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5 days agoBy Grabthar’s Hammer, what a bargain.
Iced Raktajino
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271·5 days agoThat’s like throwing the baby out with the bathwater, though.
All the stuff I’ve ordered from Ali is still in use (or in my parts bin awaiting use). e.g. All my smart bulbs are from Ali and were pre-flashed with Tasmota. They’re almost 6 years old and going strong.
Awesome sketch! Well done.
But if you ever see me at my most exhausted in an airport, please don’t sketch me and put it on the internet 😆. My self esteem would never recover.
2·6 days agoI almost gave up on the dairy free cheese because Daiya was supposed to be the top-tier one. Tasted like vaguely cheese-flavored plastic strips, and I was not a fan. Also refused to melt until it was just below the temperature of the surface of the sun, and when it did, it was like a pile of glue.
On a whim, I bought the Kroger store brand (Simple Truth I think?) and it’s pretty damn good. Tastes like cheese, doesn’t feel like a mouth full of plastic, melts at a reasonable temperature, the whole works.
5·6 days agoMaybe this is an old millennial problem, but I’ve had the same cell phone number for over 20 years. The number would actively link me to whatever. But that doesn’t really bother me too much.
What does bother me is that I get enough spam calls as it is. If you don’t carefully read the ToS/EULA/privacy policy when giving them your number for “verification”, you may be giving them permission for marketing calls or to have your number shared with their affiliates.
Paracord. You can weave it into just about anything. Can probably also weave a water filter.
I don’t live near the border, but one difference I notice when crossing over is the roads are always better. Doesn’t matter which state I cross over into; roads a better (ours are shit).
71·8 days agoVery good. I’ve seen too many random Google Forms going around just harvesting emails / info to plug my details into any that I don’t click into from a legit/verified site. Not that I’m accusing OP of that, just that I don’t know where they got that form link.
Is that an official Google form and/or who am I providing my (required) email address to?
Is there an official Google page that links to this? Sorry but anyone can share a Google form.
So it’s not just me. Okay. Of the group, I was the only one who experienced that.
I’ve only tried salvia twice, and it always made me feel like my body was being twisted clockwise. Not for me.
I like how I was courageous enough to not fix the actual typos/failed commands in the actual history lol.
Pretty much, yeah.
Rather than jot down in a text file the various
ffmpegcommands I use frequently…Raktajino@laptop:~/Downloads$ history | grep ffmpeg 12 sudo apt install audacity gimp ffmpeg mplayer 184 history | grep ffmpeg 215 ffmpeg -i source.mkv -ss 629 -t 7 out.mkv 217 ffmpeg -i out.mkv -s 0.5 -vf scale=1280:720 out.mp4 218 ffmpeg -i out.mkv -ss 0.5 -vf scale=1280:720 out.mp4 231 ffmpeg -i out.mp4 -vf "subtitles=out.srt" final.mp4 503 ffmpeg -i toofat.wav toofat.mp3 ... 682 history | grep ffmpeg 684 ffmpeg -i 1.gif -i 2.gif -filter_complex "[1:0] [2:0] concat=n=2" out.gif 685 ffmpeg -i 1.gif -i 2.gif -filter_complex "[1:0] [2:0] concat=n=2:v=1" out.gif 686 ffmpeg -i 1.gif -i 2.gif -filter_complex "[1:0] [2:0] concat=n=2:v=1" -map '[v]' out.gif 687 history | grep ffmpeg 688 ffmpeg -i 1.gif -i 2.gif -filter_complex "[0:0] 12:0] concat=n=2:v=1" -map '[v]' out.gif 689 ffmpeg -i 1.gif -i 2.gif -filter_complex "[0:0] 1:0] concat=n=2:v=1" -map '[v]' out.gif 690 ffmpeg -i 1.gif -i 2.gif -filter_complex "[0:0] [1:0] concat=n=2:v=1" -map '[v]' out.gif 691 ffmpeg -i 1.gif -i 2.gif -filter_complex "[0:0] [1:0] concat=n=2" out.gif 694 history | grep ffmpeg
3·12 days agoAh, okay. Mine’s direct drive so probably doesn’t need that.
What does that actually do/address?
I’ve not had any issues without it on my E3v3
261·12 days agoIf I need that level of precision, I’ll use a digital clock or set an alarm.
I can usually tell the time, at a glance, within 1-2 minutes which is precise enough for 99.999% of cases. Most IRL scheduling has a lower bound of 5-minute increments, so looking at an analog clock for the exact minute isn’t really necessary. e.g. 7:21 and 7:23 are effectively the same for all but the rarest of my purposes.
Mostly short stories based on a single “what if” concept. Like, “What if everyone in the world had to have a unique name?” That may not be the premise of the story, but it factors into the characters and the world building and the story goes from there. Most of the stories don’t really “go” anywhere, but that’s not the point. The point is to spend a day in a world where the “what if” concept is true and see what society, people, and life is like.
The setting is usually ambiguously Earth but it’s never stated nor that they’re even humans or what time period. That gives it a lot of leeway.
It’s mostly just a creative outlet / thought exercises so I don’t even save half of them when I’m done.
Examples From the Example "What If"
For the “What if everyone in the world had to have a unique name?” example, the short story had the following elements:
- Surnames / family names quickly became extinct since they were found to be redundant.
- Different cultures in that world implemented the unique name requirement differently:
- Some kept the family names but combined it with a unique name as a suffix. e.g. SmithFriendlyGame, SmithSoccerFan
- Some went with just number designations. e.g. 12345
- Most came up with brand new words when a child is born e.g. Fluginary
- Other cultures did something similar to “What 3 Words” does for locations by combining 3 or 4 ordinary words. e.g. BashfulCarpetTree
- Families could register specific naming conventions which could only be used by that family. Prestigious families could would add numbers to the family name with the patriarch/matriarch of the line being “0” or “first of their name”. If someone was Smith47, it meant they were directly descended from the Smith.
- The uniqueness requirement included not reusing names of those who have died. e.g. There could only be one “John” ever, for example. All mentions of “John” would only refer to that individual.
- Because of that requirement, heirloom jewelry became popular in this world to make up for not being able to honor a loved one by naming your child after them.
Dumb phones. I’ve grown to hate smartphones, apps, and all that goes with them.
Ah, yeah. I don’t Discord or Twitter so wasn’t thinking about those. ArsTechnica would benefit as well. They still do the forum-style inline replies which is hard to follow.
Dell Dimension 2400 or a descendant of that?
https://www.dell.com/support/product-details/en-us/product/dimension-2400/resources/manuals
That was THE computer to have in college when I went.