Worked in retail many moons ago. Back when organic was just becoming a thing. I can tell you one thing.: A lot of people were getting a deal on organic food -because cashiers would just key in the code for non-organic. The lines were too long, and you look foolish looking things up in the “book” haha.

It would be great if Lemmy’s devs implemented loosely based (for fair use) copies of these and gave them for free :)

That’s the thought that crossed my mind. As far as pay, it is being a good stable career option - the very physical trades tend to encounter a lot more injuries and physical consequences. I respect the heck out of the trades and I work with a lot of them on different things for work - but if you look at some of the older/close to retirement folks - physical ailments and shorter life expectancy is a real concern.

Think of the “silent generation” and “baby boomers” you know that are getting up there in years. Everyone I have known that reached their 90s had fairly “cushy” desk jobs. The ones I knew who did skilled labor and trades work lived to their late 70s/early 80s.

I think, at least in the US, that we are going to REALLY feel the decrease in trades like plumbers, electricians, etc. You can teach some trades much quicker when there is a need - but with licensing and such - its going to take time to turn that ship back on course.

Awww man. I was really hoping you had the magic words :). Anyways, cool generation, well done.

How did you craft the prompt to get those slotted sunglasses? I have tried so many prompts trying to get that style and rarely do I get anything remotely close.

I find all these recalls so funny. We have a vehicle that was impacted by a major recall earlier this year. They still haven’t even developed the replacement part, and have given us no info on when/how it would be fixed. They recall, and get people wound up, then nothing happens for like a year.

To play MWIII on battlenet, you bet it is. I opted not to, but that’s the gimmick lately

I still have the demo discs that used to come with PC Gaming Magazine. Haha. We’re old. :)

Great summary on this Episode of Darker Diaries from last week

Spoken like a true Darknet Diaries listener :)

I was always a fan of Sync, and am now on board again. That said, I thought LiftOff and Summit were the two most polished on Android. I had a few nitpicks with each, but overall they are solid.

Maybe we should all just be okay with an app that brings more content and users to the platform - and stop fighting over which one people pick, when the idea is that we should be free to choose.

I don’t believe they do… But that’s not a setting I have looked for. I like the stock pixel notification and quick settings pull down menus.

That is an absurd number of apps…

I have used many over the years. Lots of great ones, but it came down to taste for me. A few faves were Niagara, Nova, Lawnchair and the stock Pixel launcher. But for the last few months, I have gone back to Square Home. I was a huge Windows Phone enthusiast, so I just really wanted to go back to that vibe. It took a decent amount of time to get it set up and exactly how I wanted. Worth a try if you want something different.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ss.squarehome2