danhasnolife

joined 1 year ago
 

This is an absolutely spectacular long form article from NYT that walks through small communities in mesopotamia, and how large political and economic changes have made them among the first to experience climate change as a life-threatening crisis. It also foreshadows water wars and how they could increasingly become a part of our political climate.

[–] danhasnolife@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

What could possibly be the value proposition here?

[–] danhasnolife@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Guinea is hard to find. Where in PA? That's where I'm at but I haven't heard of this place.

[–] danhasnolife@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm down! The more turn-based games the better. Final Fantasy tactics is one of the best games of all time

[–] danhasnolife@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Fascinating. This is way more buttoned up and controlled than I thought it would be.

[–] danhasnolife@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

I like the concept of being able to talk openly about mens' issues. That liberation name is unfortunate; in my opinion, it definitely sounds at least apologetic towards misogyny. What do we have to be liberated from?

[–] danhasnolife@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

First whole bean coffee? Oh man, welcome to the good stuff.

No matter what coffee purists tell you, the single best change to my daily coffee quality of life was simply going from ground to grinding fresh whole beans every morning. I will never go back.

[–] danhasnolife@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Surprisingly melancholy comic.

[–] danhasnolife@lemmy.world 99 points 1 year ago

They can't even do bullshit PR correctly. You do the listening tour before the steady stream of unpopular decisions that go against the feedback you just collected.

[–] danhasnolife@lemmy.world 136 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (9 children)

-Password crackdown

-Removal of Basic Plan

-Aggressive advertising to up-package

-Focus on 1-3 years of low-budget 'reality' TV

Yikes. Netflix is hellbent on extracting maximum revenue possible, regardless of how shitty their product gets in the meantime.

[–] danhasnolife@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

Quite a few. I grew up in a conservative, racist family. It took me a long time to unwind the problematic casual phrases I grew up with. I'm not proud of it, and I occasionally cringe looking backwards. I realize now the tremendous weight and damage those phrases could do. Now I just try to be better day by day, and to make sure I don't perpetuate those damaging habits in my own children.

[–] danhasnolife@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Good points. I guess I was thinking about it from the stereotypical "adult gamer with disposable income" perspective. Not those gamer's kids.

[–] danhasnolife@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You say "used to". Has it been overfished?

 

For transparency, I only signed up for a Discover card recently because they had a 15 month 0% balance transfer promotion, which is what I've been looking for. In general it's seemed like their rewards were not outstanding and you had to deal with potentially not having the card accepted elsewhere.

My receiving bank botched the transfer and the funds were missing for a bit. Discover was excellent -- every time I called there was a minimal wait for a U.S. based customer support agent that I could understand clearly and was knowledgeable about the situation. I was surprised.

I get that you may go years without ever needing to contact support, but it definitely quickly made a difference for me.

 

I am using a Savor One as my daily driver. It's an excellent card and the 3% in groceries and dining covers two of my largest spend categories so it's a great fit.

However, I still feel as though I'm leaving a lot on the table for everything else that only gets 1%. I am currently using a secondary Venmo Visa -- mainly because I needed VISA exposure for costco. It's an aesthetically pretty card but the lack of authorized users and only being able to manage the account inside the app are pretty big hindrances for me. I don't think I'm going to stick with it.

Any recommendations for a complementary daily driver? I know I should just consider the WF Autograph but I REALLY hesitate to work with them just on principle.

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