nickwitha_k
@nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org
- Comment on Tacos. 9 hours ago:
Instructions unclear. Unintentionally started sectarian conflict over whether mole poblano or salsa verde is the correct sauce for baptism.
- Comment on Tacos. 9 hours ago:
Fun facts: The “later consequences” of super spicy food comes from the anus having similar sensory cells to the mouth. The only way to avoid the burn is desensitization from repeated exposure and this desensitization is not permanent. It has to be maintained by regular consumption of spicy food.
- Comment on Tacos. 9 hours ago:
Not the ones carrying Y. pestis.
- Comment on Microsoft PC Manager App 'Repairs' Your System by Making Bing the Search Default 2 days ago:
Oh you should be good then. When I fully converted, I was using an Intel Atom Acer Aspire One netbook. The thing could barely handle XP. When I switched to Linux Mint (then, eventually a now extinct lightweight distro), the system was blazingly fast by compare. I could even run my Windows-specific work tools better than in Windows.
Linux is great for old and low spec systems.
- Comment on My brain to itself 1 week ago:
Shawty got JEANS, JEANS, JEANS, JEANS, JEANS
- Comment on Mean world syndrome has reacted a fever pitch. 1 week ago:
Informed consent is important. If one party is unaware that it is NOT a joke, that’s not informed consent.
- Comment on Mean world syndrome has reacted a fever pitch. 1 week ago:
The Louis C.K. who pulled out his little Louis and masturbated in front of female coworkers without their consent? That one?
- Comment on Republicans are pulling out all the stops to reverse EV adoption 1 week ago:
And by doing so, they force the rest of us to bring politics everywhere, or risk having everything that cooperative society has worked for undone. It’s really tiring to have the be eternally vigilant for bullshit that shouldn’t even be seriously considered.
- Comment on Welcome to the Age of Technofeudalism - The tech giants have overthrown capitalism 1 week ago:
Technofeudalism
Nope. We’ve been over this. It’s still just capitalism and regular old fascism and neo-feudalism. Don’t need a new term to try to imply that technology is the cause. Doesn’t matter that the tech industry is involved, it’s still just wealthy people using profitable industry to try to cement power over others.
- Comment on youth risky 2 weeks ago:
I’m a person who is less phobic and more risk averse. For example, I used to ride a motorcycle daily for my commute (on long-term hiatus). I did a great deal to mitigate risks involved including taking two and three wheel MSF courses, riding only when safe, sane and sober, researching gear safety standards and testing requirements, using that information to buy the best gear that I could afford, and riding ATGATT.
Despite all of the risk mitigation, I still ended up in the hospital after getting sideswiped by an SUV. I avoided moving in case I had a neck injury since I involuntarily slowed myself with the visor of my helmet and got hit by my bike after sliding for a bit (high-side get-off - nothing quite as profanity-inducing as looking back to see a 480lb/218kg chunk of metal and plastic gaining on you while you’re sliding, uncontrolled down a highway at about 25mph/40kph). I was even able to give my wife a phone call before the ambulance arrived to let her know I’d be late and remove my gear non-destructively with some help from the EMTs.
After being triaged in the trauma ward, I was wheeled out into the hall because my injuries were so minor and another motorcyclist was being admitted who wasn’t wearing a helmet. The guy was actively bleeding from his head, extremely confused, and kept getting off of his gurney and wandering around yelling every time the medical staff wasn’t paying attention. It wasn’t good.
My discharge came about 16 hours with my worst injuries being a severe ankle sprain, a unilateral adrenal gland hemorrhage (an esoteric injury that required no surgical intervention - basically internal bruising/bleeding of an adrenal gland), and a minor abrasion about the size of a nickel (~21mm diameter) that was treated with a bit of antiseptic ointment and an adhesive bandage. I was sent home with a cane and prescription for pain meds. Now, my main lingering issue is an ankle that appears to react to changes in atmospheric pressure.
With replacement gear, I’d definitely be riding again but, have a wife with GAD who is very loss averse and don’t feel right putting her through increased anxiety.
TL;DR - Always wear appropriate PPE for the risks that may be present.
- Comment on youth risky 2 weeks ago:
tips faceshield
- Comment on youth risky 2 weeks ago:
Wearing appropriate PPE is sexy. If you’re not going to do it for your own health, do it to impress the freaky labrats.
- Comment on Does Big Ben imply the existence of a Little Ben? 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, not no more it ain’t.
- Comment on Come on, science! 2 weeks ago:
They really have, yes. But, currently, I find them best for notebook/journal replacement tablets. I agree that, based upon the the mechanism used (physically moving pigment capsules in fluid), it’s very unlikely to be useful for gaming. Physical displays can only refresh so quickly.
- Comment on Come on, science! 2 weeks ago:
Could get that with eInk pretty easily. Refresh times are still pretty awful though. I had a dumb phone years back that had an eInk display and it would easily last a month between charges.
- Comment on Not happening, dude 2 weeks ago:
Good to remember that not everyone is aware of the bullshit by 17 or 18 when recruiting is at its height (gotta pay for college somehow, right?). I know I wasn’t but, luckily planned to do ROTC instead of enlisting, then, educated myself out of being willing to do that.
