Pyr_Pressure

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[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I've worked retail and one of the things that baffled me was just how wasteful price tags were.

They change SO OFTEN and it's so much paper and plastic just tossed it the trash every time. Never even thought about it until I worked at a store and had to change them.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

No one is saying that Iran is credible, they just said they have more credibility than the US.

It's not a white and black situation, you can still be absolutely untrustworthy, but still slightly more credible than the next worst even less credible person.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

Most trading these days is probably just AI and algorithms. They see a positive headline and starts making buys or selling stuff if it's negative. It's all a money printing machine for the rich and a casino for the poor.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

I've driven around air side at an airport a couple of times, it's not always immediately obvious if there's a plane landing even during the day, especially If you aren't particularly familiar with aircraft, even during the day.

This was at night, the driver was given the all clear, and there was an emergency they needed to get to quickly. So even if the driver looked to see if it were clear, being dark, all he would see is a bunch of lights in the sky. It would have needed more than a quick glance to see if the lights were of a landing plane or a plane that was just taking off, or even lights from a plane at all.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Yeah I could never willingly live in an apartment for many reasons, but a few of them being:

no common outdoor area for pets, so if your dog needs to pee you have to take them for a walk around the block to pee on some tiny patch of grass beside the street.

As you mentioned no garage/driveway to work on a vehicle or even have any other space intensive hobby/activity like woodworking.

Privacy, I just hate having neighbours and noises at all times of the day.

Gardening for more than a couple pots of tomatoes and herbs on a balcony.

And many more

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Probably not much more so than if a giant human came by and picked it up

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 17 points 4 days ago

I literally feel this as more of a feature than a bug.

Can we please keep it?

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago (4 children)

You're pretty much always going to need LNG or Oil for something or other, it's never going to go away 100%. There are applications/processes/technologies that can't be electrified.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago

Just watch them be the next to implement a "one-child" policy, but instead of a maximum it's a minimum.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 days ago

Not one mention of condemning the states for attacking? Weak and pathetic.

What happened to everyone yelling "Israel has a right to defend itself" in response to Oct 7 attacks?

Why is there no one yelling "Iran has a right to defend itself?"

Oh, hypocrites? Yeah that tracks.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Except if you ACTUALLY don't have the card it's like $50.

Which is still terrible, but they take whatever they can. Everything is marked up knowing that insurance will pay for overpriced services as long as people pay may more for insurance thinking that they are getting a deal.

If literally everyone in the US cancelled their health insurance tomorrow, with no exceptions, I guarantee you the hospital's will be charging normal same prices because it's all the money that they can get, they aren't going to just not make any money at all, and insurance companies would go out of business.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

Weird. Wonder if it's tied into some sort dream related thing?

I know when I dream o seem to have ultra ADHD, nothing is consistent and I'm constantly moving from one subject to another and not able to focus on a single plot/conversation/idea etc

 

Hello,

I know each artist would put quiet a range to their prices for various works but I was just thinking this morning how awesome it would be to have a mural done on our front fence.

I have no idea what such a thing would cost though, like not even a general ballpark number. $2k?$20k? More?

Just looking to see what sort of number people throw out so I can either pursue it further or just forget about it right off the bat. Also don't want to insult someone when I approach them and be like "So $50 ya?"

Not sure if there's a generalized $lsw ft type thing people have but it's a 8' tall black corrugated fence, about 120' long split by a driveway in the middle. I assume prices would vary on the design so let's say maybe just a forest scene or something,like you would see on electrical boxes in the city to hide them.

 

I live in Canada, so I'm sure there are plenty of nice ones available in Japan or Europe etc but I fear where I live I can't trust if something is an actual good brand or just paid shills advertising things on Instagram or mass paid 4-5 star ratings on Amazon.

Any recommendations for good Bidets? It will be my first, so I don't know exactly what I'm looking for, but I don't need it to be a rocket ship with a different program from every day of the week or some shit.

I am not afraid to spend money on it and don't necessarily want to go for the cheapest option but I also don't plan on spending $1000 on a toilet seat either.

I have access to power nearby and have the capability of modifying plumbing if need be for hot water.

Anyone have any ideas for some options?

It's for an elongated toilet btw not round.

 

Recently bought a house with my parents and looking to turn the basement into a basement suite.

A problem I have run into though is at the base of the stairs, there is a width of 36" wall to wall and we want to put a door there to seperate the two floors.

However the basement entry door to outside is only 32". Does anyone have any ideas on how to close off the bottom of the stairs while maximizing the width of the opening? I feel like we can only fit a 32" door there is we still want it to look decently.

But then good luck ever getting furniture in and out of the basement.

I'm starting to think I might have to cut some foundation out and make the basement door entry wider, but I would rather not if it can be avoided.

We thought maybe sliding barn door but it wouldn't be very sound proof and I think my dog would figure out how to open it.

 

Hello,

I'm posting this to see if anyone has any advice as to what I might be able to do in order to improve communication/relations between my family members.

My sister and mother are currently in tension, where both will confide in me their feelings about the other but I'm not sure how I can try to help without betraying trust in one or the other.

No one in my family is good at communicating, unless it's judgement, criticism, or sarcasm. I know that's not all there is because they will say nice things behind everyone's back but never to their face.

My sister is a fairly recently new homeowner and about to have her first child (my mother's first grandchild). She feels disappointment that my mother never congratulated her on her success and achievement in purchasing a home.

My mother is excited to be a grandmother and wants to help my sister with her child, but is of the generation where physical possessions and items outweigh anything else so constantly buys things for the baby which my sister does not appreciate having to store in a box for two years before the baby can actual use the things. She also wants to be a good mother to my sister but everything she does is tailored towards physical things and items which my sister is fairly minimalist. My mother also gathers resentment towards my sister for never showing any appreciation for the things she tries to give her, as well as feeling like she can never do anything right.

My sister gathers a bit of resentment whenever my mother gifts her things, and has said as much on multiple occasions which hurts my mother's feelings as she is just trying to help in her own way. She is also not exactly the nicest person towards my mother, criticizing quite a lot (like house decor, etc) which makes my mom feel even more like she can't do anything right.

This all spills over onto my dad who doesn't care for how my sister makes my mother feel but I also understand how my mother makes my sister feel and why she responds the way she does sometimes.

So now I'm kind of stuck in the middle of things where everyone tells me how they feel about the other person, and I'm not sure how to help improve things without making someone feel hurt or betrayed.

I try and encourage one to say nice things to the other but then they respond with something along the lines of "well they never say nice things to me".

Any one have any similar situations or advice?

 

I have a grounding wire that is connected to a copper pipe in my house.

Originally, I imagine said copper pipe connected all of the way to the pipe which goes into the ground towards the well.

However, at some point, the previous home owners installed a filtration system and replace a lot of the copper with PVC pipe, so it goes Copper > PVC > Copper > Ground Wire

Is that ground wire still useful? Or do I need to extend it to where the original copper pipe extends into the ground towards the well?

 
 
 

So involved in right wing American politics, it's sad.

 

Bought a house - previous owner moved to a town home so we kept the chickens. There is a decent amount of space on the property, and half of it is a forested hillside.

Any suggestions for a newbie? A new coop is definitely first thing on my list. And a fence around the property.

One of the chickens is an outcast and I feel bad for her, doesn't leave the coop when the others go out in the yard and doesn't eat treats from the ground just food from the feeder. The other chickens get along well it seems.

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