And he targeted Democrats.

Computer CD-ROM drives were commonly available at speeds up to 48x (24,000 RPM).

“I’m telling you, Molotov cocktails work. Any time I had a problem, and I threw a Molotov cocktail, boom! Right away, I had a different problem.” — Jason Mendoza, The Good Place

I dunno, maybe $1000-$2000, give or take? However much it costs for a couple to, say, drive from Atlanta to a Florida panhandle beach town for a week, staying in a mid-priced hotel, eating mostly casual dining plus a few overpriced but not fancy seafood dinners, and budgeting for a few activities like mini golf or a dolphin tour or whatever.

(Even that is more modest than the example I gave about my parents: they were doing things like flying to Cancun and staying at all-inclusive resorts in their 20s and 30s.)

In contrast, the “vacations” I actually have taken have either been staycations, tagging along with my parents or the in-laws on their trips for free, traveling to attend somebody’s wedding, or (if we’re actually paying for it ourselves)… camping. Not “glamping,” either – in a tent at a National Forest backcountry campsite for $0/night.

To be clear, I’m not saying that I can’t cover a $2000 expense if I have to. I’m just saying that I’ve never felt wealthy enough to be comfortable spending that much money on something that isn’t a necessity or an investment.

That’s the thing that gets me about the “but I want to live in a single-family house, not an apartment” people: it’s like, sure, that’d be fine if you were willing to actually pay for the true cost of it instead of forcing society to subsidize your lifestyle!

If it relies on Chromium as a base in any way, it is still beholden to Google’s design decisions.

All I know is that I’m allegedly “middle-class” and I’ve never felt like I’ve been able to “afford” a vacation in my entire adult life. Certainly nothing like what my Boomer parents talk about having done when they were my age.

Oklahoma

here in the south

From my perspective here in GA, y’all are Southwest or Midwest or something. Or supposed to still belong to the Native Americans, for that matter.

It’s good to be the king

Do real “middle-class” people have enough money to pay those exorbitant prices even for a few days, at this point? I mean, if the people being displaced by this stuff were themselves also going on vacation and inflicting the same issue on locals elsewhere that’d be one thing, but I’m not convinced that’s the case.

I suppose you also have to be careful not to make your dirt roads too janky or else they become fun for the 4x4 folks and mountain bikers (and yes, I’m speaking for myself in both cases). It always sucks when a trail gets closed because too many users and/or inconsiderate users tore it up too much.

Alt-text has been a feature of HTML since the beginning, or very close to it – as in, in addition to accessibility it was initially important for understanding what images were showing before they loaded in over your dial-up modem. Lemmy Markdown supporting it isn’t an unusual feature either, AFAIK; what’s unusual is how many users here are actually motivated to fill it in.

Having good wireless coverage (even cellular, let alone wi-fi) in national parks implies a level of development that such parks should not have. I mean, sure, they’re not “wilderness” (in the US park taxonomy sense), but still…

I’m pretty sure it’s current events and analysis of them from e.g. climate scientists, fascism experts and Legal Eagle on Youtube that are making it sound like the end is nigh to me. Lemmy is just where I discuss it.

Automatically adding captions for pictures whose uploaders fail to do it manually (something which I am almost always guilty of, BTW) would actually be a worthwhile use of AI.

I think the difference between “targeted” and “contextual” is an important one to make re: privacy. “Targeted” means they’re tracking you and using your characteristics to customize the ads; “contextual” means they’re just showing ads related to the search term.

• Brave is based on Chromium and therefore helps contribute to Google having hegemony over web standards.

Always use a Firefox-based browser, even if you think Mozilla sucks.

slrpnk.net: the instance that enforces mandatory grass-touching breaks. 🌱 😎 🌱

It’s not even that; it’s just a symptom of wealth inequality. Think about it: who are all these tourists and landlords, and why are they able to afford to outcompete the locals for the properties in the first place?

Thank you for consolidating all the Mastodon toots into a single comment and removing the @s.