This was nowhere near the only deadly airship disaster, nor was it the last, but thatās not really what ended airship travel. With the advances in airplanes by the end of World War II, lighter-than-air ships just couldnāt compete. Even postwar piston aircraft were cruising at more than 3 times the speed of most airships with range to make nonstop transatlantic crossings, and once the jet age really started to take hold in the ā50s it was all over. I mean, by the ā60s multiple countries had started supersonic passenger aircraft programs. Not a lot of success there, but still there were nowhere near enough customers to support commercial service on airships when faster, cheaper options existed.
I remember Pawn Stars once had someone bring in a gas mask designed for infants from that same era, and after authenticating it Rick found the concept and need for something like that so horrific that he didnāt even make an offer.
This got me thinking about it and realizing itās kind of odd that Civilization lets you build atomic weapons but not chemical or biological weapons. Maybe itās in Civ 4 or Civ 6; I havenāt really played either of those.
Thatās a good point since I think the lactose intolerance becomes an issue in the intestines. The person youāre replying to might want to consult with a doctor.
Given that reel to reel tape recording of television didnāt begin until the 1950s Iām going to say they didnāt. The only way they recorded back then was pointing a film camera at the TV, but this couldnāt really be used for rebroadcast, so Iām guessing a lot of these early TV broadcasts werenāt recorded.
I may have in the past put lyrics from āNever Gonna You Upā or links to the music video on YouTube in QR codes I printed on blank business cards and left them in public places around town.
The difference being that Sony actually has teams of lawyers who specialize in copyright violations, including unauthorized sampling. If the AI companies are caught using Sony material this wonāt go nearly as easily for them as stealing some random bloggerās writings or a small artistās images.
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Does IRC still exist? I remember laughing when I first saw Slack and its early competitors because people were excited about it and when I finally used it I realized it was basically just IRC with a nicer interface. Iām assuming these offer improvements like encryption?
Yeah, now there is, but I donāt think a lot of those features were in when I first used it over a decade ago. It became a lot more useful over the years.
Itās hard to say a specific top but it would probably be Walkers Sensations Thai Sweet Chili. Unfortunately as an American those are a bit harder to find, except through gray market importers and that makes them expensive enough that I rarely get them, and save them for a special treat.
Walkers is a UK brand of Frito-Lay. They actually tried bringing the Sensations sub-brand to the US in the mid-ā00s with various Layās and Tostitos flavors. I bought a lot of the flavor, which I think they called Sweet Chili and Sour Cream but was basically the same. Sadly it didnāt last long, maybe a year. At a college career fair a couple years later I asked a regional manager from Frito-Lay what happened and he said all the potato Sensations flavors were selling really well, even selling out, but the corn flavors did really poorly. The corn flavors were produced on the same lines that produced Sun Chips, which were really growing in sales at the time. For unexplained reasons when they ended the corn Sensations flavors they ended all the Sensations flavors in the US. Itās funny, as kettle-cooked chips have been gaining market share it seems like Frito-Lay has struggled to find a strong brand in that area outside of Miss Vickieās. I still wonder if theyād given Sensations more support if they wouldāve done better.
Iāve seen other US brands try their hands at that flavor, but the only one Iāve felt come close is Halās of New York. I donāt live in New York, though, so theyāre not easy to find.
Weirdly another favorite is a store brand salt and vinegar kettle chip. The vinegar is really acidic on those, to the extent my lips feel a bit burnt for several hours after eating them. I keep feeling like I should try to find the manufacturer just in case the store ever changes suppliers.
I certainly think it makes sense to try to extend Hubbleās service life, and if someone wants to do it for free and actually has the resources to succeed then let them have at it. But thereās definitely no reason to try something risky now when we should still be able to get another decade of science out of it in its current configuration. I think the article makes clear that no matter how prepared the crew is, working directly on Hubble is risky, and even moreso without the Shuttleās wonderful bay and robot arm.
