FuglyDuck

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Philips debuts 3D printable components to repair products⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t. Fdm printing has very small cracks at the layer lines. It wouldn’t be quite as bad as say, something with food, or for a close shave rather than a trim, but bacteria will grow in it.

  Fdm cannot be reasonably sterilized. Resin printers are better, but not perfect. Even if it doesn’t cause infections, it’s going to pick up an odor.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Philips debuts 3D printable components to repair products⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I use a muhle (they sell them on the link.) I’d suggest starting with a closed comb head and whatever handle suits you. (They’re interchangeable,)

  I use an open comb and it’s much more aggressive, and not for starting out.

  I’d recommend staying away from the frequently recommended “entry” razor- the Merkur 34c. The head on the one I tried has a ridiculous amount of play in how it held the blade- it’d clamp down but it’d never consistently seat itself so it was always off center or twisted.

  As for blades, I use feather, but you can buy variety packs and find the set that works for you. That tends to be the most variable part.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨if pure water is not conductive why would condensation be an issue for electronics?⁩ ⁨⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Not to mention, condensate is rarely pure water. At least, not by the time it’s chilling on the circuits. It’ll pick up any dust, and other stuff fairly quickly; making it not-pure. And conductive.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  “what was kiwifarm”, basically.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does alcohol speed up evolution?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s almost as if it were a joke.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does alcohol speed up evolution?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess I was understating the slowness, lol.

  I do wonder if it might not actually slow down evolutionary change by removing otherwise beneficial traits?

  Probably not on the scheme of things. It’s not like alcoholic mums haven’t always been around.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does alcohol speed up evolution?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The only “dinosaurs” that were around at the same time anything vaguely human was, was chickens and such other theropod descendants.

  We, uh, ate them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a forums for the worst sort of troll, they target trans, people with disabilities and people who are neurodivergent, and also posted the manifesto of the asshole that shot up the mosque in Christchurch NZ.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does alcohol speed up evolution?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  None of the birth defects caused by boozing it up whilst pregnant affect the genetics of the child. it disrupts the development, and does not generally effect the genetic make up.

  in short, fetal alcohol syndrome is not a heritable trait.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do we tolerate it that Luigi Mangione is being held in prison. We know its absolutely the least safe place he can be?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Part of me wonders what discovery would come up with if they got access to united health’s database. If they want to go with the argument that it was justified; they probably could get at least some limited access.

  Generally theyre not allowed to go on fishing expeditions, but they are allowed to seek documents and data directly pertaining to their defense (like a pattern of criminal malpractice.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do we tolerate it that Luigi Mangione is being held in prison. We know its absolutely the least safe place he can be?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean he’s accused of premeditated murder, has the resources to flee, and I’m pretty sure “they” want a spectacle to make an example.

  they wont let him get shanked by accident, and they wont Epstein him until they have their spectacle

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ETERNAL TORMENT⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Show this meme to a grammarian and they explode.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you know any software development philosophy books?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I dunno. What I’d suggest doing is going to the library and asking the librarians there.

  I have never been steered wrong when it comes to book recommendations from librarians. Even when the books aren’t something I’d have picked on my own.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Will We Know If The Trump Tariffs Were A Good Idea?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  that’s jut it, though.

  They’re not saying the 4 years is a loss. the producers outside of the US… they’re just going to ship to new markets, and when things get less insane, then they come back. that’s all they need to do. Spinning up production in the US is expensive, costly, and it’ll take more time to complete than the whole reason for it will last- presumably.

  and if it lasts longer than four years, that’s probably going to be even worse, because then, well, yeah. the best case scenario is you get to write off all those losses. Worst case? it can get whole hell of a lot uglier as you lose IP and find yourself competing against your own designs.’

  So trump’s tariffs is driving imports away and killing local development of production at the same time.

  to put it in the simplest terms, it’s fucking stupid.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Will We Know If The Trump Tariffs Were A Good Idea?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  and you think that’s an argument to spin up new factories? not really.

  If the US collapses into complete fascism, everyone inside is either going to be cut off from the global market. for a foreign company, spinning up factories in the US, when, in four years, they might literally get those investments yeeted from them is stupid. and that’s really the best case.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Will We Know If The Trump Tariffs Were A Good Idea?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I submit we should go to a d20, and say roll a nat 21.

  with this die: Image

  (sorry, if I don’t laugh, I’m going to cry.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How Will We Know If The Trump Tariffs Were A Good Idea?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  why? it costs millions of dollars to construct new factories. Maybe billions, depending on the industry. It takes 7+ years to bring a new factory online. more to get all the kinks worked out and at full production.

