Please feel encouraged to specify that this current trend mostly applies to USA.

In the end, Hamas did start the current war, and bears the main responsibility for the civilian deaths on both sides during it.

That’s… what do you mean by “current war”? The rest of that take is arguably not as clear cut as you think it is. Hamas bears the responsibility for killing 766 civilians. Israel bears the responsibility for killing 30 000 civilians. If you start counting on October 7th, that is. The way you are wording it seems veeeery apologetic of genocide. That it’s somehow not the responsibility of those perpetrating it, but instead those who (in your opinion) threw the first rock?

Funny you should mention that… Did you know that Israel has, on average, killed an equivalent of 9/11 every 10.6 days since October 7th, of which half are children?

Oh, and in terms of numbers, “as bad or worse than 9/11”… if you go by the numbers, it’s 766 civilians killed on October 7th vs 2600-3000 on 9/11. So, you’re not only off by a factor of 4 there, but you seem clueless how your analogy would look when describing Israels ongoing genocide.

Also, why not just use October 7th as a unit of reference. Israel has done an “October 7th”, on average, since then, every 3.2 days. And it’s still not a fair comparison, as it’s 50% children vs 5%.

Comparing Russia to Israel’s scale of war crimes is seriously cutting Israel some undeserved slack, even though it’d be a dumb contest of being the least shitty turd stain on humanity.

But… Maybe I’m the one being obtuse here. What was your point? Even though you pay for it either way, the difference for how that works out with taxes or direct expenses is the whole point of taxes

When someone says “college is free in most of Europe”. It’s wouldn’t be a counter argument to say “well, it’s not free is it, because its paid for with taxes”. The people who would (without it being “free”), need to pay for college themselves, are not in the position to possibly cover that cost (college funds are irrelevant). But, since a skilled labour force is important and a value to society, it should be covered by everyone.

Are you… Hm… Where to start… Do you know the concept of taxes?

Such a bad analogy. Only slightly better if he’d freeze most of it, and sell a tiny part at an inflated prize due to the scarcity.

Easy enough to convert it to a pen plotter. You can 3d print the attachment first, then use it to have it move a pen around with G-code.

Have you looked into home assistant? There is a pretty solid and mature community around you managing all these different smart systems yourself.

That said, in not sure this is relevant, I’m too sleepy to read all of what you wrote. Apologies

Happy to help. Good luck. I also noticed your username twice now, I wrote about the windows installer messing up my RAID system. Lemmy is a small world yet :) Have a good one.

I share the dislike of everything needing apps these days. The sony one was a little bit annoying because it seemed to have some paid products looking like normal features. It also occasionally turns on a feature that was quite annoying, where talking (even clearing your throat) would turn off noise cancelling and even amplify ambient noose. And I had to use the app to switch that feature off once a week.

The Momentum 4 works well without the app. It’s nice if you want to change the equaliser settings. I sometimes do as they have a preset for audiobooks/podcasts. And it’s been nice to confirm the effect of gestures you can do on the headphone (most moderns over the ear headphones have capasitive finger gestures on the flat side). Bluetooth works fine out of the box, and with it you can check battery power, switch tracks, volume, all of that stuff.

The only thing you really need the app for, is updating the headphone firmware, which you likely want to do, as they sometimes improve the notice cancelling, etc. Sidenote, that update took almost half an hour to complete, which is the longest firmware update I’ve ever seen. I havent checked if it is possible to update firmware using a computer and USB.

In any case. If it helps you out, I’m glad. Have a good one.

I’d personally recommend Sennheiser Momentum 4. I have that one, and a Sony WH-1000XM4. I think maybe the Sony has slightly better noise cancellation, but the M4 has better sound, and much better registration for when it is removed etc, so I only use that one. I’ve many times picked up the XM4 and it’s out of battery because it never turned itself of. That has never happened with the M4, and it’s super nice to be on the phone with someone, move the headphone from the right ear to talk to someone nearby, and it automatically mutes me. That kind of thing.

But, different budgets, different needs (I need over the ear for comfort, etc). Definitely don’t take my word for it though and just see if you can try them out in a store. Maybe also check the app they expect you to use, as you don’t find out if it sucks before you buy it otherwise.

Noise cancelling headphones is almost a medical aid when it comes to shopping. You don’t have to listen to any noises except ones you like, and, people are much less likely to bother you.

I would argue that you are completely right. But, it would surprise me if there isn’t a fairly strong correlation between the two (corelation!=majority). Living in a society where expected social interactions far exceed the comfort level can sure cause some anxiety.

All that said, if you are anxious to interact with another person with very fixed frames for the interaction (like a person working in a shop at the checkout counter (I don’t know the name)), then you have social anxiety and unlikely just being introverted.

How do you feel about unions?

As much as it is “the algorithm’s fault”, I also blame humans for being, broadly speaking, incredibly dumb and with bad taste. Whenever I happen upon the “what’s popular” view, it’s filled to the brim with everything void of anything thoughtful.

Sanders sure seemed to have the right mindset for most important issues. Would have loved to have seen that alternate reality in 2016.