glimse 5h ago • 100%
I think lawyers actually charge per 15 minutes
glimse 11h ago • 100%
Not when you have a video matrix and 14 zones of audio all at a central rack!
glimse 14h ago • 100%
I love that it's a really subtle reference and not like, the LEGO logo. That makes stuff more special in my opinion
glimse 14h ago • 100%
Had a client once in a high rise condo who NEEDED his TV in a weird spot and to get data and video to it, we had to hire someone to cut a 30' long, 3" wide, and 1/2" deep channel across the concrete ceiling. Insane amount of work for such little benefit.
The building wouldn't let them cut any deeper so we had to GLUE high strength cat6 down it and cover it with some special mud. Also, it was a 75" TV hung off a single-stud, single-arm articulating mount. He had to sign a waiver for that one
glimse 3d ago • 100%
Kind of a useless image since it doesn't help visualize anything really. I can't even think of a format that it world make sense on since those surveyed answered yes to multiple things
glimse 3d ago • 75%
Maybe... I've heard some absolutely awful soundbars. They trade sound quality for volume
Somewhat related: I think the Sony and Samsung ones are an upgrade but that's a low bar and they sound like shit for the price.
I haven't heard on all, but the Sonos Arc/Beam/Playbar are the only (all-in-one) soundbars I've heard that I would say sound great.
glimse 3d ago • 100%
Funny but what does this have to do with US authoritarianism? Why post it here
glimse 3d ago • 100%
Honestly one of the best Lemmy features I've seen since joining. I save so many posts and comments with links (comments are included, right?) to read later and then I just forget.
glimse 3d ago • 75%
I'm not saying it's incorrect but a least two of these logos are wrong and reduces my trust in the reporting
glimse 3d ago • 100%
I read the text before the post title and thought it was some witchymemes joke rant about people stereotyping witches which would have been kinda funny. A shame that she's serious.
glimse 3d ago • 100%
Those are beans
glimse 4d ago • 97%
Sorry for the reddit link but it's pretty funny. OP's responses are really good
glimse 4d ago • 100%
You know what they say...
If you're met one autistic person....you've met one autistic person
glimse 4d ago • 100%
I also have some hearing issues and struggle with accents over the phone. It's never an issue in-person but I dread getting someone with a thick Indian accent when I call a company. Less because it's frustrating and moreso because I feel bad about it. It's MY fault I'm having trouble understanding and their boss for hiring them to that position.
Ironically, an Indian accent does for me what English accents do for a lot of people. I love the way it sounds
glimse 4d ago • 68%
You do not know what you're talking about. The $50 no name soundbar from Walmart might not be an improvement but soundbars from Sonos (and others) are MAJOR upgrades.
A surround sound system will likely sound better (again not the $100 combo pack from Walmart) but requires placing speakers in the proper places...which most people do not even do
glimse 4d ago • 100%
I wouldn't say I "believed" but I tried it with an open mind expecting SOMETHING to happen. I borrowed some expensive headphones from the audio production department at school, got relaxed in my bed with a couple candles going, plugged into my nice DAC and.....all I got was bored. I went through like 10 different tracks. Quite the disappointing experience.
glimse 4d ago • 100%
Yeah, there's a lot of solar companies around here now so I'm getting quotes from several to compare.
