Rolando
@Rolando@lemmy.world
- Comment on Stop whining. Do it yourself. 3 weeks ago:
Hey fam, go to !fedigrow@lemm.ee and check out the weekly “How are you doing with your communities?” post if you haven’t already. It’s like a support group for people keeping niche communities alive.
- Comment on Do my pets think I'm yelling at them when I start singing out loud? 3 weeks ago:
My BFF had this skill: whenever they sang an Elvis tune (like “Blue Moon”) their cats would start humping. They weren’t singing it weird, maybe a little more warbly than normal. Anyway, we were in this zoo once, and I said, “I wonder if that lion would react to your Elvis songs the same way your cats do!” I was just kidding, but my BFF started singing the same way and that lion suddenly became VERY alert and stared right at us. I started wondering if a properly motivated lion could leap that gap that was keeping us separated, and what I would do if it reached us. Anyway, my point is: it depends on how you sing it.
- Comment on Lost Mayan city found in Mexico jungle by accident 3 weeks ago:
Local kids probably hang out there. “Hey, do you know of any ruins nearby?” “Uh… no, maybe over in the other direction…”
- Comment on Womp womp 3 weeks ago:
The IRB rejects your experiment for not being unethical enough.
- Comment on Blessica Blimpson 3 weeks ago:
someone who likes the name Blessica
I picture this as someone who goes to church a lot, reads romance novels, bakes awesome cookies, and says things like “sounds like somebody’s got a case of the Mondays!”
- Comment on Not allowed to work from home 3 weeks ago:
The response was that they couldn’t stay operating if they paid everyone for being on call instead of us “supporting the company”.
That’s the heart of the matter. They wanted you to support the company, without the company supporting you.
- Comment on Rare VHS Tape Uncovers Details from the Data East vs. Capcom Legal Battle | Retro Gaming News 24/7 4 weeks ago:
Compare to excavation of the Atari video game burial:
Remnants of E.T. and other Atari games were discovered in the early hours of the excavation, as reported by Microsoft’s Larry Hryb.[48][49] A team of archaeologists was present to examine and document the Atari material unearthed by excavation machinery… Only about 1300 cartridges of the estimated 700,000 were removed from the burial, as the remaining materials were deeper than expected, which made them more difficult to access, according to Alamogordo mayor Susie Galea.[51] The cartridges found were from 59 different games, the majority of which were for the Atari 2600; six were Atari 5200 titles. Atari hardware was also excavated.[52] The burial was refilled following this event.
- Comment on Why is voting before the deadline in US elections referred to as 'early voting'? 4 weeks ago:
If you look at the meaning of the word “early” there are several senses.
- One sense is “At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.” e.g. if someone suffered an “early death.” Another sense of the word is “Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time.” e.g. “you arrived early today!” You’re right that in these two senses of the word, “early voting” sounds weird.
- But there’s another sense of the word early: “Near the start or beginning.” e.g. “Shakespeare’s early works”. There’s also “Near the start of the day.” as in “It’s too early for this sort of thing. I’m not awake yet.” Another sense is “Having begun to occur; in its early stages.” e.g. “an early cancer”. In these senses of the word, “early voting” sounds a lot better.
- For more info see: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/early
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- Comment on I'm tired, boss. 4 weeks ago:
The junior Senator of your state.
- Comment on X's controversial changes to blocking and AI training saw half a million users leave for rival Bluesky in just a single day 4 weeks ago:
I didn’t; I made the chart almost a year ago, click on the link above it to see the 11-month-old comment.
- Comment on X's controversial changes to blocking and AI training saw half a million users leave for rival Bluesky in just a single day 4 weeks ago:
Lemmy had around 1000 active users for the first half of 2023.
- Comment on Problem? 4 weeks ago:
Maybe we should consider replication studies to be “service to the community” when judging career accomplishments. Like, maybe you never chaired a conference but you published several replication studies instead. You could get your Masters students and/or undergrads to do the replications. We’d need journals that focus on replication studies, though.
