BassTurd
@BassTurd@lemmy.world
- Comment on what's the best material for wiping out a cast iron skillet? 3 weeks ago:
We have a plastic scraper that gets anything off with a bit of water. Then I hit it with a rough sponge and water, towel dry, then stovetop dry. While still hot, I like to put a thin layer of Crisco on all surfaces with a paper towel and wipe any excess off. Having a well seasoned pan, warming up before cooking, and using enough fat or oil makes cleaning and maintaining a lot easier.
- Comment on How abnormal is it for a mother to be her son a fleshlight for his 18th birthday? 4 weeks ago:
My mom once left her Amazon account logged in and open on her computer. My sibling and I searched for a bunch of sex toys to mess with the ad suggestions. That was funny, but I’d never buy my mother a dildo and it would be really weird if she bought me a Fleshlight.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Not at all. I would have had it done at 18 in hindsight, but did it in my later 20s. It was bar none the best $50 I’ve ever spent. I’ve known my entire life that I didn’t want to be a parent, and for me that feeling only compounded as I got older. Couple that with the current world situation and local political climate and uncertainty, and it reaffirms my choice.
Technically it is reversible, but I would consider a permanent fix. Regardless, wrap your dick because vasectomies don’t block STDs.
- Comment on Resources 5 weeks ago:
That’s fair. My take was shallow and I was thinking more from personal experience. I’m ~200lbs and burn over 100 kcal every mile I run, and am a distance athlete. If I jog 6 miles or bike 20+, I have to replace that for proper recovery.
I shouldn’t say most people, but a large amount of people need more than 2100 kcal if they are active.
- Comment on Resources 5 weeks ago:
I’d argue that’s a downgrade for most people. I personally exceed all of those bullet points and the idea of coming close to most of them sounds like Hell to me. If it meant 8.5 billion people met those standards, I could make the sacrifice, but it would be awful.
Can you imagine if everyone you met was wearing a 3 days dirty shirt? Do other not sweat? And 2100 kcal per day is not safe or sustainable for almost anyone that exercises regularly.
- Comment on be gay, do computers 5 weeks ago:
I think it’s a fun debate between all of them. It doesn’t really matter, but I enjoy reading the reasoning behind each argument.
- Comment on be gay, do computers 5 weeks ago:
Also before the ENIAC was the Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC)
- Comment on MILLIPEDE FACTS 5 weeks ago:
Take that metric users!
- Comment on How active is too active while being on lemmy? 5 weeks ago:
I’ve blocked a couple bots that post seemingly every article from specific sites. It’s too bad because some of those articles were worth reading, but it was too much in my home feed, so they’re gone.
- Comment on Missouri Gov. Kehoe signs bill repealing paid sick leave 1 month ago:
Byron Donald’s, Wesley Hunt, John James, Burgess Owens, and Tim Scott are current black Republican members of Congress.
- Comment on Missouri Gov. Kehoe signs bill repealing paid sick leave 1 month ago:
The fact that it’s possible is completely fucked up by itself.
- Comment on Belkin is killing off parts of the Wemo Line 1 month ago:
They’re conservative nut bags
- Comment on Belkin is killing off parts of the Wemo Line 1 month ago:
Yea, but the phone still has to be purchased.
- Comment on Belkin is killing off parts of the Wemo Line 1 month ago:
Nestle is tough having their grubby fingers in about everything. I do avoid if I know. Bill and Fox to me are just givens, so not worth mentioning. And yes, fuck HP.
- Comment on Belkin is killing off parts of the Wemo Line 1 month ago:
Target, Amazon, Walmart, Tesla, Subnaughtica 2, Gearbox, Microsoft, T Mobile, McDonald’s, Pepsi Co, Coke, Disturbed, Falling in Reverse, 3 doors down, Trapt, PirateSoftware, Salvation Army, chick fil a, hobby lobby, and more. Those were some of the cuff for me. Google is there, but I can’t get out of everything there, and the Pixel is the best phone option. There are more but we could be here all night.
- Comment on Is possible to learn to swim, just by reading a lot about it? 1 month ago:
For sure, swimming and practicing swimming is the best way. Reading about it won’t likely help you in an emergency situation. In a controlled environment, I think that someone could probably survive if they’ve only read about how to swim. Not thrive, but knowing what to do would help.
- Comment on Is possible to learn to swim, just by reading a lot about it? 1 month ago:
Being put in a situation meant to induce panic with restrains, gear, and objectives is very different from surviving if someone falls into a body of water.
Sure, reading a book probably won’t do much if you capsize in rough waters or have tread water for minutes to hours. I think that if someone were to have a controlled drop in a deep pool, they would have a much higher chance of success if they’ve read about basic water survival techniques vs someone who hasn’t. Panic is still for sure the biggest factor, but having any amount of knowledge is still better than having none.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Same. I started learning French from English, and my experiences from software development have made learning a new language easier. I also took Spanish almost 20 years ago, and while I don’t speak it, I have a better understanding of how languages are structured so learning congregations is easier since I understand the concept better. Perhaps the specific words I’m learning don’t stick in memory as easy as a child, but learning a new language is like 30% vocab and 70% sentence structure and congregation. The hard part is the “logic”, if you will.
