acockworkorange

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that if you are planning an outdoor event, you can check where the shade and shadows will fall on a given day and time⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Or you could call the Shädowmän.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: You can disable scores (upvotes and downvotes) in lemmy, and I think it's great!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I understood that, your message was clear. I don’t want to be blind to votes for my own sanity though (filtering out potentially damaging interactions). Different strokes for different folks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Avocado⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Ew. No wonder my wife wants nothing to do with it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Preach!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: You can disable scores (upvotes and downvotes) in lemmy, and I think it's great!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Voting is decentralized moderation. It’s harder to navigate content in servers that disable downvotes. I get what you’re aiming for here, but the downside is not worth it for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Forbidden Tech⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Happy cake day!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Depression linked to increased dementia risk⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for finding the silver lining in this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Nazca Lines in Peru—massive geoglyphs carved by the Nazca civilization. Their purpose remains a mystery, but their scale and precision continue to astonish archaeologists around the world.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought the work of Maria Reiche in linking the figures and runways with celestial constellations and the seasons was generally accepted as the most likely explanations for the glyphs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Egyptian archaeologists discover three tombs in Luxor⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The British are surely incensed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's there any salvation for this orchid...?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, spray bottles to the rescue. Good luck!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's there any salvation for this orchid...?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I keep mine near the frosted window in my bathroom, so it benefits from the humidity and filtered light.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mozilla is shutting down Pocket, their read-it-later and content discovery app, and Fakespot, their browser extension that analyzes the authenticity of online product reviews.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fakespot was what finally convinced my wife to leave chrome. Fuck these fuckers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[META] recent changes on the type of posts⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you for your work!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[META] recent changes on the type of posts⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think enforcing Rule 2 would solve all our problems.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This method does not endanger your appendages. I disapprove.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK some cities in the US are starting to build an affordable community built wifi network that goes around big telecom companies⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So a professional cantenna?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Bay leaves, cumin, garlic and cayenne make for a great pork and beans.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thyme is the poor man’s oregano, with a hint of mint.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨“They eat everything – anything that fits into their mouth”: how scientists solved a deadly issue in the deep valleys of Yosemite | Discover Wildlife⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You and me both.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Did you just make that illustration? It’s really neat!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Street smarts: how a hawk learned to use traffic signals to hunt more successfully⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s actually urban.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨“They eat everything – anything that fits into their mouth”: how scientists solved a deadly issue in the deep valleys of Yosemite | Discover Wildlife⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “One reason American bullfrogs are among the top worst globally introduced pests is because they eat everything – anything that fits into their mouth,” says senior author Brian Todd, a UC Davis professor in the Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology.

  Removal of the bullfrog is helping pond turtle population bounce back in the park.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Striped Coral Orchid - Mycoheterotroph⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Myco-heterotrophs were previously known as Saprophytes (decay plants), because it was thought the plants themselves were metabolizing dead matter/waste. It’s not been long since scientists found out these plants were actually parasitizing the fungi that were breaking down the decaying matter.

  One famous example is the ghost pipe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI-Powered App Enables Anemia Screening Using Fingernail Selfies⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s the original use of AI: pattern recognition. Those are specialist systems, not at all like GPT. We’ve been benefiting from

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Striped Coral Orchid - Mycoheterotroph⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  !Subscribe to Mycoheterotroph facts

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the minimum or recommended requirements for a personal home server?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You have to have an idea of what you’ll run on it first.

  Old corporate desktops will do for a NAS and basic light services. Look for one that has three drive bays plus an NVMe slot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What happened the the “empathy racial shooting”?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨demon named racecar⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ever heard of Tricky Dick? It’s what the newspapers were calling Richard Nixon after the Watergate scandal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oof⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I hear they’re selling 9mm volcanoes like hot cakes. Got yourself some if you’re sanguine about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't like em? Ghost em⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The necromancer sisters.