toynbee
@toynbee@lemmy.world
- Comment on Hot birds in your area iykyk 1 hour ago:
Poo-tee-weet.
- Comment on Oh yes... 23 hours ago:
Nine hours of sleep daily at 39? That sounds amazing.
- Comment on Apparently we should shame people for selling at affordable prices 23 hours ago:
And he reminds me of a Rickroll!
- Comment on twitter 1 day ago:
That, I … Uh …
Thank you for explaining.
- Comment on if H₂O is so great why isn’t there H₂O₂ 1 day ago:
Hopefully enough so to make you at least titter!
- Comment on if H₂O is so great why isn’t there H₂O₂ 2 days ago:
My pleasure!
It’s very likely you could find that on a shirt somewhere else or just have one made.
- Comment on if H₂O is so great why isn’t there H₂O₂ 2 days ago:
Always liked that one, too.
I once went to a restaurant with a friend. My friend ordered a root beer, then the waitress turned to me and asked what I would like. I said “I’ll have a root beer, also.” The waitress nodded, wrote that down, and walked away.
It soon became clear that something had gone awry; our sodas didn’t come and the waitress could be seen walking around the back of the restaurant asking other staff something. Finally, the waitress sent out the (very pregnant, I felt bad that she had to walk out) bartender to tell me that she was sorry, but she’d never heard of a “root beer alto” and so wasn’t sure how to make it.
I always found that a bit embarrassing. I tend to use “also” instead of “too” because I find it less ambiguous and also because I have pedantic friends who, if I had said “I’ll have a root beer, too” would say things like “root beer 1 not good enough for you?” My intent was to be more clear, not less! That’s the only time it’s backfired for me, though.
- Comment on if H₂O is so great why isn’t there H₂O₂ 2 days ago:
One of my favorite limericks:
Little Johnny was a scientist
Little Johnny is no more
For what he thought was H2O
Was H2SO4 - Comment on My kid got heart shaped balloons 2 days ago:
That’s probably it.
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- Comment on Taking the time to put yourself in their time period rather than just looking back at them 2 days ago:
When I was a kid I read a story - possibly Encyclopedia Brown? - wherein a counterfeiter got caught trying to sell a counterfeit coin labeled “50 B.C.” or similar. They got caught because the coin manufacturer wouldn’t have known it was B.C.
Lemmy has unlocked a lot of childhood memories I didn’t know I had and this is one of them.
- Comment on HOOOOONNNNKK-snewewewewwew 2 days ago:
When my child was young enough that they couldn’t talk but could express themself, once I put them to bed and told them it was time to sleep. They squinted their eyes to pretend they were closed and said “honk shoo, honk shoo.”
I was flabbergasted. Turns out their mother had taught them that as a kind of meditation to progress towards sleep, but I didn’t know that and briefly thought they’d manifested it on their own.
- Comment on linus tech tip 3 days ago:
Ah, I never watched the video(s) so was just going off of what I’ve read elsewhere and previously. If my understanding was incorrect, I apologize; I certainly wouldn’t want to spread misinformation. I’ll add a note to my original comment.
- Comment on linus tech tip 3 days ago:
His crew has claimed many abuses (supposedly he has been absolved, I don’t have knowledge of or an opinion on whether that’s justified).
He stole a prototype of a product then sold it for profit (“What Happened Between Linus Tech Tips And Billet Labs?” on this page).
Also on that page are other allegations of which I was unaware, most of which (at a glance) seem to be about improperly testing and/or representing products. I particularly like the one about claiming a mouse was poor quality after he failed to remove a cover from the sensor.
- Comment on linus tech tip 3 days ago:
I’m also not a fan of this guy, but as far as I know LTT is aggressively anti Linux and doesn’t claim to be representative of or even part of the Linux community. I think one of his team members is pro Linux, but I don’t know anything about that person.
I will admit that the first time I watched LTT I did think it was going to be about Linux.
Maybe I’m wrong?
