BarbecueCowboy

@BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If it fits...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  There are laws that specify wheel within a specific distance from the curb when parking on the side of a road like this. Some are vague and just ‘wheels’, but some do specify front wheels or back wheels and this could technically be in violation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon thinks about wheat⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like you’re assuming step 1 of eating it was processing it into bread. Beyond that, ancient people eventually tried to eat everything. Seeds, grains, and nuts were not uncommon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I need to vent about plastic milk jugs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You are correct that there is a connection to ensuring fill levels, but incorrect on it not being intended to provide structural integrity. It is both.

  You can disable javascript to get around snopes adblock block: www.snopes.com/news/…/milk-jug-indentations/

  You can also view the original patent here: patents.google.com/patent/WO1999022994A1/en

  Notable excerpt from patent:

  When the horizontal ribs are not provided completely around the container, the face panels may be provided with indentions of preferably a circular configuration. The size and depth of the indentations may be varied to control fill level of a given volume of contents in the container in addition to further stabilizing the sidewalls.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I have an idea ☝️⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Hard to prove, but even the idea that the world can barely support the current population is likely just propaganda trying to reinforce a scarcity mindset.

  We could probably pack nearly everyone in the entire world in to an area the size of the United Kingdom, and most could be living better lives than they do now. Population Density comparable to New York City would get you around 7 billion people. Obviously, we can do better than that, but just trying to put it into perspective.

  Even for agriculture, you could support the current population with what we’ve got and a lot more if that was your priority. There are dramatic gains to be made by reducing or eliminating meat and unless we made some new unfortunate discoveries that would 100% get you there, but you might not even have to. Might have to focus on prioritizing fertile land for agriculture but having everyone in the world eat like an average american would likely be doable at current levels if we actually wanted to prioritize that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I have an idea ☝️⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I legitimately think that we could do a tremendous amount of social good with a pokemon dating app.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Winner takes all⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Looking up pics of him is kind of a trip, you can tell he gets them trimmed regularly, but not regularly enough. He’s constantly cycling from normal human eyebrows up to this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Winner takes all⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  His eyebrows are cosplaying as Londo from Babylon 5

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Exposing Honey's Evil Business Model⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I do kinda love how it became evil as soon as YouTubers figured out that it affected them negatively. Maybe a dick move on honeys part but none of the stuff honey does was ever a secret or hidden in any way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨why we need billionaires⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I downvoted the post specifically because you said it was against the rules.

  You ain’t my boss.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every time⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We’ve had several implementations even that were most of the way there just limited largely by hardware constraints. Megahal from the late 90s is pretty similar to modern LLMs, just drastically simplified.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you ever watch old classic TV shows and realize that they are all dead⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s sounding like you are afraid of some ghosts. I think I have someone for you to call.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon remembers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve seen stuff like that happen, it’s rough.

  There’s a very fine line between “I don’t care about anything” and “I care about this thing so much that I’m yelling on the street casually waving around this revolver”. That second part is unfortunately sourced from personal experience when someone I cared about was not on their meds. The worst part is how quickly the mood can shift.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Concept Artists Say Generative AI References Only Make Their Jobs Harder [TWIV]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For that use case, Gen AI lets you draw from thousands of pieces into a singular reference image in seconds tailored to whatever you can ask for. And, yeah, very imperfect and questionably sourced, but you’ve eliminated countless hours of work that could ostensibly be directed towards just fixing any problems created (Rare, but that’s how they sell it). And then, if you don’t like the result there, you can just get a fresh one in another few seconds.

  I think it’s useful enough that it’s going to keep being a bigger and bigger problem.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Music aficionado ⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For me, I am super interested in Star Metal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon remembers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve never been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, but we have a very healthy family history.

