Weather and transit posts, maybe, but probably mostly just nonsense talk.

Cranky and stuck in no man’s land.

Had to block a bunch of communities to detoxify the homepage

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Cake day: February 6th, 2025
  • Delvin4519@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•Considering move from SW to NE US
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    6 days ago

    I would not say the northeast US around Boston is that much better in escaping the heat, only marginally a little bit at best. We’ve recorded a heat index of 41C (106F) earlier this summer. Summer dewpoints typically around 17-23C (63 - 74F), so the heat index is always several degrees higher than the air temperature. Because of the humidity, you may still find it quite uncomfortable without the air conditioning, and it is rare for nighttime lows to drop below 20C (68F) in summer. I typically see temps only fall to around 72-76F (22-24C) at 10pm and it is still humid. Daytime highs typically around 29 - 32C (84 - 90F). Subtract 1 or 2C for areas far away from the cities heading towards the mountains in the north.

    There is always a threat of hurricanes on the US side of the border every year in the summer and fall.

    In the winter months, snow and subfreezing temperatures are irregular in areas around the major cities, though nighttime lows do go below freezing even within the major cities. The major cities tend to get rain when storm systems roll through, followed by cold and dry, but if you are lucky, there may be snow in the cities (mainly about Boston). The sun sets before 4:00 p.m. here and it is dark at 4:30 p.m.

    I’d recommend Toronto or Ottawa if you actually want to escape the heat. To my understanding, they have the lowest dew points and air temperatures of any major city east of Winnipeg. They also have later sunsets and snow is more regular in Ottawa.

  • Delvin4519@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•Are you permanently banned off reddit? or do you just like lemmy more?
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    5 months ago

    I halted all of my posting to reddit during the API fiasco. Lurked on Lemmy until I needed to start blocking communities and then created an account to do so.

    Most of the niche and local communities (most notably r/IWantOut) are still on that sinking ship though, and not here :(. I only visit to see what those niche communities are up to from time to time, but do not post or get any news from there.

    Of the communities that are highly active on Lemmy, I do think the content is pretty good and is enough to replace reddit. I feel like I get to hear what’s going on without the censorship on that sinking ship. There’s just enough activity such that the more general communities have enough new content to look at by browsing the “all” tab on the homepage and in the communities, but there’s still not enough activity or users for me to browse through “local” or “subscribed” yet.

  • Delvin4519@lemmy.worldtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•*Permanently Deleted*
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    5 months ago

    Online education isn’t exactly great for people with poor self control or focus. At best, online education is good for lectures, but not much else (aside from if commuting or finding a place close by to live is a pain, then I suppose online education may be a tradeoff in that regard).

    Everything else is generally better in person. Stuff like group projects and whatnot cannot be done online.

    Since COVID, I’ve found that the growth of technology isn’t exactly great for the learning experience. Now a lot of educational work takes place through the distraction vortex (computers and phones are very tempting to do something else instead). Pre-pandemic when education was more paper and pencil based, it is much easier to focus. At “best”, you can only daydream or whatnot. Other people would not be as tucked to their phones and laptops like it is since the pandemic.

    In a way, online education would also be harmful in reducing social cohesion as well if it becomes the default mainstream, so it’s not just limited in excluding certain neurodiverse populations from access to education. Online education isn’t exactly more “efficent”.