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  • Anyone feeling like doesn't belong anywhere?

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  • I still live in my home country and I also feel a similar way. I'm too weird to be normal, but I'm too normal to be weird. I can fit in anywhere and adapt to just about anything, but no where does it feel like I belong. It's an existence that feels and is very liminal.

    It's not anyone's fault. I'm wired in a very peculiar way. There isn't really anything I or anyone else can really do. All I can do is keep trying to meet people, do things I like, and trying new things I like and maybe some day something will click. Being about 1/3 of the way through my life though that's not super likely. Could be worse. Could be better.

  • All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027

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  • Riiiiiiight

  • All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027

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  • Well, that's kinda what I'm getting at. The kind of tool used by a mechanic to install a cable management clip (that the shop manual states has a torque value) is a simple screw driver. I think I have seen seen some computer heatsinks that have listed a recommended torque value as well. Of course I have never grabbed my torque wrench for this either, I have always just gone with feel.

    To be clear, I'm not advocating that the manufacturer require users to buy a torque gauge of some kind and get away with it. It can be very helpful though to have a recommended torque value and sequence as a reference point though if they go the route of screws and gaskets. There are tons of other engineering solutions that are possible up to and including just not having an IP rating.

    I'm currently using a Fairphone 5 with the back cover removed and in a case and I haven't ever had any issues.

  • All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027

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  • Do we know know if requiring specific torque values would violate the regulation? That's a genuine good faith question. The reason I ask, and what I was thinking of when I made my original comment was cars, and not the new bull shit we have. If I reference the shop manual for any of the vehicles I owned made in the late 80s to early 90s every fastener had a specific torque value specified for their installation from a lug but, to a cable management clip, to a head gasket bolt. Only one of those items I listed ever had a torque wrench brought out to be installed if they were worked on though by a mechanic or an owner.

    I'm just wondering if it might be a similar situation.

  • All phones sold in the EU to have replaceable batteries from 2027

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  • That is what gaskets are designed to do. Admittedly I haven't read the regulations, but they could even go as far as making the gasket "single use". Meaning the battery is user replaceable, but not meant to be constantly swapped. Removing the back cover could require replacing the gasket and using a specific torque value and sequence on the screws the same way you would on any other gasket interface meant to keep dust and liquids in or out.

    They could also potentially start waterproofing the circuit boards themselves with conformal coating the way they do with mission critical hardware that needs to still function even if there is some amount of water ingress. I'm not saying I'd be happy with that solution, but it wouldn't surprise me if they did.

  • The FAA Wants To Recruit Gamers For Careers In Air Traffic Control

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  • Slew mode activated

  • go to hell

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  • There is a reason I specifically said white collar jobs/workers. I have a hard time thinking of a barista as contributing to the shitty things that Starbucks is responsible for, though I admit that is likely more of a me thing. Whereas a person working as a programmer for Starbucks or in Finance or HR, their work seems like it is much more directly complicit in supporting the shitty things Starbucks does like its active campaign against workers rights and unions.

    Your line of thinking though is more or less inline with mine in the grand scheme of things and the importance of being intellectually honest and using whatever influence one may accrue (whether that's money, decision making abilities, leading by example, etc.) to try and balance the scales positively. As long as there is any suffering in the world that we as individuals aren't using all of our free time and resources to address then we are all hypocrites to at least some degree, and that's ok, on an individual level. It's not ok in the broader sense as it is often a result of capitalism and greed, but it's ok to simultaneously recognize that we are all flawed and that we could all be doing better (admittedly some more than others).

  • go to hell

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  • I have been thinking about something very similar for the last year or two now. Almost every white collar job I can think of has large portions of its workforce twisted into contributing to some fucked up aspect of the capitalist machine. The one that I think is really pernicious is the medical industry. I actually think it's worse than defense in a way.

    With defense there is kind of an upper limit to how much a company can probably charge for their product because how much more dead can the device make someone? On the medical side of things though, their products save or prolong people's lives and the people in charge know that. They know that even if the improvement is only marginal, as long as there is one (and sometimes even if there isn't one), they can probably extract as much money from people as they have.

  • I was at the Home Depot today and they tried to sell me this crap

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  • I care.

  • "look! the #signalapp income and salaries report for 2024 dropped!" #startpocketwatching #opentechnologyfund #usgovernmentsponsored

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  • Anyone else got this?

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  • Viscerally.

    Well, kinda a combination of all of it, but when people are being greedy, selfish, ass holes instead of kind and fair and just trying to make the world or community a better place for everyone in it rather than just themselves or those they know there is an unyielding rage that begins to stir wants to MAKE them be fair and kind.

  • Trump Says He Wants to 'Drive Housing Prices Up' Instead of Lowering Costs for People Who 'Didn't Work Very Hard'

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  • This is something that has baffled me for a while when I see or hear people talking happily about their home value going up or talking about their house as an investment and get mad at the thought of a drop in home value. Even if these people never sold their house, if home prices keep increasing faster than wages, then at some point they won't be able to afford the taxes on their home. I just don't get it, smh.

