Pringles
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- Comment on Woke up this morning pondering THIS question 4 days ago:
They build their homes in the pond out of reach of predators like wolves or bears. They also dig escape routes from their den under the water. They’re herbivores so it’s not for fish, btw.
- Comment on Why does every commercial depiction of honey involve one of this things? Literally nobody has ever seen one of these in real life 5 days ago:
The hole for the tool (I actually don’t know the proper name) is small enough for ants to get through.
- Comment on Why does every commercial depiction of honey involve one of this things? Literally nobody has ever seen one of these in real life 5 days ago:
I’ve got 3 of those at home (actually got one as a gift last week) but we don’t use it because the open honey jar attracts ants. So we use spoons. I do like it though.
- Comment on Always wear protection, folks 1 week ago:
I bought my wife noise cancelling ear plugs for sleeping because I (in her words) snore like a pig. She has several recordings to back that up. So I bought her these noise cancelling earplugs (Soundcore A20 in case anyone is interested) in the hopes it will allow her to sleep. I will eventually get surgery done for it, because I also have apnea. She hasn’t put them to the test yet because it’s not always that she can’t sleep, but I hope they will serve her well.
- Comment on RAM prices soar, but popular Windows 11 apps are using more RAM due to Electron, Web components 1 week ago:
Just another AI agent bro, that will fix th
Out of Memory or System Resources. Close some windows or programs and try again.
- Comment on AI Slop Is Ruining Reddit for Everyone 1 week ago:
Not for himself, as he just joined the billionaire club. I would probably have ruined it for a billion as well, if I’m being completely honest.
- Comment on Russian ambassador slams EU frozen assets plan for Ukraine 1 week ago:
I don’t like Russia one bit, but there would be serious consequences (undermining the trust in the euro as a financial asset) that would have long term negative consequences, not to mention the dubious legality of the plan concocted by the European Commission and the fact that any EU country can veto the extension of the sanctions (Hungary or Slovakia being the most likely culprits) which would mean the funds are free again.
I think the Europe should finance Ukraine, but this is the wrong mechanism to do so. The only politically viable way is through bilateral country-to-country financial support, where the EC can play a coordinating role.
But the seizing of the frozen assets is just not going to work, as every lawyer involved has already stated multiple times and not a single competent finance minister in the EU (or anywhere really) would ever agree to it.
- Comment on My Religion 1 week ago:
My brother was studying to become a Jesuit and there was this running joke amongst the Jesuits about praying where they would go “Why? God doesn’t exist.” This may sound hypocritical and it kind of is, but they consider the religion more a moral framework rather than something to rigorously believe in. That’s also why Pope Francis resonated with many non-believers because, at least the modern Jesuits, apply the moral lessons of the New Testament with a healthy dose of rationality (they are considered the intellectual branch of the church for a reason).
Very few, if any, Jesuit these days believe in the existence of a god, but they find value in the moral framework and how they can apply that to make this world a better place. It’s the only religious order I can stomach to have conversations with.
- Comment on As AI wipes jobs, Google CEO Sundar Pichai says it’s up to everyday people to adapt accordingly: ‘We will have to work through societal disruption’ 2 weeks ago:
Pichai will have to work through the disruption of having set billions of dollars on fire and seeing hardly any returns.
- Comment on EA Announces No F1 26 Next Year, F1 25 Will Get a Major Expansion Instead 4 weeks ago:
Initially it made a lot of sense though. The differences between each fifa version between the first one and 2003 were massive with each iteration. But as the graphics got better and better and the gameplay was more or less settled, it became less sensible to have a new edition each year. After fifa 2003 there were noticeably less differences between the iterations.
- Comment on You can do anything at Zombocom 5 weeks ago:
This guy made a sad face. You have to provide a picture now. We can’t sleep unless you do!
- Comment on Rush 5 weeks ago:
Rush is actually a pretty good band. I remember listening to them a lot when I was 17-18. Now I have to listen to them again…
- Comment on Neither an empire, nor chicken 5 weeks ago:
Last I checked it was a fast food chain.
- Comment on You just had to ask that question 1 month ago:
The copilot in outlook feature is super handy for summarizing mails from one colleague who writes half a novel each time. That’s about the only handy use I have found for it, for the rest it’s annoying.
- Comment on FMK 1 month ago:
The dead one or the new one?
- Comment on newbie player 1 month ago:
And the river, but don’t ask them to play stud.
- Comment on And what car did you learn in? 1 month ago:
Nissan vanette and ford focus. Don’t miss either of those and have an automatic now. I still drive a friend’s van from time to time which has a clutch, whoch is good so I don’t forget how to drive it. Although it still feels completely natural since I drove manual for 2 decades.
- Comment on Study Claims 4K/8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes 1 month ago:
I don’t like large 4k displays because the resolution is so good it breaks the immersion when you watch a movie. You can see that they are on a set sometimes, or details of clothing in medieval movies that give away they were created with modern sewing equipment.
It’s a bit of a stupid reason I guess, but that’s why I don’t want to go above 1080p for tv’s.
- Comment on Show your pride 1 month ago:
That’s what it wants you to believe.
- Comment on Show your pride 1 month ago:
What about pyrite? Or Iron Maiden?
- Comment on There was no need to ever improve upon THIS 1 month ago:
My honda civic has this perfectly balanced (this is a stock photo): Image
- Comment on Banana 1 month ago:
Red bananas are great for oven baked fries too
- Comment on English moment 1 month ago:
Beautiful, but is there really a difference in pronunciation of hose and dose? I always pronounce them similarly…
- Comment on I do it at least 35 times just in case 2 months ago:
Megacancer balls
- Comment on hows keto working out for you 2 months ago:
Sounds about right for average US bagel size.
- Comment on Happy Weekend Murica 2 months ago:
This is just one day. Most of these stocks are still up for the week.
- Comment on 'No one can find him': Trump drops from public view again after 'slurring' military speech 2 months ago:
They don’t need to anymore though. The tools of repression are in place and whoever would succeed Trump, Vance I suppose, would wield those tools much harder to cement his place. Examples are Stalin taking over after Lenin or Maduro after Chavez. It will get so much worse with Trump gone and a less popular figure following in his footsteps. It’s the dictator playbook 101.
- Comment on How much is the fish? 2 months ago:
Idared and something similar to crimson crisp, but it’s not that one. Her dad says crimson red, but that doesn’t really exist. One last one that is also very similar and we will plant next year is a Slovak variety called Solivarské ušľachtilé (red noble apple tree).
- Comment on How much is the fish? 2 months ago:
I’m going to an apple (the fruit) exhibition this afternoon and my wife just asked me how much cash I have. I will be able to answer this later today.
- Comment on "Valve must stop making excuses": Steam under fire for "significant price disparity for PC games," causing regional pricing that's "often 20% to 30% higher than the dollar equivalent" 2 months ago:
Steam pushing Poland towards the eurozone, wasn’t expecting that one tbh
