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bluewing

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    We Just Got More Evidence That Long COVID Is a Brain Injury

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  • That makes 2 of us. Been living with brain fog, memory loss, inability to pick out words when speaking, and now I set something down on a countertop, turn around, turn back and look and I literally can't see the item I set there. I see everything else, even the countertop where the item is sitting. Generally I either panic or I get pissed at myself for being so stupid. And then all of a sudden, the item magically returns to view as a stare at it.

    Oh, and just for fun, breathing is still hard. And all medical testing shows my lungs are just fine and there should be problem. My pulmonologist tells me I'm one of the lucky few to be so chosen-- in jest. (I had to search "lung doctor" because I couldn't remember the word pulmonologist just now)

  • Vicariously Offended

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  • If you can't unravel the knot of cultural ownership, then does anyone really own it? It would appear to me that "everyone" owns it at that point and can partake in it freely and adapt it to their wants an needs. And no matter the culture, there is always socioeconomic disparities within that group. No matter how small or downtrodden they may appear to you. Someone is always going to be a little bit better off than you and someone else is always going to have a little more power than you.

    So is Tostitos racist for not mailing checks to every Mexican person everywhere? Because they sure as hell are making bank selling those chips and Salsa to you. OMG! are YOU part of the problem?

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  • It's called White Savior Complex.

    "Only I, a white person can save you from-- pick a thing. Because I believe you are incapable of fending for yourself, I shall be offended for you!"

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  • It's called White Savior Complex.

  • Vicariously Offended

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  • So is every company making and marketing tortilla chips and salsa appropriating culture if they are from New York City? Is every pizzeria that isn't in Italy profiteering off of Italian culture? Is a French Bistro in Kansas City wrong? Is it wrong to wear a Scottish Kilt made in Viet Nam?

  • Vicariously Offended

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  • So if I want to open a Pinata factory, I can only sell them to Mexicans? Or can I sell them to anyone, but only to non-Mexicans at a profit? Or must every Pinata be made at home by a loving Mexican Grandmother for her Grandchildren only?

  • Mastodon’s founder cedes control, refuses to become next Musk or Zuckerberg

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  • An interesting real time experiment to see how long it takes for stratification caused echo chambers and/or extremists zealots from both ends of the political spectrum to seize control of the platform. Turning the platform into a hellscape of zealots fighting each other for dominance and the eradication of all the others.

    Sadly, humans as a rule need adult guidance for polite interactions to prevent violence. The sad part is it has become impossible to pick said adult capable of doing the job. And anyone in their right mind should run from such a job anyway.

  • [iFixit] Worst in Show 2025: Not All Innovation Is Good Innovation | The Most Overengineered, Unrepairable, and Unsustainable Tech Disasters at CES

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  • That's nice. But those are not the parts that generally die. Now get the control board that runs the whole show-- that's the main failure point. See what that would cost to replace. I just searched for the control board for my 12 year old Maytag front loader. One source only: $367 dollars, (they know what they got). Is a 12 year old washer with limited parts availability really worth that much money to fix to scrape a couple of more years out of it if the motor goes tits up in 2 more years? I can drive to town and buy a basic top loader and haul it home and have it installed by this afternoon for just $200 more. And it will probably be fine for the next 10 to 12 years. (I'll probably be dead by then away).

    I just replaced a 10 year old dishwasher this last summer because the pump was dying. No replacement to be had on the whole planet. I need to replace an 8 year old microwave now because the handle is broken and the door cant be be disassembled to replace it without destroying the door. If I could get it apart, I'd be 3D printing a new handle as I type. And I'm not even going to bother searching for a whole new door.

  • [iFixit] Worst in Show 2025: Not All Innovation Is Good Innovation | The Most Overengineered, Unrepairable, and Unsustainable Tech Disasters at CES

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  • Cheap easy repairs on washing machines are long a thing of the past. Between proprietary digital potted control boards to 3 phase motors, the parts ain't cheap. (I've bought a few to repair them before I learned better) To the sheer unavailability of the repair parts. Make fixing you washer and dryer a time consuming, expensive, and often impossible task.

    By the time you figure out the time spent searching for the part you need, the availability of said part, the cost of the part, the expected life of the rest of the machine, cost of all the time spent, you can pretty much be sure it's cheaper and faster to just buy a new one. I can't think of one major appliance I owned in the last 30 years that was worth the time and effort to repair. And I've tried repairing washers, dryers, dishwashers, microwaves, and refrigerators.

    The only washers I've ever owned and were worth fixing was those old wringer/washers your Great Grandmother had when she was young. Straight up mechanical machines run by one simple switch, a vee belt, shafts and gears. That's the reason those machines could keep going for 30 or 40 years.

  • [iFixit] Worst in Show 2025: Not All Innovation Is Good Innovation | The Most Overengineered, Unrepairable, and Unsustainable Tech Disasters at CES

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  • And resulting health data sold for mere pennies. So health targeted ads can be flooded to your personal device.

  • You wouldn't download a boat (Benchy-pocalypse 2025)

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  • Pretty much

  • You wouldn't download a boat (Benchy-pocalypse 2025)

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  • It's still a valid open source license--like it or not. And it DOES offer protections from rapacious corporations that will hold up in court.

    Don't be so surprised that this blade will cut in two directions. The onus is on you to read and understand.

  • You wouldn't download a boat (Benchy-pocalypse 2025)

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  • A creative license can be a bitch. It prevents companies like Microsoft and Bambu from taking open source code private and can stop funny derivative works from being created by Joe Schmuck for fun.

    You can still print all the boatys you want. You just can't remix them.

  • FreeCAD Gridfinity Drawers - More Configurable Tomfoolery

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  • You should give 1.1Dev releases a look. The future is looking very good.

  • Barcelona

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  • Nah, I'm good. Diamonds don't look good on me. Emeralds and rubies on the other hand look positively smashing on me.....

  • 31 December 2024

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  • Remember kiddies-- Spiking the baby is not proper procedure. But a forward pass is fine.

  • Had something weird happen when I switched filament and I'm curious to what you guys think

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  • I absolutely have no use Bambu's RFID tags. I need to change the settings anyway, so why bother with them at all. Thankfully I doubt there were will be any agreement to any kind of standard to allow such a thing anyway.

  • Barcelona

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  • No, I've never been to Barthalona or Barcelona. Nor am I ever going to either. I'm far to poor to travel beyond local necessities. I have no idea why I'm here at this party. Why you are here?

  • Doing my part

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  • Being a revolutionary means you are willing to die for your cause. Ain't none of those wannabes willing to die for anything. As long as they have their steam deck.

    They just to cry to their mommies and expect the world to cater to their every want and whim. Life doesn't work like that and never has.