- Comment on I don't want to call Twitter X out of spite, but calling the travesty that is X Twitter is an insult to the people that made Twitter what it was. 1 month ago:
We should call it “X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter.” Every time. Yes it sounds ridiculous, because it is.
- Comment on Reggae is christian rock, but cool. 1 month ago:
Yeah! I submitted my first timestamps a couple weeks ago, and I got really into it, making it so the timestamps were timed just right. But in this case I was so grossed out by this techbro ad in the middle of this amazing movie, that I just clicked the window closed and went on to watch something else.
- Comment on Reggae is christian rock, but cool. 1 month ago:
It’s a killer movie, but it’s got ads embedded in the stream… even ublock origin and sponsorblock didn’t catch them.
- Comment on Reggae is christian rock, but cool. 1 month ago:
ROCKERS: full movie. Just watch the first 3 minutes.
- Comment on Dreams come true 1 month ago:
Agreed that you should have some kind of “service” on your CV, but reviewing is pretty low impact. And if you want to review, you can choose something other than the predatory publishers.
- Comment on How do I know if a medical issue should be addressed by a Clinic Visit, Urgent Care, or the Emergency Room? 1 month ago:
This is why healthcare in the US sucks.
- A wealthy person will have a 24-hour hotline to connect with a nurse or doctor (immediately or through return call) with access to their medical history who will help them figure out what to do.
- A moderately well-off person will have a web/phone interface where they can send a message and someone will return their message in a day or two.
- Everyone else has to make a gamble: do I spent money to try to figure this out? Do I risk spending money and then it turns out to be nothing? But what if it’s something and it’s more expensive later on? What will my insurance pay for? How do I find someone that’s reliable, but also inexpensive? All of this causes stress which makes things worse.
In your case, think of anyone who knows your medical history and who you can ask questions of. The doctor who prescribed your anxiety medications - can you call/message them and ask them? The pharmacist who dispenses the meds - can you go/call and ask a question about your medications? Some pharmacies also have nurse / clinic stations, too. If you have any kind of medical insurance, check out their web page - a lot of them have set up tele-medicine offerings recently. If your job has an HR department, this is actually one case they can be helpful; an HR person in my company helped me figure out what health resources I had access to, based on my plan. Finally, if you haven’t been getting annual checkups, you should start thinking of doing so (especially as you get older), and ask them how you can contact them to ask questions like this.
Good luck fam, I hope it turns out OK for you.
- Comment on Why do I feel sick every time I go out to eat with my gf? 1 month ago:
“You’re not my sidechick, you’re my control condition!”
- Comment on Why do I feel sick every time I go out to eat with my gf? 1 month ago:
Go to the same restaurants at the same time under the same conditions (i.e. how recently you ate another meal, day of the week, the weather, etc.) but with a different person and see if you still feel ill. Vary the conditions until you find one that correlates with your illness. Then try altering that condition.
If you feel ill under all conditions then see a doctor. In fact it might be good to make a doctor appointment anyway.
- Comment on Dreams come true 1 month ago:
Anyone who reviews for the major publishers is part of the problem.
- Comment on boogie woogie 1 month ago:
Boogie Woogie Wu - Insane Clown Posse
- Comment on Delivery 1 month ago:
- Comment on Study hack 1 month ago:
Naturally, the best approach is to register on Day 1, party until Day 10, then finish the class in 4 days before the 2 week trial ends.
- Comment on Meanwhile, in Springfield Ohio 1 month ago:
Ok fine but WHERE IS THEIR CAT?!?
- Comment on Chinstrap penguin 1 month ago:
Not quite the same, and it sounds kind of hellish, but check out Polyphasic Sleeping.
- Comment on Gimme dat aoundtrack 1 month ago:
“Until the end of time / I’ll truly adore you…” -Prince.
- Comment on I hope you don't have any plans this evening. 2 months ago:
What happens if you have a Sinful Thought during “The Great Snatch”? Do you get un-Snatched? What if you immediately Repent? Do you get Snatched again? Will there be people bouncing back and forth indefinitely?
- Comment on I hope you don't have any plans this evening. 2 months ago:
“Read The Fisherman Matthew”?
