CompactFlax
@CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de
- Comment on An open letter to the nasty motherfucker who shits with the aim of a stormtrooper: 1 day ago:
Risk of infection in that office is skyrocketing.
- Comment on Is there anyway I can screw around with ICE? I need a new hobby I come from a long line of immigrants. If i send my home address and phone number will they actually come and deport me to choose a cntr 4 days ago:
Me too, but I’m not even on the continent so can’t help you much with finding the groups.
- Comment on Do you have to deal with this during your morning commute? 4 days ago:
“I’ve done my shopping at 11 am on saturdays for the last 40 years and even though the shops are packed and the selection is poor, I’m not going to consider moving to 10 on Monday instead”
- Comment on Circumcision classed as possible child abuse in draft CPS document 4 days ago:
If your parents had instead started a dramatic stretched piercing, would you see it differently? What if they made a pretty scarification pattern on your back?
It is abuse, because it’s a permanent body modification with no medical purpose for which the child has not given consent. I think that for cultural reasons there does need to be protection so that estranged children who were snipped “for medical reasons” back in the day can’t go back and sue their parents, but the word “abuse” is accurate.
Religious or not.
- Comment on I feel like the only ones you hear getting "caught" are the ones who ships the direct output lmao 5 days ago:
Me who didn’t even remember applying for this job among the hundreds and wasn’t sure if the email was a phish.
Track your applications, even if it is depressing.
- Comment on What is the champagne of champagne? 5 days ago:
Cristal if you want to show off at the club.
- Comment on Is there anyway I can screw around with ICE? I need a new hobby I come from a long line of immigrants. If i send my home address and phone number will they actually come and deport me to choose a cntr 5 days ago:
Better idea, find a local community group which is antithetical to ICE to support.
Bug your representatives.
Show up to protests.
- Comment on (TW) Phishing mail in 2026 5 days ago:
Clever.
- Comment on School pool barricaded as repairs contract ends with work unfinished 5 days ago:
I am shocked and surprised that a for profit company went bankrupt just before their lucrative contract expired and all the work that they had skipped out on became due. What an interesting coincidence that the company also happens to be about as old as the contract and only serves that contract.
It’s so transparent.
- Comment on Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers wins lawsuit against Colorado. Judge claims there is no evidence that gas stoves cause or contribute to health issues 6 days ago:
The frying is important because that means they’re also eating that food, and fried food has links to cancer. Frying also releases a lot of VOCs, regardless of heat source.
- Comment on Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers wins lawsuit against Colorado. Judge claims there is no evidence that gas stoves cause or contribute to health issues 6 days ago:
I love my gas stove (for its simplicity and reasons) but there’s absolutely no question it produces CO, CO2, and other combustion products in addition to the usual VOCs from cooking and I need a really big hood to handle it.
This judge is not qualified.
- Comment on genius 1 week ago:
It just looks like it’s been painted in anti seize paste.
- Comment on Drivers over 70 to undergo eye tests every three years under plans to improve road safety | LBC 1 week ago:
While I agree, the logistics involved in that are significant.
The sliding scale is a good idea. If all they’re doing is eyes, over 80 probably should have it annually. Stuff happens quickly.
- Comment on Can other countries impose sanctions on the US? 1 week ago:
Sure. But that quickly turns into
No Microsoft, google, or Apple. No GitHub, Intel, or AMD. No Facebook or Netflix, Disney, etc.
It is nearly impossible to escape financial involvement with USA companies, and it’s why countries under sanctions from USA are not wealthy.
- Comment on Chinese Maglev test vehicle sets world record, accelerating from 0 to 318 MPH in 2 seconds 1 week ago:
Definitely a “look what I can do” test and not a practical example of how the trams in Beijing will travel between stops. Though it would reduce trip time!
- Comment on Chinese Maglev test vehicle sets world record, accelerating from 0 to 318 MPH in 2 seconds 1 week ago:
What about eggs lol
Autonomous 500kph cargo trains would be fantastic.
- Comment on Chinese Maglev test vehicle sets world record, accelerating from 0 to 318 MPH in 2 seconds 1 week ago:
Squishy.
- Comment on Chinese Maglev test vehicle sets world record, accelerating from 0 to 318 MPH in 2 seconds 1 week ago:
Your move hyperloop.
So what’s the limit of the human body? That’s more than a couple g.
- Comment on Mom with the real questions 1 week ago:
They’re lovely pieces of furniture and yes absolutely better than IKEA fingerboard but there’s no way I can fit a 2.5m2 table into my 100m2 house.
- Comment on What's it going to take to truly stop the US? 1 week ago:
Exactly - It will take a long time for the American military to lose superiority. Look how much materiel the Russian army still has, even though their economy is terrible they are still a nuclear power.
- Comment on Wikipeter was the founder of the site in 1993 when he wanted to know more about model trains without having to visit the library 1 week ago:
To give some credit, I don’t think that 30% of the global population of the gays or Roma or Slavs was killed by the Nazis. But, still, wow.
- Comment on Wikipeter was the founder of the site in 1993 when he wanted to know more about model trains without having to visit the library 1 week ago:
Yes.
But it’s also possible to just quietly omit information.
The holocaust resulted in millions of deaths
Sounds bad
the holocaust resulted in the death of approximately six million Jews and a further eight to ten million people from other groups such as Russian POW, Slav, Roma, Sinti, and homosexuals.
Puts figures to how bad it was.
- Comment on Wikipeter was the founder of the site in 1993 when he wanted to know more about model trains without having to visit the library 1 week ago:
It’s not just smaller pages. Brands and people pay for PR people to maintain their page.
- Comment on Is this true for Germans? 2 weeks ago:
German Green Party abhors nuclear energy; after Fukushima the government closed all the nukes and coal filled the gap “but renewables will be ready soon”.
- Comment on My life has been way better since I started keeping a cursory view of headlines once a day 2 weeks ago:
Forty years ago the newsrooms were staffed and the editors edited (sure they’re biased but they had some ideas of integrity) and you could read the paper. Now there’s just so much noise.
- Comment on How often do you change your towels? 2 weeks ago:
Good tip. I know this and yet haven’t done that.
My dishwasher suggests replacing the rinse aid with up to 2(?)% solution citric acid.
- Comment on How often do you change your towels? 2 weeks ago:
I wash weekly. My bathroom has a tendency towards dampness.
They stay around until they start fraying and then they go in the retired towels pile, for pets and spills and such, and once they are embarrassing to hang on my outside line i throw them out.
I’ll soak in vinegar water every so often to reduce the limescale that builds over time and that helps keep them fresher looking, but mostly that is a losing battle.
Pro tip: don’t use scent beads or softener products. They reduce absorbency (and they’re nasty chemicals that smell terrible but apparently I’m the only person who thinks that).
- Comment on Some people prefer corn for some ungodly reason 3 weeks ago:
Red onions are best.
- Comment on Some people prefer corn for some ungodly reason 3 weeks ago:
When I flew recently, I wore a mask fortunately but needed to eat on the plane so some mask-off time. I’m not sure the plague stuck though; I’m a bit under the weather but not as bad as my seatmates. 🤞
- Comment on Some people prefer corn for some ungodly reason 3 weeks ago:
I have mercifully not experienced that. Usually, I get stuck between two people with communicable diseases who missed the early childhood education experience of being told not to wipe their nose on their hands, cover their mouth for coughs, wash their hands etc. Fml.