One caveat I should have added is that I have no idea if any of them have home batteries which definitely affects both the lease fee and your usage of utility electricity (no/small battery = paying for electricity at night). I am hoping to get a battery that will cover the essentials for at least 3 days but I don't know if it's cost-prohibitive
glimse 4d ago • 100%
Mashed potatoes. Pre cook and scoop out little dollops. The top will crisp up a bit when baked and it's so good
glimse 4d ago • 100%
You just give a shit about letting everyone know that you don't give a shit that you don't know him at least
I don't know why stuff like this keeps me up at night but let's pretend you just won some obscene amount and there's a lot of people you'd like to set up for life. Let's say after taxes you have $300m in your account You can give someone up to 18k a year without incurring a gift tax and while that'd definitely be a nice bump to their income, you still have way more money than you know what to do with. So what's the smartest way to hook them up? A couple of options I've considered are: 1. Give them a lump sum of $X million. They eat the taxes the first year and handle the savings themselves. 2. Create a company and hire them to "work" one hour a month for a big salary. If you put $25m in an account, the interest covers the salary. They get a steady bonus income with the added bonus of getting the best insurance available. Is that legal? 3. Set up a "shared" checking account they can use to pay for...whatever. But would these expenses count towards the gift tax? I do not know. 4. Buy houses and let them live there rent-free. I don't really like this one because I don't want to be a lord to my friends and family. For the record, I did not win the lottery. I don't even play it. I'm just working out the details in a fantasy world for some reason
The MediaBiasFactChecker bot leaves comments that I like to see so I don't want to block it....but it's designed for how the browser version of Lemmy handles spoilers. It says "(click to view the whole report)" which expands the multiline comment. On Connect, the entire spoiler section shows up (but blacked out, of course). Honestly I prefer the way Connect handles it now but I don't expect the bot maker to change their formatting to cater to just one app so an option for it would be awesome
There used to be rounded rectangles around each post, now there's nothing separating it from the following post. I tried changing the colors and it's still gone. Full Width had a bar between them so I'll use that for now...but I kind of miss the Card view showing cards
I don't browse reddit anymore but when searching for solutions to various problems, many times I end up on a reddit thread with the answers. I haven't posted or commented since the exodus but I almost always have a red notification icon. And every time curiosity gets the better of me and I click it, it's a reply to a comment I left years ago. I usually mark it as read and ignore it but last night curiosity got the better of me and I looked at the user's profile....lots of comments, all on ancient posts. If they're bots, I'm actually kind of impressed. They'd be good and relevant comments if they were posted when the thread was active. I searched for some of the unique replies and the only result was the comment in question so it's not just copying replies. I just checked again while posting this and have a new reply - a question about a game tip I posted. So is it someone farming 1 comment at a time or a sophisticated LLM? I'm leaning the latter but like I said.... it's an impressive one. If I didn't know that reddit was full of bots, I wouldn't have even questioned it. Anyone else have the same "issue"?
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A low budget film from Joel Haver. I kind of ignored his feature length uploads after not liking one I saw before but I was surprised by how much I liked this. The premise is very unique and the characters are well-written. Worth a watch!
Hello everyone, We are nearing the end of my first TTRPG campaign and in a few weeks, the DM is starting a homebrew. I joined this one half way through and a friend slapped together most of my level 7 character for me, a basic fighter. For this new campaign I'm hoping to have "more to do" in and out of battle so I'm looking for class advice. I want to play a support class but I've been feeling overwhelmed by the class options. All I know is that I want it to be beginner-friendly support that can heal but also do more - like damage, buffs, or debuffs. Doesn't have to be all 3! The group gave me a few suggestions but there was so much back and forth about how complicated they are, I thought I'd pose the question here. Can someone help point me in the right direction on a simple support? Any help would be appreciated!
[Link to post](https://lemmy.world/post/15138177)
My preferred way to browse here is using All and blocking communities I don't want to see. That way I get exposed to new things I wouldn't seek out on my own (for example: British archaeology) I accidentally blocked a community while trying to block a user and when I went to unblock it, I saw I had 1250 communities filtered. If I had to guess, 90% are either porn, sports, or anime. What about you?
I'm not sure if this counts as a "patient gamer" because I played them to death years ago...but I've been playing both again recently and they're just perfect little games with a ton of replayability. They're not retro (FTL 2012, ITB 2018) but they're old enough to regularly go on sale which is great! Highly recommended if you like roguelite strategy games. If you have any similar games to suggest, please leave a comment. I'm sure there's tons of great strategy games I've missed over the years
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Both artists are considered "art-pop" Kind of a weak connection but man...I've loved the posts but someone had to get us away from space-related songs!
I was messing around on Bing trying to generate animals camouflaging into various environments but never spit out what I had in mind. It did, however, expose me to furry porn despite my prompt not requesting it. Some other examples (not including the aforementioned one because I don't want to get banned lol):   
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Connection: it's a song about Satan The link has 2 songs but I couldn't find this song on its own. "I'm So Tired Of You" is the first thing they play
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The moon has a strong influence on the tides
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Supersoakers are (usually) filled with water New album coming out soon too!!
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It's not living a lie if you're not living at all. Connection: Villain Mode is about living a lie
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Of course she's not there....There Is No There! The Books were a project by Nick Zammuto and Paul de Jong, two very different musicians who found common ground in their appreciation for strange production and "found sound" sampling. They amicably split after a decade of making music together to pursue solo projects but neither has released anything in the past 5+ years. I've seen them live 3 times and would do it again if they did a reunion tour
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Rising Sun to Rising Son Sunsick to Sonsick Does that count as a pun?
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I'm gonna my gift horse to the old town road
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Old Black Devil This is a fun community. I'm gonna spice things up with a personal challenge after this post to only link songs that are less than a decade old.