Pyr_Pressure

@Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Latitudes⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Imagine the chaos in Europe if the ocean currents fail to bring warm temps up from the tropics and the UK, Germany, etc all start to get weather similar to mid-northern Canada which even Canadians try their best to avoid.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump wants the NFL to change its name so that soccer is the only sport called football: ‘We have to come up with another name for the NFL stuff’⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Why don’t you just call NFL foot ball, soccer? No one else wants to use the name soccer so it’s sort of free.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wireless EV charging hits 90% efficiency in Swiss real-world trials⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder about the costs though.

  If you can just have a plate on the ground instead of a interface and cord perhaps it might be useful in parking lots, where EVs can just park and charge while they shop without having the have the space requirements of the charging infrastructure.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨heads up!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Our butt is connected to our head, just with a really long tube. Shorten the tube enough and your butter would also be in your head.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HP plans to save millions by laying off thousands, ramping up AI use⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I wish I owned HP stocks so I could sell them immediately

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HP plans to save millions by laying off thousands, ramping up AI use⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Anytime AI has been involved my customer satisfaction has gone down tremendously

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HP plans to save millions by laying off thousands, ramping up AI use⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  They will save millions for a few years, but AI will make their already terrible company absolutely useless, and then go bankrupt and lose everything.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I spent $1000 on my Samsung (S6? I can’t even remember anymore) and it’s battery shit the bed after like 12 months and the charging port no longer worked unless the cord was exactly in a specific angle and pressure on order to recharge it. It was a pain in the ass and cheaper to buy a new phone than to fix it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  29 months is too long??? I consider that the absolutely minimum.

  If my device doesn’t last at least 36 months I look for a new company. I aim for at least 48 months.

  I refuse to buy Samsung or Google devices anymore, since they definitely did not meet my 36 month criteria. They didn’t even make it to 24. Google did at first with my Nexus 4 and I loved it but they shit the bed real quick after that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No, whenever Trump is president years suddenly have 25 months in them. It did apply in 2020 but the phenomenon is back again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bondi's Latest Press Briefing⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Instead they will import you and you have to suffer living in maerica

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The simple test that blew up the FTC's case against Meta⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I really wish it were illegal for social media to prevent users from viewing the website without an account. X and Facebook are still used by governments to post community informations but without an account you can’t view it a lot of the time.

  Prevent stuff like commenting and voting and liking but at least let everyone view it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Population Growth⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But also accessible abortion

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Female tourist takes down phone-snatcher in Argentina⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah, anarchy probably wouldn’t have cops to come pick him up at the end. They’d just beat him some more until they felt justified enough cause what else ya gonna do?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Screw your zodiac sign, tell me..⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait… Was I a poor kid?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨kiss kiss, bang bang⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The prestige of a journal is ranked based on how often it gets cited (or in other words, how influential the papers are within the journal).

  Wouldn’t this mean that other smaller journals could still publish the random common boring studies and then pretty much everyone would be citing those, since the boring stuff like “Trees consume carbon dioxide” would be cited a lot more than specific stuff like “Molecule XX~2~ can affect the brain development of Augustus caesarius if introduced between the ages of 3 and 6 months” and than become super prestigious?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨kiss kiss, bang bang⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I can see why journals would not want to publish boring papers in the days of paper magazines and limited space but why would they not be published digitally nowadays? Limited by people able to review them?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New image-generating AIs are being used for fake expense reports⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah we recently switched to per diem for meals. Still have to keep receipts for hotels and vehicle rentals/gas etc but it’s nice not having to juggle 60 meal receipts.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Seriously, why do they even care? It’s not like people are threating violence or even cursing each other out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I love stardew valley. looking for an alternative that is made for controller experience.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  There a free to play online game called Palia that’s pretty chill.

  Not as farm intensive as stardew, but you do have a few plots to grow crops and you can refine them into jams and pickled goods, etc.

  Can also cook your food into meals, give gifts to villagers to build up relationships, and each villager has a story and background to learn.

  There is also mining, tree felling, plant foraging, animal hunting, fishing, etc.

  It’s a first person 3D world, and I haven’t tried it with controller but I imagine it would be fine.

  It’s very chill, there is pretty much no negatives for any action or inaction that you take.

  Main storyline quests are not too bad either, there is a story to the world that develops as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mary E. Brunkow, one of this year's Nobel Prize winners in Medicine, has only 34 published papers and an H-index of 21.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly if I see someone who publishes like 200+ papers I would just be wondering… What the hell did they contribute? They’re churning shit out the door so either they weren’t involved much and did the bare minimum to put their name on the paper or it was mostly inconsequential and non-impressive shit that you could churn out in a few weeks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨2022 vs. 2026 FIFA World Cup ticket prices⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m Canadian, and there’s a work conference in the states in an area I really would have wanted to go to if it were a year ago.

  All expenses paid by the company for a week of travel and schmoozing.

  Still not going.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OK what is your Roman name?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Bacontomatosandwhichius

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dinner is ready! ⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Anyone who chooses A or H is a psychopath

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Coincidence⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Gnortsmr Alien

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Uh oh lol⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Goldilocks zone is basically just where life can survive.

  Even if we stay within the Goldilocks zone doesn’t mean that most of the species alive today won’t go extinct because it fucks up the seasons or the magnetic poles or tilt of the earth, etc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Uh oh lol⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think there’s maybe more risk with the solar system being thrown off balance with other gravitational forces pulling things out of orbit. Even if earth just gets pulled away from the sun a little we are screwed. Or even the moon pulled away from earth somewhat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨arriving⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I also prefer a yard full of fallen leaves over an atmosphere full of pollen and people sneezing everywhere.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨arriving⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a real winter where it’s enjoyable

  I have lived in areas where it’s -30 to -35 and 12+ inches of snow on the ground from November to may. Personally I did quite like it as well but it’s not to everyone’s taste. The first scenario I described is where I think the most people would enjoy it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨arriving⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I love winter when it’s a real winter. I think most people who hate winter live in an area where they only get half winters.

  When each day is generally -5 to -10 degrees celsius, and you have a constant layer of snow around everywhere for a solid 2-3 months, is when winter is my favourite season of the year

  But when you have an average temperature of -1 degrees to 5 degrees, and you get random flurries on snow that melt and freeze constantly, then occasional freezing rain and hail, that’s when winter sucks.