www.cnn.com How elderly dementia patients are unwittingly fueling political campaigns
A CNN investigation reveals how deceptive political fundraising has misled hundreds of elderly Americans.
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Seems a little harsh — we’re all stuck under the heel of capitalism and have to find a way to survive. Not everyone has the luxury and privilege of just walking away before they have something else lined up.
I’ve literally never gotten an upgrade from the Wheel. It’s a lie!
Citizen Sleeper was phenomenal. I really liked how it handled branching choices and the limitations of time.
In my attic, I have an Open-Stub J Pole and a 20m dipole. They work pretty well! You'll need to make sure that you don't have a metal roof or any foil layers in the roofing or insulation. If you're running a dipole, try to avoid electrical wires -- if you can't, have the dipole cross them at a 90º angle.
I’m definitely curious. Browser-switching is annoyingly mentally difficult, though. I keep bouncing between Arc and Firefox, so maybe this is the perfect marriage.
The aprons keep it nice and sturdy. Although now I'm at work and wondering if I added a stretcher along the bottom lengthwise… I can't recall.
I made this design from Matthias Wandel a few years back, and it has served me well. I had a big piece of laminated MDF that someone left in the garage after we bought our house -- perfect for the top. I do with that I had something heavier for when I need to whack a chisel or do some ripping with a handsaw, though.
I haven't donated money, but I can confirm that the messages are constant and very pleading in tone. Honestly they turn me off from donating at all.
Yeah, I gave up on Duolingo. I joined a Japanese-English Discord server and feel like my actual conversation skills have gone way up. I'm happy to share the invite link, but I don't want to seem spammy, so I'll post it if anyone requests.
Crosscode was such a delight. I found the story surprisingly compelling.
I teach high school, and it’s so hard to get students to pay attention, even with fun engaging projects. The reality is that these social apps are designed to be addictive, and it’s not a fair contest.
Ideally, we want a society in which real estate doesn’t need to be a store of wealth because we have strong social safety systems. I don’t blame an individual with difficult circumstances for playing the game to take care of their family (to an extent).
RetroDECK aims to be an all-in-one solution. No need to mess with the terminal or anything.
It automatically configures the emulators, has a fantastic custom controller configuration, and is very easy to update through flathub/Discover.
No but when I tried to change Mastodon servers, I was frustrated to learn that I could carry over my followers but nothing else. The platform highlighted "easy mobility," but I found that to be misleading.
I think the biggest problem that Mastodon et. al need to solve is changing servers/accounts. There needs to be an easy way to move servers while retaining past posts, etc.
Yeah, I turn them off in a lot of games. Otherwise I accidentally hit them and trigger some weird effect.
Oh this is absolute bullshit
I think that it’s actually a good thing. If a criminal record disqualified you, it could be easy to cook up bogus charges against a political opponent just to kick them off the ballot. We also have along history in the USA of black folks getting charged with crimes at a disproportionately high rate.
One of my students has been begging me to buy Ultrakill since last year, and I keep saying no just to spite him. Maybe I'll finally give it a try!
I’ve been excited for this game since the original trailer (I think it was a Nintendo direct). I have a few games to finish first, then I’ll get this.
Don’t forget to turn on captions when you watch! He adds lots of supplemental information.
Federated Charging Location Database?
I was using my phone today, and I realized that I have so many apps for the different charging networks. It's probably a pipe dream, but a federated database of all known charging infrastructure would be great. Each network could still use their own systems, but push out statuses, locations, and details through ActivityPub. It would also mean that folks can build their own apps on top of this data, allowing for some competition against Plugshare and ABRP. I'm sure that scraping and gathering data is a big impediment there.
Anyway, not sure where I'm going with this. But just a shower thought that I had yesterday.
It's quiet around these parts 🤠 What have you been playing this week?
On Sunday, I had some friends over, and we played Heat. It was my first time with the game, and I found it to be a lot of fun.
There's just enough strategy in managing your car's "heat" level. Take on too much, and you'll stall out. Don't take enough risk, and the other players will pull ahead. I accurately captured the tension of racing video games. "Do I floor it and come into the turn quickly, risking spinning out? Or do I brake and take it safely but lose my place?"
