitpost
[–] Phoenix3875 11 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Let me introduce you to The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

The problem with pronouns in c/[email protected]
[–] Phoenix3875 13 points 5 days ago

Ape together strong

Me in the top panel: Thanks for the update! in c/[email protected]
[–] Phoenix3875 6 points 5 days ago

Ignore

Alien

Orders

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Slightly better than a prison cell (lemmy.world)
 

can be used as a bunker at war

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Low Tech Magazine: How to build a small solar power system (solar.lowtechmagazine.com)
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One command to rule them all (lemmy.world)
 
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You're goddamn right (lemmy.world)
 
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All that matters (lemmy.world)
 
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Beyond functional programming: a taste of Verse. Simon Peyton Jones & Tim Sweeney | Lambda Days 2023 (www.youtube.com)
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Firefox Android: Fix the empty space at the top by setting the toolbar to bottom (self.wefwef)
submitted 1 year ago by Phoenix3875 to c/wefwef
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It seems to be a bug for Firefox Android, but I had an empty space at the top when using wefwef as a PWA. Setting the toolbar position to "bottom" in the three-dot setting menu seems to fix it.

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