- Comment on How much spacing while stopped at a red light? 1 month ago:
You conveniently left out the rest of the law…
(1) No person may turn a vehicle from a direct course or move right or left upon a highway unless and until such movement can be made with reasonable safety, and then only after giving an appropriate signal in the manner hereinafter provided, in the event any other vehicle may be affected by the movement.
(2) A signal of intention to turn right or left must be given continuously during not less than the last 100 feet traveled by the vehicle before turning, except that such a signal by hand or arm need not be given continuously by a bicyclist if the hand is needed in the control or operation of the bicycle.
(3) No person may stop or suddenly decrease the speed of a vehicle without first giving an appropriate signal in the manner provided herein to the driver of any vehicle immediately to the rear, when there is opportunity to give such signal.
(4) The signals provided for in s. 316.156 shall be used to indicate an intention to turn, to overtake, or to pass a vehicle and may not, except as provided in s. 316.2397, be flashed on one side only on a parked or disabled vehicle or flashed as a courtesy or “do pass” signal to operators of other vehicles approaching from the rear. (5) A violation of this section is a noncriminal traffic infraction, punishable as a moving violation as provided in chapter 318. - Comment on How much spacing while stopped at a red light? 1 month ago:
There isn’t a federal law on turn signal use that I can find and it’s left up to the individual states. Every law I looked at said you have to have a continuous signal before the turn and when turning into a different lane. I did not see any exceptions listed anywhere, including turn lanes.
When turning from a turn lane, to a different lane, that is a change of lane and therefore falls under the law. If you have any other evidence to the contrary or happen to live in a state that I didn’t check where that is an exception, I and the others here would love if you’d source that. If you can’t, then you’re just making shit up and should just take the “L”.
- Comment on The signatures are still coming and it's already making an impact 1 month ago:
The thing is either that license model changes, or those other companies selling the code cease to exist when nobody buys something they can’t use.
- Comment on The signatures are still coming and it's already making an impact 1 month ago:
There’s no requirement that the open source code released after EoL has to be pretty or maintained, just functional to meet legal requirements. Using other 3rd party code would be a hurdle to get over I suppose. It would definitely take a different approach to design, but after the initial shock of changing, it wouldn’t be more difficult to do long term.
- Comment on The signatures are still coming and it's already making an impact 1 month ago:
Why would coding something with less restrictions take more time and money?
- Comment on Why there are a lot of people migrating from Windows to Linux these days? 1 month ago:
I believe so, yes.
- Comment on Why there are a lot of people migrating from Windows to Linux these days? 1 month ago:
Actually, it is. Anecdotally, I’ve never had an issue with my Nvidia card playing any games. Nvidia is certainly not as good as AMD, but it’s not as bad as the memes make it seem. In the past year they’ve worked more with Linux developers to provide better drivers. Not perfect, but it’s at least stable.
Installing the Nvidia drivers on Linux isn’t anymore difficult than it is on Windows.
If you haven’t used Linux within the last at couple of two years, then your experience is outdated and not relevant. There have been huge QoL improvements over that time.
- Comment on Why there are a lot of people migrating from Windows to Linux these days? 1 month ago:
You may have disabled copilot, but it installed and integrated into the Win 11 operating system. It takes 1 update to re-enable it without your consent. If there weren’t precedent, that wouldn’t really be a valid argument, but it wouldn’t be the first time it’s happened.
Linux Mint is easier to use out of the box than any version of Windows. It is 100% usable without typing a single terminal command. If you learn apt-get, it extends functionality and is basically 1 command, which again, is optional.
To install applications it’s as simple as opening Software Manager, selecting the app, and installing. The app store is better than whatever windows has installed by a country mile.
On a fresh install it has a full libre office suite, all of the basic apps like calculator, and many others. If you don’t want that, it can be prevented at installation.
It is inherently more secure, and updates won’t revert settings or install malware like Windows updates.
Major version updates will always support old hardware. There will never be a situation like Windows 11 not supporting older hardware.
The only thing the Windows has over Linux is proprietary apps for a lot of products. For the average and most above average users, that’s irrelevant. There are options for most fields but not all. For most people, life exists in a web browser, and that works better on Linux.
- Comment on Why there are a lot of people migrating from Windows to Linux these days? 1 month ago:
There is no way to install windows fresh, have all of those items disabled, and have all of the bloat uninstalled without creating a custom image.
- Comment on Is anyone else not feeling that patriotic for July 4? 1 month ago:
Lol, I did butcher it. I only Lemmy from my phone, so I’m far more inclined to have typos. When I typed that I remember starting it and clicking on the suggestion to auto fill, but I must not clicked where I thought.
- Comment on Special thanks to fellow user ShittyDwarf for the inspiration 👍 1 month ago:
Oddly specific, butt who am I to kink shame? You do you, or… Rosie do you?
What about her right fist, is that a deal breaker?
- Comment on Is anyone else not feeling that patriotic for July 4? 1 month ago:
If those people didn’t have hippcrasy, they’d have nothing… Well, they’d still have racism, bigotry, and a bunch of other shitty attributes I guess.