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The U.S. economy is booming. So why are tech companies laying off workers?
  • But price increases of cereals ( bread, pasta, grains, etc.) increased by about 7,5 % last year alone, which is more than the inflation, and more than the increase after inflation.

    That's where people might complain. They still can't afford food, as food prices increase faster than overall inflation

  • xkcd again, but now on linguists and their weird habits
  • I would have guessed that into and in are interchangeable for this case, at least in US English. But in other contexts into is a direction, in is a position.

    Falling into it includes the travel time (potentially from a great height), whereas in mostly pertains to the end state?

    That would mean into and down refer to different parts of the falling timeline.

  • The U.S. economy is booming. So why are tech companies laying off workers?
  • I appreciate a data supported argument, and love that you actually linked sources.

    One thing that I feel is missing in most of the linked analyses is that inflation has also hit unevenly, and the price of basic goods has increased significantly more than overall inflation. Which would explain why households still have less disposable income, also the mean debt burden is much higher leading to loan costs being more common.

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    Shall I stop taking my antidepressants?
  • Head zaps are only meant to be around for the first 2-6 weeks, if it sticks around longer you should consult your doctor.

    That's also about the same time it's supposed to take for you to feel some relief, and through that be able to actually improve your situation and learn resilience and strategies to manage your symptoms.

    Make sure you take your dosage as prescribed for the whole period, it takes time to build up the ssri levels in your body, and the sooner they get up to par, the sooner the zaps stop, and you can get started getting better.

  • Have you seen men around you completely changing career in their 30s? How did it go?
  • Yes, both change roles, industries, even fields. Some have reeducated, went into business for themselves.

    It's seldom been easy for any of us, but the change is empowering, the suffering lessened, and the potential for betterment great.

  • Nerds, I need ideas for my college project that should resemble the below GitHub project - Event Planner.
  • For programming, you should probably be able to copy that project design.

    If you want to make it difficult for yourself, you pick a user or use case to optimise for.

    Maybe you make it a wargaming centered booking and matching site (for ladders and weekly games type tournaments)?

    Maybe you make it conference centre based, giving appropriately sized suggestions and showcase the rooms?

    Maybe you make it for yourself and add schedule sync, or notifications, or whatever you've always been missing from your calendar app.

  • Border standoff between Texas, feds intensifies as governor defies Supreme Court ruling
  • Have you seen the numbers? Could you link them?

    The only thing I've been able to find is 2,2 million "encounters" in a high year, over the whole country.

    Germany takes in a million immigrants per year by itself, and has at least a handful of encounters per immigrant to process them. Also has a bunch of encounters with illegal immigrants.

    Germany is smaller than Texas.

  • Abbott doubles down on border ‘invasion’ declaration after Supreme Court blow
  • Yeah, it's quite interesting, but it measures encounters without defining them, and it's very hard to get anything specifically useful for Texas.

    The data does more to show that Texas are being whiny about it, than what their criterion for invasion is. I fully expect a ComiCon or similar to drive as much tourists as the whole illegal immigration thing, and that Texans travel in similar sized crowds for any holiday. But there aren't any clear data on either, pointing to dangerous ineptitude, and emotionally motivated (or "hysterical" as it was called in the olden days) governance.

  • Abbott doubles down on border ‘invasion’ declaration after Supreme Court blow
  • True, but it might get you far enough that you aren't "home", and might be "invading" a neighbouring city.

    But I agree, it's a weakly relevant datapoint, but the only other travel data I could find was that 250k texans fly for Thanksgiving, which was even less useful.

    I'm honestly baffled, how do you set policy, have informed debate or even identify business opportunities with so little reliable data?

  • Abbott doubles down on border ‘invasion’ declaration after Supreme Court blow
  • I can't find direct data on how many illegal immigrations are happening in Texas every year, but the undocumented population is estimated to be about 1,5 million, and stable. [source]

    Between 2022 and 2023, the legal migrant population increased by 10k, and eligible migrants decreased by 50k. If we assume that the whole difference is only due to illegal immigrants naturalizing, that would mean that the Texas yearly influx of immigrants is 60k. [source]

    That would mean that the "invasion" requiring armed self defence/martial law is for 60k civilians.

    About 10 million Texans yearly travel over 50 miles, [source], does that mean Texas is invading most of the US annually?

    (also, it's ridiculous that you don't have clear data and statistics on this exact question. Sometimes I love living in the EU)

  • Thai Red Curry additive

    I've been asked to make a Thai Red curry with chicken for a larger party, and they've asked for the soup to be of variable spicyness.

    I was thinking that maybe I could do the soup mild, and have an additive with extra spice.

    I could go with chilli oil ofc, but I'd prefer to have the richness of the red curry flavors if possible.

    Is there a good way to make some kind of red curry seasoning? Do I just offer the guests red curry paste to mix into the soup, or should I mix it with something?

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    Where do I find drafts for comments?

    When replying to a post or comment I get the option to save my draft if ever I exit the reply. Stupendous feature!

    But I'm pretty sure I've forgotten to go back at least some times and will have unfinished drafts saved somewhere.

    Is there a way to check on these and/or remove these?

    Do they get auto-removed, and when?

    Or will they be stuck clogging up my device data until the end of times?

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    [bug] Local and All show up thrice in the sidebar

    In the sidebar you can choose Subscribed/Local/All in the top bit, and then again in the comms list.

    On top of this, Local and All show up twice in the comms list on one of my accounts.

    !Screenshot

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    [bug?] Favorites not saved between logins

    When logging out and in, my Favorited communities are removed and I have to add them manually again.

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    [bug] Subscribed comms don't list

    Bug: My subscriptions don't show up on any of my accounts.

    After the lemmynsfw.com update I tried to access my lemmynsfw.com account but not being logged in, my subscriptions didn't load for that account.

    I've since tried to relog into that account but failed, and after that I've had no subscriptions in my list on any account.

    Posts still load correctly in the subscribed feed.

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    A cure little story about the stick that saved the day.

    One of my favorite creators made a little vlog [3:33] about finding herself a stick on a gloomy day.

    I just found it today, and thought it might delight this comm.

    Hope you enjoy.

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    [FR] A way to export/import community lists

    It would be nice to carry my subscriptions over between alts somehow, as well as being able to share a curated list with a friend.

    Thank you for all your work, Boost is the Best.

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