IMALlama
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- Comment on THE CLASS WAR IS BACK, BABY! 2 weeks ago:
I’m sorry - what strategy finally got us gay marriage?
Gay marriage is presently legal in the US at a federal level due to a Supreme Court ruling, not a law. It seems inevitable that this will change given the present makeup of the court, similar to abortion.
I am all for LGBTQ rights, but until something is passed by Congress the current situation seems precarious.
- Comment on Heyyy! 2 weeks ago:
Adam Sandler. He made a cameo at the 2025 Oscars that Conan O’Brien was hosting. The two of them go way back and you could tell both were trying to not break out laughing during the exchange.
- Comment on Win win 3 weeks ago:
There is a whole bunch of regulatory stuff that’s been spun up for EVs over the past 7 years or so.
I have no idea if Hyundai had something out of the ordinary happen, but the public is generally very slow to change and are a bit hyper vigilant. Add in the fact that the press loves a good boogieman to get clicks and you’ll see some of the EV mess.
Are they safer than ICE? Yes. Should that stop there? No.
With an average of 16 EV and hybrid fires per year, there’s a 1 in 38,000 chance of fire. There are a total of roughly 4.4 million gas- and diesel-powered passenger vehicles in Sweden, with an average of 3,384 fires per year, for a 1 in 1,300 chance of fire. That means gas- and diesel-powered passenger vehicles are 29 times more likely to catch fire than EVs and hybrids.
- Comment on Anti-acknowlegements 4 weeks ago:
Ha, I mentally skipped the second yes. Agree, add that to the list.
- Comment on Anti-acknowlegements 4 weeks ago:
It’s all in the wording, but I think it’s also the contradiction between the first and second/third sentences.
Yes yes, intelligent woman be intimidating to some people.
Acknowledges that intelligent women are intimidating to some. It also uses present tense, which implies the author knows this is still the case.
But how old is this, is it still that bad? The “computer girl” could be around 2000.
Ah “it”. Which it? That some people are intimidated by intelligent women or that the author encountered a ton of sexism?
I think it’s ok to ask how prevalent sexism still is these days, especially if you personally experience it / don’t participate in a field dominated by the opposite gender.
Something like “I thought society would have finally realized this behavior wasn’t appropriate after me too, is that not the case?” sounds less tone deaf.
- Comment on Lightning bugs!! 1 month ago:
We’ve been living at the same house for about a decade. We have a tiny tiny creek in our back yard with some unmowed area around it. Our yard is chemical free and we have tons of pollinators. We saw single digit numbers of lightning bugs for nearly the time we lived here. Never more than two a night and most nights none showed up.
The past few years we’ve seen an uptick. Not loads, but they seem to be making a small comeback. At least in our yard.
- Comment on Can I lose a beer belly working out one day a week? 2 months ago:
Agree. Heck, even when I was more fit (also, younger) a good exercise session would often result in me eating more calories than needed.
- Comment on Can I lose a beer belly working out one day a week? 2 months ago:
Exercise can burn a ton of calories, but in order to be able to do that level of exercise you have to be reasonably fit. For someone who doesn’t have a ton of stamina, I agree that diet is much more effective.
- Comment on Can I lose a beer belly working out one day a week? 2 months ago:
At my weight (175 pounds) going 10k over an hour puts me at about this amount of calories. That’s 6.2 miles. I am in no way fit enough to be able to go that kind of distance, forget about the pace, which is sad to admit.
At a 15 minute mile, I would burn 120 calories/mile.
That’s not to say that you can’t burn significant calories exercising, it’s just that your average couch potato won’t be able to out of the gate. It’s far easier for me to reduce my intake by 120 calories/day than it jog a mile a day on average. Ideally you would do a bit of both.
- Comment on I love the Amazon delivery guys. They always hide my packages under my door mat 2 months ago:
- Comment on After shutting down several popular emulators, Nintendo admits emulation is legal 2 months ago:
See also: …wikipedia.org/…/Strategic_lawsuit_against_public…
Strategic lawsuits against public participation (also known as SLAPP suits or intimidation lawsuits), or strategic litigation against public participation, are lawsuits intended to censor, intimidate, and silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a legal defense until they abandon their criticism or opposition
There are many, many variants. The idea is the smaller player can’t really afford to fight in court, so even if the larger actor has shaky legal claims they will still win.
- Comment on Trust the process! 2 months ago:
I imagine the texture will probably be… not great, lol.
Report back on your findings!
- Comment on Trust the process! 2 months ago:
I am amused at the up and downvotes on your comment. Have an up vote from me :)
A 7.0 log10 lethality means that a process has reduced the number of harmful bacteria, like Salmonella, by a factor of 10 million, effectively killing 99.99999% of them
This is the same way they measure the time duration you need to hold poultry at 165°F for.
