pedz

@pedz@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The HOA isn't going to be happy about the colour, though.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  So we’re just spreading trash in the environment and feeling good about it because it can be reused by other animals?

  This just made me look up and learn about how tennis balls are an environmental problem.

  Every year, an estimated 300 million tennis balls are manufactured globally, and most of them end up in landfills. The rubber core is pressurized with air or nitrogen to give the ball its signature bounce. However, rubber itself is a challenging material to recycle, especially when combined with pressurization and other materials. The felt covering is partially synthetic (nylon), which contributes to the microplastic pollution problem. Synthetic fibers shed during play, adding to global plastic waste.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube Blocks Background Listening Workaround for Free Users⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So far it’s still working for me with Firefox and the “Video Background Play Fix” extension.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Humanity has “lost the fight against climate change”⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The pandemic really killed off any hope I had that we would do anything against climate change. The environment got better for a few days and weeks while we were all working from home, and everyone around me was like “I can’t wait to go back to my commute”. People were eager to go back to the way they were. Pollution, inequalities, and all.

  If a pandemic didn’t budge us from overconsumption and the hyper capitalism that is slowly condemning humanity, nothing will. The threat was immediate and we didn’t change the system. So with a threat that is “far” in the future… the outlook is grim.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Got bad news for ya bud⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, about that.

  My province just had a very dry summer with very low water levels. Some wells dried up.

  At some point farmers were wondering how they would be watering their crops if it got any worse.

  Or what about flash flooding, either on flat ground, or in mountain towns? Or wild fires?

  There’s certainly places safer than others, but a lot more people are going to be affected than just coastal inhabitants.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kira asks Sisko for a runabout... again⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was wondering about the instances when she borrowed a runabout and when the terrorism happened but someone’s gonna have to remind me.

  Once she brought back a few Bajorans that were still prisoners since the war, including Li Nalas.

  Another time she kidnapped a single Barojan scientist to force him find a cure against a terrorist bioweapon.

  What am I missing?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do they turn Federation into a dystopia?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No, but since you’re mentioning it I might try. I’ve been so disappointed by the franchise that I didn’t bother looking into SNW, but just having someone that seems to be on the same page suggest it makes me want to at least give it a try.

  Thanks for the suggestion, and the detailed rant!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do they turn Federation into a dystopia?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m on the same boat. Apart from Lower Decks, I can’t watch the new shows. I keep hoping a new show might fix it, and be for me, but the longer it goes, the less I’m interested in Star Trek.

  Lately I’ve been thinking about unsubscribing from all the Star Trek communities, as all the discussions and hype about the new shows is making me think I’m no longer a trekkie. I loved TNG, DS9, VOY and tolerated ENT, but the new shows are clearly not made for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Australians banned social media. Now they are worried about teenagers going outside with e-bikes⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The article doesn’t mention any “miles per hour”. Do people in Australia use mph?

  In December, the NSW premier, Chris Minns, announced a plan to halve ebikes’ power – and therefore reduce their top speeds – to 250 watts…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨London stabbing rates vs X posts about London crime⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This reminds me of a Republican politician interviewed on TV being told that crime rates were down, and him replying “but I don’t FEEL safe”.

  Reality doesn’t matter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨its a 1999 nissan actually⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh yeah. A car shows your social status and you want to impress others. If you drive an expensive car, of course women will want to be your girlfriend.

  I wonder what his father drives? Did he also give his mother cookies because he didn’t have the correct car to impress?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Same but with the current geopolitical situation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Simple⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  These are so disappointing nowadays that I don’t bother trying anymore.

  Two or three decades ago, the inside was gooey and runny. Eating one of these was a messy but delicious affair. Now every time I buy one, it feels like a dried paste that has nothing in common with what I was eating as a child. For a while I thought they were just old or bad but apparently it’s just how they are now. So it’s even not worth trying one now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Simple⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t that the Canadian version, avec la version bilingue de l’emballage?!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just vibing⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Technically, computers are running on DC. The PSU is fed by AC but its sole purpose is to convert all the power the computer needs to DC. It’s possible to only use DC to power computers and it’s probably/apparently more efficient.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Being a cynical bastard is great, since my expectations are that things will probably get worse. I’m alive to watch modern society and capitalism eat itself out, and if things are actually getting better it will be a pleasant surprise.

