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Poor ol' BlackBerry battery is on its last legs, sometimes shuts down in the 70% range if it's warm or I try running any media. Works well plugged in, though! So now the question is, burner phone or USB battery pack?!? :D
about 7 months ago from web-
@scribus my phone which outlasted both my parents’ marriage and my cat is starting to get there. Still usable for now but battery capacity is at like 50% now.
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@scribus I am struggling as well with mine. It barely lasts a day idling. I have to keep it plugged in over night, otherwise there is a chance it's dead next morning.
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Just saw some guy assert nativism is more rational today than it was in 1920 because Italians don’t commit crimes but Haitians do. Yeah man, totally. Not like there was a very infamous Italian crime syndicate that ran the east coast or anything like that
about 7 months ago from web-
@zeldatra OK see but they were from *Sicily* so, you know.... #noTrueWhatever
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I believe that today I had the privilege of putting the very first Taco Bell farts into a 2025 Infiniti SUV with 28 miles and a 6-figure asking price
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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.
about 8 months ago 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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Today I learned that almonds make cherries taste even cherrier
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OK who banned Sheldon Cooper
about 8 months ago from web-
@thelastgherkin He got bazinga'd.
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about 8 months ago 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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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.
about 8 months ago from web- Someone Probably likes this.
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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.
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Aw man. My Thinkpad X201 died. It only blinks the Wifi LED wildly and has a spinning fan on startup. I bought it used 10 years ago. Gonna need a new used.
about 8 months ago from web-
@scribus The laptop is dead. Long live the new used laptop. Just ordered a ThinkPad P52 with a NVidia Quando P2000. Not the greatest but it will do. I wanted to get away from puny Intel graphics. Good thing I didn't buy a new smartphone. I almost pulled the trigger on that.
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The new Beetlejuice Fanta has like the most sugar I’ve ever seen in a 16oz bottle of soda, they’re trying to send people to meet the guy himself I guess
about 8 months ago from web-
@zeldatra I really want to have anything with sugar and high caloric food to be taxed. I cannot wait until Germany does the same as the UK and Poland and many others.
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I'm low-key considering buying a car seat instead of a new office chair. I rather build a platform for the car seat than waste yet again over 200 bucks for a sub-par "ergonomic" office chair with worse butt comfort. I just looked-up car seats in my local listings and a whole set of two front seats and the backseat row can be bought for 100.
about 8 months ago from web-
@adiwan My high school girlfriend's dad did exactly that for their family's computer chairs, it can actually work out *incredibly* well, totally a good project idea. I've even been thinking about it as my desk chair starts wearing out....
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@scribus I think we live on a planet similar to Frogstar from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Frogstar_World_B Instead of shoes it's office chairs. I've never had an office chair that was of sufficient quality. Even my current one had the problem that its cushioning was almost nonexistent after half a year.
Before I buy a car seat I try to repair the cushions by stuffing a gel or silicone pillow into, anything that survives long butt-to-cushion interactions. I already have a silicone pillow that I put on top but it tends to slide off more times I can tolerate.
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It was called clopping, dad... and everypony did it...
about 8 months ago from web- RDN's Lucifer likes this.
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@thelastgherkin king of the hill s14e01
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@thelastgherkin "Is it the thing with the coconut from Monty Python's Holy Grail?"
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The latest Futurama season is... very meh. It's not downright bad but meh. The first episode was about blockchain and NFT. It feels more dated than any 90s Simpson episode (combined). The last one with the temp worker on the other hand was weirdly malicious and worked against the spirit of Futurama. Other than that not a bad episode when seen in a vacuum.
about 8 months ago from web-
@adiwan I didn't realize it started. Thought the articles talking about episodes were previews for September
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@citrusrain I also got it by accident by browsing on Disney+ here in Germany (it's in their *STAR* tab that contains mostly more international and mature content).
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It looks like Perplexity has gotten better at math
about 8 months ago from web-
@scribus I just tried it. It failed to compute the integral of f(x)=x^3+(1/3)*x^2-(1/5)*x+3 between -420 and 69. Wolfram Alpha and Perplexity had the same and correct stem function but they differ hugely in the computed value.
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@adiwan Huh. Well, it helped me calculate giant crops in Stardew Valley better than it helped me with the odds in a 52-card deck, at least. So there's still more room to grow.
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I think it's probably time to be honest about this: I have neither the time, nor the motivation to work on this place anymore. There's stuff going on in my personal life I'd rather not get into, so in short: I'm probably going to finally turn this place off in the next few months. If you're interested in taking ownership, let me know, but know that I'd only be comfortable handing it off to someone I know and trust, rather than any rando that shows up.
about 8 months ago from web-
@ceruleanspark Thanks for all the memories, this site was a core part of my adolescence. Found it early in high school right as I was becoming my own self and still think fondly of it even if I haven't regularly used it in a decade. It's always been nice to pop in and see familiar names. If anyone wants to keep up post RDN my Steam and FB links are in my profile. I wish everyone the best in life!
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@ceruleanspark Thanks for all the hard work over the years. This was a fun place to hang out when I was but a friendless kiddo dealing with middle school angst- don't know how I could have stood it without. Hope all will be well; if not now, then in the future.
