Balthazar

@Balthazar@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did "Party time! Excellent!" come from Wayne's World or Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure? Did one copy the other?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Party on, Wayne.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Know DEEZ NUTS⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Donald Trump Traitorus maxima

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Magic Words⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And “we need to fix this” usually means “someone else needs to fix this”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Magic Words⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  When scientists want to publish their results, the paper first goes to one or more referees (usually anonymous), who advise the editor about the quality of the paper. It is common for referees to ask why the original author(s) did not consider a particular question as part of their work. The reply in the cartoon is commonly used by the author to defuse that question, essentially saying we didn’t consider that question because it’s too much work, and just publish what I’ve done already, dammit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People assume that the secrets of the universe will be revealed to them in an afterlife, but you might just remain your same dumb self and have to spend eternity going to church.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Archbishop Blackadder put it well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Phonebooks⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  And didn’t you have to pay to not be listed?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is space 2 dimensional?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Good to finally see the important words, “conservation of angular momentum”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If Jesus can turn water into wine, but wine is still mostly made of water, can Jesus apply his powers recursively and create more and more concentrated wine?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If he indeed turned water into wine and made all things, why would he need to recurse as if he can’t get it right the first time?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Platypuses⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Also well known for foiling evil plots while wearing a fedora.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Birds and the bees⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Didn’t pay for the DLC.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When creating a story, how many black characters can I create without them calling the story woke?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Without being in-your-face woke: as many as are appropriate to the context.

  Without “them” calling the story woke: none.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Iocane⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It comes from Australia.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ach, aye⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  How’d they get away with those keywords?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Where do milsim video games occurs nowadays ?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I grew up on Jet Fighter 2, so I’m also curious about modern versions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #2878: Supernova⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretty sure the curve should turn up on the right side at some point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon's Union-busting training video⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you refer to hints of union activity as “warning signs”, then you’re anti-union.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This Asteroid Mining Startup Is Ready To Launch The First-Ever Commercial Deep Space Mission⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Assuming all goes perfectly, the company will have a survey of an asteroid with a commercial worth of several million dollars or more. Surely there’s no way they will share that openly with the scientific community, for fear of corporate competition, which is a terrible shame.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'll never not want to⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t a pączki a kind of donut?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Paint brand preferences?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  $83 a tin. What makes it worth that?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Paint brand preferences?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think it matters which color samples you get. Everyone has to be able to reproduce everyone else’s colors. The only differences might be that if you use a different company’s color samples, then it takes them a little bit more work to do the color match, rather than simply giving them their company’s name for a color; and you may get a guarantee on the color if you use their own colors.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Paint brand preferences?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  As a DIY homeowner that paints maybe a room a year on average, my current favorite paint is HGTV Home Showcase by Sherwin Williams, available from Lowes. It has a red label. It’s a small step up from the cheapest, but it’s still far from the most expensive; but it seems to me that the gain in quality that you get from paying a bit more than the cheapest is much more than you would expect, so it’s got a great quality-to-price ratio. With the cheapest paint, you have to work to get it on the walls smoothly, but this goes on nicely.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New homeowner lots of questions⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This is all great advice! I would add:

  1. Youtube is great for how-to videos that will allow you to take care of a lot of small repairs more or less for “free”, but it’s not interactive. Use this Lemmy community and/or diy.stackexchange.com to crowd-source solutions to your problems (explain the problem and post a few photos) that you can then watch videos about.
  2. In regard to tools, I like the following rule: when you first need a tool, buy the cheapest one that will get the job done; then when it eventually breaks (because you’re using it for new jobs) buy a good-quality one. This way, you’re not spending extra money on stuff you’re only going to use once or twice.
  3. Laws in the United States allow a lot of work to be done by the homeowner, especially when you’re replacing “like for like” (e.g., swapping out an electrical socket); but if you’re doing more than that, check on whether you’re going to need a permit from the local government. In other countries, laws may require licensed contractors perform certain work (e.g., electrical and plumbing).
  4. Take care of emergencies, but then get comfortable. It’s your home, you’re going to spend lots of time there, so you don’t want to be living in a construction zone for a decade. Work towards a standard of living that you (and your family) can not only tolerate but have some level of comfort in.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you call someone born in the US besides "American"?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve heard this in Australia but nowhere else. Is this Australian slang, or does somewhere else use it too?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Any recommendations for joint compound?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I take it back… it’s 5 minute mud. Sounds like an insanely short working time, but it’s just to take care of only a few little dents in a small area, and it gives you very fast turnaround.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Any recommendations for joint compound?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  For the odd small drywall repair around the house, I like to keep on hand a small packet of 15 minute mud powder. You can mix up a little, apply it, and then sand and apply another coat soon after, so you can get the whole job done in an afternoon. And it never goes bad.