- Comment on I 🖤 LaTeX 4 days ago:
I’ve never encountered that kind of LaTeX in media.
- Comment on Ice cream trucks still around? 5 days ago:
I’m uncertain of your instance membership.
- Comment on He suffered so we could learn from his mistakes 6 days ago:
- Comment on Interesting 1 week ago:
So I … Shouldn’t be eating off of my tires? Do I have that right?
- Comment on Heroes For Hire (in development), an MMO guild management game using an OS like interface for gameplay (the game calls it "GuildOS"), released in early access on Steam. 1 week ago:
Still is. I’ve seen almost exactly this exchange on Lemmy at least three times.
- Comment on Why did AT&T think "Eye of Sauron" was the way to go? 1 week ago:
No clue - it’s from the first few seconds of a music video. I’ve never been anywhere near that. Others in the comment section seem to be more familiar, though.
- Comment on Why did AT&T think "Eye of Sauron" was the way to go? 1 week ago:
I think that’s probably a stretch, but I enjoy the theory.
- Comment on Why did AT&T think "Eye of Sauron" was the way to go? 1 week ago:
Back in my home town, they built something that was clearly a cell tower, then just … Essentially glued a few fake pine tree branches to it.
They didn’t even bother to make the tower look vaguely trunk-like. It’s still matte grey and you can clearly see the antennae attached to the top. When I say “a few fake pine tree branches,” I’m not exaggerating; it’s been a few years so I don’t remember precisely, but it’s no more than five throughout the entire height of a cell tower. Mostly clustered together.
- Comment on Why did AT&T think "Eye of Sauron" was the way to go? 1 week ago:
I did try to read the books but, though I enjoyed The Hobbit, I didn’t make it through the first LotR book; as such, the movie depiction is the only one I really know. Not to say that makes it more accurate or anything, just my only experience with it.
- Comment on Why did AT&T think "Eye of Sauron" was the way to go? 1 week ago:
No, actually.
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- Comment on Something is wrong.. 1 week ago:
See, that’s exactly right.
For example, at the moment the door to my garage - which has one of the smart locks I mentioned - doesn’t always latch properly. Especially when closed by a distracted five-year-old. The lock will usually mark itself “jammed” if it can’t find the proper landing place, but it won’t always. So, until fixing the door, I can’t trust it even if I automate it. (For this one I installed a camera in my garage so that I can at least make sure the garage doors are closed; we live in a safe area so that’s enough to satisfy me for the time being.)
Another issue is that we have - I believe - eight external doors. I don’t want to maintain the batteries for eight external locks (the ones I have use four AA each), so I can’t be certain all of them are locked without checking.
We only use three with any frequency, though, so I installed smart locks on two of them and make sure to check the third and at least glance at the others every night on my way to bed (The dumb one is one I consider fairly protected, as it’s in my back yard, and also it’s immediately below where I sleep, so it doesn’t worry me too much.)
But yeah. Routine and automation are my thing. I’m still working on it in this house, though.
Thanks!
- Comment on Something is wrong.. 1 week ago:
Judgemental or not, you’re not wrong. Enabling one’s anxiety will not reduce said anxiety. I knew that when I set everything up and I think about it every time I check.
But I’m physically limited (not disabled, just enough to make things harder) and my general concern about the state of my home isn’t going away, so being able to check things without getting up is an immediate comfort that sometimes lets me get back to sleep more easily, even if long term it’s damaging to my psyche.
Thank you for the apology, though it was unneeded, and the empathy.
- Comment on Something is wrong.. 1 week ago:
No doubt!
- Comment on Something is wrong.. 1 week ago:
This is most of why I’ve installed any “smart” devices in my house. If I’m up at 4am with anxiety, I can check most things that inspire it for me (are my door locks engaged, can my cameras see anything concerning, is my young kid in bed and breathing, etc.) without getting up. Some of those I can even rectify remotely; for example, I can lock my doors through the app if someone forgot to.
As a result, I’ve developed a new thing about which to worry: what have I forgotten to check?
