Hawke
@Hawke@lemmy.world
- Comment on cursed knowledge 1 week ago:
- Comment on Why democrats under Biden administration didn't release Epstein files? 2 weeks ago:
And why would “investigation is still ongoing” stop them from releasing it? My opinion: either a convenient excuse, or yet another self-own from the Democratic Party.
They chose not to release it, despite being under no true obligation.
- Comment on Why democrats under Biden administration didn't release Epstein files? 2 weeks ago:
Well, assuming “They were sealed until Jan 2024” is true, then from that point forward they could have been released but weren’t.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
At the very minimum you are confidently incorrect about how universal those terms are.
British English uses “road surface” where US English uses “pavement”.
British English uses “pavement” where US English uses “sidewalk”
You can also find “metaling” as a general term for hard road surfaces.
Even “concrete” can be short for “asphalt concrete” or “bituminous asphalt concrete”, i.e. yet another name for that same thing.
I can’t find anywhere that uses “rigid pavement” as a term to mean specifically concrete based on Portland cement. To me it sounds like a general term which would cover both concrete and asphalt [concrete]. But I’ll trust that you didn’t just make it up.
- Comment on Why democrats under Biden administration didn't release Epstein files? 2 weeks ago:
The OP said “with a shot at [presidency].
- Comment on Why democrats under Biden administration didn't release Epstein files? 2 weeks ago:
which trump ended …a year later.
There’s no excuse.
- Comment on Why democrats under Biden administration didn't release Epstein files? 2 weeks ago:
That gives a year, not a valid reason.
- Comment on We face nationalisation if we’re not let off fines, Thames Water warns 2 weeks ago:
Umm, good?
- Comment on How would I pop a bag of popcorn on the microwave? 1 month ago:
Thank you for sharing, that was an excellent video.
Also appreciate the edit; it’s amazing how much of a difference those little words make.
Biggest objection to that angle for me is “well I never eat microwave popcorn” makes it too easy to dismiss the problem.
I’d still bet that “groundwater contamination” (or “drinking water contamination” from manufacturing is the single largest source for almost anyone, but it looks like microwave popcorn is shockingly high when it comes to food and food packaging.
- Comment on How would I pop a bag of popcorn on the microwave? 1 month ago:
their packaging is a major source of PFA buildups in our bodies
[citation needed]
There’s no way that more than a few people eat enough microwave popcorn for that to be true.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
Nah.
It’s great to have hospital as a fallback for emergencies but there’s problems with hospitals themselves too.
- Comment on 1 month ago:
I dunno if I quite agree.
There’s a happy middle ground where hospital births are the rare occurrence and not the routine default.
- Comment on How do you keep track of what games you have played over the years? 1 month ago:
I use bgstats.
- Comment on Something something far-left 2 months ago:
It’s not really complicated, it’s just that companies want to find (or make!) loopholes to shirk their responsibilities.
- Comment on Google shares slump as Apple exec calls AI the new search 2 months ago:
This. I know I did, although nothing else is quite as good as google used to be.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
you subscribe to a belief wholeheartedly, even a crazy one, to the point where youd rather die than question it.
That’s what I said too, which is to say that the point is not the killing but the unquestioning nature of it.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
That’s not the point of the phrase — the statement refers to the true believers drinking poison unquestioningly, without entertaining the thought that it will kill them.
- Comment on Fly-tippers’ vehicles to be crushed in bid to save England from ‘avalanche of rubbish’ 2 months ago:
For those outside the UK, “fly-tipping” means the much more clearly phrased “illegal dumping”.
It is not similar to cow-tipping at all.
- Comment on What programs do you wish a good FOSS alternative existed, but doesn't or most of the FOSS alternatives simply aren't good? 3 months ago:
If they sound different they’re not lossless. (Or they’re different masters)
- Comment on What programs do you wish a good FOSS alternative existed, but doesn't or most of the FOSS alternatives simply aren't good? 3 months ago:
I’m with you on the “FOSS office alternatives are shit”, but unfortunately MS office is also shit. Google is the closest I have found to a good office suite but even that is becoming a bit chaotic and awkward. LyX is a promising word processor but also pretty awkward to use in its own way. I’ve got nothing, there.
As far as gaming, this sound less kind than intended but you deserve any shit you get for saying Linux gaming is bad these days. Apart from a few AAA games with anti-cheat where the devs just don’t want to, basically every game just works without any extra effort. Even obscure indie games. I can’t think of the last game I wanted to play that didn’t run on Linux, and often it is better under proton than Windows or native.
- Comment on Why do Americanized names of places etc exist? 3 months ago:
Nobody sat down and made a decision to handle country names the way we do.
This is clearly false. There was a definite point at which it was decided to call Burma Myanmar, or at a more local level Peking to Beijing.
- Comment on The inconsistent naming for insert row/columns in the German MS Office 3 months ago:
Have you tried sec /scannow?
- Comment on Which actor did not have a single bad film? 3 months ago:
Bill Cosby and OJ Simpson … how can you go wrong!?
- Comment on Which actor did not have a single bad film? 3 months ago:
Were they bad, though?
- Comment on uhhh overleaf you say 4 months ago:
LaTeX … sheets, you say??
I am intrigued by your ideas and would like to subscribe to your “newsletter”
- Comment on uhhh overleaf you say 4 months ago:
Where do I find this “course”. Asking for my self.
- Comment on The gentrified forest near me removed the bins. .. From their café/picnic area 4 months ago:
Me, via my taxes I would expect.
- Comment on The gentrified forest near me removed the bins. .. From their café/picnic area 4 months ago:
Bins in woodlands do not get emptied often and will often overflow
Think I found the problem— why not do the obvious thing and empty them more often?
- Comment on "You should probably just throw it away" 4 months ago:
I may have misunderstood, I was interpreting your comment to say that you were sticking with Windows — a paid commercial platform — while complaining about the cost of software.
- Comment on "You should probably just throw it away" 4 months ago:
I’ve got no problem myself, just pointing out that it’s silly for people to complain about price but then use a paid platform over a free one.
