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  • Electric heat to cost 77 percent more than natural gas, federal agency says

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  • How do the costs compare when you factor in a total ecological collapse from the continued use of fossil fuels?

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    What are some cool things to do with ChatGPT?

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  • How would you know? You don't actually understand the code. It could be making shit up, and you'd never have any idea

    Seriously dude, if you run into code you don't understand, take the time to actually understand it, or else you'll never actually improve

  • Vet technician, 33, is scraping by in a small city Ontario house her parents paid for: ‘It’s a lot of guilt’

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  • When I was in college for a CS degree, just about every single classmate I asked said they were planning on going into game dev, when you have entire graduating classes all gunning for the same positions in a relatively niche field, you can pay peanuts and still fill roles

  • It’s Official: With “Vermin,” Trump Is Now Using Straight-up Nazi Talk

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  • One thing to keep in mind is to think about what kind of person actually participates in polls, and how that type of person will tend to lean politically (hint, old retired people)

    That being said, fascism has happened continuously all throughout history for a reason. people like it when they think it's on "their side". A lot of conservative voters genuinely think America would be a better place if the democratic party was forcibly eliminated, and so they're not only fine with what Trump is saying, they're enthusiastic about it.

    Combine the human tendency for populism with decades of conditioning from outlets like Fox News that conservatives are the only "real Americans" and that the "radical left" is hell bent on destroying their lives, raping babies, and turning their sons into daughters, and you have a large population of voters who genuinely think that democracy is bad if it means "the other side" gets to win.

    Many Fascist movements start out with enthusiastic support from at least a large chunk of their population (Hitler was elected), by the time people realize that fascism only ever actually benefits those at the top, it's too late

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    Split keyboard with double middle keys?

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  • Was going to comment the same thing - you could even grab some extra keycaps to label em properly

  • EU condemns Hamas for using 'hospitals as human shields', urges Israeli restraint

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  • Yeah, but they were brown doctors and children, so it's OK

    Edit: did I really need a /s?

  • Credit card balances spiked in the third quarter to a $1.08 trillion record. Here's how we got here

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  • Because when supply chains got fucked up during COVID, they raised their prices for legitimate reasons, and found to their delight that people kept on buying, and In fact, because people were panic shopping, and stuck at home bored, they actually bought more.

    So when things calmed down, instead of lowering prices, they continued to rise. because if they didn't, they'd be making less profit than last quarter (which is unacceptable)

    Combine that with the wage stagnation that's been going on for decades and a housing shortage and you now have an economy where people can't afford rent, food, or basic goods

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    What are some cool things to do with ChatGPT?

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  • I'm terrified for our next junior dev hire if this is common among beginners now lol

  • The Diamond World Takes Radical Steps to Stop a Pricing Plunge

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  • My wife's engagement ring is Moissanite and she absolutely loves it - more brilliant than a "real" diamond, and a tiny fraction of the cost

    Status symbols are dumb to start with, but spending 10's of thousands on a diamond ring that is functionally identical (or even inferior) to a lab diamond or Moissanite ring is completely idiotic

  • rulegion

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  • That's really interesting given how it's an important aspect of most other popular faiths

  • What can you tell me about Bluesky?

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  • 100% agree, without it, the decentralization aspect is severely weakened

  • What can you tell me about Bluesky?

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  • Yeah honestly hearing it describes as being full of neo Nazis is wild lol, it's almost more left leaning than Lemmy

  • "Why are TV Cameras still huge and expensive?"

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  • So pretty much the same as prosumer cameras - from what I understand, a decent lens can cost easily as much or more than the actual DSLR

  • rulegion

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  • Can you elaborate for those of us who don't know shit about Judaism?

  • UFC star made more in 24 hours on OnlyFans than she did 'in her entire fighting career'

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  • Yeah that's how I read it

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  • Wait, what is this about fentanyl having "anti cop effects" - somehow I missed this conspiracy theory lol

  • Tolerating intolerance

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  • Milk I'm fine on, but even if I didn't have LI I'd prefer Oat, it's ice cream that gets me - trust me, I've tried em all, nothing dairy free compares to a pint of Ben n Jerry's (yes, not even their own dairy free stuff)

  • Youtube is allowing Youtubers to advertise their merch even for premium users

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  • It's pretty wild how many people in this thread (and in general) don't see youtubers as a business selling a product.

    Its great if you want to buy stuff from your favorite content creators shop, but the shop is there to make money. It makes money for their business. What do we call it when a business goes out of their way to show consumers their products in the hopes that they'll purchase something? an advertisement. This isn't something debatable lol, it's literally the definition of the word.

    Its awesome if you wanna support your favorite content creators, it's totally OK if you don't personally mind seeing their shop below the video, a simple toggle would let you keep that. But an ad is an ad, and people are right to be frustrated that they're being shown ads when they specifically paid extra money not to be shown them.

  • Youtube is allowing Youtubers to advertise their merch even for premium users

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  • This isn't an ad. It's just an opportunity to purchase something

    I really hope this is satire, but I honestly can't tell anymore lol