Is it really from scratch if you don’t raise the piglet and butcher it yourself?

Looks like a shrimp. Left would be head

Screws maybe

But you have to machine a hole in the metal for the screw to function

You know how hard it would be to drill a hole for a screw in a cave with scrap parts and no power drill?

All you need to crudely weld, probably as strong as a screw, is heat. Fire is easy in a cave.

I’d wager they could melt some metal together before devising a cave drill press.

We have no idea what metal or alloy it is. They could have an alloy that melts easily, but once hard, it adheres to other metals and practically unbreakable. Just find some scraps of that alloy to easily weld.

You’re building a light saber.

Do you:

A. Weld everything

Or

B. Drill holes and thread the holes for a bolt

I’m sure they have some kind of crazy riveting technology. Is she installing screws because she wants to be able to easily take apart her lightsaber if needed?

I’ve snapped so many Robertson bits in my life. Screws are fine.

1 5/8" cement board screws

They used to be Robertson. They switched to Torx.

Night and day difference

Like you said, they do grip like a mofo, and with an impact driver, the bits snap.

I tried dozens of different brands of bits. Even paid top dollar for special Milwaukee ones.

I was at a point where I had to pre-drill and counter sink the screws because I was breaking too many bits.

I could probably drive a torx head one through a board

On a day in California, where the sun rises at 7 am PST, it would be equivalent to making it 3 pm UTC.

You think people in California are going to be happy waking up at 3 pm, going to work at 5pm-1am, then going to sleep at 7am?

People are angry that they get an extra hour of sleep one night and lose one another. 2 days out of the year.

You really think you’re going to sell these people on waking up at 3 pm and going to bed at 7am?

Working hours being 9am-5pm vs 1900-0300 are just numbers.

Working hours being 9am-5pm PST vs 9am-5pm PDT are just numbers

DST just tries to shift everyone to a beneficial sun zone for a part of the year.

Depending where you live and mainly how close you are to a time zone line depends if keeping it, getting rid of it, or keeping the current system is beneficial.

Maine could be in it’s own time zone as far east as it really is. The idea that Michigan is in the same time zone is absurd. Michigan should be in CST. That would drop them back an hour. If you talked to someone in Michigan they probably hate DST. Their DST should be their current standard time and then they should fall back to CST if they wanted to do the DST switch thing. They would get a lot more sunlight in the morning.

Sunrised in NY and CA at 7 am today in their respective time

They are 3 hours apart in time zones.

So if you wanted everyone to use same clock and for the sun to rise at 7am in NY. That would mean the sun would rise at 4am in CA.

The sun would set at 1:30pm in CA

Someone currently working a 9-5pm. It would become a 6-2pm job.

How is that not going to cause chaos?

Having everyone on one time zone would be the best thing ever.

Have you really thought this through?

It’s 12 pm in New York.

It’s 9 am in California.

Sun rised at 7 am in NY today

Sun rised at 7 am in CA today

It was 10 am in NY when sun rose in CA

So let’s say we get on one clock.

That means sun rises in California at 4 am

So now everyone in California has to shift their whole schedule around that.

7 am sunrise, 9am-5pm work (Sun set begins at 4.5pm)

Would become 4 am sunrise, 6am-2pm work (Sun set begins at 1:30pm)

How is that the best thing ever?

This would work great in some places, others might finish lunch as the sun rises.

Because compromise makes neither side truly happy

We are already trying to compromise with switch back and forth.

30 minutes just makes it over complicated and satisfies neither side

I wasn’t saying it was the best way, just a way. I’m not sure if it is the best. But the most simple way to make sure everyone’s basic needs are met is to give everyone their basic needs and then figure out who has enough to give to others.

The flaw with capitalism is that someone of no “value” gets no value

If a company can lay off one worker and become more efficient, that is great in capitalism. Just the one worker gets screwed.

If that worker was say a robot where you could sit it on the shelf and not worry about it, then that’s fine. But that worker is a human with needs and capitalism doesn’t help that person because they have no “value”.

The idea that we have to manufacture jobs for these people to “earn” money to live is another solution.

Putting money into the hands of the poor stimulates the economy.

It can stimulate the economy, it’s not a guarantee.

Always enjoyed this story:

Two economists are walking in a forest

The first economist says to the other “I’ll pay you $100 to eat that pile of shit.” The second economist takes the $100 and eats the pile of shit.

They continue walking until they come across a second pile of shit. The second economist turns to the first and says “I’ll pay you $100 to eat that pile of shit.” The first economist takes the $100 and eats a pile of shit.

Walking a little more, the first economist looks at the second and says, “You know, I gave you $100 to eat shit, then you gave me back the same $100 to eat shit. I can’t help but feel like we both just ate shit for nothing.”

“That’s not true”, responded the second economist. “We increased the GDP of the forest by $200!”

That being said, handing money out to everyone has an inflationary effect, so there would have to be some thought put into countering that. And I guarantee payday loan places would find a way to keep the poor impoverished.

You touched on one reason it wouldn’t be guaranteed.

Giving loans to people would be better than UBI. UBI should be viewed as a loan and not free money. If you were ever able to pay it back, you should.

Another problem with capitalism is that a potential worker has no time to hold out for better options. You’re 18 and poor, you have to accept the first job offered as fast as possible or you won’t have shelter or food.

Giving these people a loan or UBI means they can get by until they find something that benefits them. If they want to tell the fast food place “I’ll do it for $15 and not $12 an hour” it’s possible

It’s crazy that the difference between $12 and $15 is 25%. A 25% raise is a large one.

