I get where you’re going with this but it’s not that dumb IMO, the maximum penalty absolutely is dumb.

If a person can barely cycle and obviously is drunk on a bike I think it’s fair to assume that they’re a danger to others so it should be illegal but the police shouldn’t be breathalysing everyone.

With tweaks to the law I think it’s fine:

1. Allow 0.3 instead of 0.15 so you can have two drinks and ride a bike. Bikes go a lot slower so the reaction time requirement is not the same.

2. Removing driving license for a non-traffic violation doesn’t make sense, it disproportionately affects those that have licenses.

3. The fine and jailtime is ludicrous. Add in recklessly riding a bike for those such as riding too fast past pedestrians and jailtime for seriously injuring someone like breaking their leg or something.

Generally you want people to ride a bike instead of driving a car when drinking, it’s a lot safer for everyone but still discourage it enough so people consider taking public transportation. If people walk their bike through crowds and then ride along empty streets just let them.

Bottom line, it’s a good idea, but horrible execution.

Bacchus is very fond of the alcoholic/drug addict protagonist of Disco Elysium, Harry DuBois because he’s the god of drinking and parties.

You just need to find a hobby that you can do at work. Can be reading books, making music, playing video games, watching TV shows, chess etc.

Working on some hobby coding project could also be fun. When work is slow I work on an HTTP client that’s terminal based.

Also check if you can go out for a haircut or do misc errands and with enough excuses you could put a gym workout while at work. Maybe you say you have a dentist or a doctors appointment but go to the gym instead. Kids are also a great excuse like “my kid is sick today so I’m going to pick him up and leave early” and you just go to the gym and do groceries.

If I had that type of situation I’d play tons of video, right now I’d play factorio and go to the gym. I might also see if there are some nice people at work that I can schedule a meeting with to just banter.

That’s a question that is very hard to answer. Dogs have a similar-ish brain structure but there’s a good chance you need a massive prefrontal cortex to have a chance of getting autism.

It’s a sin doing that to an elote.

I’m going to say “The prince” by Machiavelli. The modern title would be “How to play power games and hold onto power” or something. The content is nice and solid but it’s clear he should have hired an editor. His sentences are longer than most paragraphs.

The advice in the book is outdated to be fair. He essentially says “use money to make money instead of your time” and recommends getting on the housing ladder and using the fact that upgrading houses doesn’t cost capital gains.

Never read it, but what I’ve heard it’s wishful thinking combined with a self-fulfilling prophecy. Like “I manifested getting a healthy body so I started eating healthy and going to the gym so the Secret works”. The manifest part in completely optional but I can see it helping some people.

The main point of the book could have been summarised up in an email. I listened to it as an audio book just to know what it’s about and it’s just “communism bad” mixed with everything Margaret Thatcher could masturbate to.

That will be labeled as “other” in those cases

It’s the year of the Linux desktop

Meanwhile Microsoft makes the start menu with React

I just at ~/projects it contains a boat load of stuff including my Neovim and bash stuff.

Guys, use GNU Stow + git for your configs shit’s good.

Gonna leave this here for those who need it. It’s surprisingly fun to grind arithmetic skill.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sankhyantra.mathstricks

I’m introverted and I got invited everywhere all the time. People liked inviting me because I always showed up and was dependable. Those people who invited me are still my friends today.

It’s a commodity that’s widely used as a way to keep the value of a portfolio in case of inflation. Gold has a lot of utility but recently because of uncertainty about the US dollar central banks have been stocking up on gold.

Complete societal collapse is very unlikely and we have studied economics enough to the point where hyperinflation is avoidable.

For investors keeping some gold (10-20% of portfolio) can be very nice since it allows you to buy the dip and is inflation proof. On the other hand, gold can become a speculative asset so it’s value can be inflated just like any other commodity. So in a way currently it’s either a nice tool or a bubble (or scam as you call it).

Silver, used in solar panels, is also pretty good for same reasons.

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The threshold for work would have to be increased. 10s work to post a comment will be tricky to justify the cost for.

That makes sense and I agree with you, I got a bit confused by the the way it’s phrased since I felt like it implied “Good kicks out bad, good becomes the bad” infinite loop. But general enshittification of most things is a very strong trend in history.

I’ve read about a bunch of “Power consolidation - > one man controls all - > successor is unqualified - > people get upset - > regime change”. Have an upvote for intention :)

This is amazing, this type of anti-bot access should be rolled out everywhere. I wouldn’t mind my battery life being cut by 10% just to access bot free content.