  Otherwise pass the popcorn while I watch us go through the great filter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No explanation needed⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The plate will be round but the lasagna stays square.

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No explanation needed⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I can see the logic. It’s made in a pot, eaten in a bowl, fairly liquid and remains liquid while stored.

  And lasagna is a square/rectangular food.

  But what about stew? My father makes a beef stew in the oven using a square casserole. The leftover is refrigerated in the same square casserole and the whole thing congeals into a square. So to me stew can be square.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Capital i and lowercase L look the same in pretty much any sans-serif computer font⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  In French, he is il and it has always looked a bit weird when typed at the beginning of a sentence.

  Il y a un I suivi d’un l.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not an expert but from what I can find online, houses under 700 square foot (65 sq/m) are not covered by the local construction code so most municipalities don’t want anything smaller. It’s also forbidden to build a house with a single bedroom smaller than 320 sq/ft (30 sq/m), or a house smaller than 275 sq/ft (25 sq/m). According to old number, the average house here is about 1950 sq/ft (180 sq/m).

  But ultimately it’s the municipality’s choice so it can vary depending on the region where you want to build it. I dreamed of having a small house to keep as much land as possible, but after looking into what’s possible where, it would be much simpler to just buy something already built that is grandfathered with the land.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Also depends on local law. I live alone, always wanted a mini house, but they are illegal in most municipalities here because there is a minimum size for a house. So if I really want a mini house, it has to be in a mini house approved neighbourhood, along with other mini houses. Like a mobile house park but for mini houses. They can’t be built anywhere; they have to be specifically approved.

  After all, we can’t build a small house among bigger ones. Think about the neighbours’ property value!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Building a dream house also means an ungodly amount of debt for the mortgage. The matching kit is a better financial decision.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[REDACTED]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That definition made me think of samaras floating in the wind.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Refrigerate after opening and store in the refrigerator door." Why the door for this mayo?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As a Canadian, I have never seen a bag of milk “sealed” with a rubber band. Plus, standard bags are way bigger than these. Those bags are not Canadian.

  En tant que Canadien, je n’ai jamais vu de sacs de lait “scellés” avec des élastiques. De plus, les sacs réguliers sont beaucoup plus grand que ceux-ci. Ces sacs ne sont pas Canadiens.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sooo... This is happening on Imgur⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Imgur has been pretty shit at hosting images for other sites for about a decade because it’s trying very hard to keep people captive on its site. They added ways to prevent hotlinking and if I paste an imgur link in a chat, starting with i., supposedly a direct link to the image, the preview will not work and the page the link sends to will always open their whole site around that image. They really really want people to stay on there, and interact, or watch ads. AFAIK they have made that change about a decade ago as they wanted to monetize.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨why⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s the same gender than all machines, which is obviously feminine.

  There’s no fixed rule for this but if a noun ends with a consonant it’s probably masculine and if it ends with a vowel it’s possibly feminine. Again, not a consistent rule and it will not work for everything, but if you must take a guess, this might help, or not.

  Now this reminds me of Sebastian Marx and his videos on French. Like this one on pronunciation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why isn't it considered vegan to harvest animals who die naturally?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In fact, the numbers are estimated to be around 2 billion animals a year globally.

  Extrapolating globally based on total length of roads, roughly 5.5 million vertebrates are killed per day, or over 2 billion annually.

  As for people

  According to the World Health Organization (WHO), road traffic injuries caused an estimated 1.35 million deaths worldwide in 2016.[2] That is, one person is killed every 26 seconds on average.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Definitely how it went for me⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I started tinkering with computers a bit before the 2000 and floppy drives were common at that time. Well, there is a right and a wrong way to plug the power cable, and the wrong way emits smoke.

  I now have assembled enough PCs to know what I’m doing, but I had to learn.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who think an attack on another user is approproate for this sub, and the mods that enable them⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And that’s how you learn that Lemmy is full people that can’t tolerate diversity. I can read that person’s comments just fine but apparently others downvote and whine.

  And they don’t even need to learn another language, just a letter. But alas, I guess this is very hard to do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Me right fucking now⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Unless you buy a plot of land in a forested area, it’s not yours, so you can be evicted at any time.

  Or you will need to see a dentist or doctor at some point.

  I had that kind of thought multiple times and ir’s so tempting until you think about the details.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Any fuckin windows?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you consider god as capitalism then it makes sense.