I want to see if I can get a spark of the "old internet" back by making a starting page for myself with all kinds of cool websites. But not sure where to start because Google obviously will not work for this....
It felt like it was uncool to have even a touch of racism when Obama got elected and through his presidency. But since the MAGA movement, I feel like subtle and out-right racism has increased. Like a gateway was opened....
The book Everybody Lies looks at search data and based on that the racism was the same but outwardly admitting it has changed. It went from saying we're not in polite company to being loud about it.
I was thinking about how I missed having an indoor thermometer that measures humidity. It's such a small specific thing, one I'd never think of getting unless pushed to it (which I was by one particularly dry winter). But I like having one now....
InstaPot. I hate gadgets and things that have limited purpose so when this was gifted to me I planned to regift it. I use it so often I got an upgrade model. Totally worth the counter space!
Wondering if my next upgrade should be an OLED screen or not. It looks amazing, but how is the current compatability with Linux these days? Anyone with one of these sexy screens that would like to share their experiences?...
I just swapped out my ~5 year old LG C9 for a new LG C3 due to a slight amount of burn in. It was in the center of the screen and while nobody else could see it I could.
It's also our main TV.
For gaming it's amazing, incredibly low latency and the pixel smudging from poor pixel response rate is gone, so it's more like a CRT in that respect.
Good choice, a favorite of mine as well. In the middle of the night when I'm supposed to be sleeping with a theme that often makes no sense in reality but I'm bought in 100% anyway until my alarm goes off.
Exactly! I spent an entire night playing a football game over and over in my head that didn't happen and wasn't important to the team. But John Elway just could not throw for a first down to save his life.....
"We've almost got some of their telecommunications cracked; the front end even runs on a laptop!" The Mac that sunk a thousand ships could have been merely clunky product placement, not a bafflingly stupid tech-on-film moment....
Don't be fooled by randomness. Randomness comes in clumps. For example if you flipped a thousand coins every day for a year and measured how each one predicted the stock market, heads for up, tails for down, at the end of the year you'll likely have one coin that far out performs the average. But would you use that coin to determine your investment strategy the next year?
And yeah Boeing is now killing people outside of their planes.
It takes a ton of bravery to be a whistle blower when others aren't dying like 80 year old diabetes patients. It'll take even more now, and I hope there are more. Boeing needs to be kicked in the bags.
Mine right now off the top of my head is Adam Savage, former co-host of Mythbusters years ago. I sometimes watch his Tested videos whenever he answers questions and he answers them very thoughtfully. A lot of his thoughts, takes and answers based on his experiences and point of view on life and career has helped me be more...
Bob Ross, I've always been an introverted person and didn't make friends quickly as a kid. Bob helped me become comfortable with that and just put my energy into things I do like instead of trying to be something I'm not.
When I asked what it meant she said it's double everything of the bbq baked potato. Two potatoes, two helpings of pulled pork and everything else for just a dollar more.
I won't be eating breakfast today, I'm still full from last night.
Mine was our CRT TV. I would rapidly push the power button on and off because I thought the picture coming and going looked cool but eventually it fell inside of the TV. I think I later stuck a magnet on the TV....
I'm not sure how much my brother costs, but the three of us brothers were running across the top of monkey bars and jump kicking each other. I kicked my youngest brother off and he busted his head on the ground. It's ~40 years later and he still has the scar on the back of his head.
I've injured two knuckles trying to get them to crack when they wouldn't. Eventually I broke the habit of cracking knuckles at all to prevent further injury.
For those who read about the doctor who popped one hand with no issue is only a sample size of one and he only popped the knuckles on that hand once a day. When I started trying to break the habit I was tracking and I'd often crack a single knuckle 30+ times a day and did for 20+ years.
Crack responsibly, unlike me, and you're probably fine.
It was more like I could tell it would pop but it just needed a like more pressure. Popping knuckles stretches the tendons and my guess is since I was going it so much I stretched them so far that I had to push my fingers too far to get them to pop.
