[-] dan1101@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

We are all Virginia on this glorious day

[-] dan1101@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

I think if wages were higher people would have less problem parting with some of their income. But when living expenses are so close to net income it's tough.

[-] dan1101@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

You don't own the airspace over your property. The only way someone might get in trouble for flying a drone over your house is if they were looking in windows or harassing people somehow. Most pics from a drone aren't a lot different from satellite photography.

[-] dan1101@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Generally you stop every 2-4 hours to stretch your legs, go to the bathroom, get fuel, etc.

So if Google Maps says a drive takes 10 hours, I would factor at least another 1.5 hours for stops and a meal somewhere along the way. So 11.5 hours or so if you don't stay stopped too long. 0 miles per hour brings the average down quickly.

[-] dan1101@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago

Tom Scott, he has done a video every week for like 10 years. Sort of a science travel adventure nerd. His videos are generally short and interesting.

Veritasum - Science guy with some interesting topics

Donut Media - If you like cars, they do some interesting and funny things while not being complete asshats.

The Proper People - Abandoned places, nice videos and respectful exploration.

Cash Jordan - Gives tours of NYC apartments from tiny studio apartments up to multi-million dollar penthouses.

Geography Geek - A lot of interesting geography-related facts.

Knob Feel - Short and sweet reviews of various knobs.

Vice Grip Garage - If you are interested in how old cars are repaired and have lots of time, he has many ~1.5 hour videos of dragging old cars out of the bushes that haven't ran for 20 years, getting them mostly running, and driving them home.

Polyphonic - Interesting video essays about various music and musical artists.

[-] dan1101@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago

Generally NO, the only acceptable defacement of caves I've seen are bolts to accommodate rappelling down shafts. Of course with commercial caves they have to do quite a bit of defacement.

[-] dan1101@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

They are creating a bunch of traffic problems in cities like San Francisco where the driverless car companies are essentially allowed to beta test their vehicles on public streets. They stop in the middle of the road and block traffic and emergency vehicles. https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/driverless-taxi-cruise-waymo-18157172.php

[-] dan1101@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago

I could never be a wizard. Mess up code, get some error messages. Mess up a spell, get turned into a pile of goo, slaughtered by a demon, or transported to a hell dimension.

[-] dan1101@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Third-person shooters suck. The character model gets in the way of seeing and I don't need to see the super tacticool costumes. And the more decent third-person shooters switch to first-person for aiming down the sights anyway.

Cards in video games suck. Unless it's simulating a real card game. Otherwise we don't need powerup cards and such, use some other mechanic. My level 89 death knight doesn't need to be pulling cards out of his pockets.

Motion blur, vignetting, depth of field, lens flare, none of these should be the default. Show me the game world clearly.

[-] dan1101@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

The Ferris wheel doesn't go 2.5 miles deep underwater though. And you can sit there and watch successful trips on the Ferris wheel before you decide to risk it.

[-] dan1101@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Not really. After having been through some deaths and illnesses of people close to me, every normal day is a good day to me. No news is good news, I can live my life quietly and how I want.

As for success in life, if I take care of myself, try not to make things around me worse, and try to help others I'm pretty happy with that. In my work we make a few products from scratch so I feel like I contribute to society.

[-] dan1101@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Agreed except I'm not sure about "most. Maybe some.

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