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  can't wait for the anti-AI bubble to collapse so people can be normal about it for a change. so we can finally start having the discussion of how to deal with it and regulate it in a fair and equitable way, instead of collectively plugging ears and pretending it's going to magically disappear after having been around for basically a decade and showing no actual signs of stopping. [cue a thousand people explaining how The Bubble Is Collapsing Actually, utterly missing the point]

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  I don't get why so few people put smoking/burning power banks in a tub of water (on air planes and honestly in general). it's the same thing we do with smoking/burning EVs; it cools the battery cells and stops the reaction, and contains the smoke and fire. The water doesn't cause problems the runaway thermal reaction hasn't already caused. It seems silly, but if you have a battery that catches on fire, AFAIK the best thing you can do is to dunk it into a bucket or tub and fill...

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  look, I don't care how righteous you think you are, if you're boosting un-CW'd violence onto my feed you are getting perma-muted and/or unfollowed. For the sake of everyone with PTSD, fucking stop that shit, your violence is not 'good' just because it aligns with your political goals. And while we're on the subject: Why doesn't anyone remember Fighting for peace is like fucking for virginity? You think picking up the weapon of your enemy is going to convince them, w...

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  @jaykuo@universeodon.com besides this being rather american-minded, I think ideally everyone gits gud at all these things so that they stop destroying their environment, and having good laws and regulation and sustainable development around AI is part of that too.

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  why do some bats look so.. edible

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  did you know you can eat cheetos and alike with chopsticks so your fingies don't get dirty

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  I lowkey hate that there's a phase where stuff you use degrades to the point it is no longer nice to use, and you kinda already bought a replacement, but you don't want to throw out the old one yet because it's technically still functional

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  if I had a nickel for every time I had a nickel, I'd really hope nobody ever sets off the nickel avalanche by giving me the first nickel, because everyone would probably die in a swarm of nickels that rapidly consumes the planet, solar system, and rest of the universe

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  I think it's unfair to compare vi(m) and emacs, they're not built for the same purposes. #emacs is a full productivity suite with addons and parts for every imaginable thing in the universe. it's the CLI version of an 'everything app', it'll just as happily help you with spreadsheets or email or your calendar or align the planets in whatever specific configuration as part of your dark voodoo magic incantation workflows or whatever. and #vim and #nano are also not the sa...

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  I tried Meshtastic a year or so ago but couldn't find anyone in range from my home even with beefy high up antennas. I tried again earlier this year but no change. Now I'm trying Meshcore... and I'm having the same issue. The only nodes I can see are my own, unless I drive 20km south. I need to plonk down some additional repeaters.. I wonder if the muncipality/govt would get upset if I mount them to random public places? probably? :blobcatgooglyholdingitsheadinitshands: #Meshcore...

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  accidental epiphany I had the other day

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  look I'm not saying I'll buy your product because of its cute mascot, but it does help

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  RE: https://zpravobot.news/@Rainmaker1973/117077582350433488 possessed leggy wants ALL your snacc (video alt: a maned wolf with big majestic leggies walks across the sidewalk in a park, due to the light reflecting back from their eyes it looks like their eyes are red glowing dots. later in the video you can see the maned wolf walking away, disappearing behind a building)

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  I know this is going to sound very contrarian, but I think Smart Glasses are one of those things that are once again potentially extremely neat, but wrongly designed, marketed incorrectly, and enabling abuse, and are in desperate need of regulation. Like honestly, imagine being vision impaired, and you could ask your glasses 'hey I'm looking for [object] can you let me know when you see it?' or 'can you read this restaurant menu?' or being able to look up...

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  okay okay fine I'll replace that disk geez, silly zfs, it only has like *checks notes* 3.09 MILLION checksum errors! but SMART says it's fine so it must be fine obviously. (nb: it COULD be an error in the cabling or controller of course, but I've already reseated everything so I don't think that's the issue. It's just.. a great example of why you need more than SMART and prayers to keep your data healthy) #selfhosting #storage #HDDs

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  cold take: if you "try linux" but you only install one distro (especially one that many around you said not to use), and it ends up being a shitty experience, you cannot declare "linux sucks" because Linux Is Not A Singular Thing. I see people with an actual android (linux) phone calling linux shit after they tried ubuntu and it didn't work for them. Try something else. linux is like a bunch of screws and mounting materials, it's impossible to say if it is good wit...

