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Crazy idea: A bed that is basically a bean bag, except the outer layer is airtight. When laying on the bed the body sinks in and with an applied vacuum to the bean bag the sleeping position gets fixed. I don't know how comfortable or uncomfortable this might be but at least it prevents contorting oneself into a painful position. I cannot count how many times I slept in a way that made my back hurt or pinched a nerve or even restricted blood flow to my arms.
Tuesday, 10-Sep-24 20:11:26 UTC from web-
@scribus Eventually we, as a society, will end up in a dystopia that is Demolition Man before cryosleep will be possible. I had a discussion with a friend about cryosleep. He says if all the cell tissue problems are solved that come with cryosleep then cryosleep won't be necessary. It means that if a method exists that repairs or reverses all the damage that cryosleep induces then there is a method for making a person live forever and thus making cryosleep not necessary.
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@adiwan There have been huge developments in aging reversal and prevention these last few months actually, working off potential treatments for premature aging disease they discovered what part of the organism codes the timeframes for aging, and they can be modified to force the body to slow or reverse it, thus greatly extending the "good years"
Current testing is on organisms affected by the disease originally investigated.
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I was there when the towers fell folks, I was in the tower and I grabbed the fireman and he was crying and he said “thank you sir” and I used my hardened outer shell to jump down the stairwell as it was falling… it’s okay
Wednesday, 11-Sep-24 11:36:37 UTC from web -
Sometimes it's good to just unsubscribe high frequency posters. On tumblr I followed someone who once posted quality stuff but over half a year it got more unhinged by the day to the point of being annoying. Shocker, I know it's tumblr we're speaking of, but the post per minute and information entropy became so high that any passive interaction turned to being a waste of energy, both in reading and trying to getting past the stuff.
Tuesday, 10-Sep-24 19:25:48 UTC from web -
I think it's relevant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb3Din9gSRs
Tuesday, 10-Sep-24 10:43:48 UTC from web -
when I was 10 I used to manage a website on FreeWebs that “hosted” (embedded videos hosted on another site) episodes of Futurama. In broadcast order, mind you, not the proper order. I wonder if it’s still up.
Monday, 09-Sep-24 19:18:38 UTC from web -
Aw man. A site I used to use to watch cartoons vanished.
Monday, 09-Sep-24 16:41:05 UTC from web -
Today I learned that almonds make cherries taste even cherrier
Sunday, 08-Sep-24 07:00:06 UTC from web -
Once again I was reminded that buying flat bread is a gamble in Summer. Just after a day the flat bread I bought had moldy spots. I ate half on the first day, the other went into the trash. Monetary loss of about 50 cents.
Sunday, 08-Sep-24 09:26:42 UTC from web -
the plot of Persona 4 is that your classmates keep getting thrown into the tv dimension where they meet an evil version of theirself that’s just like “I’m RACIST!” all smug like and your friend is like “NO!!! I’m not a racist!!!!” and then the evil clone gets angry and you fight them and win and your friend is like “I’m sorry guys… I actually am racist… but that’s a part of who I am, and I have to accept it”, and then they get superpowers from saying that
Saturday, 07-Sep-24 12:33:02 UTC from web -
I also say that Milka and Kinder chocolate is also trash.
Saturday, 07-Sep-24 08:54:48 UTC from web -
Cannot escape the Internet. A store I frequent has Mr Beast chocolate bars on display. I won't buy this milk chocolate trash. 70%-80% cocoa or bust. Anything else is chocolate flavored sweetened cheese.
Saturday, 07-Sep-24 08:53:08 UTC from web -
OK who banned Sheldon Cooper
Saturday, 07-Sep-24 08:15:11 UTC from web-
@thelastgherkin He got bazinga'd.
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Imagine getting called a Russian asset for eight years as an insult and then turning out to actually be one
Friday, 06-Sep-24 19:31:39 UTC from web -
seeing Tim Pool get indicted for his involvement in a $100k a week election subversion Russian money laundering scheme is a lot funnier when you realize it would’ve been perfectly legal if he gave the state department a heads up that he was doing so first
Friday, 06-Sep-24 19:30:45 UTC from web -
I've installed the 2TB SSD in my new laptop and installed Debian. Copying the old data from my HDD took a while over USB3, however it went kind of smoothly. I've lost only marginal data. Nothing of importance, only a few PDFs of old university slides and a compiled program.
It is eye-opening how fast the new laptop is. About 9 years of difference between the two devices isn't nothing to scoff at. Still wish that my old one worked. I hope I can use its components for anything else, especially the keyboard and then the display. I think I have a bigger success with the display tho.Thursday, 05-Sep-24 14:58:16 UTC from web -
Thursday, 05-Sep-24 01:09:57 UTC from web
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@scribus I thought about it but this model is a tad too expensive for a 2 year old phone. Also I saw reviews that show that the paint is peeling off the keyboard after a short time. Also there aren't any OS updates as far I have seen.
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@scribus Keyboard smartphones are cursed by the lack of commitment from the manufacturer and the lack of enthusiasm from the public.
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Thursday, 05-Sep-24 10:00:17 UTC from web -
My Lenovo Thinkpad P52 arrived but I have still to wait for my m.2 SSD so I can install Linux on that. Thankfully the laptop has 2 m.2 slots, so I can keep the 500gb that is already installed, and install Linux on the other. If I'm really desperate I can add a normal laptop 2.5'' SATA.
Tuesday, 03-Sep-24 16:39:49 UTC from web -
Ah yes. Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory promoting shady medicine.
Tuesday, 03-Sep-24 11:31:15 UTC from web -
Anyone claiming a smartphone or tablet can replace a regular computer is a delusional fool who has not tasted the power and freedom that a computer offers. I tried catching up on my tablet and it made me realize once again how limiting and cumbersome touchscreens are and how android is not making it easy navigating anything and its ecology is not geared to power users. Autocorrect and predictive text blocks are mere crutches and poor imitations of the feats one can do when mastering touch typing on a physical keyboard. I coould learn doing that on a screen keyboard but doing so blindly is verging on the impossible.
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@adiwan Extremely agree. It feels as though smart phones and tablets have become ever more restrictive. I do value the constant connectivity, but my phone could never possibly replace my computer.
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@elli I have a friend who is a teacher and they have children who have never touched a Windows PC. Those children are in a majority. THAT is scary.
