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Whales by flambonkscious in c/science_memes@mander.xyz

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 2 points 17 hours ago

Crazy stuff, thanks!

Whales by flambonkscious in c/science_memes@mander.xyz

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 2 points 17 hours ago

Holy crap that's bonkers! Thanks, you've blown my mind

Obelisk, the royal murder horse by flambonkscious in c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 1 points 17 hours ago

Or in the case of American politics, arrogance is bliss

Domestication by flambonkscious in c/science_memes@mander.xyz

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 1 points 23 hours ago

Now just hang on a minute, this is the internet after all! How dare you have a sane and rational take on the situation!?

I demand to be called the spurn of a worthless whore ...or something!

IBM’s contributions by flambonkscious in c/goodsuniteus@lemmy.ca

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 3 points 23 hours ago

Thanks for confirming I'm still a dumbass :)

Whales by flambonkscious in c/science_memes@mander.xyz

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 2 points 23 hours ago

Wow, that's cool. Completely makes sense but not something I'd thought about...

Would the temperature differences need to be very large for this effect to occur?

IBM’s contributions by flambonkscious in c/goodsuniteus@lemmy.ca

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago

See above comment about this not being donations from the company but the employees.

Also, in surprised IBM owns lenovoo - never saw that coming

Debate this! by flambonkscious in c/memes@lemmy.ml

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

Holy shit, is that the actual sauce? I had no idea about where this came from!

Prospect of low-priced Chinese EVs reaching US from Mexico poses threat to automakers by flambonkscious in c/news@lemmy.world

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 days ago

This isn't competition, it sounds like the CCP heavily subsidises the manufacture, in an attempt to kill the American industry off.

Thinking in decades or centuries is a very powerful tool!

Bisexuals of the blade by flambonkscious in c/curatedtumblr@sh.itjust.works

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 38 points 2 days ago

Agreed. Totally cock blocked himself for family (I'm sure there's a better joke in here somewhere)

Microsoft Microsoft Teams Teams Teams' Microsoft Teams Team by flambonkscious in c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

As an EUC engineer deep in the Microsoft fustercluck: fuck Microsoft. Fuck teams.

That shit's abhorrent. All the ex-mobile developed stuff just doesn't translate to classical computer methodologies (probably largely due to the very different UI/UX and OS design differences)

Anon earns a nickname by flambonkscious in c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 23 points 3 days ago

Way back when my dad was in his 20s he worked in a sawmill for a time. One of the dudes had no teeth, do everyone called him 'fang'

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Has anyone got anything similar to Épiphanies exceptional L'aube? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works to c/progmetal@sopuli.xyz

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This is a phenomenal (but short) album, has anyone got other equivalent they're sleeping on?

bandcamp

It's very proggy, which I love, but also very heavy. Super-tasteful use (sparse!) of blast beats, etc

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A noob getting started with open rct2 (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 10 months ago by flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works to c/rct@lemmy.world

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I've been starting to play around with rct2 and am amazed at some of the dense examples I've seen - this game is really deep!

I'm still using the premade rollercoasters (honestly, just getting the pathing right for them is complex enough!!) and am really struggling to get the ramps to connect without massive amounts of stuffing around. I've only just realised with the elevated ones I can have the path coming off them remaining elevated which tends to help with the pathway / track collisions, but I'm not even sure how I did it!

I hate sitting through mindnumbing YouTube videos as typically they're completely uninsightful (rct2 might be a different situation, I suppose, especially being a beginner), I feel like jumping in and learning as I went might've been a mistake...

Are there some tips I'm missing and how the hell am I supposed to see the entrances and plan the paths without buying the coaster and hoping it going to work? (I've rebought the same thing several times when I can't get it working!)

Cheers

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what is the best way to drop out a threaded screw? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 10 months ago by flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

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So I've got some rusty old floor screws that I can't loosen with a Phillips head (they're old, so I'm betting it's not posidrv). The notches are all rusted and it hardly bites at all.

If I drill them out, I know I'm in for a hard time but am I better off going for a really fast rotation or slower?

And should I start with a narrow drill bit and work my way up (historically I've broken a few doing this in the past) or just begin at the intended diameter?

Yes, in fact I do work with computers - isn't it obvious?

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'Religious debate' time! Check in with your tire pressure... (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works to c/mtb@sh.itjust.works

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I'm curious what other folks are doing pressure-wise.

I'm fairly lightweight (70kg, possibly after lunch? With back pack and water, who knows? I usually carry extra tools, etc...), and run 2.6" 27.5/650b tires.

Rear is around 20psi, but it's tubeless so I generally catch it once it's slipped down to 15 or 17 after a few weeks :). I've just realized I'm not even sure what the tire is, but it's a maxxis brand, so probably actually 2.4" wide compared to most other companies - not much clearance on my Intense Recluse

My front is usually about 18psi, on a specialized 2.6" somethingorother (pretty sure it's not a butcher)

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Need a little help with a shitty website (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works to c/shitty_sysadmin@sh.itjust.works

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So, I spent most of the day troubleshooting a website that drastically slows down when 'a browser looks at it funny'...

Usually it behaves fine - it's not the volume of requests, my teammates think it's something about the kind of requests. But they're struggling to get the logging properly configured.

I'm an EUC engineer (p.o.s. website requires IE11 and ActiveX controls - yay healthcare!), so mostly helping on the sidelines, but I'm looking for some 'supportive' suggestions...