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What scientific fact blows your mind the most?
  • Ah okay. Why not though? I thought mathematics as a whole suffers from a lack of proof of some of its axioms, which if disproven could spell trouble.

  • What scientific fact blows your mind the most?
  • now that would be revolutionary!

  • The Rise of the Pawns
  • For anyone interested, en passant is when your pawn advances two spaces from its starting position to draw level with an enemy pawn. The enemy pawn then pulls out a gun and does a drive by shooting and calls up his mob friends to take care of the body. The enemy pawn then puts on an unsettling moustache and makes advances on the queen.

  • The free market of entrepreneurship
  • Did you just set fire to Wallace and Gromit's house?

  • If you could rearrange the days in a week, what would your ideal month look like.

    Duplicate days are allowed, but with just cause.

    Edit: Y'all be strange.

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    If you could only go to one time zone for the rest of your life, what would it be and why?
  • Weird, I’ve always thought that is was like China

  • I know Phones dont listen but....
  • Yes, KWS systems generally keep a rolling buffer of audio a few seconds long, and scan it a few times a second to see if it contains the key phrase.

    Boom.

    Now given that the KWS cost isn't high, imagine what other keywords it's unofficially scanning for.

  • It's slowly ruleing this way!!
  • Things you say in bed?

  • Is it moral to vandalize Teslas?
  • I mean urine and faeces can technically be washed off.

  • Cats Rule
  • I've seen this guy. Goes by the name of "Chief". Works as a bouncer at a bar near the airport.

  • What scientific fact blows your mind the most?
  • Studies into how to make a more efficient kettle.

  • made a sticky
  • What kind of weak ass question is that?

    Pippi and her magic horse are about rebellion, about political and social upheaval. Why with a single hand, she can topple oppressive regimes and free the proletariat.

  • How do you approach a group of people with romantic intent for only one?
  • What if they break the furniture, and furnish more weapons to take down their sole oppressor. Would the insurance cover that?

  • barrel roll
  • here's indeed to hoping all of that

  • Attempt
  • One for Horror, Two for Ploy,
    Three to Hurl, Four to Destroy,
    Five to Shiver, Six to Enslave,
    Seven for a secret that you will take to your fucking grave

  • Emma
  • Is that duck performing a bear operation, with the bear on enough morphine to happily assist by holding up his liver?

  • What scientific fact blows your mind the most?
  • (I'm going to abrasively emphasize the conjunctions more, because I feel they're being glossed over)

    IF the truths of our universe are completely mathematically and axiomatically bound, THEN any proof derived within it might have a chance of upsetting a given axiom given the either incomplete or inconsistent nature of mathematics as declared by Gödel, the ramifications of which COULD be dire in such a universe.

    I'm NOT saying our universe IS mathematically bound. I'm also NOT saying that a newly discovered universal axiom WILL change the structure of such a universe.

    I actually believe that maths merely describes our reality at varying scales.

    I am presenting an interesting idea that for some reason is being taken quite literally, and now am having to get defensive about it as if it's a deeply-held belief of mine...

  • barrel roll
  • Yes, but just like how I might say I want a cup of tea later, only for later to come and I realise that I dont actually want the tea after all, I should be able to refuse without feeling pressured to conform because of the expecting audience

  • Easiest way to capture power states of machine? (Boot/Poweroff/Sleep/Wake)

    I'm looking for a reliable way to log when my laptop is:

    • powered down
    • boots up
    • goes to sleep
    • wakes up

    Currently I'm checking both the systemd-suspend and tlp systemctl services, but these don't really feel very robust, and I don't have TLP installed on all my machines.

    Is there an easier way to do this, or a better systemctl unit that logs all the power states of my machine. Preferably laptop agnostic?

    Laptop snippet so far:

    journalctl --since -9days -u systemd-suspend -u tlp \ | grep -P "Finish|Start|Stopped" | sed '/.*Finished TLP.*/d; s|Starting TLP.*|╭╴System Boot |; s|Starting System Suspend.*|┤ · Sleep |; s|Finished System Suspend.*|├ · Wake |; s|Stopped TLP.*|╰╴Power Off |;' \ | sed -r 's|^(.*:[0-9]+)+:[0-9]+.*:(.*)| \1 \2 |'

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    Use AWS Windows instance as an SSH proxy?

    My work has given me a remote windows desktop to use, that I access using AWS.

    Through this windows desktop (accessed via a chrome web-browser), I can SSH into a compute node to do work.

    I dont actually need this virtual desktop, I'd rather just SSH from my local machine directly to the compute node, using the remote desktop's network without having to spawn the desktop itself.

    Ive been reading up about SSM agents[0] as a solution, but am unsure if I have the priveledges to do this myself.

    https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/session-manager-getting-started-enable-ssh-connections.html#ssh-connections-enable

    Is this something I can easily do using the AWS credentials that I have?

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    Thoughts on Ty Cobb?

    I used to believe he was an aggressive racist man who tried to keep black players out of the league as violently as possible, giving rise to media like Soundgarden's Ty Cobb

    But I'm now reading through his Wikipedia article, and I can't quite work him out.

    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ty_Cobb

    He's definitely aggressive, and has a "hard-headed fuck-you-all" attitude to life. It looks like the racist allegations against him might have just been slander caused by another player (Schmidt).

    There's one altercation he has with a cement worker whose work he ruined by stepping in it, and then escalated into something more.... but as far as I can see that's it.

    He just seems like a good player who's a bit heavy handed and loud mouthed, and fights anyone who he perceives does him wrong, regardless of background or skin color.