Counter-Strike 2 is out, but it’s not Steam Deck Verified
This just seems odd to me. I know it’s a competitive game, and most folks will be playing with a mouse and keyboard, but it feels weird for Valve to put out a brand new game (built from scratch, at that) and not plan for this.
My friend and I were discussing this over the weekend. Games are inherently different than movies, books, and music. They’re tied to specific hardware and operating systems that may not be available anymore.
I argue that if a game is no longer legally purchasable from the publishers or developer, it should be legally permitted to pirate it. Even EA agrees! They do not pursue copyright claims against LOTR games, as they lost the publishing license from New Line Cinemas years ago.
Dorfromantik - the board game!
I really love the original video game. It’s so relaxing and has a great soundtrack. I love playing for a bit on my lunch break or when I need to unwind.
That being said, my main concern is that the management and tracking needed for a tabletop version might take away from that aspect of it. I’m a sucker though, and might get it anyway…
Update: I bought it 🤓
How do we feel about established companies using Kickstarter?
I've noticed a trend (among TT games and other product categories), of established companies using Kickstarter. Mostly I think they use it as a hype machine/pre-order system, but that doesn't quite feel like the ethos behind Kickstarter. Full disclosure, I have backed some of these myself!
A few examples (some are on Kickstarter-adjacent sites)
Have a Steam Deck? Join a dedicated community on sopuli.xyz to discuss everything related to it!
beehaw.org Steam Deck - Beehaw
A place to discuss and support all things Steam Deck. Replacement for r/steamdeck_linux. As we don’t have flairs afaict, you can use these prefixes to indicate what type of post you have made, eg: [Flair] My post title The following is a list of suggested flairs: [Discussion] - General discussion. [...
I just wanted to share this since it can sometimes be hard to find communities on other servers. It’s still picking up steam (ha ha), but growing!
What are your EV charging habits?
I mostly charge up at home (240V receptacle and L2 EVSE), and I limited my charge to stop at 80%. I've heard competing ideas about if that's really necessary, but I usually drive <50mi each day, so I figured I don't need to full range anyway. When we're planning to take a trip or something with the car, I will charge fully the night before.
I beat Tears of the Kingdom last night and wanted to share a few thoughts (no spoilers)
First of all, that final battle was a wild ride! One of the phases took me a minute to figure out, but it was so much fun, and really connected with some of the unique themes of this entry.
I didn’t get nearly as close to 100% as I did in BotW. In the first game, I did every shrine and all of the side quests, but there is just so much more content to this game. I worried that if I tried to complete everything before the final battle, the game would overstay its welcome, and I would finish with a feeling of “just get it over with.”
I’ve actually found that sentiment to be true with a lot of larger games recently. I want to end on a high emotional note, even if it means completing less side content.
A FOSS Swift Library for Lemmy
github.com GitHub - rrainn/Lemmy-Swift-Client: A Swift client for Lemmy.
A Swift client for Lemmy. Contribute to rrainn/Lemmy-Swift-Client development by creating an account on GitHub.
For those who are interested in building iOS apps for Lemmy, I found really nice package for interfacing with the API. I’ve been playing around with it, and it’s very easy to use!
My first EV road trip - Chevy Bolt EUV
I took my first road trip with a 2023 Bolt EUV over the weekend and wanted to share my experience.
Basics
- Northeast USA
- Around 100mi (160km) each way
- Overnight stay with charging at destination
Since getting my car, I've been limiting its max charge to around 80%, as I usually don't drive more than 50mi (80km) in a day. Of course the night before this trip, I let it charge to 100% at home.
About 2/3 miles were on the interstate, so traveling around 70-75mph (120 km/h). My main curiosity was around efficiency loss at those speeds. I knew we'd have plenty of range buffer, but I was treating this trip as a trial run before we go for longer distances. We arrived at our destination with about 50% charge remaining, so there was definitely some efficiency loss, but nothing too drastic – my friend has a Nissan Leaf and warned me about highway speeds, but her experience seems more negative than mine was.
We arrived at our museum/destination with several Chargepoint stations, and m