i’m gonna bite the bullet tonight and go binhost on my machine.
jecxjo
Born a sconie right on Lake Michigan, lived in Iowa for a handleful of years for college, then moved to Sota where I live currently. Software Engineer for 20+ years, Ham Radio Operator, lover of retro gaming, old time radio and the outdoors.
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Between that and never having the money to upgrade my computer I finally had to give up Gentoo after nearly 20 years of use. I keep wanting to go back but its just too painful and I just can’t bite the bullet to do a binary install.
To be fair, your SO is so old they don’t know what a meme is. Maybe in a few more years they will catch up to the rest of us
jecxjo@midwest.socialto You Should Know@lemmy.world•YSK: Regulations don't exist because governments like them...English5·2 days agoYour response is exactly why blanket rules are needed. You’re objecting about wearing safety equipment because you don’t feel like you need it. Maybe sometimes you don’t but allowing it to be a choice means that some moron is going to say they never need it. What is worse is that the one moron not being safe puts the rest of the team in danger. I used to work in the Oil and Gas industry and there were so many situations where someone getting injured meant someone else would have to extract them from the dangerous situation which then put the rescue team in danger. Personal choice isn’t cool when you’re then making everyone else’s lives worse.
For 30 minutes every 2 weeks, how often do you inspect your hard hats? Do you know how long they are supposed to be in circulation before being removed? Do they have the appropriate documentation for inspection and replacement? I’m willing to bet that with such a small amount of use none of that is a thing for you and your team. Hard hats wear out due to sun and temperature exposure long before they actually “look worn out”. I’d see all of the guys on the pipelines and wells have hard hats and flame retardant clothes replaced on a regular bases and then we’d have the guys who came in the service the water tanks that were run by a 3rd party contractor who had all old equipment because we were their only client for the type of situation that actually needed PPE.
jecxjo@midwest.socialto You Should Know@lemmy.world•YSK: Regulations don't exist because governments like them...English12·2 days agoThat is a great example.
What happens when that crew is called to work next week where there are trees? Without that rule some businesses would skip buying PPE all together and say “screw it, it’s just one day what could happen?” Or they might have PPE that no one takes care of. Someone forgets theirs and no one stops them from working. If you have ever watched an OSHA safety video you know most work place deaths are due to being lazy or stupid.
Most businesses only cares about how much money you make and how much money you cost. That is why we need regulations even when you think they are a pointless waste.
jecxjo@midwest.socialto News@lemmy.world•The federal minimum wage is officially a poverty wage in 2025English10·4 days agoWhat’s even more disturbing is when you think of how much savings would be needed to weather the storm. If your car is totalled and you had to find something, one of the adult loses their job and you have to cover a month or three of life. We are talking tens of thousands of dollars.
But maybe even worse is how quickly that can be replaced. If shit hits the fan and you survived, how long are you vulnerable? Two years? A decade of saving?
When you look at the top 10% of society there just aren’t that many problems that could cause them to be homeless in 24hrs.
jecxjo@midwest.socialto News@lemmy.world•The federal minimum wage is officially a poverty wage in 2025English30·4 days agoI always liked the definition of financially stable to be at a state where you can weather two major life events at the same time and not be devastating. Replace a vehicle and pay your max out of pocket for health insurance at the same time.
What we find is that so many of us are one bad day away from doom.
my mind went a completely different way.
jecxjo@midwest.socialtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world•Something something avocado toastEnglish3·5 days agoA lot of us in the Midwest say BFI, with I being Iowa. Think it has more to do with none of us wanting to be in Iowa.
jecxjo@midwest.socialto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Anybody else annoyed by news headlines being predominantly clickbaity now?English2·6 days agoomg do i hate that. especial those commentators who want to claim something was politically devastating when we all know no one gave a shit.
jecxjo@midwest.socialto Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Trump, in blue, sleeping at Pope Francis' funeralEnglish12·7 days agoKarma police arrest this man
jecxjo@midwest.socialto Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Religions have some of the wackiest rulesEnglish20·8 days agoSo there is that story in Genesis where the sons of Jacob have an army of 318 men circumcised so they could follow their religion.
Just think they probably put then into a pile, a small little mountain of foreskins.
jecxjo@midwest.socialto News@lemmy.world•Trump unveiling 2028 campaign hats: ‘Soft launching a fascist dictatorship is insane’English3·8 days agomost dictators are unalived before that happens.
i switched when phones dropped the jack but just recently went USB to 3.5mm. Sadly both are crap.
Honestly I’m going to look into a media device again.
jecxjo@midwest.socialto politics @lemmy.world•Trump is “desperate” to make a deal—China isn’t, analysts sayEnglish6·10 days agoThat reminds me of an article from back in the late 90’s or early 00’s about how much of the money he did make came from other people using him basically. They would talk him into projects and make him think it was his idea. He was such an easy mark and now we are starting to see it. Simply making fun of him will cause him to double down, major ass kissing will make him like you.
jecxjo@midwest.socialto politics @lemmy.world•Trump is “desperate” to make a deal—China isn’t, analysts sayEnglish18·10 days agoIt makes more and more sense that he failed to keep a casino afloat.
I dated a free radical once. Nothing but broken bonds left in her wake.