Onomatopoeia
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- Comment on Apparantly, you can no longer reset the "User" BIOS Password with the "Admin" BIOS Password? Why??? I literally am the Admin lol. 1 day 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? 2 days ago:
What?
These kinds of questions are meaningless.
Unless you meant it rhetorically.
- Comment on 98 degrees upstairs, ac stopped working at 8am. 4 days ago:
Yea, always keep spares of caps
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week 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] 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week 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? 1 week 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 1 week 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.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
To be fair, I’d be addicted to fixing cataracts, but only twice. 😆
- Comment on Can you clear a straight line of malfunctioning pixels on a phone with a lighter? 2 weeks ago:
Just get a new screen kit online. For most phones, they’re fairly reasonably priced. (But not Pixel, not even a 5 from 2020).
- Comment on Can you clear a straight line of malfunctioning pixels on a phone with a lighter? 2 weeks ago:
After heating it with a lighter. 😆
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
Dammit, now I want some kind of pastry
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
No kidding? I don’t recall that.
First I read was in Windows NT mag about 1999,they had a working prototype, but without a touch screen.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Android existed before Google acquired it. So there’s an interesting wrinkle there.
But, PalmOS existed before Android and iOS. And Blackberry. Sailfish may have also, I just don’t recall.
- Comment on What are the key things people need to know about islam? 2 weeks ago:
*tenets
- Comment on Hello, non-Americans, do you have any Chinese language classes in your education system? 2 weeks ago:
Umm, gonna answer as an American, for clarity: many schools across the US have language classes of all sorts. Every niece/nephew I know across multiple states could study French, Spanish, Latin, Chinese, Italian, etc, etc. Chinese is one of many (typically Mandarin).
It’s very common in US public schools, and has increased significantly over the last 50 years.
- Comment on "Can i ask you for a favor?" Is it rude to say no? 2 weeks ago:
Why? Because I can’t, like I said.
No one has to justify themselves. You asked, I said no. The end.
- Comment on "Can i ask you for a favor?" Is it rude to say no? 2 weeks ago:
I don’t care if I’m rude to someone who’s trying to scam me, or in this case started being inconsiderate themselves.
Stephen Covey discusses this in Seven Habits of Highly Successful People. He’s asked if it’s OK to lie to someone. He answers by posing a scenario where being honest gets you killed, but using a harmless lie you aren’t.
I highly recommend reading the book.
- Comment on "Can i ask you for a favor?" Is it rude to say no? 2 weeks ago:
I take your point, and in general agree with it. We should try to help.
Hoever, someone approaches like that and my radar is going off. Sorry, my safety comes first, so I’m just going to say “No thanks”, every time, because we all know this person is trying to scam someone.
Someone once told me “don’t let them use your principles against you”, which is exactly what this scammer is doing.
There’s a world of difference between helping a stranger and allowing yourself to be pulled into a potentially risky situation.
This is the same reason I never pick up hitch hikers (I have in certain areas/circumstances).
Though I have no problem helping someone on the side of the road. I’ve helped random people carry stuff out of the store to their car - by offering to help them.
These are different situations which you can assess in the moment.
- Comment on Some people defended Ars Technica in my previous post, here is a proof about how Ars Technica parent company secretly manipulate Reddit for their own benefit. 3 weeks ago:
Lol, “Post removed by mods”… Pretty damn transparent aren’t they?
Not that anyone should be surprised. Never think for one minute that any story is wholly the truth - there’s always some element someone is trying to hide, by getting us to focus on something else.
(This isn’t a criticism of you, OP, just a general observation about how power brokers have been using the “news” to manipulate perception since Hurst in the 1800’s when he used his paper to influence opinion about a labor strike or something, I forget exactly what.)
- Comment on Would having two hearts be better or worse for the human body? 4 weeks ago:
We already have synch issues with a single heart (things like arrythmias). I’m not sure two hearts in a mammal would even work, given the increase in distance for signaling - seems a lot of opportunity for error.
- Comment on Would having two hearts be better or worse for the human body? 4 weeks ago:
But if the nodes are connected, it’s still a single pump.
You’re merely choosing to redefine the terms. The nodes are part of the heart as a system - remove the nodes and well, the pump no longer pumps.
Your argument is like saying you can split a multi-cylinder automotive engine in half, leave the ignition system in place, and you have 2 engines.
No, you have one engine split in two, with it’s electrical timing system still determining how each cylinder maintains the exact same timing as before.
(Automotive engines are essentially air pumps with very specific timining mechanisms, as each cylinder’s output affects other cylinders, akin to the timing in a heart).
- Comment on Would having two hearts be better or worse for the human body? 4 weeks ago:
And even a singular heart can have some weirdness when it’s own timing signals find alternate paths, like in some arrythmias.
I can only imagine the chaos of trying to keep signals synchronized between two hearts.
- Comment on what’s the difference between “he died” and “he’s dead”? 4 weeks ago:
Is English a second language for you? (Serious question, not being snarky). Would help with how to frame an answer.
With “He died” - the word “died” is a verb (it’s what he did), it’s the action that takes place. It’s functionally (though not literally) equivalent to saying “He fell”.
With “He’s dead”, the verb is “is” - “He is (dead)”, describing a state of being/existence. “Dead” functions as an adverb (I think, English class was a long time ago), modifying “is”, with the information that he exists, just no longer as a living being.
“He is”, while not obvious, is a functionally correct/complete sentence (just ask Descartes).
Hope that helps and I request corrections/clarifications from grammarians and language boffins.
- Comment on what’s the difference between “he died” and “he’s dead”? 4 weeks ago:
Is English a second language for you? (Serious question, not being snarky). Would help with how to frame an answer.
With “He died” - the word “died” is a verb (it’s what he did), it’s the action that takes place. It’s functionally (though not literally) equivalent to saying “He fell”.
With “He’s dead”, the verb is “is” - “He is (dead)”, describing a state of being/existence. “Dead” functions as an adverb (I think, English class was a long time ago), modifying “is”, with the information that he exists, just no longer as a living being.
“He is”, while not obvious, is a functionally correct/complete sentence (just ask Descartes).
Hope that helps and I request corrections/clarifications from grammarians and language boffins.
- Comment on How does one use an electric toothbrush? 4 weeks ago:
Even for the ones that vibrate, eg Philips Sonicare. It does the work for you, just move the brush back and forth.
- Comment on How does one use an electric toothbrush? 4 weeks ago:
That is incorrect, for Philips Sonicare anyway.
Each brand is different.
- Comment on How does one use an electric toothbrush? 4 weeks ago:
You use it according to the instructions. Each brand is different.