NeatNit
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- Comment on How can one individual get Nestle, Amazon, Google, Apple, Disney, and Blackrock to go out of business? 5 days ago:
Well then, agree to disagree?
- Comment on How can one individual get Nestle, Amazon, Google, Apple, Disney, and Blackrock to go out of business? 5 days ago:
Right but I still don’t think it’d drive those specific companies out of business. They’re all damn good at profiting off of a worldwide catastrophe.
- Comment on How can one individual get Nestle, Amazon, Google, Apple, Disney, and Blackrock to go out of business? 5 days ago:
That’s the worst idea yet. As we’ve seen with covid, the streaming providers only get stronger under those circumstances.
- Comment on In the US can a felon own a gun if it is dismantled and hanging like a piece of art? 1 week ago:
If you’re genuinely considering doing this (or someone you know), you should probably ask a lawyer. Or at least ask in a law-oriented message board. There are probably also lawery websites where you can ask questions and they (eventually, if they feel like it) answer them publicly. But either way, even if the law decidedly allows it, it can still cause loads of headaches because if an officer mistakenly believes it’s illegal they can still take you in and/or confiscate it, and it can take you a while to prove that it’s actually allowed. Take this risk into account. If you still think it’s cool enough to justify that risk, I say go ahead.
If this is more of a curiosity or a thought experiment type question, then knock yourself out and ignore my party pooping!
- Comment on Anon fears The Hand 2 weeks ago:
What if the target person is indoors or underground? Does it just smash through?
- Comment on How do i sync subtitles while watching movies? 2 weeks ago:
So you just want a better system than “completely at random”. Fair enough. Here’s what I’d do:
- After the first line is uttered, see if the subtitles are late or early. Pause.
- Adjust the delay, let’s say -1.0 second (or more if the difference between them felt really long).
- Skip back to before the line was heard, and play. Is the gap better or worse? If it’s worse, then you need to change the delay in the other direction (+1.0 instead of -1.0). If it’s better, the direction you used was good.
- Repeat step 3 until you get that one line synced perfectly.
- Enjoy the rest of the movie/episode.
Disclaimer: I’ve never had this problem (that I remember), subtitles have always been either synced or completely out of my control. I don’t use ‘alternative means’ much.
- Comment on What are some things that deserve their own word? 3 weeks ago:
lol, it’s simpler than you think. I actually took a video, but couldn’t upload a video to Lemmy so I uploaded a still from the video. I placed my phone on the counter with the camera peeking over the edge of the counter.
And no, I will not be providing a visual aid for this!
- Comment on What are some things that deserve their own word? 3 weeks ago:
Apologies for taking so long to get back to you. My drawing skills suck, so here’s a picture:
The “heels” of my hands push against each other, giving very easy and precise control. It’s kind of hard to explain in words how much advantage (pun intended) this method has over just pulling both sides independently. Try it!
- Comment on if I rip a fart, will putting a fan facing out the window or facing in from the window clear the stink out faster of the room? 3 weeks ago:
Oh, so it’s effectively two independent fans. I misunderstood before.
- Comment on if I rip a fart, will putting a fan facing out the window or facing in from the window clear the stink out faster of the room? 3 weeks ago:
Why?
- Comment on Why does most of the world use WhatsApp as their messaging app rather than RCS/SMS? 4 weeks ago:
(if you don’t count ICQ, MSN Messenger, Skype, etc…)
- Comment on For the 2nd year in a row, the LA Kings’ home ice will have an off-center referee crease. 4 weeks ago:
Thanks, I hate it.
- Comment on If dogs have such a great nose, why do they sniff other dogs asses? Wouldn't it smell like shit or not a good smell? 4 weeks ago:
It’s because dogs are gross and stupid. You can try to change my mind on this, and you will fail.
- Comment on People are sitting on the bike lane or parking on it. Saint Denis, France 4 weeks ago:
I can totally accept the over tourism argument. In that case I’m doing my part, and telling people NOT to go there! :)
- Comment on My spyware got enshittified, now comes with a subscription 5 weeks ago:
I’m surprised how many people vehemently refuse to switch and think I’m being insane. It’s a cultural thing I guess.
- Comment on What are some things that deserve their own word? 5 weeks ago:
To the uninitiated: the act of throwing someone or something out of a window.
- Comment on What are some things that deserve their own word? 5 weeks ago:
At the risk of teaching you something you might already know:
Instead of pulling both sides independently, you should brace your hands against each other. Grab the sides of the bag with your fingers, and have the palms push against each other. That way, as soon as the bag opens, the pressure between your palms is released and you “automatically” stop pulling the bag open.
- Comment on People are sitting on the bike lane or parking on it. Saint Denis, France 5 weeks ago:
Thanks. Honestly the people weren’t the problem, it was moreso the way the city was managed and regulated. Again, it is in the top 5 (potentially top 1) tourist destinations in the world, you’d think they city would make it a priority to make tourists feel welcome from the infrastructure up. Again, pubic toilets alone can be the first and last straw. Every tourists needs to go at some point, it should not be a pain point.
