riskable

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[–] riskable@programming.dev 11 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

Ooh! Get an Arduino/electronics starter kit! You'll learn how computers worked in the 80s. Then you'll be able to move on up to say, Python in no time 👍

[–] riskable@programming.dev 4 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Haha, that's amazing.

Guess I need to go buy "an inflator" specifically made for phones 🤣

[–] riskable@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Well... Don't leave us hanging!

Did the instructions work? You'd think it would be harder than inflating a tablet-style phone... Because of the hinge.

[–] riskable@programming.dev 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Don't go searching for those images! They're fowl.

[–] riskable@programming.dev 5 points 1 day ago

The message is confusing. Not shown: The person back home permanently chained to a hamster wheel, praying every day to be set free.

[–] riskable@programming.dev 8 points 1 day ago

True story: There's a minus sign on the other side so you can use them to power things with the Holy Spirit.

Try it! You may be very surprised at how much power that is 👍

[–] riskable@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

The big difference is that updates in Linux happen in the background and aren't very intrusive. Your hard drive will be used here and there as it unpacks packages but the difference between say, apt, and Windows update is stark. Windows update slows everything down quite a lot.

[–] riskable@programming.dev 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

her goal isn't to get them to stop, it's to get them to recognize what garbage writing is and how to fix it so it isn't garbage anymore.

I wish English teachers did this instead of... Whatever TF they're doing instead.

This is something they should've been doing all along. Long before the invention of LLMs or computers.

[–] riskable@programming.dev 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Move to Japan 👍

[–] riskable@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago

An ancient and proud race of telephone sanitizers.

[–] riskable@programming.dev 34 points 2 days ago

To be fair, The Last Algorithm does sound like it could be a gripping tale to an AI.

[–] riskable@programming.dev 4 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Inuit languages really do have many words for snow, linguists found—and other languages have conceptual specialties, too, potentially revealing what a culture values

English: We value nothing.

Truth: The words in English that have the most synonyms: Good, bad, move, tell, and the king of all of them: Drunk

 

Made this looping video on a whim this morning because you'd think they would've fixed this problem by now (after ~5 years and multiple headsets).

Wasn't sure where to share it so here you go, lemmy.world/Virtual Reality 😁

 

The genie asked the man, "do you wish you were worth a lot of money?"

Onlookers watched in horror as the quickest among them broke off large golden chunks of the statue before they could even get close to claim their own prize.

 

Pool pump has been a bit weak lately: The stream of water pouring out of the hot tub "waterfall" into the main pool had become more like a trickle. This usually indicates a significant clog or that the pool filter needs cleaning.

Considering I haven't cleaned the filter in almost a year I figured that was likely the problem. It wasn't 😮‍💨

Turns out that there's something stuck in the intake at the bottom of the pool which means I have to dive deep with a screwdriver in the super cold water and carefully clear out whatever is in there. Probably a plastic bag or similar.

Note: Never attempt such a thing while the pump is on! In fact, lock it down with some tape and maybe a warning label that says not to turn it on while you're doing your difficult work.

Been a long time since I had to hold my breath under water. I wonder if I can still reach 2 minutes? 🤔 Probably not with this water temperature 🤣

 

As I put a dish into the dishwasher I thought to myself, "🤔 I haven't cleaned the filter in a while." So I took it out and gave it a real good blast with piping hot water from the kitchen sink. I even scraped some of the gunk off with a dish brush to the point where I couldn't find a single mote of gunk upon careful examination.

Then I proceeded to refill the rinse aid (even though it wasn't empty) and--as usual--spilled that stuff all over the interior door in the process. Is it even possible to not spill the rinse aid when refilling it? 🤔

My journey didn't end there, however! I then proceeded to walk the entirety of my home searching for cups and plates that may have been left behind by my children, found several, and it was enough that it nearly filled the dishwasher racks; bottom and top.

The dishwasher has been started; the wait begins.

 
 
 

Electoral College elects The President. No other type of election works like that.

 

Came pre-lubed and ready for battle

 
 

I've heard this phrase used often by those on the right but every time I hear it I can't help but laugh because of what I picture in my head. But perhaps my image is wrong! I want to read everyone else's depictions.

So as to not influence the responses I will not be sharing what I imagine a "woke mob" looks like.

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