davidgro

@davidgro@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨But yes.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Wind turbines also.

  But some solar does focus it on a tower to make steam to drive a turbine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People born after 2000 have never seen the cosmic microwave background on their TV set.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m talking long before digital channels existed. (In the US anyway)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People born after 2000 have never seen the cosmic microwave background on their TV set.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Even before the 2000s they started showing a blue screen instead of static.

  That wasn’t just a digital or flat panel thing.

  But of course old sets were around for a long time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Give them space!!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m surprised it’s not by Eiffel.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kill it with fire!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yup. Kids are jumpy alright. I expect to see a lot more of them this evening.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that there's a better index than the BMI to measure obesity called the Body Roundness Index⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Link please? Looks more informative than the one in another comment

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should you trust that doctor?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In opposing corners no less

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What websites still feel like the old internet?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you want one that isn’t actually from that time, just feels like it, I’d say tildes.net

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sea Krits⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Rate or dmg?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This researcher wants to replace your brain, little by little. The US government just hired a researcher who thinks we can beat aging with fresh cloned bodies and brain updates.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They won’t be able to afford it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there a name for the trope where a story is high fantasy at first glance, except for it's not fantasy and is actually set in a post-apocalypse dystopian future?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Assuming it’s a surprise, this is Earth All Along. Genre Shift is similar, but that’s more about tone than plot

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What happened to the turn based RPG and RTS genres?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If you don’t mind gacha games, I’ve been enjoying Honkai: Star Rail. The battles are turn based, some of the puzzles and events are a bit reaction time dependent, but not difficult generally.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit communities will require permission while going private or switching to NSFW⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The answer is simple: Even a single popular subreddit has more users and content than all Lemmy instances combined.

  That ‘mass migration’ a year ago made Lemmy viable as a social network, but barely affected Reddit at all in terms of numbers, and numbers are all they care about.

  I’m still here on Lemmy, but to the Vast majority of Reddit users, nothing has changed (at least not enough to leave the place where all their communities are)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jazz hands⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Sadly, it is. (But not for Fallout specifically.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Signal⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Could happen any time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨never⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  “Euphorbias range from tiny annual plants to large and long-lived trees. with perhaps the tallest being Euphorbia ampliphylla at 30 m (98 ft) or more. The genus has roughly 2,000 members, making it one of the largest genera of flowering plants.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why Vacuum Cleaners Are So Loud⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  After the first part I expected “Cleaning the vacuums from a room allows more sound to survive”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Slapping Chicken⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  But it only needs to reach 165°F, about 74°C.
  Basically every food package says so.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #2983: Monocaster⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s also already in the comic

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #2983: Monocaster⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve seen inline skates ranging from 2 wheels per skate to 5.

  On this chart they all be inline.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why does your nose only itch when both hands are full?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That one actually has a simple math reason: the slow lane is slow generally because it has more cars, so more people are actually in it than are in a faster lane. (Ignoring traffic waves and taking the average speeds)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FTC urged to make smart devices say how long they will be supported⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And require open sourcing the tools to sign and flash it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WaveCore blasts gigabit-speed signals through 12-inch-thick concrete⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Unless it’s vaporwavecore

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There is no history on the History channel. There's nothing true on TruTV. There's no music on music television. There's no science on the science channel.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So… No brothers I guess?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨That's a big burger⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They moved on to qanon. That’s not even a joke.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nissan develops paint that keeps cars cool in summer heat⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That typo reverses the meaning by being one letter off.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bill! BILL! Bill! BILL!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I wish I knew. It was in the cafeterias at work, and I would be the only person in a room of a hundred who was standing there plugging my ears and cringing from the pain.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bill! BILL! Bill! BILL!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m in my 40s and still can hear that frequency just fine. Probably not as loud.

  One of my least favorite types of thing are those “teenager repellent” devices.

  Also certain induction cooktops.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Peloton adds $95 activation fee for used equipment⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I certainly wouldn’t want to buy something like that which is guaranteed to be hard to sell later.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #2976: Time Traveler Causes of Death⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Asphyxiation