kersploosh
@kersploosh@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Trying to buy right size bicycle wheel online 1 week ago:
Competing wheel standards are bad, but the tire marketing makes things even worse.
Marketed for road? That’s 700c.
Marketed for mountain? That’s 29". Marketed for ebikes? That’s 28".But all three tires fit on the same 622mm diameter rim.
- Comment on Stare at it. 3 weeks ago:
Say out loud to yourself, “What the hell is this?” or, “Why did they do it this way?” once in a while. Everyone around will think you know exactly what you’re doing.
- Comment on Did the premise of an entity approaching you only when it's not being viewed originate with Doctor Who's Weeping Angels? 1 month ago:
The ghosts in Super Mario Brothers 3 (1988) would pursue Mario only when he looked away. When he faced them they would stop and hide their faces.
- Comment on Reactionary memes when sorting by new 2 months ago:
Lemmy is also finicky about when certain actions federate. If you watch the modlog you will sometimes see a user be banned, unbanned, and then immediately rebanned. That’s a mod or admin trying to get content removal to federate out to other instances.
That happened in the case of the spammer here ~3 hours ago. Their content was removed from their home instance but it stayed up in this community. It’s gone now, though.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Mantises live solitary lives, and are cannibalistic. I assume it’s more out of indifference than hate, but it’s close to what you’re looking for.
- Comment on Long time 2 months ago:
@GrymEdm@lemmy.world doing the Lord’s work here.
- Comment on It's more interesting when self-directed 2 months ago:
School: Cover several centuries of human activity in a brief class. There is no time for context or detail. Good luck trying to get more than a few key names and dates.
Self-directed: Dive deep into a specific topic of interest. Get to know the main people involved: their personalities, backgrounds, motivations. Spend all the time you like exploring how their actions still resonate today.
- Comment on Why can animals eat grass that they have pooped on, but humans would get sick? 3 months ago:
They can and do get sick. Here’s an example of bovine parasites whose life cycle goes from cow to grass and back again:
https://livestock.extension.wisc.edu/articles/managing-worms-on-summer-pastures/
- Comment on Thanks capitalism, very nice 5 months ago:
It’s got electrolytes!
- Comment on 5 months ago:
Beware, crocodiles! Steve Irwin lurks in those waters, watching and waiting, always on the hunt…
- Comment on What caused the change in electronic terminology? 5 months ago:
“Resistor” usually implies a device with a fixed resistance value. A rheostat is a device with variable resistance. The two terms are not synonymous.
As for condenser and capacitor, Wikipedia has an interesting tidbit:
Early capacitors were known as condensers, a term that is still occasionally used today, particularly in high power applications, such as automotive systems. The term was first used for this purpose by Alessandro Volta in 1782, with reference to the device’s ability to store a higher density of electric charge than was possible with an isolated conductor. The term became deprecated because of the ambiguous meaning of steam condenser, with capacitor becoming the recommended term in the UK from 1926, while the change occurred considerably later in the United States.
- Comment on Has there ever been an attempt to do a modern "novelisation" of Shakespeare's plays? 5 months ago:
There are certainly lots of film adaptations. I can think of two off the top of my head: Ten Things I Hate About You is a retelling of The Taming of the Shrew, and Disney’s The Lion King is straight Hamlet.
I’m surprised that I can’t easily find novelizations on Google. They must exist. If not, then that seems like a great opportunity.
- Comment on The DOJ is recommending only 6 months in jail for Ray Epps, the guy who is on tape telling people to enter the Capitol 5 months ago:
Not surprising. He pled guilty, and his plea agreement includes cooperating with the DOJ on their broader investigation.
- Comment on The four houses dads belong to. 5 months ago:
DeWalt gang, stand up!
- Comment on Beef Liners 5 months ago:
- Comment on Other platforms under the lemmy.world umbrella? 6 months ago:
They also run mastodon.world, calckey.world, and bookwyrm.world. Here’s their blog with more info: https://blog.mastodon.world/
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- Comment on Honda's commercials saying they are going to be carbon neutral by 2050. What? 6 months ago:
Similar to how Subaru brags about their “zero landfill” production. Manufacturing a car absolutely generates waste. They just juggle the supply chain to have all the waste happen at their suppliers.
