TehBamski
@TehBamski@lemmy.world
- Comment on Is compressed air the best way to clean my pc that I consider dusting once every 2 years? 4 days ago:
I personally own a DataVac Electric Duster (with attachments) that I got on sale for just under $100. It might seem like a lot to pay, but I did the math and figured via forums that people tend to dust their computers 2-4 times a year. I’ve had mine for over 7 years now and it doesn’t seem like it’s going to die anytime soon. And why would it? I’ve used it about 20 times. It should have a life of 180 - 300 uses, but that’s just a hunch. It’s also powerful enough to be used around the shop or workbench for other things besides dusting your electronics. Just use a bit of caution while using. I tend to gently hold my fan blades while I focus the duster on them. It does well, and I then just use several q-tips to carefully wipe the blades clean of any lingering dust.
Here’s a breakdown of the cost. $100 / used 2 times a year / for 10 years = $5 a year.
I got curious about what compressed air in a can is now days and it seems to be about $4.50 - 5.25 per can online, and this was in a bulk buy of 6-12 cans, with each can being 10-12oz. While a can could be saved after using what you need, it has a chance of leaking compressed air from the can while it’s in storage. Not an issue with an electric duster. You don’t have to reorder cans if you just get an electric duster. And another selling point that was important for me, it’s a heck of a lot better on the environment to just get an electric duster for your PC than it is to have a pack of cans shipped to you, use and toss the spent can. And because it’s a compressed item, even after being spent, it’s harder to find anyone willing to recycle them.
Moving onto an electric duster was one of the best things I’ve done to help take care of my electronics. Especially my PC.
- Comment on Any advice for me a guy turning 18 yo old?? 2 weeks ago:
The lattory is a ‘Stupid Person Tax.’ Meaning that stupid people throw their money at it because they buy into the feeling versus the logic behind it. “The overall odds of winning a prize are 1 in 24.9. The odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.” source
You had better odds of you, a sperm cell, fertilizing your mother’s egg, than you do currently of winning the Powerball jackpot.
How much sperm is in semen? A typical sperm count may range from 15 million to more than 200 million per milliliter of semen
Let that info sink in for a moment.
- Comment on Any advice for me a guy turning 18 yo old?? 2 weeks ago:
- YSK: Little Free Library is a group that promotes local access to books on a more micro level, to build a stronger community of readers across the worldapp.littlefreelibrary.org ↗Submitted 3 weeks ago to youshouldknow@lemmy.world | 31 comments
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
They are definitely not supposed to look like that. Call your doctor/primary care right away. It looks like an allergic reaction of some sort. Call your primary care.
- Comment on A numerous amount of people don't know it yet, but they are fortunate that you can't see or rarely hear the "spelling error" in words. Visually seeing spelled out words according to the speaker. 3 weeks ago:
I thought of that. But there are momophones that you could experience.
- Submitted 3 weeks ago to showerthoughts@lemmy.world | 8 comments
- Comment on Oklo breaks ground on its first nuclear ‘powerhouse’ at INL (Idaho National Laboratory) 4 weeks ago:
…I really don’t know what to do with this information.
Idaho! That’s where the first 3 people died from a nuke explosion!
The article that you linked doesn’t even speak of there being a “nuke explosion” nor deaths, injuries, casualties, etc., etc.
Are you implying that modern nuclear reactors are unsafe? Or perhaps, how far we’ve come with nuclear reactor procedures, technologies and safety messures, from back in Or perhaps, you’re sharing a tidbit and an article that relates only in the fact that they both happened in Idaho. Or perhaps, you’re trying to stir up trouble. - Oklo breaks ground on its first nuclear ‘powerhouse’ at INL (Idaho National Laboratory)www.power-eng.com ↗Submitted 4 weeks ago to energy@slrpnk.net | 8 comments
- Comment on Do drug cartels let the US and other countries "catch" their shipments? Like the US caught 1 billion of drugs over here while we ship 6 billion worth of drugs over there? 5 weeks ago:
I don’t recall where I learned this, but I believe it was from a documentary about the Mexican cartels that I watched years ago.
Simple answer: Yes. It’s very much a cat and mouse game, and sometimes they sacrifice the few so that others can successfully smuggle in their load of drugs.
