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[–] Bgugi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Adjusting for inflation, that $1 is closer to $11. A preppy and half a ten pack of platinum black carts would be around $13.50 at US pen retailers, so not too bad overall.

That said, these are a small quantity novelty import. JDM you can get the preppy and a full ten pack for 900 JPY, or about $6.

[–] Bgugi@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

They'll usually be so surprised they'll look up from their phone and realize their dog is fighting!

[–] Bgugi@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Oh good, the ad worked.

[–] Bgugi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

It looks like federation replicators do not replicate ANYTHING alive...

Which means chicken sushi is on the menu!

[–] Bgugi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Okay but... Municipalities dont pay for capex beyond the install. Install costs are under 3k each, so less than $300M total?

Vs solar at around $70B per year.

Even if they were footing the bill, do you really think these cameras cost $2M each?

[–] Bgugi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

ITT: "God I'm sick of getting stabbed in the spleen".

"You should try unlimited free blowjobs instead!"

"I don't know, the last seven buildings I went into with 'unlimited free blowjobs' signs also stabbed me in the spleen"

"OH, those weren't real unlimited free blowjobs. No real unlimited free blowjobs has ever existed. You need to watch more porn."

[–] Bgugi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Cool, but not the argument presented.

[–] Bgugi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

The title of the article is ignorantly misleading, and the core paper is intentionally misleading. They very explicitly state that their grading is not based on dose or exposure, only on detection with a threshold of 1 ppm. The fun thing about positive/negative testing is that if you have a sensitive enough test you can find just about anything.

There's a good reason they're not naming-and-shaming: this study was performed by the "nonprofit arm" of the company "million marker." Their products include similar scattergun tests trying to take advantage of people, particulalry vulnerable couples experiencing fertility issues. Their website is full of pseudoscientific and tautalogical claims, implying health benefits while being careful not to promise anything: "The good news is that if you follow our recommendations and eliminate the sources of exposure, you can dramatically decrease your exposure levels." Their "services" also include elimination coaching: naming products to avoid undermines the core message of the study: "this problem is EVERYWHERE... and only we can help."

[–] Bgugi@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Flock has installed about 100k units with 45w of solar capacity, for about 5MW of capacity.

The US is installing about 7GW of new solar quarterly.

[–] Bgugi@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Looking forward to the same models of tire being sold as "California competition" skus.

[–] Bgugi@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (13 children)

It doesnt look like returning the devices has to be immediate or convenient. Heres my proposed plan:

Ban devices entirely. Any item discovered gets confiscated, labeled, and placed in a bin in the office (achieving the "secure" location requirement of the bill.) Students are permitted to label their item. Items are available for pickup weekly at the end of a district-wide midday "value of education" parental education session.

Labelmaker: ~$200/school

Labels: $0.01/item

2 hrs labor weekly: 38×2×$50=$3800/district/year

Value of inconveniencing parents enough to care: priceless.

[–] Bgugi@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Didn't want to state a blanket "can" - these types of laws vary in a lot of places.

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