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The Biden Campaign is Courting an Unexpected Group of Voters: Republicans in c/politics
[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

I’m not so sure. I think it’s established that the percentage of Republicans who won’t vote for Trump is a lot higher than the percentage that will admit to it in front of their peers.

All we need is a few %, low single digits.

The Social Security Fix Nobody Wants to Talk About | A small tax increase would make the essential national retirement program secure for decades, our columnist says, but lawmakers would have to act in c/politics
[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago

This is the correct answer. They need to remove the cap before doing anything else.

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Another US state repeals law that protected ISPs from municipal competition (arstechnica.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15794937

With Minnesota repeal, number of states restricting public broadband falls to 16.

The P in PhD is for Philosophy in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I have taught my children epistemology for this reason. It is THE key skill in the disinformation age.

Republicans are pulling out all the stops to reverse EV adoption in c/technology
[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 month ago

I like it much better when Republicans stick to pushing for things that are just useless rather than destructive.

"Virus isn't real. Cough directly into my face!" in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yes, tell us more…

"Virus isn't real. Cough directly into my face!" in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 months ago (15 children)

Sigh…reinstalling Deus Ex today, then.

All New Atlas | Boston Dynamics in c/technology
[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (3 children)

They just had to make it look like a Geth.

Mike Johnson and Donald Trump to promote bill to prevent non-citizens from voting in c/politics
[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Wait, wait — let me guess. They’ll say it affects non-citizens, but it will actually create tedious barriers to voting that affect mostly the American urban working class.

He's multi-skilled in c/lemmybewholesome
[–] [email protected] 82 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Plot twist: he’ll figure it out by getting the kids to talk without them even realizing they’re being interrogated.

Enlightened Centrism in c/politicalmemes
[–] [email protected] 39 points 4 months ago (8 children)

Implied by this: centrists see all this mainly as a financial matter.

These states are basically begging you to get a heat pump in c/news
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, we got a Daikin setup installed by MSP, who work in the Twin Cities metro.

These states are basically begging you to get a heat pump in c/news
[–] [email protected] 62 points 4 months ago (18 children)

We got a new heat pump installed in our 1920s house in Minnesota a couple years ago. It works its ass off all year, and only needs help from the boiler in the deepest depths of winter, which it probably wouldn’t if the house were better insulated. It’s always cheaper for us than gas, and it feels great to have our climate control 80-90% decarbonized.

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btrfs appreciation post (lemm.ee)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/4274796

Just wanted to share some love for this filesystem.

I’ve been running a btrfs raid1 continuously for over ten years, on a motley assortment of near-garbage hard drives of all different shapes and sizes. None of the original drives are still in it, and that server is now on its fourth motherboard. The data has survived it all!

It’s grown to 6 drives now, and most recently survived the runtime failure of a SATA controller card that four of them were attached to. After replacing it, I was stunned to discover that the volume was uncorrupted and didn’t even require repair.

So knock on wood — I’m not trying to tempt fate here. I just want to say thank you to all the devs for their hard work, and add some positive feedback to the heap since btrfs gets way more than it’s fair share of flak, which I personally find to be undeserved. Cheers!

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btrfs appreciation post (lemm.ee)
 

Just wanted to share some love for this filesystem.

I’ve been running a btrfs raid1 continuously for over ten years, on a motley assortment of near-garbage hard drives of all different shapes and sizes. None of the original drives are still in it, and that server is now on its fourth motherboard. The data has survived it all!

It’s grown to 6 drives now, and most recently survived the runtime failure of a SATA controller card that four of them were attached to. After replacing it, I was stunned to discover that the volume was uncorrupted and didn’t even require repair.

So knock on wood — I’m not trying to tempt fate here. I just want to say thank you to all the devs for their hard work, and add some positive feedback to the heap since btrfs gets way more than it’s fair share of flak, which I personally find to be undeserved. Cheers!

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