However, itās this quote that really concerns me:
"Up until now, there's only been, you know, one group that would ever touch Hubble. And I think that they have an opinion of whether ā of who should or shouldn't be allowed to touch it," Isaacman said. "I think a lot would say, 'I'd rather it burn up' than, you know, go down a slippery slope of, you know, the space community growing. So I think that's a factor now, unfortunately."
That definitely reads like someone whoās most concerned about his own ego, not whatās best for science. I highly doubt thereās anyone on the science side at NASA who opposes the mission because they donāt want someone whoās not NASA being the hero. Iām very confident they donāt want someone whoās not NASA killing their very expensive instrument prematurely. They probably would feel better about a NASA astronaut accidentally killing the telescope because at least then theyād be confident that they did their best to minimize the risk but at the end of the day thereās always a chance for it to go very wrong.
I saw one in person finally a few weeks ago and just started laughing; itās even uglier in person! But I wouldnāt intentionally try to damage someone elseās vehicle; thatās even more ridiculous.
Hi everyone. I don't have ADHD, but someone who joined my family some time ago does (we'll call him T), and is currently going through some trouble which I find quite perplexing....
Apart from the ADHD, it sounds like itās time for T to get a lawyer who specializes in child custody issues, and preferably a lawyer who is not afraid to go to court. My wifeās first lawyer presented himself as someone who wanted to work hard to avoid court and resolve things through negotiations that reached a mutually acceptable solution. Thatās all well and good if everyoneās trying to work towards a good solution, but her ex-husband was ready to burn it all down because she dared to leave him and that first lawyer was almost a liability in the courtroom even with things that shouldāve clearly gone her way. Her new lawyer is a fighter and is able to shut down any crap the ex-husband tries to pull now, and he hasnāt tried anything in a couple years.
Unfortunately, a lawyer like that doesnāt come cheap. You can help lower costs some by trying to do as much as you can gathering and organizing evidence so when you meet with the attorney they donāt have to spend as much time doing that. Most of the evidence gathering falls on the client anyway. The attorney should be able to give guidance on what that evidence should be and how to organize it. Youāll probably want at least 3 copies of everything and have it in binders when going to court or some other meeting that needs evidence. And evidence is key with all of this; he canāt just say the kids were with their mom when they missed school, heāll need to have papers showing the custody schedule and papers showing their attendance.
All of this sounds like it will be a challenge for T, both financially and organizationally. He will have to find a way for the sake of his girls, and will probably need as much help as you and your family can give him. If the ex-wife is trying to prevent the girls from getting treated for their ADHD that could have bad effects for the girls both short- and long-term. Courts and social services generally take a negative view on obstructing treatment, but T will have to prove thatās happening. And it sounds like the mom has tried to weaponize social services against him. He can succeed in fighting against it but will need to do a lot of work.
This might become the most important fight of his life.
Iām 40 and just started medication for ADHD. When I was in school there were some kids diagnosed with it, but they were the kids bouncing off the wall. I was just told I was a daydreamer, lacked concentration, just needed to focus more because I had so much potential if I could do the work. Instead I just skated by as a B student largely on testing well, but not turning things in. Thatās not to say you do or donāt have it, just donāt assume you donāt have it because no one ever mentioned it when you were young.
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....
Is there a specific model youāre talking about? Iām getting a lot of different results searching online and Iām not sure theyāre the same. Iām not a fan of the can opener my wife has, though; its cuts are jagged and uneven and sometimes gets the outside dipping into the food.
The Weeping Angels apparently originated with Steven Moffat seeing a statue of a weeping angel in a structure in a cemetery and returning later to find out it was gone. At least according to this RadioTimes article. They first appeared in 2007 in the episode Blink....
This keeps happening and has been happening for several years now; why isnāt more being done to improve security and find the criminals? I canāt walk into a hospital with so much as a pocket knife because of physical security concerns, but cybercriminals keep taking down a new system seemingly every week, and this article says the software used has been seen for years now.
