[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

I agree with copyright in a sense that people should have a chance to profit from their ideas before it gets stolen, but you are right that it is way too long of a term. It stymies creativity when people can milk the same idea for many decades.

I would think for creative license like an idea for a cartoon or comic, 10-20 years is more than enough. Then they should try and make new characters or start competing with others trying to improve the character.

[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I pay most of my bills with my end of the month paycheck and the middle of the month paycheck is for necessities/savings/fun stuff. Mostly necessities/savings though.

[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 111 points 3 months ago

Stupid shape for a can too, tips over In a vehicles cup holder

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[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 93 points 4 months ago

Why is it that people who commit fraud for less than $10,000 get jail for decades but commit fraud for millions and you only lose your ability to do business in a single state for 3 years?

[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 83 points 4 months ago

It's perfectly fine to have a private vehicle with no license or registration. Drive it all you like on your own private personal property.

Get the fuck off our public roads though.

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Hello,

I am looking for some advice to help me out at my job. Apologies if this is the wrong place to ask.

So, basically my boss is a complete technophobe and all of our data is stored across multiple excel files in drop box and I'm looking for a way to change that into a centralized database. I know my way around a computer but writing code is not something I have ever been able to grasp well.

The main issue with our situation is that our workers are all completely remote, and no I don't mean work from home in the suburbs from a home office. They use little laptops with no data connection and go out gathering data every day from a variety of locations, sometimes not even cell coverage.

We need up to 20 people entering data all day long and then updating a centralized database at the end of the day when they get back home and have internet connection. It will generally all be new entries, no one will need to be updating old entries.

It would be nice to have some sort of data entry form in drop box and a centralized database on our local server at head office which pulls the data at the end of each day. Field workers would also need access to certain data such as addresses, contact info, maps, photos, historical data, etc. but not all of it. For example the worker in City A only needs access to the historical data from records in and around City A, and workers in City B only need access to records involving City B.

Is there any recommended options for software which can achieve this? It needs to be relatively user friendly and simple as our workers are typically biology oriented summer students, not programmers.

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Empty room, great Pyrenees dog on a dog bed in the corner beneath windows in a log cabin.

[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 107 points 6 months ago

A boomer I know blames young people being in house debt because "they all buy houses with quarts and granite counters, hardwood floors and heated tile floor bathrooms. They skip the starter homes and go right to the forever homes".

He doesn't consider the fact that no one is building starter homes anymore. Everything has heated tile floors, granite counters and hardwood floors because the contractors are demolishing all the older "starter" homes to build luxury houses and 55+ only condos to sell to boomers who throw all their money at it. There's no profit in building starter homes anymore.

[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 102 points 6 months ago

My top company that I will never give another dollar to is Adobe, as they forced me into a 1 year "contract" with a $200 cancellation fee after forgetting to cancel their one month discounted trial in time.

Other companies for myself include Dell, HP, and Canadian Tire.

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What companies will you never give another dollar to?

What happened that put them on your blacklist?

[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 85 points 7 months ago

As an outsider looking in I'm not so confident

[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 108 points 7 months ago

How is a person who can't manage their own meals and bedtime able to manage a company?

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Just trying to check "unread messages" despite no notifications indicating there are some, just to refresh the inbox and make sure there's nothing in limbo before notifications appear (not sure how the technicalities work).

If there are no new messages the app crashes. Can make it crash multiple times in a row. Works fine if there is a notification and unread messages present.

Device information

Sync version: v23.09.13-18:19    
Sync flavor: googlePlay    

View type: Slides    

Device: OnePlus9Pro    
Model: OnePlus LE2125    
Android: 13
[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 191 points 8 months ago

Lol

Literally the only time I use reddit now that my 3rd party app got fucked by spez is when I Google a problem and reddit pops up as the answer.

Will I ever go to reddit and search for my issue? Hell no because their search function is absolutely useless.

[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 125 points 8 months ago

What is more infuriating is the dog's leash doesn't look like it even has enough length for the dog to lie down.

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Had a hankerin'

And ya the egg was overdone ): that was disappointing.

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[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 81 points 11 months ago

Even removing a ceiling and windshield, $42,000 seems stupidly excessive.

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