  • Paper is the new privacy measure.

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  • For any strike or boycott to be truly effective it needs to be maintained until the other side comes to some kind of agreement. A single day or two isn't going to do much, and most of the population can't afford to miss anymore work than that AND they are not socially connected to each other enough to be able to rely on one another for support and services while they are effectively locked out of the support and services they would receive from being able to pay for things and buy things.

    For a lot of people the two general avenue of choices are resist now and potentially lose everything now, or do nothing now and potentially lose everything later.

    I'm not necessarily justifying their actions, but it's understandable.

  • Trump: ‘We are going to do something on Greenland whether they like it or not’

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  • I'm more interested in what the rest of the world will do. I have no doubt Greenland will defend itself, but no one really seemed interested in sending troops to help Ukraine when Russia invaded, what would be different in this scenario? I realize technically it's NATO, but it isn't like any of those agreements are bound by laws of nature and most of the people in charge these days seem more interested in whatever is profitable than what is right.

  • A group of crows is a murder. A group of apes is a shrewdness. What's a group of you called?

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  • A disaster

  • Trump wants to bring Japan's 'cute' tiny cars to America — but it may not be easy

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  • I fucking hate when people say they prefer an SUV or a truck because they feel safer or because of the "increased visibility". It especially bugs me coming from people who generally hold more progressive views because one of the reasons driving is so dangerous is due to the proliferation of large vehicles, so what they are essentially saying is very analogous to "the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun, is a good guy with a gun".

  • What's an unpopular UI opinion you have?

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  • I'll +1 your gripe with my old man yelling at clouds thing. Windows XP gave you the option of creating arbitrary taskbars/toolbars to locations on the desktop that could be floating or docked. I have always kept my data on a separate drive or array from the one my OS lives on. In Windows XP I would create a toolbar that contained the root of my data drive, dock it to the right side of my monitor, and then set it to autohide the same way you can set the taskbar to auto hide.

    That in conjunction with the way that Windows XP allowed you to remap "My Documents" to a different location made for the cleanest workflow I have ever had.

    They removed the toolbar functionality after XP and changed the way remapping system folders works slightly since then. I haven't really found an application that gives the exact same functionality as the arbitrary toolbar from XP, but even if I did I still spend over half my day at work on a computer that is locked down by corporate IT where I can't install whatever I want, and I like to try and mirror workflows between home and work because of muscle memory.

    I'm in my mid 30s, lol.

  • xkcd #3184: Funny Numbers

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  • Girlfriend's age?

  • Last-minute Xmas Gift Ideas for me (very poor) to get my aunt+family (very well off) who have been helping me out during a very rough time?

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  • Origami bouquet of flowers or arrangement of animals? Alternately origami Christmas ornaments?

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  • What the actual mother fucking deep fried double wide inbred corn sucking bull shit are these god damn cunts doing now? Jesus, Mary, Joseph, and all his carpenter friends sigh. I'd apologies on behalf of my country, but I don't think enough of it truly cares enough for it to mean anything, so instead I'll just say run, and quickly.

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    Recommendations for where to commission short graphic design work?

  • F-Droid @lemmy.ml
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    Why are parts of application in a different language?

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
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    Is there a European Union equivalent of BLS.gov?

  • Personal Finance @lemmy.ml
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    Looking for bank based in the US that would allow me to hold foreign currency in a checking or savings account

  • Videos @lemmy.world
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    How Different Countries Teach History (Comedy Sketch)

  • Gaming Handhelds @lemmy.ml
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    Looking for recommendations on the most cost effective button only (no joystick) handheld running an Android OS?

  • Boost for Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    Feature Request

    Set custom colors for posts/links that have been opened (Update: It already exists 🤦‍♀️)

  • Linux @lemmy.world
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    What is the "proper" way to view all of the startup programs and services?

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
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    What would be the best Fediverse sub/community/place for questions about probability and statistics?

  • Videos @lemmy.ml
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    Tiffany & Co Is Lying To You (RamsesThePigeon)

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    Tiffany & Co Is Lying To You (RamsesThePigeon)

  • Videos @lemmy.world
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    Tiffany & Co Is Lying To You (RamsesThePigeon)

  • Videos @lemmy.world
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    Wordsmithing 101: Comma Chameleon (RamsesThePigeon)

  • MealtimeVideos [Dormant] @lemmy.world
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    Wordsmithing 101: "Setup" or "Set Up" (and Similar Terms)

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    Wordsmithing 101: "Setup" or "Set Up" (and Similar Terms)

  • AuDHD @lemmy.world
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    Generic Art Dad - Do Autistic People Think In Black & White?

  • Autism @lemmy.world
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    Generic Art Dad - Do Autistic People Think In Black & White?

  • Mechanical Keyboards @lemmy.ml
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    Are there any macro pads that can be programmed via a text file stored onboard?

  • AuDHD @lemmy.world
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    This is what stigma around autism sounds like to an autistic person (comedy sketch)

  • Autism @lemmy.world
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    This is what stigma around autism sounds like to an autistic person (comedy sketch)