  Trump is supposed to be in office for only 4 years, at best, after which his tariffs will go away. it would be easier to simply just not ship to the US. which is how trade partners responded to the Hawley-Smoot Act in 1930, and which made the Great Depression that much harder to get out of.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What should I do if someone applied to a job at a company I work at without being able to legally work in my country?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  the recruiter should have vetted them better. Part of the reason to go through a recruiter is to avoid these things.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to get a package to the right owner?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  was it shipped by USPS? Then mark it “wrong address” and let them pick it up. if you want to go the extra mile, bring it to a post office.

  If it was shipped by someone else, call them, they’ll probably come out. alternatively, they’re probably in your neighborhood. check for a shipping label with an address or something and walk it over.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I decrease acne after shaving my face?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Then consider investing in a brush and something like a Merkur 34C.

  i had a really bad experience with the 34c. Basically the posts for the blade to ‘register’ to, allowed a relatively significant amount of play I’ve never seen in any other razor. This made seating it and using it at the ‘proper’ angle impossible- it also tended to make one side vastly more aggressive than the other, since a significant amount of blade was exposed on one side and not-enough on the other. (or worse, it was twisted so that on half the edge was too exposed and the other half was not, on both sides the blade.)

  maybe they fixed it, but, I sort of doubt it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I decrease acne after shaving my face?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  the alchohol is there to kill to the bacteria- which is the immediate cause of acne. most aftershave splashes will also include some glycerin to re-moisturize the skin.

  if you don’t want a scented product, you can do IPA and then some aftershave balm instead.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I decrease acne after shaving my face?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  depending on how hot one’s water comes, soaking in faucet-hot water is enough here. just squeze out most the water first. if one does microwave… gotta be careful as the heating may be uneven. another option is an electric kettle (as for tea,) in the bathroom.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do I decrease acne after shaving my face?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  so, how quickly does the acne show up after shaving? are you sure it’s not irritation from shaving itself?

  some general advice for sensitive skin:

  • use facial cleansers as part of the pre-shave routine (and maybe also after if it is indeed acne. this will remove whatever product is causing the clogged pores as well as the bacteria)
  • use a non-gel shaving cream. (or any goop-in-a-can.) instead use something you have to whip up. (I’m not sure what you mean by ‘oat based’ there’s both the goop-in-a-can versions, and poraso has a cream-in-a-tube of the stuff.) (in extreme cases you would want something unscented as well.)
  • use cold water, both for the rinse and whipping the cream.
  • use a hot towel to open up your skin’s pores. -use a fresh, clean and sharp razor every time. I would also suggest if you haven’t already, getting a sample back of many different brands of blades.
  • rinse with cold water, and apply an alum block (and rinse again,) (the styptic pencils aren’t very good. you want a smooth block of alum.) also, in this vein, check your safety razor. when seating a new blade, there should not be any real play with the cap off. the blade should pull into a seat so that it’s constantly centered (and parallel!) on both sides the blade. I found the often-recommended “entry level” Merkur 34c to be horrible in this regard. I now use a Muhle closed comb (if you look at the prongs the blade registers against, they’re more conical to the merkur’s straight pillars, as you tighten it just centers the blade perfectly.)
  • use a product with witch hazel in it, I use a post shave balm by thayers which is lightweight and moisturizing as well. this soothes further irritation and mends the dehydration from everything else. pretty much any lightweight post-shave balm will do. Again, look for something unscented.
  • use an alcohol based aftershave. among other things, it’ll absolutely destroy the bacteria involved in causing acne. something like eucalyptus green if you want to limit scents (it fades quickly,) but anything traditional aftershave splash will do.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨does patrick stewart’s head look like a football with a face?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Only if Wesley did a crayon drawing of Picard for art class.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨does patrick stewart’s head look like a football with a face?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe they mean a rugby ball.

  (Sorry, couldn’t resist. )

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Comma use guide⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m putting that number on a list for “yes please call me so we can talk about if Surfak is right for me”.

  I really hope it’s yours.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In the United States; is it illegal to use a single serve wrapped slice of Kraft cheese as a postcard?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It might not arrive safely though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I snapped you back in time 650 years right this very second, how would you use your current knowledge to succeed?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wikipedia is for my benefit, so I can just read it.

  Nobody else needs to even know I have it, necessarily.

  Them not being able to read it might even be a boon.

  The goal is to get a leg up on things, not start having nuclear reactors in the medieval era.

  For example muskets had an iterative development as small incremental changes took place. Relatively small changes made modest improvements.

  It would also be nice to know when eclipses are about to happen, for, ah, reasons.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I snapped you back in time 650 years right this very second, how would you use your current knowledge to succeed?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  First off. Do I get to bring stuff with me? Like say the entire printed off contents of wikipedia.

  also, I would like find one or two things that hadn’t quite been invented yet and ‘invent’ it.

  also, Also, with a modicum of military power, I’d probably start a religion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why aren't the Mediterranean, Black Sea, Red Sea, the Baltic etc. considered Gulfs?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That was profound.