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cynar

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  • Thinner!

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  • I got fed up with this and ran across ulefone. Some of their phones are downright ridiculous but I'm happy with mine.

    It's a waterproof brick with good grip and a 10,000mAh battery. Good for up to 4 days. It's also got rubberised grips and takes a beating. Oh, it also has a headphone port, and thermal imaging.

  • Violence bad!!!1!!!!

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  • I refer to it as the tolerance pact. I'll tolerate the weird things you do, so long as they don't significantly affect the unwilling. In return, I expect you to tolerate the same from my weird stuff.

    There's also a slightly weaker addition where I will help stand up for those that are both under the pact and under attack. ("They came for...")

    Nazis and an alarming section of the political right are breaking that pact. They are void of protection by it.

  • Leaked documents claim 'US wants to convince four countries to quit EU' in bid to 'Make Europe Great Again'

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  • That racks with what it looks like from here. It was also a perfect storm of events to cause it. The old wanted the glory of the empire back. The young were lashing out at the PM for unrelated reasons. Enough of the middle aged brought into Boris' lies.

    That combined with leave having an excellent campaign, while remain were lackluster to non-existent. Lastly, enough remain voters couldn't comprehend enough people being stupid enough for it to matter, and so didn't bother voting.

    The rich then latched onto it, and ran away with it. It let them both firesale the UK economy, and dodge some embarrassing tax rules Europe was bringing in.

    I'm glad there has been some benefits to it. Even if they are just "look at what happened to those idiots, don't do that!"

  • Leaked documents claim 'US wants to convince four countries to quit EU' in bid to 'Make Europe Great Again'

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  • Given what it took to put that particular beast to sleep, a lot of leaders are nervous to wake it back up.

    I agree something needs to be done, but the idea of a militant Europe again is a worrying thought.

  • Leaked documents claim 'US wants to convince four countries to quit EU' in bid to 'Make Europe Great Again'

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  • It has taught a lot of Brits how good being in the EU was (by taking away the benefits). All the "advantages" have also evaporated like pixy dust.

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  • In the words of Dr house "people lie". They should take the woman's word on things like this. However, it just takes being burnt once or twice, to not trust the answer from anyone else.

  • People who pay for food but don't collect it: Why?

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  • Depending on the location (mostly motorway services), I will often do something else before picking up food. E.g. go wash my hands properly. I've been known to misjudge the time required and be a minute or 2 late. Sometimes the wait can be long enough that I will go sit down for a bit. Again, I sometimes misjudge.

  • xkcd: Chessboard Alignment

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  • French Anatomy

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  • That image will stick in the mind of every school boy (and possibly girl) who sees it. That's a win for the textbook.

  • Honestly, we're just looking to go in a new direction with different positions.

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  • A small group of idiots can do a disproportionate amount of damage. These men can't get and keep a lady, so go on a disproportionate number of first dates.

    It's the same with the inverse, "bunny boilers". Far more men have been on the receiving end than most women expect. For women it's even more extreme. It takes a woman a while to build to that emotional state. The male equivalent can go bang after just a few messages, or a single date.

  • Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job

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  • Half a course would be better than nothing. A full course would be best, but half is a LOT better than none.

    The general way to make lasting changes stick is to support moves in the correct direction. Improvements are generally 1000 tiny steps, rather than 1 big leap.

  • Chessboard Alignment

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  • One of the most difficult bits is defending from future time snipers. You don't get to move out of the check, so it's checkmate. It's not actually hard, just mind bending.

    It's also weird to have 3 white kings on the same board...

  • Chessboard Alignment

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  • It's not actually too bad. Any checkmate wins the whole game. It just gets weird. The king can flee to another board, or you can checkmate into the past.

  • Chessboard Alignment

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  • consensual

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  • I tend to read it as "they do not speak for me". If you don't speak up, then many people believe you agree with them, by default.

    By apologising, you are saying you actively disagree, but don't want to get bogged down in the details. You might not stand directly with the victims, but you do stand beside them, against the abusers, and want them to know.

  • Which private (no cloud requirement) wireless home security cameras save footage locally without monthly subscription?

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  • I second the wired camera recommendation, at least for a few critical cameras.

    WiFi cameras are vulnerable to a de-auth attack. It's fairly trivial now to make a device that will kick all WiFi devices off of a particular network. It's not so bad if they record internally and are inaccessible. If they can be reached, once someone is inside, or if they don't record, they can be bypassed completely, or stolen.

    This does all depend on the level of protection required. Basically, are you worth the effort of targeting, or is it just to dissuade opportunistic attempts.

  • How long after starting Vitamin D supplements should you notice results?

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  • Vitamin D helps if you are dealing with S.A.D (seasonal affective disorder). Basically, our brain gets to go into a state akin to hibernation. Unfortunately, modern life isn't compatible with this. The effect is tiredness and low mood.

    SAD seems to be triggered by low vitamin D, low exposure to sunlight, and the cold. The exact trigger levels vary from person to person.

    If you've not tried it yet, a daylight lamp could help a lot, combined with the Vitamin D, it trucks the brain into thinking it's still warm and bright outside. You want a hot in the morning, as well as one in the mid to late afternoon.

    Failing that, accept your need to hibernate, and plan it in. It's not ideal, but not fighting it will also help your mood.

  • Study claims to provide first direct evidence of dark matter

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  • There's a lot more to teaching than just good explanations. I do enjoy trying to explain complex science in more understandable ways however.

    As for struggling, we all do at times, pushing through is how we get better. Also science is a little like a spider web. If you look closely, at just a few strands, they don't make obvious sense. It's only when you build up a broader picture that it becomes obvious and easy. Building that picture, unfortunately, requires pushing through the "what the hell, I can't make sense of this!" stage.

  • Study claims to provide first direct evidence of dark matter

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  • It would be a mix of relative rates and the exact energy.

    If you pick an area of "empty" space where you expect very little dark matter, you will get a baseline reading. When you aim at an area expected to be dense in dark matter, you will expect to get a higher reading. E.g. 10 counts a day, Vs 100 per day. This is basically how radiation detection works on earth, so the maths is well studied.

    The other thing is energy levels. 2 electrons hitting have a distinct energy. It will vary upwards slightly, due to kinetic energy, but not that much. We also know the annihilation energy of other forms of matter, from earth experiments. A reading distinct from anything normal would be a good signature of an unknown type of matter annihilating.

    There are also extra complications from things like red shift, but those can be measured in other ways, and corrected for.

    The order of theory and discovery also helps. "Finding X that happens to support Y" is a lot weaker than "Predicting X from theory Y, then going and finding it". If you run 1 million experiments, a 1 in a million result is quite likely by pure fluke. A 1 in a million result from a single, focused experiment is a lot more powerful.

  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
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    Robot Lawnmowers

  • Android @lemmy.world
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    Kids Tablet recommendations.

  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
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    Low cost Zigbee GU10s via Ikea (UK)

    www.ikea.com /gb/en/p/tradfri-led-bulb-gu10-345-lumen-smart-wireless-dimmable-white-spectrum-40517647/
  • Linux Gaming @lemmy.world
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    Recommended linux variant for gaming.