    There's one story that made me giggle a bit:

    > Cobb climbed into the stands and attacked Lucker, who it turned out was handicapped (he had lost all of one hand and three fingers on his other hand in an industrial accident). > > Some onlookers shouted at him to stop because the man had no hands, to which Cobb reportedly retorted, "I don't care if he got no feet!" > > According to Russo, the crowd cheered Cobb on in the fight. > Though extremely rare in the 21st century, attacking fans was not so unusual an activity in the early years of baseball.

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    Why are we in an AI arms race? What's actually at stake?

    The US blocked high power graphics cards to specific countries, and then got all shaken up when their money moat was pole-vaulted by an embargo'd country wielding jank cards.

    Why is this a big deal, exactly?

    Who benefits if the US has the best AI, and who benefits if it's China?

    Is this like the Space Race, where it's just an effort to spit on each other, but ultimately no one really loses, and cool shit gets made?

    What does AI "supremacy" mean?

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    Traitors ending was disappointing

    I'm glad at least one decent person made it through, but the other one, christ.

    Also:

    • I DO NOT GIVE A SHIT THAT YOU WERE IN THE ARMY. It clearly didn't make you stronger.
    • I DO NOT GIVE A SHIT THAT YOU'RE (FAKING) WELSH. It was unnoticeable and had no effect.
    • I DO NOT GIVE A SHIT THAT YOU ARE A MOTHER/PRIEST. Anyone who uses that as a basis of trust is genuinely twisted in the head.
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    How much of an asshole is your washing machine/dryer?

    It's hard to characterize in a single sentence, so I'll just break it down into its constituent parts.

    The Beep

    When the laundry cycle finishes it does the following:

    • It beeps super loudly for 5 seconds
    • If you don't run to switch it off, it will wait 30 more seconds and then continue to beep super loudly for 5 seconds
    • If you switch it off whilst it's beeping, it will continue to finish its beeping
    • There is no volume setting nor any way to switch this off.

    The Door

    When it's finished. It does not release. That beeping sound from earlier to tell you to come get your laundry? No no no, that was just the "come and watch me drain" alarm.

    • Switching it off has no effect on the door release.
    • It releases whenever it wants. It could be 5 minutes, it could be 20.
    • When it does release, all you will get is a <clunk> sound, so you better be around to hear it.
    • If you miss this sound, it will lock itself again 10-15 minutes later and rotate your clothes.
    • It will then repeat the release process.

    HELP ME. HE-ELP ME.

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    Lemmy Support @lemmy.ml tetris11 @lemmy.ml
    How to follow someone, but in a good way

    I have the option to block users, but do I have a way of following or highlighting them in discussions?

    I know that each user gets an RSS feed, but is there a way of using this within lemmy, similar to how I can click on "Subscribed" for communities?

    The closest I have is this UBlockOrigin rule:

    ```

    e.g. highlight users: "tetris11" "kambusha" "Macniel"

    lemmy.ml##a[href*="tetris11"],a[href*="kambusha"],a[href*="Macniel"]:style(background-color: yellow !important; outline: 2px solid red !important;) ```

    Which seems to work, but it's very cumbersome to write out rules like that

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    Who were the guarantors for the Hellfish fortune?

    Alright, so how exactly was the Hellfish treasure buried, who setup the statue with the light, who kept the statue powered and tuned to the exact coordinates of the treasure, and - most importantly - who was sending the letters?

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    Writing Prompts @lemmy.ml tetris11 @lemmy.ml
    [WP] A battle bard has a hard time adjusting to peacetime
    0
    A noticeable difference in kernels?

    I have the following kernels installed:

    • linux-zen (Zen)
    • linux-rt (RealTime)
    • linux-hardened (Security Hardened)
    • linux-lts (Long Term Support)
    • linux-tr-lts (Realtime LTS)

    When I boot up, I try the different kernels from time to time just to see if anything interesting happens. It never does.

    My question: How do I actually physically notice the difference between these kernels? If I use RT, does Firefox spawn quicker (in my testing, no, not really)?

    What are some use cases when I can really see the difference in these kernels?

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    What's something you can't buy ready made, but have to make at home?

    For example, Marmite Crumpets don't exist. You cannot buy them at the supermarket. To be clear: you can buy crumpets, you can buy marmite, you can buy butter; but you have to assemble them at home.

    If you walk into a breakfast cafe, they will happily serve you sausage / egg / bacon / french toast / bubble / squeak (whatever that is). But no marmite crumpets. If you ask them to make it, they will give you a very strange look. It's not typically offered. It's something you just have to make at home.

    It is unbuyable. Any tourist who comes to the UK to try a Marmite crumpet would need to bring a toaster or an oven with them, or quickly befriend a brit and hope that they have all the ingredients at home.

    It's not a secret. You just can't have it.

    \munches into crumpet thoughtfully, and salivates at the juicy savory delight, whilst staring at you pityingly and condescendingly\

    Anyway, what's something that I could never experience unless I made it myself in your local?

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    Dust.

    I really want to buy a printer (resin or filament), but I'm concerned about the health aspects concerning inhaling the dust.

    Is it really safe to have a printer indoors? Should I rig up something on my balcony instead? What room do you have yours in?

    How do you guys deal with the dust? Do enclosures work? Any complaints from family members?

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    I worked on an ESP32 operating system for the past year

    cross-posted from: https://feddit.nl/post/26615884

    > The project is called "Tactility" and its website is https://tactility.one/ > > You can run ELF binary apps directly from an SD card without restarting or flashing the ROM. There's an SDK for building these apps, but I haven't made an official release yet. > > I wrote a blog post with some background information: https://bytewelder.com/posts/2025/01/06/tactility-one-year-later.html > > Source code and project files: https://github.com/ByteWelder/Tactility

    0
    What's your cutoff year for reading books?

    Given how AI is already polluting the water of literary works, I'm likely never going to read a new book for quite some time, but will just pursue books before 2010.

    Is 2010 a good cutoff?

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