By: ResearcherZero
@JohnKnowsNothing We already have auto-switch for the farm. The fishing shack just has a little petrol portable generator, and it’s locked in the shed so it doesn’t get stolen when no one is there....
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@JohnKnowsNothing Farmers are starting to put on a little too much weight. Everyone has a pot gut and lap-band surgery is becoming more common. I don’t know who to congratulate at parties anymore, so I...
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“Which means that, as often as not, the problem is to do with people rather than technology, even [if] it appears otherwise.” ‘https://blog.glyph.im/2024/02/let-me-tell-you-a-secret.html The right...
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@JohnKnowsNothing My father-in-law complains the sprinklers are not working, then demands to be shown that they are. After explaining that the sprinklers automatically start at night, he then requires...
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@ResearcherZero, All re The “I’m smarter; I know more than You” is a techie problem It’s not uncommon to run into situations as you describe, water timers are notoriously unfriendly and local watering...
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@ AL, “I’m tired of getting gaslighted by this government.” One of the joys of the current US two part two party system is that saying “this government” can mean one of several things about where the...
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@AL At least Gizmodo still retains a sense of humor about this; after the first two paras I get a teaser: Related Content – Denis Villeneuve Had a Blast Building the Dune Lego and don’t ask me how I...
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I hope that 2024 is treating everyone well. We are doing OK by doing good. I may not have released enough bile over the brainwashing that capitalism is good and communism is bad. They both are going to...
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@Clive Faux piety Re: americaneedsfatima, eight-false-types-of-piety-and-how-to-avoid-them [1] I remember what unifies all these Catholic “piety” sermons: There is never enough piety, never. You are...
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