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@ceruleanspark Thanks for keeping it up for so long. I don't post often, but I check in now and then. Made all my first fedifriends over here and I'm thankful it has lasted this long. Gonna miss everypony.
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Got myself a nice dark brown leather jacket at the flea market for 15€. Cannot complain for that price and basically pristine condition. That would be probably 5 times new in store. It has a high collar with an integrated scarf and it has a removable insert for extra warmth during Winter. I'm not a fan of the collar but it's not that bad not to wear. I have leather jackets for warmer weather already, so I can slowly retire my really old black felt Winter coat.
about 9 months ago from web-
@adiwan And kilometers are 1.6 to the mile, but celcius is 9/5+32 and centimeters are 2.54 per inch, why can't there just be one conversion rate?! lol
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@scribus I'll invent my own measuring standard and my own temperature standard and my own money in order to make any other standard obsolete and make everyone struggle the same way.
I'll also change the calendar to make every month 30 days long with an extra super short bonus 5-6-day long month at the end of the year for the Christmas holidays and the occasionally leap year day.
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@adiwan Finally, we'll be able to convert money into temperature, and time into color or something!!
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you ever take the wrong train from the airport and now you gotta act like you totally meant to come to this city with a suitcase just so you can sit on a bench and wait for the next train in the direction you just came from
about 9 months ago from web-
@zeldatra Only when I'm supposed to meet a man with white shoes and two cigarettes. His name is Thomas, and he will be expecting the codephrase. If Thomas is not present within 2 minutes of the arranged meeting time, I am to board the return train and . . . Uhh, wait....
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Yeah wine on a plane sounds fancy until they bring it to you in a paper cup. Now you’re trash. I’m trash.
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not a fan of the toe cleavage these new Nike Dri-Fit socks give me
about 9 months ago from web-
@scribus if i wanted to play Danny DeVito's Penguin in a Batman origin story movie, sure
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I think there should be a SSN lottery to determine who gets to sit behind the president and tell them what a real citizen really thinks for a week. And probably some other positions, too. Let's draw a few dozen numbers a week and have them really give the buttheads a thorough job review. Speaker, veep, SCOTUS, all the bigwig secretaries. There should be enough positions that you have pretty good odds of being heard somewhere once an administration. I foresee no way in which this would go catastrophically awry, nor be an unmanageable behemoth of a bureau.
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Sorry everyone did not mean to spam you. I'm new to this website, so it's doing something weird.
about 9 months ago from web-
@brightsparkfim Well, we're old to this website and it's always doing something weird, haha
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for the first time ever my store ran out of Diet Mountain Dew and apparently it’s because JD Vance claimed the left wanted to get rid of it and schizophrenic Facebook boomers just believed him?
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Wow I didn't necessarily think that The Acolyte was worse than the Holiday Special, but I also haven't seen the Holiday Special and didn't see Acolyte past episode 2 https://youtu.be/CO4xVT-OksI
about 9 months ago from web-
@scribus I've seen both. The Holiday Special is objectively atrocious. It's a boring train wreck in a bizarre way only that time period could produce with the ferocity of a coked-up Carrie Fischer. Acolyte has problems and tends to sets more things up than to resolve and the resolution feels lacking. Nothing insultingly bad but just... wishing for more.
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Every time it rains I put some buckets outside to collect rain water that I put into a rain water barrel. Just from today's rain I collected almost 100l (26 US liquid gallons).
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If Joe Biden winds up resenting Obama even half as much as I do this will all have been worth it. http://rainbowdash.net/url/876624
about 9 months ago from web-
@zeldatra I'm about to write the old Catholic in my capacity as a member of the clergy, counsel him to consider that maybe he's being a little Prideful in this matter...
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First victim a tomato fruit just fell after a very heavy rain. Still have lots.
about 9 months ago from web-
@scribus Today's tomato count is 105. Spaghetti sauce will be guaranteed a thing I have to make. This week I bought a giant glass of pickles so I have a jar for all of that.
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about 9 months ago from web
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Next time Trump is on stage he can ask the people to lend an ear.
about 10 months ago from web-
@scribus You can laugh at the source of my inspiration and feel better about it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z59AnkxekfI
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Ah yes New York... It needs 1.6 million USD paid to McKinsey to determine that trash bins are effective. I could have done for half.
about 10 months ago from web-
@zeldatra Similar to Berlin that is so broke that any official paperwork and permit takes an eternity and there is a high likelihood that offices are closed without any good reason, and most places are a cherryhole. I was only a few times there and it wasn't a pleasant experience.
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Be the TV news. Report on "priceless" baseball card theft. Roll footage of baseball cards, each and every one sporting a prominent PRICE TAG. Lack any sense of responsibility, irony, etc. Be the TV news.
about 10 months ago from web-
@scribus The lucky ones are who own priceless baseball cards so they can be cashed in for horrendous prices by selling them to the most gullible people on earth, next to NFT-bros and crypto-bros. Of course the reports are basically promoting more card theft because the cards have become more profitable and hyped.
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