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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Do you mind sharing what brand retail UPS weren't lasting a year?

I'm dealing with similar brownouts and also an area with lots of lightning. I got about 5 years out of my UPS batteries. Wondering if I've just been lucky.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

They generally don't breed in large bodies of water where the water is flowing. They moatly breed in the little stagnant pools of water that collect in other spots because of poor drainage or things like tires, empty pots, and other trash being left out in the rain. There exist these little pellets that poison those stagnant puddles for the mosquito, but not your pets. That and proper drainage around your house will do wonders to reduce the excess population. Pointing a fan to blow out at any open window can help too, but proper screens (with a fine enough mesh) would help more. Mosquitoes don't like a stiff breeze.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I've fallen asleep during the third act extended fight scene of the last 5 Marvel movies I've been too that weren't Deadpool. Same vibes. But, I still wouldn't use them to try to sleep.

But if you're looking for relaxing, echo-y, and resonant check out Brian Eno's ambient stuff. Start with "Music for Airports" and go on from there to some of the others if you like it.

If you're stuck on opera, maybe you'll have interesting dreams trying to fall asleep to The Magic Flute. I'd probably just get the tunes stuck in my head.

Also, the genre of modal jazz is rather slower and more resonant than its more hip and excitable cousins. Might be worth exploring. Syncopation would keep my mind to active though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Does it really? The whole group of main characters is a bunch of stereotypes, over the top affectations, and worn out tropes. This shows the group explicitly accepting Lamar for who they are and celebrating their accomplishments with a level of physical contact and intimacy that literally was making homophobes at the time cringe.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, lots of movies from that era are problematic now. I'm not going to apologize for them, trivialize the problematic parts, or forget about them. All of those characters were gross parodies of stereotypes and that type of humor is no longer palatable to many people. But, this particular scene felt relatively devoid of any actual malice.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (8 children)

The Revenge of the Nerds technique?

Yeah, lots of movies from that era are problematic now. I'm not going to apologize for them, trivialize the problematic parts, or forget about them. All of those characters were gross parodies of stereotypes and that type of humor is no longer palatable to many people. But, this particular scene felt relatively devoid of any actual malice.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My insurance seemed to go down about as fast as inflation, so it feels like I've been paying about the same for decades. I didn't really realize how much lower my rates were until I talked to some ~~kids~~ young adults.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

That makes sense, but it's going to confuse anyone that grew up with the many varieties of magnetic tape available. Look on YouTube for Techmoan if you want to go on a charming deep dive into archaic and niche media formats.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

What are MCs? Do you mean cassettes? No body ever really called them micro-cassettes, (those were the thing you used to record messages on an answering machine or dictation) so that doesn't really fit. Certainly not mini discs?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Sounds like an interesting premise for a musical.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

This "clarification" is just even more confusing. Like do you mean, "What would be the effect on history if we could all see into the future, but only through song?" I guess I'd hope that we'd try better to stop 9/11, COVID, and Trump.

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