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Cake day: June 23rd, 2023

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  • I agree that the main reason for them is to prevent breaking your neck in an accident. But I have to ask… Why not make something that allows for both? Surely we can make something that helps ease our neck and shoulder muscles for long drives and prevent us from snapping our necks in a car accident from in front or back of us. No?










  • TehBamski@lemmy.worldOPtoGifs@lemmy.worldSpooky season has me doin'
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    5 days ago

    I’m sorry. I meant to ask why they cannot achieve such a level of energy. We all have things that limit us in some way. Sometimes, it’s a mental block. But forgive my one great one. You are clearly right. I have made a fool of myself for not knowing the ‘simple’ fact of the matter. Forgive me oh great @DarkCloud. I am not perfect like you are.








  • Here’s what I came up with.

    Using Meredith Kopit-Levien’s annual pay from the New York Times, at $10.2 million (as stated in the graph.) Then pluging in the 36% raise she was ‘given’ in 2024(?) and divide by 600 Times Tech Guild members. The following is what I got.

    Base salary: $10.2 million 36% of $10.2 million = $10.2 million × 0.36 = $3.672 million $3.672 million ÷ 600 = $6,120 per person

    Current average salary: $158,000 (using what was stated in the graph) Potential raise: $6,120 Percentage increase = ($6,120 ÷ $158,000) × 100 = 3.87%

    So if the value of the 36% raise ($3.672 million) were distributed equally among the 600 guild members: Each member would receive a $6,120 raise This would represent approximately a 3.87% increase to their current average salary.


  • a Dell OptiPlex 5040 that I saved from the dumpster at work because I’m a cheapskate.

    You are absolutely not a cheapskate for doing that. That’s being resourceful. You save money that way and can put it towards other things that matter more. Nothing wrong with that. Why spend a few hundred dollars for a new laptop/desktop when you can just get one used that will run for another 2-4 years before it dies?