I appreciated reading your comment!

Let’s say 50k is average income

Basic income is 10k

The average person would get 10k in UBI but pay 10k more in taxes

They will have 50k dollars

Someone that makes 100k would get the 10k in UBI but would have to pay 20k more in taxes.

They will have 90k dollars

Someone making 15k (federal min wage) would get 10k in UBI and pay nothing in taxes

They will have 25k dollars

This is simplified, but the idea is that all three people still made 165k combined. Just the person at the bottom got some help.

UBI does not increase the total amount of money in the economy. Just moves it from the rich to the poor.

The average person is still going to have the same spending power

UBI only exists to solve a problem of capitalism. Other systems could have a UI like communism. But it’s the flaws of capitalism that needs it to correct itself.

Social programs exist in capitalism and have existed for years. They are just a complex way of solving a basic problem. “How do we get poor people money?”

Personally, I’d be for UBMI (Universal Bare Minimum Income). Everyone should be provided bare minimum from the society. Food, water, shelter, etc. If you can afford to pay it back, great, if you can’t, that’s fine too. But when people talk about UBI it’s always “how much??”. And it should be the bare minimum to survive and not be forced to run the capitalism rat race. If you’re content to sit in a small shelter and eat 3 meals a day, the government should give it to you. The government gives it to people who break the law and are no where near as deserving

I was probably 7 or 8.

I lost a tooth and put it under my pillow without telling my parents. Toothfairy never came.

Didn’t believe in any of the mythical things after that.

Edit: Oh and we play along. He’s 14 and definitely knows but the wife enjoys it more than he does. So he’s milking it and I applaud him for it.

We can’t tell you who squealed, but it was one of the dozen employees at this McDonald’s. Probably the one that’s going to change jobs soon…

I’d be pissed and scared if I was an employee at that McDonald’s

Why wait so long and not get found earlier or not long enough for the reward to increase by a lot? It’s in a weird time frame.

Why risk traveling to PA where someone else might spot you first? Maybe crossing state lines increased reward?

People will do a lot for money. My guess is someone is paying this guy’s family to take the fall because they do not want one of the highest profile murders in recent history to go “unsolved”

Willy Loman would take the fall for money for his family

Imagine letting the world know you could shoot a CEO in the middle of NY and get away with it. They would much rather everyone believe life is like CSI and they always get the shooter. Worth a lot to them to keep up the security theater.

Couple days pass. The shooter got away and probably not going to turn themselves in to get the soap box.

The guy could be the next Guy Fawkes if they let it get out of hand

I play mostly on my Xbox. I got all my games and stuff downloaded on that.

If I am playing a PC game, it would be SC2, and I don’t use steam. Haven’t since CS source.

I carry around the keyboard always with my tablet because it’s the screen protector when closed. There’s no way I’d carry a separate keyboard and play SC2 on a 7.4 inch screen, that sounds miserable.

It’s probably similar. You could just use your phone and controller. My phone screen 6.8 inches, not the best ratio, but the steamdeck is only 7.4 inches.

Like I’ve been saying, they are basically the same.

Yeah, a laptop can get left out of the equation. Tablet or phone are better.

I don’t need a docking station to hook my tablet to TV. I can even stream my tablet screen wirelessly to TV.

Carrying around the docking station goes against it being portable.

Theoretically, all I need is my tablet or phone. 1 item. The controller helps with some games.

You keep saying 3 items…and because my xbox weighs 10+ pounds.

My tablet weighs 1.6 pounds. Steamdeck is 1.48 pounds. Xbox controller weighs .63 pounds.

You’re talking about half a pound difference in weight. Tablet takes little to no space and the controller probably half of the steamdeck.

Steamdeck would be great for rides on the subway, walking, and maybe some other things where you need to be fully mobile. I get that aspect of it. Though I can easily pull out just my tablet and play a ton of games that aren’t “mobile games”

I’ve been gaming like this for longer than the steamdeck has been out. I saw the steamdeck and said “why would I want that?” And never got one.

The Xbox processes the game.

Tablet just streams screen and sends inputs from/to Xbox.

So you don’t really need an extreme tablet/phone/laptop

Im bringing my tablet/phone anywhere I’m going, so having a steamdeck would just be an extra thing to carry and worry about charging.

You can do on-screen controls that aren’t bad for some games. Otherwise, Xbox controller.

The controller in the steamdeck has to kill its battery life some. 2 extra AA batteries, and I could use my Xbox controller for weeks.

I’d rather have 4x the screen size and not have to hold it the entire time while being semi-mobile. I’m not going to walk around and play on a steamdeck, maybe some do and then that’s a plus on the steamdeck.

Steam deck is nice and I can see why people enjoy it. My thing is why more people don’t like tablet/phone/laptop gaming and talk about the steamdeck like it’s a game changer.

My tablet is basically my PC at home. I can access and do everything remotely, including gaming.

I don’t need to bring my Xbox around. Simply open the xbox app and my Xbox screen is now on my tablet anywhere I’m at.

My tablet can stream onto bigger displays or even stream my PC.

You don’t need to carry around the console

I can use my phone or tablet as a portable screen for my Xbox

Can even use it as a portable screen for my PC

Why would I want a steam deck vs having a bigger tablet screen and a controller I don’t have to stare at?

Portability, but the steamdeck is as portable as my tablet if it can’t fit it into a pocket.