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  • Hell yes. I've written a unit price calculator, a tip calculator, a "how many plates do I need to put on this barbell to reach X weight?" app, a "am I connected to the Internet" app, and a few other small things. Other people have already written apps like these. But these apps work the way I want them to, and they were good learning experiences.

  • Sidelines No More
  • The move toward authoritarianism is frightening, but the 2 things give me hope right now are 1) the size and endurance of protests so far 2) the fact that Trump is terrible at executing long-term plans / TACO. If we keep this up he will give up while claiming victory.

    Long-term, the scary thing is his advisors (e.g., Stephen Miller) telling the next authoritarian who gets elected "I could have made Trump a dictator if he didn't suck. That was the practice run, you ready for the real deal?"

  • How do you gently tell someone you only want to keep seeing them if it's on a dating level?
  • I disagree with the person you're replying to - romantic partners and friends have a lot in common but they are not the same thing. And just because you were romantically interested in someone doesn't mean you owe them friendship. These things are difficult and if you don't want to keep being a friend for whatever reason that's fine.

  • The Faculty, any day
  • Dude, Where's My Car? is so much better than it had any right to be. And while the main characters are stoners, most of the humor isn't stoner humor. Not that there's anything wrong with stoner humor, but movies that consist entirely of stoner humor tend to drag after a while.

  • I have a sinus infection and there is so much snot! Where does it all come from?
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinusitis - see the illustration from that article.

    I've never found a diagram that gives a great idea of how the sinuses work, but between the various sinuses in your head there's a surprising amount of space. So all that space for holding mucus + constantly making more = a surprisingly large amount of mucus.

    Also, since mucus is gross I think we overestimate the actual volume because even a few mLs seems like a lot. If you started blowing your nose into a measuring cup it would take longer than you think to fill it up. Please conduct this experiment and report back with pictures.

  • What's your method of enjoying (or at least tolerating) physical exercise?
  • I take my canoe out on a lake that's 8 minutes from my house. Relaxing, and the exercise is a side effect.

    I'm also delusional enough to think I can box so I hit the punching bag for 40 minutes some days. It's a joke but makes me feel badass.

  • www.instagram.com The Cathedral Church of St. Mark on Instagram: "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, Barbie knows that Ash Wednesday’s a must!"

    19 likes, 3 comments - stmarksutah on February 13, 2024: "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, Barbie knows that Ash Wednesday’s a must!"

    The Cathedral Church of St. Mark on Instagram: "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, Barbie knows that Ash Wednesday’s a must!"
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    Where does Lemmy store upvotes, downvotes, and replies?

    Does ActivityPub send those to other instances, or does ActivityPub only send the original post and the rest (upvotes, downvotes, replies) are stored only on the original server where the post was made?

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    How to comment on a post on another Lemmy server.

    I'm trying to comment on this but I'm not sure how to pull it up on lemmy.world and then comment on it: https://startrek.website/comment/38082

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