Triumph
@Triumph@fedia.io
- Comment on Do old people still remember their childhood? Do people just start losing their memories and their sense of self as they get older? 12 hours ago:
The way memory works, your brain constructs the memory based on stuff from the last time you thought about it, mixed with other random shit.
You're never remembering "the" event. You're retelling yourself a story like a game of telephone. The past is gone.
- Comment on Is Anyone Printing ICE Whistles? 1 day ago:
Counter-counterpoint: The less cash you spend today, the more ammo you will be able to buy tomorrow.
- Comment on Is Anyone Printing ICE Whistles? 1 day ago:
- Comment on Is Anyone Printing ICE Whistles? 1 day ago:
Printed ones are great - I'd never say not to. But cheap whistles bought in bulk are way less expensive.
- Comment on Those of you who are angry at the US for allowing ICE to stifle people's liberties - how do you channel your anger and irritation? 3 days ago:
I am becoming mentally prepared to have to make very difficult decisions.
- Comment on Mount an ISO in Linux? 4 days ago:
Or you could search in file explorer.
- Comment on And that's final 4 days ago:
oh god the drool
- Comment on Digg launches its new Reddit rival to the public 5 days ago:
Can I get that word salad with the dressing on the side?
- Comment on Digg launches its new Reddit rival to the public 5 days ago:
Everyone should go post the HD DVD key.
- Comment on Digg launches its new Reddit rival to the public 5 days ago:
Reality has a liberal bias.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 days ago:
I love you.
- Comment on What is Substack and why all the sudden do all the content creators seem to be on it? 5 days ago:
While there are some jewels there (Robert Reich comes to mind), you're mostly right. It's LiveJournal for people who think they're journalists.
- Comment on company-wide email 5 days ago:
We call that a double flusher. Sometimes a triple flusher.
- Comment on Such a dreamy guy 6 days ago:
Jillinois?
Jyoming?
Jexas?
- Comment on Microsoft may soon allow IT admins to uninstall Copilot 6 days ago:
I'm running Pro, and I don't see it as an installed app. Neither do I have it available as an app to run; the little copilot icon on the start menu just opens a web page.
Which means I must have already uninstalled it. Which means you should be able to uninstall it from Pro versions as well.
- Comment on Smart Kid 1 week ago:
c/lemmyfakepost
- Comment on Would you pick her up? 1 week ago:
Then you definitely don't want to know about Fred and Rose West.
- Comment on If the protests in Iran win/topple the government what will it look like immediately afterwards? Also what would be the good or bad about installing a monarchy again? 1 week ago:
Because you can just "do" that.
- Comment on Would you pick her up? 1 week ago:
Aileen Wuornos has entered the chat
- Comment on Windows users keep losing files to OneDrive, and many don't know why 1 week ago:
It's not dumb as a concept. Cloud storage in a data center offers far more safety than an external drive of any kind.
But it should not be the only place your data is stored. It should ideally be the third place.
- Comment on Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards - X’s deepfake porn feature clearly violates app store guidelines. Why won’t Apple and Google pull it? 1 week ago:
believe they're largelyare - Comment on I felt so betrayed when I found out Germany isn't called Germany in Germany 1 week ago:
Let me tell you about the Pennsylvania Dutch.
- Comment on Help is needed 2 weeks ago:
Men at Dork
Rub DMC
The Spray Cats - Comment on What's it going to take to truly stop the US? 2 weeks ago:
And then were summarily pardoned by the person who urged them to do it?
- Comment on Vietnam introduces tougher penalties on e-cigarette and heated tobacco use 2 weeks ago:
Yes, a couple months after I switched, my dentist told me my mouth was in much better shape.
Like I said, safer than tobacco by far, not necessarily safe.
- Comment on Vietnam introduces tougher penalties on e-cigarette and heated tobacco use 2 weeks ago:
Not finding that study myself here, but I'm happy to stand corrected on that.
What I did find was this
Most critically, vaporised PG efficiently abolishes influenza A virus and SARS‐CoV‐2 infectivity within airborne droplets, potently preventing infection at levels well below those tolerated by mammals. We present PG vapour as a first‐in‐class non‐toxic airborne virucide that can prevent transmission of existing and emergent viral pathogens, with clear and immediate implications for public health.
Which might explain why everyone in my family (in the house and extended) has had COVID (often more than once) and I never have.
- Comment on The whole "toilet seat up, toilet seat down" gender debate could be solved by everybody putting the seat and lid down. 2 weeks ago:
It's a lesson you learn once.
- Comment on Vietnam introduces tougher penalties on e-cigarette and heated tobacco use 2 weeks ago:
Not since the 50s, in the 50s. And at a much lower concentration than what vaping is.
I've been vaping for about 15 years. Don't get me wrong, vaping is far safer than inhaling tobacco smoke or putting a wad of dip in your mouth. That doesn't make it safe, and I'm unaware of any real studies on the long-term effects of vaping. I am aware of some very badly performed lab studies that were clearly designed to produce results showing how awful it is by operating vape devices in ways that no person ever would or even could. Yes, PG has a mild antiseptic effect. Yes, the flavorings used are "generally regarded as safe" (GRAS) ... for eating.
What I know anecdotally from my own experience:
- Over time, vaping in a closed area leaves a sticky residue on everything. I'm sure my lungs are doing work to eliminate that residue that they wouldn't have to do otherwise, and I don't know the health effects of that.
- The inside of my mouth is constantly dry and feels kind of gross. I'm sure my breath isn't great.
- My teeth are badly stained. I avoid dark juices, as those seem to do it much worse.
All that said, I'm still glad I switched from cigarettes.
- Comment on If God (or any creator of the universe) exists would he be made out of atoms? 2 weeks ago:
You'll first have to define "God".
- Comment on Vietnam introduces tougher penalties on e-cigarette and heated tobacco use 2 weeks ago:
They didn't exist in the 90s.