overview for stephen

Getting 'laid off' probably sounds pretty sexy to someone who doesn't know what it actually means in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

[–] stephen 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Being laid into? Personal preference.

A fifth of California homes are investor-owned as state’s affordability crisis deepens – report in c/usnews@beehaw.org

[–] stephen 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'd guess it's not as bad as it is in CA, but this is starting to happen in my neighborhood in Portland, OR.

Houses are getting more expensive, so sellers are getting more and more offers from wealthy investors buying them to rent them out. Since people can't afford a home, they go ahead and rent the house (at least around us).

Its a bummer because the rent continually increases, so folks typically cannot stay there for too many years. For the renters, the rent is around what a mortgage payment would be at current interest rates, so they're not saving a lot of money.

The house across the street was sold when mortgage rates were ~3%, so the owners are making a good amount on the house. I just happen to hate that it's ruining our neighborhood, and I'd like more families with kids to move on to our street.

I homemade a 7ft trellis for my lemon squash and it still wasn't enough in c/greenspace@beehaw.org

[–] stephen 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Send it up and over to the other side. Free lemon squash for your neighbor!

GrapheneOS app sandboxing in c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

[–] stephen 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

For the calendar specifically, you could use something like DAVx5 to sync your calendar onto your phone. Then, Google Calendar would only be displaying the calendar that’s already sync’d to your phone, and you could revoke network permissions from Google Calendar.

Otherwise, for a program that transmits a bunch of data whenever it connects to the internet you don’t have a way to finely control that.

I haven’t use a DNS filter on GrapheneOS before, but that might be able to block specific connections.

Trump announces tariffs of 30% on the European Union, starting August 1. in c/europe@feddit.org

[–] stephen 2 points 3 weeks ago

🌮

"Hey Google, play thunderstorm sounds." in c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

[–] stephen 2 points 3 weeks ago

Alternatively, just make a version of the file that's 6-8 hours log and play that every night...

Pam Bondi denies knowing Ice agents wore masks during raids despite video evidence in c/usnews@beehaw.org

[–] stephen 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

ICE would fucking love this type of escalation.

No one gets my toilet reference. in c/funny@lemmit.online

[–] stephen 1 points 1 month ago

I guess they don’t know how to use the shells…

U.S. Will ‘Aggressively’ Revoke Visas of Chinese Students, Rubio Says in c/nyt_gift_articles@sopuli.xyz

[–] stephen 1 points 2 months ago

So what are they doing now if not agressively revoking visas?!

What hills are you dying on? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] stephen 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

For the “Midwest”, in my opinion:

Ohio is in the Midwest (or at least the places you can order “pop”…maybe this isn’t a thing in Ohio…I don’t know…Ohio sucks…Go Blue)
North/South Dakota shouldn’t be
Kansas shouldn’t be
Nebraska shouldn’t be

Tesla Reportedly Has $800 Million Worth of Cybertrucks That Nobody Wants in c/cars@lemmy.world

[–] stephen 21 points 2 months ago

Cut to the Trump administration buying them all for $250,000 each.

School vacations vs work vacations in weeks in c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

[–] stephen 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So you admit the plot is poorly done and still decided to share it here for some reason?!