DarrinBrunner

@DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Duke University lost NIH grants because they used the prefix "trans" in reference to disease transmission, transgenic genetic material, translational studies and signal transduction⁩ ⁨⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s how fucking stupid they who are enforcing this garbage are. Word processors have for decades allowed searching for “whole words only”, which would stop these words from being flagged. The tech exists, they’re just too stupid and lazy to implement it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You got it, buddy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  "Labia? I don’t think that section of the sky is visible this time of year. Or, maybe it’s behind the full moon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon finds love⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That last sentence kills me. “The big, dumb corporation was in our bedroom, holding a gun to our head! They made us bang!”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft is is bed with Google now, in a worse, more OS-integrated way than Mozilla was. This timeline sucks.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re the employee? Why would it matter to you what they use? Do your job, go home.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nexus Mods Sale Sparks Concern in Modding Community⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They had a good run. It was fun while it lasted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spicy food never affects my gut and everyone thinks it's really weird. How unusual is this and what could be happening to explain why spicy food doesn't affect me?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Same for me. As long as I don’t eat it. If I eat it, then hoooo-boy!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Good ending⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  suq ma

  suck my

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Say hello if you see this more than 6 hrs from posting⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hello.

  (I saw this when it was posted, but waited till now to say “hello”.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Only $50?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  First thought: “Who would buy this?”

  Followed by the immediate realization that there is a certain subsection of our society who would definitely buy this. Sure, they’d lowball the offer, then try to get free delivery, but they want the couch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨9News US Correspondent Lauren Tomasi hit by rubber bullet during Los Angeles protests⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The article says, “caught in the crossfire”. They were afraid to report what can be seen clearly, the cop aimed at her with purpose.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ads when you’re pumping gas⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  350% increase in spilled fuel. How much fuel were the full service attendants spilling? Not much at all, I think is what that stat is trying to imply. Why did they report it as a percentage? So you wouldn’t know how much would be spilled, I’ve never spilled fuel when gassing up my car. I doubt many people have spilled much at all–and certainly not routinely.

  All that aside, I like to see people employed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are you here and not on Reddit?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My concern is the extensive data Reddit collects and stores, and I’m sure will hand it over to whichever government agency wants it, and probably already have. They even keep track of what we upvote and downvote, including comments.

  I feel less exposed here, I don’t know if that’s true, but it feels that way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can't fathom it⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No one wants to hear it, I suspect, but eating very low carb is how this is done.

  No sugar and no grains for one month and the cravings are gone. You can easily go 48 hours on water alone, if you need or want to.

  What nearly everyone calls hunger is actually cravings for carbs. True hunger is painful and consumes every thought. Likely no one you’ve ever met has been truly hungry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you are too young you really missed out being able to do this⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I recall at least one movie scene where the hero beat the bad guy with one, and we all knew that would definitely work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I use Ivory white bar soap. No antibacterials.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sometimes when it's quiet I sit on the shower floor⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Cool. Next time, include figging.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am not a builder… but that does not seem right⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Engineered roof trusses have made most interior walls non-load-bearing. 24" on center is fine for such walls. Exterior, load-bearing walls are still 16" OC, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Little miracles⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Complicated history” of bikers aside–and we CAN toss it aside because this is today–TODAY, wearing such iconography is inexcusable. This guy 100% knows what that SS symbol represents TODAY, and chose to wear it where he did. Stop making excuses for Nazis.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Canon requires an account to transfer images from your camera. Forces you to sign up using Chrome.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They’ve really gone downhill since the AE-1.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Aggressive negotiations⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Can’t have a hostage situation, if the hostage is dead.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨George Floyd Murdered (2020) On this day in 2020, a Minneapolis cop murdered George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes. Floyd's death became the catalyst for protests around...⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I, like many, watched live streams of the NYC protests. Once, in the fast-moving chat, because there were thin blue-line-idiots yakking, I asked “Are you saying you value property over life?” Sadly, I got back three clear responses that, yes, they did. Of course, there were Agents Provocateur in the protests stirring up violence, and the boot-lickers were IAmVeryBadAss talking about how they’d shoot anyone trying to break into a store.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yes⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  MS-DOS 3 on 5 1/4" floppies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yes⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s the stupidest combination I’ve ever heard in my life! That’s the kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨100% people who drink water die⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “100% people”?

  Are there 50% people? What is the other half? Wait! Centaurs?!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨And gay men. I'm sorry. I'm weak for it⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I love iced coffee.

  Instant decaf dissolves just as well in cold water as it does hot water.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every toddler becomes a hackerman when they find a tablet⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t give your kids velcro shoes after about age three. Deal with teaching them to tie them for a few months. No, it’s not convenient, but you’re doing it for them, not you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨7 for me⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  In the Winter, 1, plus heavy socks and sometimes with a sweatshirt. I keep the thermostat set at 50F at night, in the Winter.

  In the Spring and Fall, 3, sometimes with socks.

  In the Summer, 18 or 20, never with socks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨who are you?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Many years ago (I was there) expiration dates were useful and only on products that would actually expire–mostly just milk, cheese, and meat.

  Then, I think it was Budweiser came up with the “born on date” marketing campaign for beer. Since then, on anything that doesn’t actually expire, like beer, it’s been used to prompt people to throw away perfectly good food, so they’ll hopefully buy more “fresh” food.

  It’s been going on for so many years, we now have at least two generations who have been duped into believing them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Even Starfield's community patch modders are growing 'disenchanted' with the sci-fi RPG, as volunteers depart in droves: 'If nobody comes forward, we may have to retire the project'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I have almost 6500 hours in FO4, I played today.

  I have maybe 300 hours in Starfield, can’t be arsed to look. Haven’t touched it in at least a year.

  Bethesda knows how to make great games, but they chose not to. I don’t know why.

  That’s my take.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla ‘Robotaxi’ trademark refused for being too generic⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Will the things use LIDAR? Tesla is so far behind on self-driving tech in their cars, I think they need to finally admit their cheap camera-only method doesn’t work.