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SirSamuel

@ SirSamuel @lemmy.world

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  • YSK that Elena Kostyuchenko is one of the bravest person in the world.

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  • InB4 someone talks about how big her balls are

    Cool lady tho, thanks for the post

  • ‘I Shed My Blood for This Country’: U.S. Army Veteran Born In Jamaica, Living In U.S. for 50 Years, Jailed By ICE After Not Using Turn Signal

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  • Gotcha. Around here (also US) it's just an excuse to pull over certain people. It's used very selectively. TBH I wish they would enforce it equitably, there is a ton of people in this area that never use their turn signal

  • ‘I Shed My Blood for This Country’: U.S. Army Veteran Born In Jamaica, Living In U.S. for 50 Years, Jailed By ICE After Not Using Turn Signal

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  • NGL it is a problem, because who tf gets pulled over for failure to signal? It's just an excuse to pull someone over for DWB.

  • I Just Lost The Game Rule

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  • I Just Lost The Game Rule

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  • You are aware that you are breathing

    You are aware that you haven't blinked yet

    That spot is itchy again

  • Congestion pricing improved air quality in New York City and suburbs

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  • A skunk habitat would improve the air quality of NYC. That place is a fetid mire of week old food garbage, stale piss, and rat droppings. Do you know why I hate NYC?

  • Song of the Day: Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand

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  • ‘I don’t know who I can trust,’ says Quebec YouTuber harassed by Chinese government

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  • I didn't know .ml made up half of Lemmy 🤔

  • Expensive repairs are making it impossible for people to maintain the vehicles they already own. Simple fixes that used to take minutes now cost thousands or force you back to the dealer.

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  • It really depends on the brand and what you're trying to do. For passenger auto I'd say Mercedes is the worst offender. From personal experience Subaru has been great about self maintenance and repair. The most complicated thing in regular maintenance is spark plugs, and that's because of the boxer engine. A friend's Mercedes, on the other hand, has to have the oil changed at the dealer, because the oil fill is inaccessible without special tools.

    On Ford Transit full sized vans, the rear brakes require special tools and are very involved because of the rear axel design, but the headlights and signals are not LED and still easily replaced. Chevy Express cargo vans effectively haven't changed mechanically since 1995. Some Ford engines have such delicate spark plug inserts that all mechanics have helicoil rebuild kits on hand at all times. If you're not aware and try to change your plugs yourself, you might very well have to pay for a tow to the nearest mechanic to repair what should've been a simple plug change.

    I'm not saying your personal experience is inaccurate, but perhaps limited on scope. Or not. I don't know

    Don't get me started on John Deere tho

  • TIL that the very distinctive vocal style employed by the lead singers of bands like Pearl Jam and Creed (among many others) is called "yarling"

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  • godDAMNIT

    I'm leaving it up

  • TIL that the very distinctive vocal style employed by the lead singers of bands like Pearl Jam and Creed (among many others) is called "yarling"

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  • Creed is just the diet Christian Rock version of Pearl Jamb

  • Protestation

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  • They hate that you're clever, and they despise a fool

  • what would happen?

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  • Plastic rocks. Plastic rocks fall on the redshirt

  • Don't throw away your old PC—it makes a better NAS than anything you can buy

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  • I bought a two bay Synology for $270, and a 20TB hdd for $260. I did this for multiple reasons. The HDD was on sale so I bought it and kept buying things. Also I couldn't be buggered to learn everything necessary to set up a homemade NAS. Also also i didn't have an old PC. My current PC is a Ship of Theseus that I originally bought in 2006.

    You're not wrong about an equivalent NAS to my current pc specs/capacity being more expensive. And yes i did spend $500+ on my NAS And yet I also saved several days worth of study, research, and trial and error by not building my own.

    That being said, reducing e-waste by converting old PCs into Jellyfin/Plex streaming machines, NAS devices, or personal servers is a really good idea

  • How do I deal with someone who's been shitting in front of my house?

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  • Oh my fault it sounded like you were only there for a few more days based on other comments you made, sorry I misunderstood.

    Would your neighbor be willing to set up the trail cam when it comes? Otherwise this seems like something that'll have to wait till you're back home. As others suggested, waiting in the bushes is a recipe for misery.

    If you're dead set on catching the person, start logging (ha ha! log) the days it happens. Once you narrow down the pattern try waking up every couple hours to see if they left a fresh one, then you have a future stakeout time. Once you have the pattern and time window, grab a friend, a couple clubs, and when you catch them, persuade them with reason, logic, and threats of violence

  • How do I deal with someone who's been shitting in front of my house?

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  • You're in a developing country (I'm a pedant and third world means not allied with the US or the USSR, which doesn't exist anymore). You're on vacation. You won't be there much longer. Leave an envelope with $20 in it and a note that says "Stop shitting here and have this with our blessing. Shit here again and we will follow you, take the money, and beat you. We are watching"

    Or don't. Whatever. You're not there long enough to receive a package from Amazon, so why stress about it? A street sitter has a lot more problems in life than someone who can go on vacation. Their continued existence is probably it's own punishment

    Oh here's an idea.

    1. Cover the pile with sand/Kitty litter.
    2. Get a little flag of the local football team, or whatever the local favorite is, and plant it in the sandy shit pile.
    3. ???????
    4. Profit.

  • DR Congo, Rwanda leaders to sign peace deal in US

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  • I spent an embarrassing amount of time trying to figure out who Dr. Congo in Rwanda is

  • Potentially life-changing if you're eligible

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  • No, not autoimmune. It's basically kidney stones in your joints. It is caused by high levels of uric acid in the blood (hyperuricemia). The uric acid forms crystals in the joints, shredding tissue and cartilage, causing pain and inflammation.

    It's generally agreed that while diet has an influence, it's not the only factor. Some are predisposed to developing gout while others with the same diet never do. Reduced kidney function, excess alcohol consumption, obesity, medications, and a bunch of other stuff can all contribute.

    For severe acute flare-ups Prednisone is very effective at reducing inflammation and pain. If the gout persists, there are medicines that can decrease uric acid concentration in the blood.

  • Potentially life-changing if you're eligible

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  • Gout is no laughing matter. It's very painful

    Unless you have Prednisone, then it's a joke

    If you'll excuse me, I have clouds to yell at

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
    SirSamuel @lemmy.world

    A chicken pot pie is a quiche with very mature eggs

  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
    SirSamuel @lemmy.world

    If a politician was very vocal about the evils of Dungeons and Dragons and it was revealed that he regularly played CRPGs, would the media call the resulting scandal Baldursgate?

  • ADHD @lemmy.world
    SirSamuel @lemmy.world

    How do I get testing?