Onomatopoeia
@Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
- Comment on can't unsee it 12 hours ago:
The Southpark Giny Tingle (from “The Ring” episode, if I remember right).
- Comment on can't unsee it 12 hours ago:
Daddy Issues isn’t the same as “marrying your mother”.
I’ve always heard the former was about having a poor relationship with your father, and the latter about whatever your maternal relationship was like, good or bad.
- Comment on Solar powered personal umbrella with battery? 12 hours ago:
Lol that tiny ass solar setup ain’t charging both a laptop and a phone, least of all with them running.
That can just barely charge a phone (source - I’ve done a lot of math around this, solar panels have very low output per square meter).
- Comment on How does a guy become his most confident around women? 1 day ago:
Same way you do around men: know yourself, own yourself, your goals, your actions, etc.
- Comment on Does money make you mean? | Paul Piff 2 days ago:
No.
The end.
- Comment on Is it sexist to say "I've never worn a wet dress before" 2 days ago:
?
- Comment on The Astronomer CEO's Coldplay Concert Fiasco Is Emblematic of Our Social Media Surveillance Dystopia | 404 Media 2 days ago:
It was on the jumbotron - surely one or two of the thousands of people at the show knew who it was.
Assuming this was discovered via “Social Media Surveillance” is a leap, and a weak argument about such surveillance.
Again, this was on the jumbotron. Stuff on the jumbotron has made the media circles since the advent of the jumbotron.
- Comment on W.XP 3 days ago:
Ewww, Vista.
That’s like stepping in something nasty
- Comment on Steam is cracking down on porn games, to keep Payment Processors happy. 4 days ago:
It’ll eventually be anything those in power deem contrary to their agenda.
And people still clamor for a cashless society, when such issues are already obvious.
- Comment on What do you call the first person with a new genetic mutation 5 days ago:
Freak-a-you, freak-a-me, Freakazoid!
- Comment on How come nobody does anything about North Korea? 1 week ago:
No one wants the ugliness of a war over NK, but everyone wants their natural resources, estimated to be one of the largest deposit of minerals in the world.
- Comment on 'Autofocus' specs promise sharp vision, near or far - BBC News 1 week ago:
The thing is that with progressive bifocals, and the right size lense, this is rarely an issue, as you choose the focus you need by simply moving your eyes and head. When setup properly I rarely need to move my head at all for normal day-to-day stuff, as we naturally put what we’re viewing in the center of our vision.
For example, when looking far, we tend to look upward more, so naturally use the upper portion of a lense. When on a computer or reading, we tend to look downward. Driving is a great example, we look forward and up while driving, down to see the dash, and progressives cover that with no problem.
The only time I run into “problems” is when doing really close work for an extended period, like stuff inches from my face. But for those times, I just switch to readers only while I’m doing that work.
- Comment on Decoded a QO-100 BPSK1000 Transmission today with FLdigi, here are its contents (german and english): 1 week ago:
This makes it accessible to stations with handheld antennas such as the Arrow antenna.
Wow. Just, WOW
Imagine having this on other (I assume) LEO satellites as a tertiary payload.
A satellite repeater that’s handheld accessible.
- Comment on Alpha Male Primates a Myth, Researchers Find in New Study 1 week ago:
Lol.
Has this study been replicated, and what’s the definition of “Alpha” they’re using.
Hate to have to ask the replication question, since it’s such a fundamental element of science, but the rampant p-hacking forces it to be asked anymore. Plus upwards of 80% of research in the psychology world is unreliable, and this falls within that realm.
Yea, we know the original work on Alpha animals isn’t replicable too, but decades ago (before any of us had seen research on Alpha), we observed “top dog” behaviour in dog training circles, without anyone telling us about it.
There’s something there, it deserves proper, replicable study.
- Comment on Why don't Americans use electric kettles? 1 week ago:
I have never once (unintentionally) superheated water in a microwave, and I’ve been using them since about 1980.
