BarbecueCowboy

@BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I need to vent about plastic milk jugs⁩ ⁨⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  You are correct that there is a connection to ensuring fill levels, but incorrect on it not being intended to provide structural integrity. It is both.

  You can disable javascript to get around snopes adblock block: www.snopes.com/news/…/milk-jug-indentations/

  You can also view the original patent here: patents.google.com/patent/WO1999022994A1/en

  Notable excerpt from patent:

  When the horizontal ribs are not provided completely around the container, the face panels may be provided with indentions of preferably a circular configuration. The size and depth of the indentations may be varied to control fill level of a given volume of contents in the container in addition to further stabilizing the sidewalls.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I have an idea ☝️⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Hard to prove, but even the idea that the world can barely support the current population is likely just propaganda trying to reinforce a scarcity mindset.

  We could probably pack nearly everyone in the entire world in to an area the size of the United Kingdom, and most could be living better lives than they do now. Population Density comparable to New York City would get you around 7 billion people. Obviously, we can do better than that, but just trying to put it into perspective.

  Even for agriculture, you could support the current population with what we’ve got and a lot more if that was your priority. There are dramatic gains to be made by reducing or eliminating meat and unless we made some new unfortunate discoveries that would 100% get you there, but you might not even have to. Might have to focus on prioritizing fertile land for agriculture but having everyone in the world eat like an average american would likely be doable at current levels if we actually wanted to prioritize that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I have an idea ☝️⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I legitimately think that we could do a tremendous amount of social good with a pokemon dating app.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Winner takes all⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Looking up pics of him is kind of a trip, you can tell he gets them trimmed regularly, but not regularly enough. He’s constantly cycling from normal human eyebrows up to this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Winner takes all⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  His eyebrows are cosplaying as Londo from Babylon 5

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Random idea: a federated alternative to Amazon Prime built from independent shops?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The biggest problem I see is that retailers generally don’t want to increase visibility for their competition. Competition usually lowers prices, good for consumers, but business is not a fan. Even in non competing markets, consumers only have a limited amount of money. That $50 you spent on clothes is $50 not spent on power tools. The main reason some sell on markets like eBay/amazon/etc is because they’re so large and centralized that you can’t really avoid them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any abandoned fediverse community you'd like to see resurrected?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I play, but I just have no idea how I would go about discussing mahjong.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Does Lemmy need a fork or a rewrite due to its maintainers views?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  having to call shitposts in meme communities “articles” in “magazines”?

  That is super clunky and I do hate it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They should make a reboot of Freakazoid where he gets his powers from the 2025 internet instead of the 1995 internet.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  He’d buy one of those obviously bogus AI items off Tiktok and would end up with a superhero serum instead.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨why we need billionaires⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I downvoted the post specifically because you said it was against the rules.

  You ain’t my boss.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve discontinues the entry-level Steam Deck, considerably raising the starting price⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It makes some sense, the parts cost on the lower priced models could be a lot more painful.

  I’m not gonna try to do a proper estimate on build prices on the Steam Deck, but the price of 16GB of DDR5 RAM was around $40 or even less a year ago and now we’re looking at $140. If that’s comparable here, that makes the margin look a lot rougher.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you ever watch old classic TV shows and realize that they are all dead⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s sounding like you are afraid of some ghosts. I think I have someone for you to call.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There should be more negative awards. For example: the most pathetic nation or the most monstrous person of the year.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I like it, but awards are mostly barely disguised advertising campaigns. I can see why negative ones are rare.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Music aficionado ⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  For me, I am super interested in Star Metal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When you realize it's time to trade in your old sedan for an SUV⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel like the play with EVs is an SUV/Truck. They’ve got a new electric truck ostensibly coming out next year that’s pretty cheap, should have plenty of space.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Things aren't bad enough and then you misunderstand your diagnosis⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have it too, I know you’ve probably tried a lot to make it go away, but ‘Habituation’ really worked for me. It’s basically just pretending you don’t hear it and trying to ignore it until you don’t think of it. Sounds incredibly frustrating I know but just sharing my experience. I hope it gets better for you my friend.

  There’s also a trick where you basically thwack the back of your head repeatedly that used to give me a temporary reprieve. It’s kind of magic, but doesn’t last long.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hot Mouse Ass⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think for spicy food acting as food, the hottest pepper I still enjoy the taste of is a Habanero. In my opinion, anything beyond that isn’t meant to be tasted. Sometimes, the pain and that hit of adrenaline is the point though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pebble maker announces Index 01, a smart-ish ring for under $100⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I like Pebble, but I’ve been on the gadget rollercoaster too many times and until it’s proven and quantified ‘years of average use’ means nothing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Sensory Biology of Plants⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The inclusion of Mycelium as a plant here is very triggering.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Selfhosted alternatives to Discord with screensharing?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder how they got that name, maybe just me but it brings to mind a lot of things but none of them are a chat client.

  I think it mostly reminds me of voat, anyone remember that horrible place?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨18 days til the deadline btw⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Some very strong words from one of our top Democratic politicians. They think this one is going to really hurt his feelings.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve often thought that scheduling it would be kind of amazing, but for most I’ve been with, feel like that wouldn’t be an attractive prospect.

  I’d feel really bad if my partner wasn’t enjoying themselves on this one though and even without that concern it wouldn’t feel like your idea here would be sustainable. It would be very hard to convince me that this was something that could be maintained over a long term relationship.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fuckin' PSYOP⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  When you let enough people speak and they all agree with no pushback, people start to think maybe they’re onto something, no matter how crazy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Erosion is a voxel open world shooter in which deaths cost decades, and you can win the Wild West with armies of cats⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Writer just woke up and was like fuck I can’t do another game article but damn I forgot how good Pink Floyd was.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I wonder⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We have generic tests for the intelligence of birds.

  Most famously used on Crows/Parrots, Seagulls are smarter than average and can solve some advanced puzzles, but they’re mostly below Corvids or Parrots. We’ve also tested their memory, they only care about food and can remember places they’ve gotten food and even the faces of people who they’ve got food from year to year, but we don’t think over too much longer periods.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google CEO: If an AI bubble pops, no one is getting out clean⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Good luck finding that in any large or even mid-size company. If you think you found one, good chance you probably just found one with a lot of Shadow IT and poor visibility.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I bet you don't know this⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Some days there’s not a lot to go around.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How has there not yet been a leak of the Epstein files? Surely there is someone with access to them that could have been subject to worldwide pressure to let something out.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  They already faked a suicide for a dude in prison to keep that info from getting out, that’s a hell of a warning.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm cooked, chat.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  One thing I wish someone would have talked at me about more often in relation to getting older… You already have problems you’re probably not paying enough attention to that you should look at now.

  Does your neck always hurt in a weird way when you get up? Mole that you were looking at one day and it doesn’t look quite right? Maybe you just started feeling a weird feeling in some part of your body and it never got worse so you just got used to ignoring it?

  You’re getting to the point where those tend to start escalating. Take inventory and get them checked out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's a realistic, low-power home server setup in 2025 for Plex/Jellyfin, Nextcloud, and reliable backups?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  has anyone pushed Raspberry Pi 5 to the point of reliable transcoding for a household of 2-3 people?

  People definitely have and you can physically do that now… but from experience, you’ll likely be happier doing almost anything else. I wouldn’t consider it if you want those 2-3 streams to occasionally occur simultaneously. Although, reminder that the best plan is to consider ways where you don’t need to transcode.