That which doesn't kill you probably maimed you pretty badly.
That which does not make you smarter kills you.
OH NO ITS THE NETWORK NEWS
@mattblaze @paul_ipv6 I figured my suggestion was being overly “cute”. That said, I’m now curious as to how the law would handle the claim that “I cannot reveal my password as its actual content may incriminate me…”
@michaelgemar @paul_ipv6 in general, that doesn’t work. If your password is “You got me, I’m the zodiac killer” that’s still just a password.
D.O.A. (1950) (film noir about a man who reports his own murder)
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1958) (awful sci-fi horror film featured in Tim Burton's "Ed Wood")
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"Don't rely on slopbot summaries" especially applies to things that will kill you, maim you, or make you very sick! "AI" is not intelligent.
I am begging you goobers, find knowledgeable sources and talk to real people who know what they're talking about. https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/mount-shasta-rescue-ai-22414497.php
WTF is sixth form?
@farah UK school related?
The Story of Change (2012) (short film about how activism can be effective)
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Tested the recent KDE patch note about "wiggling the mouse for an obscene amount of time" and am pleased to announce that the cursor does, indeed, get huge.
Mastodon Migration
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Tell me why this should should not be considered a declaration of war?
Billionaires in America, the ones in the cabinet of the White House are doing this they’re using the American printing press to finance right wing terror in Europe
real quick reality check,
do you know what "iron filings" are, in conjunction with the context of metalworking?
don't overthink this; this is a quick gut check about whether you would recognize that word written down. "I would look it up if I saw it" counts as a yes.
real quick reality check,
do you know what "iron filings" are, in conjunction with the context of metalworking?
don't overthink this; this is a quick gut check about whether you would recognize that word written down. "I would look it up if I saw it" counts as a yes.
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I just realized that i answered the poll wrong
As a non native speaker i misread it as "iron fillings" which i had no idea of
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_filings
I know. Very painful if you get them under you skin
dch :flantifa: :flan_hacker:
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In light of 1Password’s financial support for DHH/Omarchy, are you making any changes?
For context, see: https://www.theverge.com/tech/988536/1password-dhh-linux-controversy
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This isn’t a pro or anti AI discussion.
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Not sure what you mean here. Yes, people also make errors, and also yes, physical size is not a 1:1 veridical representation of the magnitude of a problem - except here, where it is used as a metaphor, because that's how metaphors work
@splitradix
Or am I just being fedi defensive and you were agreeing and saying "humans make small errors that can be diagnosed in retrospect"
The flying tea bag experiment is really a heat experiment masked as a super cool trick. As the flame burns is heats the air inside the hollow center of the tea bag. As the air gets hotter the molecules become less dense and move around.
The less dense warmer air rises above the more dense cooler air around the tea bag. Since the tea bag is so light it rises with it and appears to fly. This is a fun, hands on way for kids to see how heat effects air molecules.
https://www.coffeecupsandcrayons.com/flying-tea-bag-experiment-for-kids/
Many tea lovers aren’t aware of the health-related problems with tea bags. Most tea bags are not biodegradable, which makes them a serious waste product and harmful for the environment. Usually, tea bags are made of bleached paper, nylon, and plastic. When submerged in boiling water, tea bags release billions of harmful microplastic per serving.
https://www.myteadrop.com/blogs/news/what-are-tea-bags-made-of
Bleached paper is completely harmless to dump in the environment and even consume. All the pollution is created at the paper mill where they dump the bleaching chemicals out on the local deer and bunnies in the back, poisoning the land for generations, and laughing at you all the way to the bank. The paper itself is just whiter.
Nylon plastic isn't good though...
@jpm this is why I only ship via their "standard express". Otherwise, I get random $100 bills from UPS, FedEx, or DHL.
@petrillic yep I don’t really care that it takes 2 weeks for the PCBs and components to reach me, it’s just more time to find things I need to re-work when they arrive.
@jonny The Hubble space telescope lens spacing error was 1.3 millimeters.
@splitradix
Not sure what you mean here. Yes, people also make errors, and also yes, physical size is not a 1:1 veridical representation of the magnitude of a problem - except here, where it is used as a metaphor, because that's how metaphors work
What's holding you back in life?
@Edmonds_Scanner All of the above
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@cas Would chainloading still leave the option to develop the lower level setup like setting timers then? That is what I was wondering.
