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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 hours ago

My friend's grandfather had a pyramid in their garden. Not a big stone one, but more like 4 sticks in the ground. He would take naps in the pyramid hoping to cure his cancer. It didn't work.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What you're describing sound more like relief than happyness.

I felt somewhat similar when my dad died. He was drinking and declining mentally. Of course it saddened me, but with us having our first born at the same time, it was also a huge relief not having to deal with his issues in that situation.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

I'd say that if you do have an opinion and state an opinion on something, then you should also know enough to explain why.

Specifically about politics, it's scary how many people have an opinion without knowing why. Politics is also something that everyone should have an opinion on, because it affects pretty much everything, so everyone do have an interest in something political. It shouldn't be based on feelings or the charisma of the candidate or group pressure. It should be based on what affects you and how you'd want it done.

[–] [email protected] 101 points 1 week ago (9 children)

The actual story is that the bank will stop accepting or exchanging damaged bills.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (7 children)

CR2032 batteries are hit and miss in my experience. Sometimes my car FOB burns through one a month2 and other times they'll last years.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Are other homes increasing as much in that area? Or did they build a double garage, remodel the kitchen and install 15 swimming pools?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

The "Polaroid Now Plus" camera looks a lot like this, except for the flash.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I think it's fairly optimistic to believe that they'll stop bugging you with the Windows 11 upgrade even if you do pay $30.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Well it isn't 6.

From Wikipedia:

In 2002, lecturers and students from the University of Plymouth MediaLab Arts course used a £2,000 grant from the Arts Council to study the literary output of real monkeys. They left a computer keyboard in the enclosure of six Celebes crested macaques in Paignton Zoo in Devon, England from May 1 to June 22, with a radio link to broadcast the results on a website. Not only did the monkeys produce nothing but five total pages largely consisting of the letter "S",the lead male began striking the keyboard with a stone, and other monkeys followed by urinating and defecating on the machine

Mike Phillips, director of the university's Institute of Digital Arts and Technology (i-DAT), said that the artist-funded project was primarily performance art, and they had learned "an awful lot" from it. He concluded that monkeys "are not random generators. They're more complex than that

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

forced into an echo chamber.

Yes, it does that.

Using YouTube on a new account or through one of the alternatives will result in a wildly different feed. I was recently shocked by seeing the default non-curated feed on YouTube.

Absolutely none of the content was interesting to me; most of it was directly anger inducing political crap or just plain brainrot. I would definitely not visit that shit page ever again if the default feed was my first impression. I don't know if it's supposed to be a right wing breeding ground by now, but it sure isn't as balanced as I would have expected.

My regular YT feed is obviously much more interesting to me, and I can use it to find new content, but since I don't want to wait for the ads, I now only watch my own subscriptions on a different frontend, which of course will create an even smaller echo chamber.

I get how a curated feed can benefit the user, but YouTube is just not making it possible. It will only show (rage) engaging content and without the dislike function, you can only decide not to watch the crap or get shown more crap until you do like it.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

This is clearly a "why not both" situation.

Emissions must be cut and new technologies for reversing existing damage must be developed. There's a whole bunch of different things that needs doing, because there is simply no single solution, but using one approach to argue against another is certainly not helping anyone.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes it's country specific, but more about old houses.

In my case the building code says the ground should have an impedance of maximum 1666 ohm. My installation was already grounded and had about 400 ohm.

The charger guidelines says 200 ohm, however the car refuses to charge on anything over 100 ohm. I had an electrician add a new ground spear, bringing the impedance down below 1 ohm.

The building code in USA already recommends 25 ohm, so it shouldn't be an issue if the installation is up to date.

 

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