- Comment on Can I lick it? 3 weeks ago:
Neutral as far as pH is concerned, yes. However, radicals tend to be very reactive due to their valance not being full. I am a bit rusty, TBH, as I’m about a decade and a half out of uni but, the best way to predict the products of the reaction is to look at the high-level of the equation:
H• (excess) + H••OH + H••R + H••N-R -> H2(g) + •OH + •R + •N-R
All of the products of the initial reaction here are radicals except for the H2 molecules. They all are going to further react to form more stable species with full valances, with possible exception being the molecular hydrogen. Because the elemental hydrogen is introduced as a radical rather than protons (H+ ions) in the solution, the final products are likely to be more negatively charged, neutral, and/or have some interesting hydrogen additions, especially in the hydrocarbons and amino acids.
For example, there could be reactions like:
R• + •OH + •N-R -> R-OH + HO-N-R
Overall, however, the amount of free hydrogen/protons is likely to be reduced as they are effectively removed from solution as hydrogen gas.
- Comment on Spotify CEO Daniel Ek surprised at negative impact of laying off 1,500 Spotify employees 3 weeks ago:
They should name sure to get the sanitation workers on board.
- Comment on Fisker now expects to go bankrupt within 30 days 3 weeks ago:
I was pretty worried about that TBH. I don’t buy them frequently but that’s because they’re usually good tools that last.
- Comment on Can I lick it? 3 weeks ago:
It would be more likely a secondary or tertiary effect. That is, H• radicals ripped away from their parent molecules would leave •OH, •R, and •RNH radicals. These are unstable and highly reactive, “desiring” to have that stable electron configuration. Likely, this will result in elections being shifted to bring in more stable species, like OH-. Overall, we’re looking at effectively a deprotonation of the saliva, with extra intermediary steps to stabilize the radicals.
- Comment on Can I lick it? 3 weeks ago:
In the hypothetical, if one were able to lick elemental hydrogen in its atomic, rather than molecular form, it would have a few potential effects. The one that would concern me most would be its aggressive reactivity, ripping hydrogens away from anything that it could in order to achieve stability. This would potentially cause tissue damage both from the deprotonation and shift in pH.
- Comment on Can I lick it? 3 weeks ago:
Please don’t lick elemental hydrogen.
- Comment on But how would they be able to live on that? 4 weeks ago:
- The wealthiest’s wealth is all invested in the economy, literally the opposite of “hoarding”.
The economy is more than the NYSE and bought politicians.
- “The lower rates are gamed to increase wealth disparity” is false–they are that way to encourage entrepreneurship and the like, the things that keep the economy strong.
Don’t know what to tell you there. The money doesn’t buying legislation to keep workers in places of economic instability doesn’t really encourage entrepreneurship or reduce its inherent risks. Entrepreneurship is also pretty well dominated by the wealthy who can afford the Russia, largely due to inherited wealth.
The fact that those who create the things that strengthen the economy become wealthy faster than those who don’t is a feature, not a bug. A rising tide lifts all ships. And make no mistake, one’s assets appreciating in value takes nothing away from those who haven’t invested–the latter group’s level of wealth is not affected by the former’s. In other words, the wage my job pays me does not change based on how wealthy other people’s assets are, from the billionaires, down to even a neighbor whose house has appreciated in value.
Wealth disparity is not inherently a bad thing–a century ago, the ‘gap’ was much smaller, as was the number of billionaires, but the average person’s wealth was also MUCH lower.
Wealth disparity is the root of most crime and human suffering. Also, the years leading into the Great Depression may not be a good reference point on average wealth.
You know what, I didn’t think that we’re going to see eye to eye on these matters, regardless of how much back and forth we have. I hope you have a pleasant day and eventually see an increase in empathy that shifts your worldview.
- Comment on But how would they be able to live on that? 4 weeks ago:
The goal in my mind is not to necessarily increase total revenue but to erode the capacity to hoard wealth. The lower rates are gamed to increase wealth disparity, giving a distinct advantage to those who are already wealthy, over those who are not.
- Comment on But how would they be able to live on that? 4 weeks ago:
Yeah. Every bonus that I’ve ever seen has been raced at something like 40%. We really need to both make capital gains equally taxed to earned income and have a wealth tax.
- Comment on Anyone have a good experience with K1/K1C? 5 weeks ago:
I’m still on an Ender 3 non-pro (1.5?) with an SKR miniE and a hotend that I need to try to clean. No need on the big prints, personally. I’ve yet to come across anything that couldn’t be divided into multiple parts, if needed but I’ve rarely needed.
- Comment on Anyone have a good experience with K1/K1C? 5 weeks ago:
Depending on when I can justify the purchase, that one does indeed look like a good contender. Will have to look into it more. Thank you!
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- Comment on Regarding sublinks and feeling concerned about what is going on with it 1 month ago:
There was the Beehaw debacle where nutomic told the Beehaw admins that they should go to a different platform and take their “entitled” “demands” with them.
They were kinda acting entitled to not just free labor, but to have their issues prioritized over others.
Rust fans are struggling to understand that language choice isn’t always the most important part of a project.
I mean, Lemmy was explicitly written in Rust because the creators of Lemmy wanted to do a project in Rust. The complaints that I’ve seen about the language choice are just bizzare with that context. I’m quite happy with others hoping in and making their own compatible things in different languages because that makes the world more interesting and gives more people something that they might want to contribute to.
- Comment on First catastrophic nozzle clog! 1 month ago:
Metal is stronger than plastic,
True but, with pressure, water can cut metal. I’ll be heat softening it with my PCB toaster oven to see if I can recover it. If it’s just a leak, and no electrical damage, as you mention, it’s probably ok.
Probably, I’ll still get a new hotend, even if there’s no breakage because I think that the PTFE feed tube is a bit of a weak link.