uphillbothways

uphillbothways , 4 months ago to Technology in Stop putting your wet iPhone in rice, says Apple. Here’s what to do instead

Everyone knows the appropriate solution is drying the device in your microwave.
-brought to you by terrible advice duck or whatever

uphillbothways , 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to Memes in Such benefits. Very wow. Praise the almighty job creators.

If any of those "freely provided resources" can identify you, they're gonna tell hr about it, who will then find a way to fire you before your problems become their problems. That's the "early intervention" corporations are paying those services to provide.

uphillbothways , 5 months ago to 196 in coffee rule

Pan of water brought to boiling on the stove. Add grounds 30 seconds after removing from heat. Wait several minutes. Strain through fine mesh seive directly into cup.

No machine or dedicated apparatus required.

uphillbothways , 5 months ago to solarpunk memes in In this house, we believe

Problem is the majority of money is tied up overseas and in shit like the stock exchange, the insurance market, crazy real estate speculation and various other investments. If any decent portion of that gets leveraged back into material goods everyone trying to simply live is suddenly poor as fuck and starving to death. The value of money is based on so many assumptions it's unsound.

Not that you're wrong in practice, but there's nothing at guaranteeing that practice is stable and people's lives depend on that very stability.

uphillbothways , 7 months ago to 196 in A well-balanced rule

Plate of olives and a liter of beer used to be my go-to after work wind down snack.

uphillbothways , 8 months ago to Memes in Gambling is addictive

Approved for the use of Red Forman, instead of that dumbass.

uphillbothways , 9 months ago to Technology in Elon Musk Stormed Into the Tesla Office Furious That Autopilot Tried to Kill Him

Autopilot engineers in meeting: 'Oh, hi.... You're.... here.'

uphillbothways , 10 months ago to Memes in Ban dihydrogen monoxide

Dihydrogen monoxide isn't a good name for water, especially in this context. Hydroxic acid or hydrogen hydroxide make much more sense.
Water only splits into O2 and H2 under electrolysis, not due to acid/base chemistry. You have to be actively adding electrons. In solution, it dissociates into ion states as protons H+ and hydroxide OH-.

uphillbothways , 10 months ago to Lefty Memes in Two sides of a same coin

Political/Social power in the hands of:
The People = Democracy
The few = Dictatorship/Oligarchy/some variety of tyranny

Property/Economic power in the hands of:
The People = Socialism/Communism
The few = Capitalism

It's clear both belong in the hands of the people. That, as a species, we can only ever manage to get halfway is fucking bullshit.