Long answer: They operate in huge numbers of people moving their drugs into the US (and other countries for that matter). They gather information from smugglers, scouts, informants, and even insiders of all sorts. With this kind of info network, they are better able to adjust where and when they send someone over. And if we look at who these people are that smuggle the drugs over, they sadly are those that either don’t have better opportunities where they’re from, have been kidnapped and forced to smuggle, have been blackmailed, have been extorted with threats of their loved ones being killed, tortured, or kidnapped. So they are often stuck in following through with the demands or face the cartel’s consequences. Hence why some will be used as decoys, told to get caught with a small load. This gives the cartels a chance to simultaneously send several others elsewhere, all in the hopes that the bigger loads get through. Which actually was or is (?) a viable strategy. And we haven’t even talked about the five ways that they commonly move their drugs into the US. On land, underground, in the air, on the water, and underwater with custom made submarines called a Narco-submarine
- Comment on Introducing: iPhone Rock, iPhone Paper and iPhone Scissors 5 weeks ago:
If there were people dumb enough to buy the Pet Rock back in the day… I’m sure there are dumb enough people who would buy an Apple labeled Rock, Paper, and/or Scissors.
- Comment on If Apple developed a satellite to explore space if would only be able to transmit data back to earth with an iCloud account 1 month ago:
mySpaceiSpace - Comment on Do you recognize this PC case? 1 month ago:
- Comment on Helldivers 2 - Into the Unjust Deep Dive 1 month ago:
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- Comment on Breaking The Creepy AI in Police Cameras 1 month ago:
It sadly does not. IIRC: lemmy.world devs removed this function a few updates ago because it was using up a lot of server CPU. I’d like for them to resolve it in the next update.
- Comment on Breaking The Creepy AI in Police Cameras 1 month ago:
It relates to the video that OP shared here. It’s the thumbnail of the video.
I’d like to see more videos posted with their thumbnails on Lemmy. So I periodically comment on videos that don’t have them yet.
- Comment on Breaking The Creepy AI in Police Cameras 1 month ago:
Here is the video’s thumbnail.
I use an Extension called vidIQ to find and use the video thumbnail easily. The current thumbnail will be shown just below the video view count.
- Comment on What can I use to create a poll where users can add their own choices? 2 months ago:
- Comment on Why don't these AI data centers build by the ocean? 2 months ago:
- Submitted 2 months ago to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world | 60 comments
- Comment on Someone should start a Youtube channel that showcases moments throughout history where, someone fucked around, and then found out. 2 months ago:
Please, regale us with the tale.
- Submitted 2 months ago to showerthoughts@lemmy.world | 11 comments
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
If you have a few or more references, then it has a better chance of surviving on Wikipedia. Otherwise, it’s considered low quality/importance.
- Comment on Fediverse Canvas Event 2025 live stream 3 months ago:
- Comment on YSK: What a Proxy War is. 4 months ago:
Thank you for pointing that out to me.
- Submitted 4 months ago to youshouldknow@lemmy.world | 5 comments
- Comment on what’s the difference between “he died” and “he’s dead”? 4 months ago:
It has to do with Verb Tense.
- Comment on Maybe Trump's Presidency Will Make Everything So Awful It Will Facilitate Actual Positive Change Nationwide 5 months ago:
I understand your perspective and agree that it would be best to do the following.
But you gotta understand how it feels for most Millennials. Image
What’s not included in this meme are: USA’s Unjustified involvement in two Middle East countries with our armed forces and bombs, 1 Trillion dollars collectively “spent” on those two involvements, “Resurfacing” of mass racism, Mass false news/information, The never ending inflation of everything, and the lie that if we all went to college and got a degree, that everything would be alright later on. (Let me know if I missed any.)
So yes, giving up hope is not wise. But nor is letting us live our lives as if this isn’t some of the most corrupt, asinine, ‘fight amongst yourselves while we the ultra rich keep taking from you in any way we can,’ period of time.
- Comment on Wikipedia sources their information better than most journalists do in their articles. 5 months ago:
Gather around children. u/bjoern_tantau is going to tell us of one of the mighty Wikipedia Edit Wars.
- Comment on Should naming your children stupid names be illegal? 6 months ago:
I’m all for being able to change your name legally once, at the age of 13. Then It’s up to you at 18 if you feel the need to change it again.
Reason #1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSoNSVKTvGw
