mkwt

@mkwt@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They used to send these out every year. Anyone remember what year they ended it?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The state capital on the cover was not in area code 318 or the listed coverage area of this directory.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Always remain prepared in case you need to evacuate with your fridge during an emergency⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  In Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Harrison Ford survives a nuclear test by hiding in a refrigerator.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is a winner⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Significant Digits is an HPMOR sequel-fanfic that toys with these kinds of ideas.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So is it "It just works" or "Shit just works"?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Since DNS is hierarchical, it could be set up so that they both work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tired of hearing about “The offshore team”⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The problem is that it is still relatively rare for someone to have the patience and attention to detail to be able to tell the computer exactly what they want from it. The fraction of people that have that kind of natural ability hasn’t changed that much, and it’s not really something you can train.

  So while the schools are pumping out more grads, the average quality of those entry level junior engineers is going down, down, down.

  This heartens me that there will still be a place those who can produce quality software. But the current situation is not going to do any favours for average software quality any time soon.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I mean... I'm not complaining...⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Better Zemenhof than ex-optometrist Bashar Al-Assad.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Claim Denied⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That seems entirely feasible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Claim Denied⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It seems he had to clear multiple malfunctions, and that suggests his firearm was poorly setup with the suppressor.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YEET⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  And for reference, the earth escape velocity from the surface is 11.2 km/s or 25,000 mph, not 7,000 mph.

  To escape the solar system from the earth surface, the minimum speed is 16.6 km/s, or 37,100 mph. But this assumes that you launch in the correct direction to take the most advantage of the Earth’s 30 km/s. If you launch in the most disadvantageous direction, you can add another 60 km/s to escape.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Since the government can theoretically access the location of everyone's phone, wouldn't it be unsafe for an undocumented immigrant to have a phone?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d reckon about half a cm.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Since the government can theoretically access the location of everyone's phone, wouldn't it be unsafe for an undocumented immigrant to have a phone?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I think they’re conceptualizing hot dog radius.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨flouride⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  And that’s why you should only drink grain alcohol and pure, natural reason water. To preserve the essence of your precious bodily fluids.

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Will Firefox die for good if Google is forced to sell off Chrome?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Part of the DOJ ask is that the Google search business should be enjoined from paying for preferential s default status on other platforms.

  They want to prohibit the Firefox arrangement as part of the anti trust matter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Whichever speaker is elected in the House on Jan. 3.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If the EU uses online signature for European Citizen's Initiative, why isn't voting online for elections or policies not allowed?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Also this classic xkcd

  Oh no. Are you telling me that an xkcd numbered in the 2000s is a “classic” now? Yikes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did something about mass produced ice cream change like 10 years ago?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ice cream is always about churning air into cream. But nowadays the air ratio has definitely gone up. Seemingly across the board.

  And that assumes that you’re not buying a brand that has gotten into the fakery.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Election Analyst⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not embedded (using Jerboa).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The U.S. Air Force Overpaid Boeing for Soap Dispensers by Nearly 8,000%⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The commercial product likely is not the part specified in the approved aircraft drawings; does not come with certificates of conformance and the necessary traceability paperwork; and probably was not subjected to environmental stress testing, among other things.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Peak performance⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not clear if they properly matched the Reynolds numbers and other similarity parameters to properly make this comparison.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump cosplaying⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  E. coli is a coliform bacteria. That means it’s found in, you guessed it …shit. So E. coli is a great topic for a shitpost.

  How the E coli gets from the shit to the meat is left as an exercise to the reader.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨do airlines prefer to fill in non emergency seats before they start placing passengers on the emergency ones?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Some airlines nowadays are trying to sell the exit row seats at a premium as an upgrade.

  We should also mention that if you are uncomfortable with sitting in the exit row, federal regulations require the airline to reseat you in a different row on request. You don’t have to provide a reason why.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨stars & sharks⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Polaris goes in and out of North Star status on the 26,000 year precession cycle. So for the duration of humanity (let’s say 100,000 years), there have been decent chunks of time where it’s not in use.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOTY⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Category: existential horror.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What prevents Linux from being installed on mobile devices?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Another aspect to this is that Android is Linux, but it is not GNU / Linux. This is true both in the literal sense of not using GNU coreutils or glibc, and also in the broader sense.

  What I mean by the “broader” sense:

  • no X or Wayland
  • GTK or Qt support is something an application has to bring with them.
  • filesystem is substantially reorganized
  • users and system permissions setup substantially differently

  To the application programmer Android Linux looks like a completely different ball game.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨More⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is missing a “just right” image for reference, and so everyone can criticize the author’s cookie preferences.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨More⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Uranium doesn’t usually glow in the dark? If you can see a blue glow, you need to get the heck out of there, or submerge it in a lot of water.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When and why did democrats begin supporting fracking?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Fracking has granted the United States independence from OPEC, and turned the US into the largest exporter of oil. This, the US now has the pricing power on the world oil market. This has huge geopolitical implications.

  Back in the 2000s it was completely different. All of the geopolitical wonks were pushing renewable energy as a means of OPEC independence. And now that independence has been granted, but we still have the oil.

  Meanwhile, as others have stated on this thread, the immediate problems from fracking have been mostly fixed, including the earthquakes. Long term, I don’t think anyone knows what’s going to happen with all of that dirty wastewater going back into the ground.

  So on balance, there’s a good reason for the leadership in both parties to be on board with fracking: oil still rules the world, and fracking lets the United States rule the oil markets.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Magic⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + … = -1/12

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Button⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I went to labcorp for a while when I needed monthly blood draws for my doctor.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any negatives side effects to using PGP all the time with email?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  —BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE— Side effects include all of your contacts calling you freakin nerd.

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