gedaliyah
@gedaliyah@lemmy.world
- Comment on they are literally hanging our tax dollars right over our heads 5 days ago:
You are literally mad that a public service is serving the public.
Sources available on request.
- Comment on Lox of Luck 1 week ago:
Very interesting…
It’s traced back to about 8000 years, but not through records. Its history is reconstructed by linguists. So, it is often considered one of the oldest consistently used words, but I should not have called it the oldest “recorded word.”
- Comment on Some cheeses are luminescent. 2 weeks ago:
Hint:
Far Side ≠ Dark Side
It can be confusing because the far side of the Moon is sometimes also referred to as the Dark Side because it is “dark” to us, in the sense that we cannot see it from Earth.
- Comment on Lox of Luck 2 weeks ago:
Fun fact, lox is possibly the oldest recorded word in continuous use with an unaltered meaning.
- Comment on Do all wealthy people in LA drive Supercars? 2 weeks ago:
I don’t get it. What is your fixation on wealthy people?
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
Smelling the wafffle without tasting it: “We know what the mass isn’t if that helps!”
- Comment on Is Kagi Worth It? 3 weeks ago:
I had to do the unlimited plan tbh.
It offers AI search, but you have to click it or ask a question - I think it’s similar to DDG in terms of including it.
It really works as a complete search solution with maps, images, video, translation (actually the best translation site out there).
I find that I get good results, without much AI slop, SEO garbage, etc. When I use Google, DDG, or Quant on devices that are not logged in, I definitely notice it takes more effort to get to get to the results I want.
For me, it’s worth it.
- Comment on real 3 weeks ago:
Great song
- Comment on Is the "Gen z stare" a real thing? 3 weeks ago:
Nope. It’s always safe to ignore any articles about “kids these days”
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- Comment on When people recommend Brave browser. 5 weeks ago:
There is an inherent cost to internet freedom from using chromium browsers. It gives Google, which controls the back-end, leverage to redefine how the internet works. It’s not as though they haven’t already done it on multiple occasions.
People will say things like “some websites run better on Chrome” as though that’s a selling point and not a red flag.
I’m not saying no one should use it or develop on it, but you have to be okay with the real cost.
- Comment on RIP 5 weeks ago:
They have to be reflective lenses, dummy.
- Comment on Shuffel them cards 5 weeks ago:
I swear one of those has a “G” on it. Grandduke of Spimonds?
- Comment on Meirl 1 month ago:
Me only looking one way because my finances are a wreck
- Comment on Did We? 1 month ago:
But at what cost?
- Comment on Realistcly how much can be cleaned out of a house, as a child of a hourder? 1 month ago:
If possible, work with a therapist for this kind of support.
You can rent a roll off dumpster from your local waste management company, and remove a lot in a matter of days. But if you are living with a hoarder, then the mess will just accumulate to fill the space you clear out in a couple months.
This is not a logistical problem, but a behavioral one.
- Comment on Do smoke detectors have little speakers inside them? If yes, would it be possible to hack them to play a little jingle? 1 month ago:
Usually it’s not exactly a speaker, but it does involve a controlled moving diaphragm. In a piezoelectric buzzer, a current applied to the diaphragm causes it to oscillate, and the size and shape of the diaphragm determines the tone AFAIK.
It may be theoretically possible to engineer such a device into a rudimentary speaker. I mean, people have done it with Tesla coils and player pianos, so hey, anything is possible?
- Comment on Too young to understand what this is? 2 months ago:
Elvis is more than one Elvi
- Comment on People local apps not reading or ignoring the point of posts. 2 months ago:
You obviously understand the concept, given your very specific constraints. OP noted that the particular photo they took would need to be cropped or edited to protect their location.
This photo shows like 1% of a building, no cars, road, structures, or horizon.
Applying the rule “no outdoor photos of your location” covers all of these possibilities, making it a pretty good rule of thumb. Even if you are cautious, you could accidentally post some rare tree or background detail that gives up your location.
So we shouldn’t shame anyone for not posting photos they consider unsafe.
- Comment on People local apps not reading or ignoring the point of posts. 2 months ago:
It is basically trivial at this point to connect an outdoor picture to a physical location. This sounds like basic online safety to me.
- Comment on Is it better to follow your parents footsteps and help them with their thriving small bussiness, but you have to deal with toxicity, or trying going your own way and risk homelessness? 2 months ago:
Sounds like a good situation to connect with a therapist or coach. Talk to someone outside the family who can help you formulate a strategy.
It’s not all or nothing, and it’s not a forever problem. You can use the family business to launch into something more stable and healthy in a few years. Whether that’s education or career planning or just building a financial parachute, I promise you can start taking steps now that will leave you in a better place in the future.
You are a survivor.
- Comment on Is it better to follow your parents footsteps and help them with their thriving small bussiness, but you have to deal with toxicity, or trying going your own way and risk homelessness? 2 months ago:
How thriving? Is it just summer home thriving, or is it private jet thriving?
How toxic? Is it just criticizing your significant other toxic, or give away your dog to punish you toxic?
- Comment on Why do horses allow humans to ride on their backs? 2 months ago:
Why do humans allow cats to ride in their arms?
- Comment on Why would anyone do this? 2 months ago:
Sometimes I forget how brutal the early 2000s were.
- Comment on Chomp! 2 months ago:
- Comment on Hey Microsoft, How's it going? 2 months ago:
I had the same reaction! I had to log into the screwy web portal and test it to realize it was something else entirely.
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- Comment on Have anyone here actually published a memoir or know of someone IRL (as in, you've met them face to face) that published a memoir? Do people actually read these? 2 months ago:
People don’t read them but I think that’s not usually the point. The people I know who have written them usually end up with boxes in their garage that they eventually give at to friends and family.
It’s still a nice accomplishment and a good personal growth thing.
- Comment on Many guess that it's some type of religious symbol 2 months ago:
I actually have no recollection of why some records had the big holes in the first place. Were there players with a chonky spindle in the middle?
- Comment on Huh? 2 months ago:
It’s called a jazz bar and they’re not that great.
