Look at that, spez's idol being opportunistic against him. Dumbass.
Grind each morning (currently on an Ethiopian kick), then through a BUNN drip. It's not as good as those special one-off coffees, but I've found its the best balance of energy vs. enjoyment
I've got a few. Here are my three most important:
a) The adage of 'you can change everything except the location; is 100% true. I've owned a button-cute house in a shitty location (claustrophobic, water drainage issues, food desert), and I've owned a severely-outdated house in a spectacular location (low traffic, great yard, no water drainage issue, access to amenities). Location matters more than you realize. How is the school district, regardless of if you want kids? What is the relationship to water and flooding? How far away is the house from the road, and how busy is the road?
b) However, renovations cost way more money than you think and take way longer than you think. If you're buying a house and you find yourself saying "I would love this house once I do A,B,C" make sure you can picture yourself tolerating the house for at least 3 years AS-IS. Note that this does not apply if you're loaded, but I am only now getting cabinets in an old farmhouse. The first 2 and a half years our countertops were 6ft folding tables.
c) I don't regret buying. In fact, buying a house when I did will go down as one of the luckiest decisions I ever made. However, that pithy response of "renting means your monthly payment is the most you'll ever pay; buying means the mortgage is the least you'll ever pay" is 100% true. Most folks will need to stretch to get into a home right now with the affordability crisis, but be careful of pushing yourself too far. The property assessment will raise your escrow, which will raise your bill. Random shit will break in the middle of the night and take a $750 chunk out of your monthly budget that you didn't expect.
What is your thought on the snaggletooth?
The enshittification continues. Cannot believe they are taking a page out of Pinterest, of all places.
So let's say we stop playing semantics to the degree of harm and say that aspartame is not good for humans. Ok. What sweetener currently on the market is the least damaging option for me to pursue?
undefined> Expanding the court might result in the outcome you want today, it may not result in the outcome you want tomorrow.
Excellent insight. Look at the impact a 6-3 conservative majority can do. Imagine if events shake out to where you now have an 9-2 balance in either direction.
This is the most level-headed take. Reddit is going to continue to slog along with or without my account, with or without Lemmy's 53k active users. Anyone who thinks this protest is going to sink them entirely is naive.
However, they may stagger along as an enshittified website that has lost it's spirit and never meaningfully grows again. Reddit is still better than any other alternative at this point in time, but Reddit is not by my estimation going to improve again. It's all downhill. So I'm doing my part and trying to work to build community elsewhere.
We don't need 50MM users to reach a mass where the content is fresh and engaging all the time. Probably a fraction of that would be. Lemmy's userbase is double Squabbles and there is already a noticeable difference in content.
Nothing made me hate Pinterest more than this trick. Musk's breakneck pace of enshittification continues.
The two big ones:
-Magic Arena -Civilization Revolution 2
I can't do it quite yet. Feels like a funeral today, and I'm only half joking. I probably sunk over a thousand hours into this app.
I think the shit prevention thread might be the first all-timer here.