Can I sue a company for inadequate data protections if my data is breached? I assume I would have to prove damages, and maybe that becomes harder if I canāt tie the victimization to a specific breach. And probably the terms of service make it harder, like I might have to use arbitration and canāt join a class action suit.
The headline makes it sound like they found things in testing that need addressing but I think the parts left to add and additional testing in Florida were always part of the timeline; itās just not finished and ready to launch yet.
The best controller I arguably thing is the 360 controller. It just feels right to use in fighting games and fps. I like xboxs layout with the analog sticks....
I donāt see it mentioned often, but basically my favorite has been the GameCube controller. Massive primary button with the secondary button the same shape but smaller and next to it, with the alternate (X/Y) buttons a different shape that flow around the primary, all in easy reach but all different to the touch. Especially when Iām playing the Xbox or Switch for a while and then switch to playing the other Iām messed up on the controllers for a little while since Nintendo and Microsoft swap the A and B buttons but both keep A as the primary button (I think a legacy of the original NES/Famicom putting the A button closer to the right hand and the B button farther in, to the left of the A).
Iād prefer the right thumb stick to be the same shape as the left, and it needs a left shoulder button, but beyond that Iād pretty much keep the layout as-is, maybe a slightly different size/shape to better fit in hands. Iāve seen a few third-party controllers like that for the Switch but havenāt looked into them enough to buy one.
Potentially cheaper and uses more abundant materials than lithium ion, but not as energy dense, so not ready yet for automotive purposes. They have a much higher cycle life and faster charge/discharge rates, though, so good potential for applications that donāt need to move like data center power backups.
The color people will tell you that cyan and magenta do not equal red and blue. My university advisor tricked me into taking a 400 level class from the college of art and design on color theory. Really interesting class but an insane amount of work. Very early on the professor told us to throw out any book that identified red, yellow, and blue as the primary colors. Itās red, green, blue for light or cyan, magenta, yellow for pigment.
In high school I took classes on Visual Basic, C++, and Java, and learned some ActionScript on my own, but I wouldnāt feel confident with any of them nowadays. I suppose I could still write a basic HTML 4 page, but CSS was always a weak point and I donāt think either of those really count as programming languages anyways.
āWe watch Bluey every week as a family, and I tell you, when Bandit sat Bluey down to explain to her that what she saw was just him and Mum doing something the therapist made them promise theyād do every Sunday night at precisely 7:30 p.m., I teared up,ā
Is that article really just two paragraphs or is it not rendering correctly for me? Iām curious to know why Disney+ isnāt showing the episode but itās fine for YouTube.
Edit: just noticed that my phone changed ārenderingā to ātrendingā when I wrote this comment
Hello! I have a very low mileage, but older car (about 33k miles and it's a 2011 Chevy Cruze.) I have no real interest in purchasing a new car but I do kind of wish I had some of the bells and whistles of a newer car. We have an excellent local place who can do installations of electronics in cars; I've gotten a remote starter...
Iāve seen dash cameras that claim to have features like lane departure but theyāre absolute junk. To have those features work properly with a vehicle requires a lot of specific calibration and design work, and generally uses some small radar systems, which is why they need to come with the car from the factory. Even with a backup camera, an aftermarket is better than none, but an integrated camera with lines that help gauge distance and that turn with the steering wheel is so much nicer.
If those are the features youāre looking for youāll probably be better off saving your money for a newer car with those features. None of them are necessary, but they can be a nice addition, and especially the safety features you hope to never need them but if you ever do and they save your life or save you from an accident at all, theyāre really worth the money.