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  project zomboid character reads one book, becomes a depressed miserable pile of lost hopes and dreams

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  since 123, 42, 666, 67, 69 are already meme material and some numbers like 88 and 1412 are political I'm going to go ahead and claim the number 5. it is mine now. I will take no further questions

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  I sent this firefox to judge you

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  was doing some work on my solar panels, heard squeaking, found a cat who caught a shrew, rescued the shrew, now unsure what to do with it. I put it in a bucket with a little cup of water, it seems okay and can move all its limbs, but mostly sitting still to recover presumably, either that or it's dying .. what should I do with it? put it back once it recovers a little I guess?

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  trying to redo some solar stuff, so I can connect this marstek battery straight to some panels to revive it, but it's hard to get to the wires, also lots of wires

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  do your teethies a favor today and try some interdental brushes. with normal healthy gums you should be able to poke an interdental brush between all teeth. it may bleed the first time; that's normal if you're behind on maintenance. it gets better if you do it more regularly (even once a week helps a ton, but daily is ideal). technically speaking, even if you brush your teeth, without something going between them you never truly brush there also potentially helps against things like a...

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  Reminder that since today you're REQUIRED to label anything that has AI involvement in the EU. I think this is a great step forward. it'll create a more fair, honest environment. I believe there are beneficial equitable ways to put ML/AI to good use, but the amount of slop and unfair usage of these systems is wild, and even as someone who believes in the tech, I'm really happy to see some much needed rules are being created to keep things under control #AI #LLMs

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  power usage is much less intuitive than you'd think. a 1000w (2kw usage) microwave running for two 30 second runs to heat up food twice a day, could be fed with a single tiny 3-cell 33Wh powerbank (3x 3000mAh * 4v 18650 = 36Wh) whereas the basic ~100w always active ventilation of the average (european) house/toilets will accumulate 2-3000Wh a day, about 5-7 big ebike batteries worth with each 36 cells (36* 3000mAh * 4v = 432Wh) #PowerUsage #Electricity

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  kmh is faster than mph because if you try pronounce them (like 'mpff' and 'kmhuh') then kmh sounds kiki and mph sounds bouba :brain4:

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  hot take: if the 'unable to decrypt' meme is the only thing you have against Matrix, then the only valid alternatives you may suggest should be end to end encrypted. It honestly hardly ever seems to happen (I've never seen it), but if you're afraid it will happen to you, you can just disable end to end encryption in Matrix. Nobody forces you to use it. Even without it, it's still infinitely safer than Discord, Telegram, Revolt, etc. #Matrix

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  RE: https://zpravobot.news/@Rainmaker1973/117003790999890117 you can just slap iceberg lettuce stem-down onto something hard to remove the stem/core easily! alt for video: woman with grey shirt and glasses in the kitchen, shows a large iceberg lettuce head and explains she'll show how to quickly remove it. she holds it in two hands, and then bashes it on the side of the large wooden cutting board she's situated at, and then pulls out the stem with the core attached, showing the undersi...

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  RE: https://icy.wyvern.rip/notes/ap9jgj1qe58hbyt7 I need to see this

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  "Why Am I Tired?" checklist: - did you sleep well? (7-9h a night, don't stay up late) - did you hydrate well? (2L water a day) - did you eat well? (without micronutrients your body can't use fuel) - did you exercise? (your mitochondria will literally disappear, even a 5m exercise helps immensely) - are you sick? (feel the lymph nodes on the side of your neck, are they swollen?) - caffeine or sugar crash? - are you stressed or sad? (cortisol and bad emotions drain you and...

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  gender binary? I hope it was written in Rust