Here’s a fun thought experiment: egg whites collegiate (ie are considered cooked) at 150° F. To reach 7.0 log10 levels of salmonella killing you would have to either have to hold your eggs at this temperature for 72 seconds or cook them to a higher temperature and hold them there less long. I don’t know about you, but I like over easy eggs. The center of the yolk gets no where near 150.
- Comment on Trust the process! 2 months ago:
100%
Temp of the coldest part and the quantity of time it’s held at that temperature.
- Comment on Trust the process! 2 months ago:
Yes you can, but you’re not going to be able to cook to order.
It’s all about the meat’s internal temperature and the amount of time it’s kept at that temperature. If the meat could reach 165° F instantly it would kill everything. If you hold it at 120° F for two hours you kill nearly everything.
- Comment on Trust the process! 2 months ago:
Accurate. You could do this in an oven or grill too, but you might dry things out some. It’s all about the meat’s internal temperature and time. If the meat could reach 165° F instantly it would kill everything. If you hold it at 120° F for two hours you kill nearly everything.
- Comment on No way a horse drew this... 2 months ago:
Clearly you’ve never heard of a horse drawn carriage ;)
- Comment on We got several more inches of snow last night after getting over seven a few days ago. I went to my local newspaper's website to find out if there was anything I should know. This was their top story. 2 months ago:
If it snows “bad enough” this is very common. The roads are going to be hard to drive on, which leads to more accidents and just puts first responders in jeopardy. The day before a big snow the grocery stores are usually slammed.
- Comment on For a group that considers .world to be Reddit 2.0 and a "CIA propaganda front" they seem to get awfully mad whenever it comes up 2 months ago:
It’s almost like the saying “the grass is greener” is a reoccurring human phenomenon, lol.
I personally like the idea of many instances, but it would be great if there were a way of doing something about communities that are attempting to fill the same niche. For example, there are 3-4 small-mid sized photography communities with very similar rules and moderation styles. Maybe the mods could agree to form an alliance and somehow federate posts and comments across the community? If something goes sideways they could always break off the community level federation.
- Comment on If me and a bunch of my lemmy friends got on a yacht. Went into international waters what could we get away with legally and what would still be illegal? 3 months ago:
- Comment on What your coffee preparation method says about you 4 months ago:
You’ve discovered cold brew!
- Comment on [Même] Which movie was this for you? 5 months ago:
True Lies is truly great. There are a bunch of other good choices in there too, but true lies really sticks in my head.
- Comment on FAQ: Yes We Suppirt Kinect 5 months ago:
I truly don’t get PMs who themselves haven’t done the thing they’re now PMing. I like to think I make a decent PM because I was a user, got frustrated, made my own version of the thing that was way faster and easier, that saw some success, I learned a bunch, and now I PM that space after I figured out I had much stronger opinions on what a thing should do/be and why that mattered than then actual implementation.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 months ago:
I would love to teach kids. I take any opportunity I can to mentor people at work, but in a school setting would be super cool. The pay cut relative to what I make now just isn’t worth it. Maybe in another decade when we have enough set aside…
- Comment on What is the current best smart TV software/brand/ecosystem option? 6 months ago:
I just said the same about a PS5. We used a PS3 for a while too, but it eventually gave up the ghost. I haven’t done this in a long time, but the PS3 could also connect to locally hosted media servers. As an American Top Gear fan, this is how I watched that show.
- Comment on What is the current best smart TV software/brand/ecosystem option? 6 months ago:
We use a PS5 for exactly the purpose you describe, sans casting. I am not sure how many of the streaming platforms have an app for it, but the ones we like are all here. For casting we use a Chromecast on another HDMI port. We very rarely cast though.
- Comment on More trustworthy than what's currently on the road 6 months ago:
The challenger/mustang/camaro pulled this off fairly well for a while. There have been others, like the Thunderbird, but they never sold well.
These days, if it’s not a crossover it seems like no one will buy it. I am blissfully unaware of interesting looking old SUVs, but surely one is out there. Maybe the bronco qualifies? Too bad it’s suffering from size and price inflation.
- Comment on Lord of the Rings Characters: Screen Time vs. Mentions in the Books 7 months ago:
Not that I remember, which is probably the reason why it was cut from the film. There is a lot of activity around him and the area around his house in the books, but it’s more side quest than main quest.
- Comment on Lord of the Rings Characters: Screen Time vs. Mentions in the Books 7 months ago:
Tom Bombadil is probably the biggest omission - both the character and all tge activities that take place around their house. I remembered that sticking out to me when I watched the films for the first time, but at that point I last read the trilogy at least five years prior.
- Comment on New FPS Built Using Doom Tech Is Better Than Most AAA Shooters 9 months ago:
Thanks for the follow up!
