snoopfrog

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

"You must be this incapable of critical thought to vote."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Pizza is almost too fancy. Where's the day-old hamberder?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (3 children)

80g rolled oats

190g high quality H2O

--microwave 90 seconds--

63g unsweetened applesauce (refrigerated)

28g shelled, crushed walnuts

16g PBFit

25g Muscle Pharm chocolate protein

1 diced Granny Smith apple

Every morning.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm in Lemmy and Mastodon. I left Twitter for good about a week after the Tesla guy acquired it and made his first flex on the app. I don't even remember what it was, but I didn't want to be a part of his toy, and all he has done is prove me right over and over. I left Reddit within a couple days of the announcement that mobile app developers were getting screwed, and I'd essentially have to switch to the native app to use a full-featured Reddit. It seemed like a crappy thing to do since developers like LJ Dawson (Sync), the Relay person, etc are who really built Reddit since Reddit was slow to get into apps.

I use Discord but only because it's what's required for a gaming guild, and my dynasty fantasy baseball league uses it too. I have no interest in using it outside of that.

I've never really used Youtube, so I haven't checked out Peertube. Likewise, I never really used Insta, so I haven't looked that closely at Pixelfed. I'm considering Pixelfed since I'm a hobby photographer, but I share my pics on my personal website (I don't care who sees them tbh, it's fun for me) and on my FB. I can't seem to shed FB with so many people I know using that to stay in touch and schedule events, and the Marketplace is leagues better than Craigslist.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

I got tired of jumping around between streaming services to get deals and save money. I noticed that a couple major music streamers seemed to collude to raise rates at the same time, and I'm tired of that. I'm setting up my Plex server with some Black Friday deals and am looking forward to enjoying having that at my disposal.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

We'll figure it out together. If we don't comment and post content, I fear that we'll never really sustain the kind of success we hope to replicate from the other place.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

I would say that something slower and more painful is in order, but he's old, and frankly, expediency benefits us all at this point.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Stab 'em a couple times with a fork and throw 'em in a microwave. Low effort, above-average food.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago

I remember using Netscape (my Google keyboard didn't know that word) before Firefox and SeaMonkey. I mostly used SeaMonkey to edit HTML and Firefox for my casual browsing.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Used market used to be better-priced, but I felt it was sketchy unless you were handy or "knew a guy" who could repair it. I decided years ago to only buy new so that I knew it was well-maintained and not abused. I make payments into a savings account and pay cash, or if the best offer is a financing offer, I'll take the financing and either make payments or pay it off right away, depending on whether my savings interest is outperforming the rate of the loan. I only buy pretty basic things. Last car was a base model 2010 Mitsubishi Lancer. I'm in a 2022 Honda HR-V now. My next car will probably be something that takes advantage of the EV tax credit before it expires in 2032. Wife and I share one car, for what it's worth, since we work in the same place.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 7 months ago

This sounds much easier than creating a society where people feel happy and secure enough to have families. I wonder when 45 will add this to his campaign checklist.

 

I really wish they'd break up these initiatives into line items, but there are probably reasons to do them all together too. My biggest gripe is that I wasn't a fan of turf. We have enough data at this point to be relatively certain that turf is attributed to more injuries than grass (16%). I think the health and safety of children is more important than the aesthetics and convenience of turf.

I also didn't quite understand the math, and I have a degree in that, so I suspect there's something else going on, or the reporter is wrong.

"The bond, if approved, would have raised the Cedar Rapids school property tax rate from $14.67 to $17.37 per $1,000 of taxable value. For an owner with a home assessed at $200,000, the property tax increase would be $282 a year, or $23.50 a month."

That would have been more like $540/yr for a $200,000 house, right? That's $2.70 per $1,000 taxable value. $2.70 * 200 = $540. My only thought is that taxable value vs assessed value isn't the same thing, but I couldn't find anything to verify that.

Regardless, I was a no vote, and I'm a little ashamed to admit that. Either price tag seemed like too much with the recent increase to our property tax, how much MORE we already pay in property tax than the rest of Iowa or the rest of the country, and all the recent inflation without wage increases to match it. It seemed like too much to commit to, and if I'm given the opportunity to prevent a little more bleeding at almost any cost, I will. This referendum didn't seem entirely necessary, but I hope they find a way to trim some fat and resubmit it to a future ballot.

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