Godnroc

joined 2 years ago
[–] Godnroc@lemmy.world 31 points 11 hours ago

All names are nouns.

[–] Godnroc@lemmy.world 13 points 21 hours ago

Oh, that useless rebrand of bookmarks that showed up and I promptly ignored?

/shrug

[–] Godnroc@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

First we got rid of the king and queen, then the knights had no one to serve, the bishops lost there power over the populace, and then all that remained was the pawns and a bunch of empty castles.

[–] Godnroc@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Aye, I saw it. If you assume that building 1 was the first built, then 2 and 3 were added afterwards so they were numbered from left to right, and finally building 4 was built last behind everything else the building numbers are fine.

If you assume the legend was for the order to visit the buildings in, starting at number four (the newest, perhaps with a meeting space in it), then move clockwise until all the buildings have been visited you would walk in 4, 3, 1 2 order.

Without that context of visiting the buildings clockwise, the legend seems insane and disjointed. With it, well it's not much better but at least I can see why it happened.

[–] Godnroc@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The only way I can justify this is if someone is supposed to walk clockwise through the buildings and they were all built at different times.

[–] Godnroc@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

Hang on, you're speaking the wrong language here and need to use wasted time words instead.

"Through our mutually agreed arrangement we can accomplish the organizational goals within satisfactory requirements while being cognizant of profits and budgetary availabilities."

[–] Godnroc@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Well, racism is not, unfortunately, either a recent invention or an exclusive ideology either. As an example, the stereotype of a drunk Irishman is a racist stereotype that was also common in America's history. If you can define a group of people, chances are there is a stereotype about them.

The one that sticks in my head is "gypped" for getting screwed over is based on gypsies and is the equivalent of saying "jewed" for some other people. Either one is a racist stereotype, but I didn't realize the first wasn't just a common term until it was pointed out to me.

 

A few years ago a friend gave me an "Urban Shop" glitter lamp as a gift. It was a neat twist on a lava lamp that used LEDs and glitter with a motor that spun the fluid using a magnetic string bar.

While it was a great vibe, it used three AA batteries and the stirring would cycle on and off regularly causing the noise to start and stop, which I found more distracting than just leaving it on.

I found that the on-off switch was actual an on-on switch without a second connection, so I took an old USB cable and hardwired the second switch terminal so that I could power it from a power supply or batteries.

This was a drastic improvement to me, but I didn't like the cord always being attached and the motor cycling was still annoying. Eventually, the lamp ended up on a shelf for a later date.

Today, I pulled the lamp down because I finally tried ESPHome because I keep hearing about it in other people's projects and wanted to finally try the full smart conversion of this lamp. After several hours of trying to reuse the existing surface-mount LEDs and wiring, I gutted the whole damn thing and installed my own 5mm LEDs, rewired the motor, and added a button for controls and wired everything into a Raspberry Pi Pico W I had bought years ago.

Now I have a lamp that can be controlled locally from the button, can be reprogrammed from my computer without moving the lamp, can be controlled from Home Assistant, and performs exactly how I want.

[–] Godnroc@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

And after the 90 days they can also let you go for no reason.

Well, except for the few things which are legally protected such as your race in which case they have to make up a different reason to write down first before kicking your ass to the curb.

[–] Godnroc@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Fucking gross. Maybe it's the 250+ audiobooks I have influencing me, but the very best ones I've listened to transcend just turning words into sound. Sound effects, music, tone, emotion, accents, sarcasm, and god damn BLOOPERS all improve the experience beyond just hearing what is written down.

I'm against it, fuck that literal noise.

[–] Godnroc@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

New Balance, and a quick search of their website shows they have like 24 options in your size. I'm only slightly salty that I only get 6 options in my size and width.

[–] Godnroc@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Have you ever considered taking up martial arts and fighting Sun Wukong?

In all seriousness, I have very wide feet and also cannot purchase shoes in store, but I found a manufacturer that sells extra, extra wide shoes and I just buy directly from them.

[–] Godnroc@lemmy.world 31 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I think the simple answer is tone. Just as a silly moment can undercut drama and the serious tone, a serious page in an otherwise light-hearted comic is jarring.

Imagine if Garfield and Jon had a moment where Jon confides in Garfield that he has cancer and he is worried it may be fatal; without some sort of punch line to lighten the moment it would feel sad, dark, and foreboding which goes against the tone set by the rest of the comic.

 

I just finished a project to make my own orb and now I can contemplate properly.

 

Given how many people treat speed limits as suggestions, at best, having your vehicle obey the limit would turn some people off of them.

 

Too cold to enjoy or too hot to eat?

 

With the release of Tapo version 3.0, TP-Link integrates their two lines of smart home devices into a single application, reducing the number of apps needed to control their devices.

Additionally, the update claims improvements to the user interface, optimized camera features, a sleeker status page, and faster responses and startups.

The blow post also suggest that improvements to lighting effects, smart actions, geofencing, and a dark mode will be coming in the future.

I think the best takeaway is that I can have one less app on my phone!

TP-Link Blog - Brand-New Tapo Version 3.0

 

A picture of a Loon sitting on its nest in a lake. Taken July 2023 on a Pixel 6 Pro at full zoom and through a waterproof phone bag.

 

A picture of a Loon sitting on its nest in a lake. Taken July 2023 on a Pixel 6 Pro at full zoom and through a waterproof phone bag.

 

A picture of a Loon sitting on its nest in a lake. Taken July 2023 on a Pixel 6 Pro at full zoom and through a waterproof phone bag.

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