NielsBohron

@NielsBohron@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The "We Tried" Award⁩ ⁨⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Getting a tech for your first win, especially in a match where your team got crushed is a big deal, especially for a new athlete. I wouldn’t call anything about that a participation trophy.

  In fact, one of my proudest memories as a HS wrestler was losing by one in a dual meet being against our rivals where the coaches asked me to wrestle up two weight classes and my goal was “don’t get teched or pinned.” I lost, but I did my part and the team won (so the inverse of your sitch). I would say that an individual win and team loss or an individual loss but team win are both worth celebrating. That’s one of my favorite things about wrestling is that you can have a good day regardless of who the team is facing or how everyone else does.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cheeto devouring his nation⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  The political prints about Spain and Spanish politics are particularly interesting to me

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cheeto devouring his nation⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I dunno, I think that’s part of the magic of the Black Paintings. To me, what makes them truly unsettling (in the best way) is the fact that he painted them exclusively for his own desire and that we’re limited to guessing the subject matter (which, although ambiguous, was undoubtedly dark).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Titan Quest II Deep Dive⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The original Titan Quest was one of, if not the last, physical game i ever bought. I never got it working on my computer at the time, but I will never forget it just because of the fact I still possess the physical case and disc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨1955 was as old in 1990 as 1990 is in 2025.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m sure someone will come along and point out that the 90s were no more or less peaceful than any other decade

  Not to be that guy, but there was the whole Bosnian Genocide thing from 92-95 and the Gulf War from 90-91 that really legitimized the US practice of inference in the Middle East in the eyes of many US citizens. Up until then, most Americans still saw intervention a la the Iran Contra Affair as a negative.

  Plus, the Troubles in North Ireland were still in pretty high gear until 1998, most of Africa was involved in civil wars and ethnic cleansing for a large chunk of the 90’s, and the collapse of the USSR, which was viewed as a positive in many parts of the world, did leave a power vacuum that resulted in numerous civil wars and separatist movements throughout eastern Europe and western Asia

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think that’s a “santoku” knife, but I’m not an expert. And I think it’s the style of knife, not a brand, but it works pretty much just like a chef’s knife as near as I can tell (as a home cook that pays attention to techniques but hasn’t sought out training on knife styles before)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’re cutting soft soft bread, then a plain blade is fine, but if it’s a crusty bread like a sourdough, the serrated blade is much better at cutting the crust without crushing the soft interior (IME, not a chef)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How The Muppet Movie Should Have Ended⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Except the antagonist of the Muppets movie knew Kermit was a frog, which is why he wanted to kill and eat/sell his frog legs at his frog leg restaurant. You’re right that no one saw anything unusual about a talking frog (and that is part of the humor), but at least some people recognized that he was a frog.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨8 years of RBF⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What do these pictures have to do with round bottomed flasks?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The after party⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, yes, but I still drink too heavily and partied hard throughout college and grad school. I mean, if you don’t develop a new substance dependency or 2 over of the course of earning of a degree, does even count?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The after party⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  And if you party long enough, you will inevitably become “that guy” at some point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you're a broke vampire, just say that⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  On the other hand, if you’re immortal and you can’t manage to build a fair bit of wealth what are you even doing with your time?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3081: PhD Timeline⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Those people are strangely quiet when it’s a conservative-leaning meme, so I’ve learned to, as you say, tell them to get bent.

  I can think of no better situation for the phrase “fuck you and the horse you rode in on”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Great submission to "rate my professor"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Do people still use ratemyprofessor? The reviews at my school don’t seem terribly recent

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Panic! on the trade floor⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The system isn’t broken; it’s working exactly as intended.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨THE CLASS WAR IS BACK, BABY!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  His handlers are just using it as a distraction from the class war. Trump is too dumb and fried to think with that level of intention.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LPT 4 Summer BBQs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You can tell that this wasn’t written by a parent. Parents know that the small child is already covered in jam, despite there being no jam at the BBQ

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's weird that a room with just a toilet and sink is called a "half bath", when it in fact has zero bathtubs.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  or “water closet” in the UK

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You guys have to end it⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends on how steep the hill is and how precise you need to be with your position. Parallel parking in San Francisco almost requires the handbrake.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You guys have to end it⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I live in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and regularly drove my standard transmission in San Francisco (one of the hilliest cities in North America), and used my hand brake all the time to maintain my position while I engaged the transmission. I’m not really sure what you’re on about…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Frogwares' The Sinking City 2 Kickstarter is Now Live⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Like any decent Lovecraftian work, it looks like a big ol’ bag of NOPE.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Attempt to motivate people to take the stairs⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s all just because Americans have a pathological aversion to metric prefixes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you can find the oil filter, I'll give you a quarter. If you can get it out after the lube tech tightened it to 325 lbft, I'll give you sixty bucks.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No worries! I don’t think the chain needs to be stiff, just tight. From what I can tell, these are called a chain wrench, and I found a demo video.

  Hope that helps!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you can find the oil filter, I'll give you a quarter. If you can get it out after the lube tech tightened it to 325 lbft, I'll give you sixty bucks.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m no mechanic either, but it looks like you can tighten the chain around a stuck cap and then use the red handle as a lever to apply a large amount of force, “unsticking” the stuck cap

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Literally c/THE_PACK⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I COULDN’T QUITE HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUND IF MY CRANKED HOG, BUT I THINK YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT DEFINING GENDER!!!

  THE PACK IS ALL ABOUT INCLUSION!! I DON’T CARE HOW YOU MF’ERS SELF IDENTIFY, YOU’RE ALL MY BROTHERS AS LONG AS YOU LOVE CRANKING THAT HOG!!!

  AROOOOOO!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No phones, no emails, just living in the moment⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I wouldn’t have characterized The Princess and the Frog that way. In that movie, the protagonists learn to be happy despite being frogs, not because they are frogs. Being frogs throws them together and forces them to get to know one another, but their happy ending comes once they become human again (and the point of the movie is about working tirelessly to achieve their dreams, not removing themselves from society)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No phones, no emails, just living in the moment⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Unbothered. Moisturized. Happy. In My Lane. Focused. Flourishing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the best super nintendo game based on a movie? and why is it alien 3?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Aladdin is right up there, too

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Feral Science⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I do live the feeling of disorientation I got from the first book. The whole thing felt like I was in a fever dream and I was never sure if I was losing my mind or it was the book.

  Of course a big chunk of that could be the sleep deprivation that came with having 2 kids under two at the same time as reading the book.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Max Planck⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s because you’re thinking of it like a distance, but matter at that scale actually behaves more like a standing wave that only has discrete solutions.

  Or at least that’s how I think about electrons and Schrodinger’s equation. I dunno, I only teach about stuff that’s as small as an electron, but it’s a useful tool for thinking about quantum numbers, so I assume it applies to smaller matter, too.