  It’s obviously a great feeling, but “There are things that I am passionate about” can be the worrying part, can tend to end up a little too passionate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When you realize it's time to trade in your old sedan for an SUV⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel like the play with EVs is an SUV/Truck. They’ve got a new electric truck ostensibly coming out next year that’s pretty cheap, should have plenty of space.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Things aren't bad enough and then you misunderstand your diagnosis⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have it too, I know you’ve probably tried a lot to make it go away, but ‘Habituation’ really worked for me. It’s basically just pretending you don’t hear it and trying to ignore it until you don’t think of it. Sounds incredibly frustrating I know but just sharing my experience. I hope it gets better for you my friend.

  There’s also a trick where you basically thwack the back of your head repeatedly that used to give me a temporary reprieve. It’s kind of magic, but doesn’t last long.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hot Mouse Ass⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think for spicy food acting as food, the hottest pepper I still enjoy the taste of is a Habanero. In my opinion, anything beyond that isn’t meant to be tasted. Sometimes, the pain and that hit of adrenaline is the point though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think they’re interested in making it more difficult to arrest and charge people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Sensory Biology of Plants⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The inclusion of Mycelium as a plant here is very triggering.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨18 days til the deadline btw⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Some very strong words from one of our top Democratic politicians. They think this one is going to really hurt his feelings.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plex’s crackdown on free remote streaming access starts this week⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  You should at least figure out port forwarding, but Plex operates a service that makes that optional. You don’t have to do that or setup a reverse proxy, it mostly just works near seamlessly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"It's extremely frustrating and also f*cked up" - one of the world's best indie studios is facing shock closure following confounding Steam ban [Eurogamer]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I’m on the side of if it’s legal it should be allowed, but having read about the scene and watched the trailer I think it’s kind of disingenuous for the developer to pretend this was a surprise. Getting that on to steam would be a coin flip even without the recent controversies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve often thought that scheduling it would be kind of amazing, but for most I’ve been with, feel like that wouldn’t be an attractive prospect.

  I’d feel really bad if my partner wasn’t enjoying themselves on this one though and even without that concern it wouldn’t feel like your idea here would be sustainable. It would be very hard to convince me that this was something that could be maintained over a long term relationship.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fuckin' PSYOP⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  When you let enough people speak and they all agree with no pushback, people start to think maybe they’re onto something, no matter how crazy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Erosion is a voxel open world shooter in which deaths cost decades, and you can win the Wild West with armies of cats⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Writer just woke up and was like fuck I can’t do another game article but damn I forgot how good Pink Floyd was.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  We have generic tests for the intelligence of birds.

  Most famously used on Crows/Parrots, Seagulls are smarter than average and can solve some advanced puzzles, but they’re mostly below Corvids or Parrots. We’ve also tested their memory, they only care about food and can remember places they’ve gotten food and even the faces of people who they’ve got food from year to year, but we don’t think over too much longer periods.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How has there not yet been a leak of the Epstein files? Surely there is someone with access to them that could have been subject to worldwide pressure to let something out.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They already faked a suicide for a dude in prison to keep that info from getting out, that’s a hell of a warning.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm cooked, chat.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  One thing I wish someone would have talked at me about more often in relation to getting older… You already have problems you’re probably not paying enough attention to that you should look at now.

  Does your neck always hurt in a weird way when you get up? Mole that you were looking at one day and it doesn’t look quite right? Maybe you just started feeling a weird feeling in some part of your body and it never got worse so you just got used to ignoring it?

  You’re getting to the point where those tend to start escalating. Take inventory and get them checked out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's a realistic, low-power home server setup in 2025 for Plex/Jellyfin, Nextcloud, and reliable backups?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  has anyone pushed Raspberry Pi 5 to the point of reliable transcoding for a household of 2-3 people?

  People definitely have and you can physically do that now… but from experience, you’ll likely be happier doing almost anything else. I wouldn’t consider it if you want those 2-3 streams to occasionally occur simultaneously. Although, reminder that the best plan is to consider ways where you don’t need to transcode.