If you consider looking at a newer car, if youāre able to charge at home you might want to consider a Chevy Bolt EV or EUV. They stopped building them last year, but if you can still find one at a dealer they start under $30k with a lot of those features, and all are available for not much more. Like, the base model has forward collision warning, and if you get the higher trim it becomes forward collision warning with automatic emergency braking and adaptive cruise control. And now you can get the $7500 tax credit applied right there at the dealer. Even buying used you can still get a tax credit from the federal government, whether at a dealer or private sale, but you might have to wait until you file your taxes to get the money back. I wound up in one for several weeks while my wifeās car was in the shop and was surprised at how good it was, especially considering the price. And charging at home meant my city driving cost per mile was 2Ā¢/mile, while my wifeās Kia Soul was 14Ā¢/mile on gas. The only drawbacks it had was paying to fast charge was more expensive than gas and slow by current standards (an hour), and the cup holder was slightly smaller than most cars. But if you can charge at your home and donāt go on long road trips where youād have to charge every couple hours it could be an ideal fit.
I do recommend everyone get a dash cam, though. Getting one installed isnāt necessary but can make for a nicer experience. If the shop you like offers them and they fit your budget thatās probably a good option to go with. There are lots of models out there with different features, but really as long as they record reliably and you can get the footage relatively easy thatās the most important factor. Theyāre generally not going to be able to read license plates beyond a short distance, but if they show that you didnāt run a red light or that you stayed in your lane, thatās really the most important thing in an accident.
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TIL one of the oldest TV shows was simply called "Sea Stories" on the BBC, featuring Royal Navy Commander A.B. Campbell describing the personalities and places he had seen. No known footage exists. ( en.wikipedia.org )
aired from 1936-1937. if anyone has a copy pls lemme know
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I didn't know my city was cool enough to put signal flyers.
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I wonder how it affected traffic ( lemmy.world )
Berlin artist Simon Weckert used 99 phones and a handcart to create a "virtual traffic jam" on Google Maps
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Sony Music opts out of AI training for its entire catalog ( arstechnica.com )
Slack is now using all content, including DMs, to train LLMs ( mastodon.sdf.org )
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Private mission to save the Hubble Space Telescope raises concerns, NASA emails show ( www.npr.org )
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Maine Cybertruck Owner Sad Everyone Hates His Truck ( jalopnik.com )
The history of LibreOffice ( www.libreoffice.org )
aka. dont use OpenOffice
Is this discrimination?
Hi everyone. I don't have ADHD, but someone who joined my family some time ago does (we'll call him T), and is currently going through some trouble which I find quite perplexing....
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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....
Eagle being re-located from Denver International Airport ( lemmy.world )
Man gets boat painted on fence meant to hide boat. ( www.nbcnews.com )
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Did the premise of an entity approaching you only when it's not being viewed originate with Doctor Who's Weeping Angels?
The Weeping Angels apparently originated with Steven Moffat seeing a statue of a weeping angel in a structure in a cemetery and returning later to find out it was gone. At least according to this RadioTimes article. They first appeared in 2007 in the episode Blink....
Cyberattack forces major US health care network to divert ambulances from hospitals ( www.cnn.com )
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First Dream Chaser spaceplane needs more work when it gets to launch site ( arstechnica.com )
Favourite controllers
The best controller I arguably thing is the 360 controller. It just feels right to use in fighting games and fps. I like xboxs layout with the analog sticks....
Arooo! ( sh.itjust.works )
Lithium-free sodium batteries exit the lab and enter US production ( newatlas.com )
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What did you get told as a child that you realised was a lie as you got older?
Anon shows off Linux in class ( sh.itjust.works )
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Which programming languages do you know?
āBlueyā Praised For Tackling Difficult Subject Of Walking In On Parents During Their Scheduled Weekly Sex ( www.theonion.com )
āWe watch Bluey every week as a family, and I tell you, when Bandit sat Bluey down to explain to her that what she saw was just him and Mum doing something the therapist made them promise theyād do every Sunday night at precisely 7:30 p.m., I teared up,ā
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Hello! I have a very low mileage, but older car (about 33k miles and it's a 2011 Chevy Cruze.) I have no real interest in purchasing a new car but I do kind of wish I had some of the bells and whistles of a newer car. We have an excellent local place who can do installations of electronics in cars; I've gotten a remote starter...