It just doesn’t happen - there are too many imperfections in our containers, and too many minerals for it to happen much.
I’ve experimented many times, and the reality is you have to work at superheating water in a microwave.
For me, it’s taken things like a brand new Pyrex measuring cup (glass), and filtered water. I can do it with other stuff, but I’ve had to boil/cool it multiple times, something that isn’t really going to happen.
- Comment on Why don't Americans use electric kettles? 1 week ago:
But one more thing to own, store, manage, for a little convenience.
I can boil 2 cups of water in the microwave in 5 minutes. Or 4. Takes about the same amount of time.
- Comment on Why don't Americans use electric kettles? 1 week ago:
120v vs 220v
- Comment on Old gamers don't understand what mobile gaming has become 2 weeks ago:
Not for a kid it isn’t.
And that’s the point you keep sweeping away.
- Comment on Old gamers don't understand what mobile gaming has become 2 weeks ago:
I don’t think of gaming as socializing - that’s your daughter’s metric.
Not all game players are the same, which is why there are so many different categories of games.
- Comment on Why do necklaces come off so easily in movies? | Chris & Jack 2 weeks ago:
Because necklaces are fragile. The end.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Have you read your reply to OP?
It’s a bunch of circular repetitive answers that simply re-iterate what OP has already said.
So it sounds like an LLM response.
- Comment on Why don't more people use Bilibili instead of YouTube? 3 weeks ago:
What?
These kinds of questions are meaningless.
Unless you meant it rhetorically.
- Comment on 98 degrees upstairs, ac stopped working at 8am. 3 weeks ago:
Yea, always keep spares of caps
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Usually I’d agree it’s an asshole thing to do, but sounds like OP’s ex was clear they “didn’t want to talk 24/7”.
There’s probably more to this story.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Funny anecdote: I’ve had more luck getting dates from World of Warcraft.
Because common interest, and engagement without an agenda.
- Comment on User says access to ’30 years of photos and work’ in OneDrive denied by Microsoft, can't get a response after filing form 18 times — 'Microsoft suspended my account without warning, reason, or any leg 4 weeks ago:
This is what I find so frustrating about Crasholan killing their peer-to-peer backup in about 2012.
It was a brilliant solution.
- Comment on Size matters: Sharks follow two-thirds scaling law, proving theory 4 weeks ago:
Who writes this stuff?
I had to scroll through 2/3 of the article to find the (meager) definition of the rule being discussed.
High school writing assignments… Wait, no, grade school assignments taught to define the subject first, to make the remaining discussion meaningful.
This was clearly written for the average reader, not people within the community studying sharks (or other animals), so assuming people know this rule is a major oversight.
Why then, did they “bury the lede”? Because they had other points they wanted to make before providing the reader the necessary context.
- Comment on Why is my GPU's "3D" usage spiking so wildly when I'm not even playing a game? It keeps throttling up and throttling down and the noise is extremely annoying 4 weeks ago:
Yea, I wouldn’t expect to be able to kill either of those - they’re kind of necessary for the system.
Something is requesting activity from them. When did this start? Is the timing related to a new app or a change in the system?
- Comment on Are there Designs for Kiddie Pool Water Filters? 4 weeks ago:
There are small filters that hang hoses over the side.
You’ll spend more running the filter, treating the water (and testing it) than simply replacing it.
From my own pool experience the smaller the volume, the harder it is to keep balanced. Even a 12’ pool can be a challenge.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
Easier to link am article than write one myself.
I only glanced through this one, it may not be 100%,but it gets the salient points.
emsisoft.com/…/the-truth-about-windows-10-spying-…
The problem mostly exists on Windows Home versions, since they’re not managed by am orga izatkom. Plus during initial setup it makes it seem like a Microsoft account is required, which means MS collects a lot of activity data about you.
I only run Pro, and disable many of these unused services with tools like O&O Shutup and setting specific registry keys.