Yeah if anything this recession feels demand driven rather than labor replacement driven. Nobody wants to do capex or buy things when everyone is telling them they're going to get replaced with jpeg-for-text so they aren't. As a result most of the economy isn't moving particularly fast with the exception of people buying up the entire worlds supply of silicon and driving up prices on increasingly essential hardware. So we have stagnation and inflation all in one but from the dumbest possible source.

The admin is doing everything in its power to cause everyone heartburn and the billionaire class is just running around trying to double down on all the damage the admin is doing. During "good" times I think people would have an easier time looking at AI and seeing it as just another random tool rather than the end of days, but when everything looks like the end of days...

It's because election day is a weekday and the rest of us have to keep up with the grind. It's entirely because they don't have jobs

It's been this way for 100+ years (probably much longer) and people found a way to vote. It's easier than ever in most places today, with early voting, mail-in voting, whatever other options are available.

In some states it’s easier now; in some it’s much harder.

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/chao...

Early voting exists in many states. Even in these states you’ll find that younger folks hardly vote.

Maybe I'm out of the loop but what is everyone doing with banking apps on their phones that's so essential. I see this argument all the time but it's baffling to me.

For quite many banks a mobile phone is now the only 2FA they support.

So glad my brokerage supports good old totp.

Or worse.

My bank closed down their old online banking site and the new one needs the phone for 2FA... but ... drumroll ...

... the idiots also want me to keep using the token device to log in before approving the log in via my phone.

Security theater.

So switch the bank? Worked for me.

I'm doing the research ofc. Have other things to look for besides not being dependent on a phone so it will take a bit.

I have several hockey leagues and pick up sessions that only take payment via Venmo; prior to league or the session starting. Makes it way easier than going around to everybody in the locker room trying to round up cash.

I also use it for a few vendors for some small payments I make every month for my studio.

I don't use them a lot and I know some people that use them for 90-95% of the stuff they do which is crazy to me like yourself. I try and limit my use of the apps to as little as possible. Whatever works for people I guess.

MFA largely, some banks also provide wallets for contactless payments.

I refuse to have my browser fingerprinted as a "trusted device" because part my bank is just bad at it.

Paying for things? Transferring money? What else do you do with a bank account?

If we were rational creatures we might choose to do such things while seated at home in front of a comfortably sized screen, rather than squinting at a pocket gadget on a street corner.

That doesn't sound very rational to me. Modern banking apps require no squinting, and they're conveniently in your pocket when you need them.

IMO the word "need" is doing all the work here. I have a fairly complex financial situation and yet - with a bit of intentionality and organisation - I get by fine without any banking apps installed on mobile.

There isn't a hard line between "need" and "want". It isn't irrational to want more than "get by fine".

Go team.

Things were starting to come undone naturally then we decided to 3rd party the whole thing

Do you think the people fighting ICE in the streets of Minneapolis would welcome a joint Chinese+North Korean decapitation strike on Washington and cruise missiles flying over Portland?

Their entire raison d'être is "We unite because we're being attacked". If there's no attack there's no purpose [to receive US money].

Currently an absolute shit load of C17s landing in Germany after leaving the PG region. I guess we know which country finally caved and let the US use them for whatever fresh conquest this is.

Germany is one of the most pro-Israel countries and known for using excessive police voilance against pro-Palestina protestors and strongly denies that there is a genocide going on in Gaza.

And its not allowed to film the police crimes. They can lawfully demand to turn your camera off, because of privacy laws. Welcome to Germany.

Be advised, the standard rp2040 split board design paradigm has extreme ESD issues and will degrade and fail with time if you live in a dry climate.

In a space that's being taken over by cloud shit where you have no privacy, FreeCAD is one of the last good CAD engineering tools left, let alone being FOSS.