incogtino

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[–] incogtino 11 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

"Although FBI file reviews are standard for presidential cabinet candidates..."

I don't disagree with you, but this is a non-story. The committee asks for and receives this information as a matter of course

[–] incogtino 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Needs an extra panel for LMFAO where the last panel shows a slight exhalation through the nose

[–] incogtino 3 points 2 days ago

Inflation hits the most vulnerable the hardest. Their incomes and savings are eroded directly by inflation

Those who already own houses or are mainly invested in stocks are able to weather inflation long term (while being affected short term by higher interest interest rates on debt)

If inflation is still high, and unemployment not rising, in who's interest would we lower rates?

Is it such a bad thing for home borrowers (which is who we're really talking about) to have less disposable income while preserving the purchasing power of those who at best would like to buy, or at worst are already living paycheck to paycheck on minimum wage?

[–] incogtino 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I like this song, but not everyone does

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=boKihmOqypc

[–] incogtino 4 points 2 weeks ago

I cringe if I hear someone use a hard Z

[–] incogtino 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It also reminds me of Requiem for a Dream in that I don't want to ever watch it again

[–] incogtino 6 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

I browse by new, so I often see the spam advertising and bad faith garbage (Logic_&_Ethics anyone?) so I just block liberally

I literally don't know what I'm missing

ETA: I also don't have a language set, so if I see a foreign language community with no English posts or comments I'll just block it

[–] incogtino 4 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

2 instances

175 users

515 communities

[–] incogtino 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Starting at 9000USD I'd expect a good ebike, but then I'm not a mountain biker so maybe that's just what you pay

[–] incogtino 5 points 1 month ago

I thought reading The Grapes of Wrath was like watching Requiem for a Dream - I'm glad I did it once, and I will never do it again

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There are about 6 pages.dev domains spamming lemmy.world communities

The volume is definitely inorganic, and is across a wide range of communities

pages.dev is Cloudflare's site hosting which can be used for free - there are likely many legitimate sites that use that domain, but the current flood is suspicious

chronicleresolve.pages.dev

thefreedomproject.pages.dev

versarch.pages.dev

dailypulse.pages.dev

newssphere-6fu.pages.dev

iniko.pages.dev

miniza.pages.dev

orino.pages.dev

 

I want to set up a 'home phone' network for the kids in a couple of different households. The kids are too young to have their own phones, but are currently dependent on parents to contact each other in the way we did when we were kids

My idea at the moment is to set up an old Android phone on the wifi in each house with messenger or similar, then uninstall all other internet apps and lock down the play store

Does this sound like the best option? If there a better tool that is still cheap/free and will be relatively safe for the kids to use unattended?

 

An unimportant mystery

 

I recently travelled to Vietnam and was looking at exchange rates for some leftover cash.

I noticed a huge swing last week (June 26) where the value of the VND basically doubled for a couple of hours (see the chart in the link). This change is reflected across multiple currencies, so it appears to have been a real event.

I looked at the 10 year chart and this is not a regular occurrence. Does anyone know what happened or how I would find out?

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