I kept track of every single knuckle pop, so if I popped one whole finger it would be 3 pops. I started by measuring my baseline and then setting goals. If I made my goal that day I could do something nice for myself like play video games or get desert with my family.
Took me almost 2 years.
And for 3 to 4 years after occasionally I'd have nightmares that I started popping them again. And over that same time period as winter would approach the desire to pop them got really intense.
If you have more than one floor in your house your WiFi antenna are likely pointed improperly. The signal comes out of the sides so have some horizontal.
That’s a fair point, when driving my wife’s EV it has the fancy cruise control that leaves a good sized gap and people are always taking advantage of that.
What are your favourite lesser known websites?
I want to see if I can get a spark of the "old internet" back by making a starting page for myself with all kinds of cool websites. But not sure where to start because Google obviously will not work for this....
Did Obama Becoming President Make People Hide Their Racism?
It felt like it was uncool to have even a touch of racism when Obama got elected and through his presidency. But since the MAGA movement, I feel like subtle and out-right racism has increased. Like a gateway was opened....
Are there any household gadgets you found unexpectedly useful after you'd gotten them?
I was thinking about how I missed having an indoor thermometer that measures humidity. It's such a small specific thing, one I'd never think of getting unless pushed to it (which I was by one particularly dry winter). But I like having one now....
Chicken Fajitas ( lemmy.world )
Three sets of tortillas was not enough to eat all of this... I'm so full!
Experiences Regarding Gaming on OLED screens?
Wondering if my next upgrade should be an OLED screen or not. It looks amazing, but how is the current compatability with Linux these days? Anyone with one of these sexy screens that would like to share their experiences?...
Colorado Passes Its Third ‘Right To Repair’ Bill ( www.techdirt.com )
Remembering Prey, Arkane Austin’s masterpiece ( www.rockpapershotgun.com )
What is your little slice of the internet that you own/maintain?
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLopDcjdhYBYkHE_nqV7QNzrCsnscs2amf&si=q-PTjPEwEvuGWnkJ...
What plot holes could be adequately explained away with a single shot or line of dialogue?
"We've almost got some of their telecommunications cracked; the front end even runs on a laptop!" The Mac that sunk a thousand ships could have been merely clunky product placement, not a bafflingly stupid tech-on-film moment....
What is your purpose?
What is you purpose right now?
With two Boeing whistleblowers dead in one month, either Boeing is actively killing them, or there are enough whistleblowers that this rate of death is not statistically significant
...and I don't know which possibility is the least worrying
What celebrity has actually been a positive influence in your life?
Mine right now off the top of my head is Adam Savage, former co-host of Mythbusters years ago. I sometimes watch his Tested videos whenever he answers questions and he answers them very thoughtfully. A lot of his thoughts, takes and answers based on his experiences and point of view on life and career has helped me be more...
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Just for counting? For speed also? ( lemmy.world )
Yeah I know these are used for counting vehicles but can they also be used for detecting vehicle speed?...
I ate a dirty baked potato ( lemmy.world )
That's why I'm up at 230am with heartburn. Worth it!...
A bloody good time! ( lemmy.world )
My wife said I couldn't do this to my car as soon as we saw it. She knows me so well.
Lasagna and Chicken ( lemmy.world )
My youngest came home with this shirt today... I'm not sure how chicken is gay, but alright!
What's the most expensive thing you broke as a kid and what's the story behind it?
Mine was our CRT TV. I would rapidly push the power button on and off because I thought the picture coming and going looked cool but eventually it fell inside of the TV. I think I later stuck a magnet on the TV....
I can do this all day ( lemmy.world )
When your blinkers stop working, adapt and overcome! ( lemmy.world )
Happy Heatwave ( lemmy.world )
Okay, it’s just Cholula so it’s not actually spicy. But happy none the less!...
I heard we are doing walnut credenzas now. Made this one for my brother for Christmas. ( lemm.ee )
This guy reads minds! ( lemmy.world )
What is an interesting fact that you recently discovered?