Maybe I had inflated expectations, I don’t know. I’m not much into traveling anyway, I was with family and enjoyed my time with them, but everywhere we went felt surprisingly less welcoming than I expected. Except Disneyland, but that’s neither here nor there :P
It has been long enough that I don’t trust my memory on this, but I think it was really common to have no English signage anywhere…? This is not the Parisian people’s fault, this is the fault of business owners bafflingly choosing to alienate tourists, and the city regulators not caring either. In any other city I’d accept it, local businesses might not want the tourist traffic for plenty of good reasons, but this is freaking Paris!
- Comment on My spyware got enshittified, now comes with a subscription 5 weeks ago:
I’m many countries including mine, it is such a fundamental form of communications that this amounts to becoming a hermit. I have two choices: either keep using WhatsApp, or:
- cut contact with almost my entire family (yes, I tried to get them to switch, no bueno)
- lose access to the best support communication option for most businesses
- miss updates and communications for groups (work, school, classes, etc.), including things like cancelled or rescheduled events
- make it harder for me to meet new people
- miss messages from delivery guys
- etc…
It gives me no pleasure to say this. Not using WhatsApp is not an option. I tried it for a time, even I was at my worst mental state. It didn’t work out.
I still don’t give WhatsApp phone permissions, which causes it to refuse to connect voice/video calls (even though it clearly doesn’t need this permission). Even this sometimes causes some annoyance, as people try to call me via WhatsApp and I can’t answer. I have to copy their number and call them normally. Small price to pay, I guess.
- Comment on People are sitting on the bike lane or parking on it. Saint Denis, France 5 weeks ago:
When I was in Paris some years ago, I was amazed how anti-foreigners it felt when it is easily top 5 international tourist destinations in the world. No public bathrooms anywhere, do the French never need to go?!
I went to the louvre and wanted to buy the 3DS museum guide software. I looked for it in the gift shop, it was available in one or two languages but not English. When I asked, the seller laughed at me like I’m an idiot, “oh we haven’t had English copies of it in months! what did you expect?”
What did you think I expected? I expected the most famous museum in the world to keep stocking something which is clearly selling out frequently!
The whole city felt like it didn’t want tourists there. It was such a strange feeling.
- Comment on found this helpful map of which countries are turkiye on turkiye's government website 5 weeks ago:
here you go 🗝️
- Comment on Why is USD susceptible to counterfeit in comparison to CHF? 5 weeks ago:
I’m guessing that, among other factors, a cashier is going to scrutinize a $100 much more than a $20. So if you forge $20 you have a better chance of getting away with it.
Another thing is the “legal tender” thing. In USA, unlike most other countries, the design of the bills hasn’t changed for a very long time, and shops are obligated to honor even very old bills. This means new security measures are ineffective, because forgers can just forge old bills without those security measures and it wouldn’t be suspicious.
- Comment on Park benches don't "open" until 10am 5 weeks ago:
I was not looking for any kind of fight and I actually did suspect you knew. I was just hopping on the opportunity to mock Master Lock, since I know they make some of the worst locks on the market.
Full disclosure: I have zero lock picking skills. I probably couldn’t pick this lock if I tried.
- Comment on Park benches don't "open" until 10am 5 weeks ago:
It’s a master lock, it won’t give you as much practice time as you hope.
- Comment on Is ASHDOL a good company for an external cd/dvd drive? 5 weeks ago:
Sounds like one of those fake brands that had to be created to be allowed to sell on Amazon. I can’t find any info about the brand, other than its products being sold in the usual online storefronts.
That doesn’t mean it’s bad, but it’ll be a gamble. It could be alright, and it could be chinesium.
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- Comment on How high would my blood alcohol have to be to impair/kill a mosquito? 1 month ago:
Relevant: what-if.xkcd.com/98/
- Comment on Bet you read that wrong 1 month ago:
I actually read waterlemons right, but I read the second line wrong.
- Comment on Syrian passports include a photo of Souq al-Hamidiyah, a famous historic marketplace in Damascus. Apparently, the image was taken from the internet without removing the photographer’s watermark, “Was… 1 month ago:
It’s the background of only one page of many in the passport. I’m sure someone has noticed this, but I can easily believe that anyone who’s noticed never bothered to make a big deal out of it, so it never became widely known. If it were me, I’d probably just show a friend, we’d share a laugh (or a mock) and that would be the end of it. Even if I wanted to make the whole world know, I don’t really have a way to make that happen short of posting on social media and hoping it gets picked up - which is, presumably, what the Reddit OP did.
- Comment on Syrian passports include a photo of Souq al-Hamidiyah, a famous historic marketplace in Damascus. Apparently, the image was taken from the internet without removing the photographer’s watermark, “Was… 1 month ago:
I don’t know either. This is reposted from reddit, and no one there even thought to ask. However someone did link to the photographer’s page on facebook and another user claims to have checked a real passport and confirm it, but this is the internet (and worse, reddit) so take it with a grain of salt. If this is true, it’s possible that the reddit OP is the first person to publicize this.