- Comment on Does anyone feel like an actual adult? 7 months ago:
I think we’re all taking the “fake it 'till you make it” approach to some extent. I know I am. There is no script to follow.
Remember that part of being an adult is (getting to decide what “adult” means](xkcd.com/150/).
- Comment on What would life be like if we had 2 moons? With 2 different lunar cycles, how would we tell which time of the year it is without months? 7 months ago:
Physical seasons, and the modern western calendar, are both based on the sun. Having two moons wouldn’t make a difference there.
Two moons would make the ocean tides more complicated, though.
- Comment on What makes a bicycle so expensive? 7 months ago:
As people dive deeper into a hobby they have very particular desires. That means two things: (1) specialty parts with very low sales volumes, and (2) people are willing to pay extra to get exactly what they want. If I just want two wheels and a set of pedals and don’t really care about the details then I can grab any $200 bike from a department store. But if I want, say, a very particular drivetrain, carbon fiber parts to shave weight, maybe a specific suspension design, mounting points for niche accessories, etc., then I’m shopping for very specific items from boutique brands. That’s why a very small number of hardcore riders do crazy stuff like pay over $4k for a set of wheels.
You’ll see the same thing in other hobbies, too. I can’t imagine what some people spend on their gaming PCs.
- Comment on Does someone have this meme? 8 months ago:
The hero we need.
- Comment on do computers conspire? 8 months ago:
Do computers respire?
- Comment on If the equator is the hottest part of the world, why aren't the deserts there? 8 months ago:
Many of the world’s deserts exist - at least in part - because of rain shadow effects from nearby mountain ranges. The Andes range creates the Atacama desert. The Himalayas create the dry Tibetan plateau. The Sierra Nevada and Cascade ranges create a lot of desert in the western US.
- Comment on Does the Federal Govt in the US consider Hemp as a product completely separate from Cannabis and as a legitimate business? 8 months ago:
As far as I can find, as long as the THC content is below 0.03% then there are no special business or tax rules. This lines up with the answer @fubo@lemmy.world gave. As far as the Feds are concerned, banks are clear to work with industrial hemp growers and resellers (relevant NY Times article).
Whether banks are open to working with industrial hemp customers is a separate issue. It seems like most are waiting for the SAFER Banking Act to get some traction in Congress. That bill should explicitly confirm what is legal at the federal level in terms of banking, loads, and insurance for both industrial hemp and the rest of the cannabis industry.
- Comment on Does the Federal Govt in the US consider Hemp as a product completely separate from Cannabis and as a legitimate business? 8 months ago:
“Industrial” hemp (i.e. for textiles, cloth, etc.) is now treated like any other crop. It was legalized in 2018.
- Comment on What does natural Black/African Ancestry hair look like, is it an afro? 8 months ago:
I don’t have a good direct answer, but if you’re interested in this topic you might enjoy watching Good Hair.
- Comment on What is the Israel thing going on? 8 months ago:
It’s a complicated can of worms. Good luck getting a thorough, unbiased opinion from strangers on the Internet. The more you read about all the different political and religious factions involved in the Israel-Palentine conflict, the more you will find that it’s a tangled mess of alliances, political desires, religious convictions, and international proxy fights.
- Comment on why doesn't Egypt open its borders to Gaza? 8 months ago:
IIRC, Egypt also sees Hamas as a threat since Hamas is backed by Iran. They aren’t going to do anything to make life easier for Hamas or similar groups.
- Comment on What if the Gaza Strip declared independence? 8 months ago:
They can declare whatever they want, but if the major nations of the world do not recognize their declaration as valid and support them then it’s a hollow victory. The PLO declared an independent Palestinian state back in 1988. Many nations recognize it as an independent state today, and many nations do not.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_State_of_Palestine