Another idea would be to include student debt in bankruptcy. The problem is that we are generating a generation of slaves who will never pay their college debt, so it is the student that bears all the cost for the lies and cost overruns of the institution.

If–and I think Obama started to do this–colleges would not get their money, or banks would not get their money, there would be insituted more rigor into the loan application process built entirely around the probablility that the student would be able to make enough money to pay it back. How many of those loans would be issued today?

We’ll see how the enrollment drop shakes out; I think you’re right, the main effect will be a more stratified society as only people with cash will be able to get a higher education that will give them access to higher paying jobs.

I don’t think things will go as smoothly as you think. Society is toxically positive and children are very suggestible. We give children who are not old enough to drink the power to take on life-changing debt. “What do I want to do for work?” is a hard question to answer when you have no demonstrable skills and no job experience, making college an attractive option for people without family connections in the trades.

I’d also add that the federal government DOES subsidize education to a high degree, and perhaps as much as it does so is how much it contributes to the theft of alumni.

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Oh my!, in the voice of George Takei, that is rather exciting… all those tick trunks sliced into nice flat tiles. I envy you.

I gave up the house for an easier-to-manage condo, and while I have a fireplace, I do not have a wood stove and don’t think it would be worth the effort to put one in and, at any rate, the condo association is bitchy about storing wood.

ER went fine. They couldn’t figure out what’s wrong, but they put through the tests of everything that would kill me right away. Ruled out: enlarged heart, pneumonia, GI tract issues, and a few other things, so I have a little bit of peace of mind. It could be an arrythmia I think, inherited from my mother. I was following my pulse this morning and pretty sure I dropped a beat or two. Next step is a stress test and I’m not looking forward to it because I hate running for any length of time.

Looking good! Save the flatter pieces and shingle yourself a roof on that!

Edit: I’m in the ER waiting room and removed glasses. re-reading your post without my over-corrected lenses, I see you likely know about the roof. I extend a most sincere apology for my presumption.

I tried changing the direction on my refrigerator door but discovered that it interfered with the washing unit jammed up next to it.

Recently, the hande on the freezer snapped, so I just took both handles off. It really is quite simple to open a refrigerator door without mechanical assistance.

Now that the handles are off, I feel like I can move the refrigerator into the ktichen a little bit, and that would mean perhaps I can complete my project of changing direction of the door.

I’ll be sure to let you know of any progress.

Thank you for bringing this to my attention.

My dogs likes to snatch flies out of the air. He thinks of them as sky raisins.

You ate a jalapeno sky raisin.

Oh, no, sir. That would be a crime.

I mostly use angle grinders for my sourdough. A bread can never be too hard is my personal opinion.

Thanks! I got an app (Voyager) and its greatly simplified everything for me.

Is there a reddit-to-lemmy index? I’m in love with r/wunkus, which is a very idiosyncratic reddit sub. Still, I know from learning languages that every culture has its own unique gems.

Ah, I am always happy to talk to a fellow angle-grinder enthusiast. I’ve had too many Dewalt bushings go bad–they’re a false economy, enshittified to make line go up.

For me, Milwaukee is that sweet spot for value and quality.

I think the crossing I’m thinking of might be at a 30 degree angle or so, so that might be the logic there. But in that case: Caution Angled Railway would be more likely to result in actual caution instead of contempt.

I do remember a sign of bike crashes someone made for a city and all the hotspots were angled railway crossings.

Yes, it’s clearly some car-brained suburban shit from people who’ve never had to ride their bike to work.

https://www.harborfreight.com/20v-brushless-cordless-4-12-in-slide-switch-angle-grinder-tool-only-58308.html

There’s a short bike/pedestrian lane built near me to raise property values near some boutique stores–anytime it intersects the car road, there’s a sign to dismount. Message: you clearly aren’t riding your bike to get anywhere.

I also see it when a path intersects a railroad.

No way are they losing 4 senate seats.

Voyager doesn’t let me select text 😭Back to the browser.

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Ugh. I hates puns. They’re so corneay.

Part of the charm is the friction, tho. Keeps out the riffraff. Though, I’m feeling a bit riffraffy on Voyager atm.

They should have picked some less attractive.

thanks. just tried Cross posting on that community via voyager. though now if this post gets deleted here, that’ll be a dead link? hm.