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Melllvar
Seer of the tapes! Knower of the episodes!
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Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they shouldEnglish
1·6 days agoAre the mashed potatoes buttered, or plain?
I started using a white noise machine and fans on high when I lived down the block from a hospital emergency room. It sounded like a jet engine in my bedroom, but my brain learned to interpret the white noise as profound silence. I moved away from the hospital zone but still use the white noise to sleep.
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Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they shouldEnglish
9·7 days agoEveryone knows that foods are extended along the axis with a circular cross section.
i.e., burgers stack higher, hot dogs grow longer.
Ironically, billionaires probably do worry about money a lot. Just not in the same way everyone else does.
Melllvar@startrek.websitetoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•I try to be open minded but it's just wrongEnglish
5·8 days agoAlso, sliding around pretending to ice skate.
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politics @lemmy.world•Schiff Proposes Bill Requiring Data Centers to Pay for Own PowerEnglish
16·9 days agoThey do pay for their power. The bill would require them to pay for grid upgrades that their usage makes necessary.
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Technology@lemmy.world•Cisco announces record revenue and 4,000 layoffs in the same dayEnglish
2·9 days agoI’m curious how it’s considered a “layoff” if it’s based on performance rather than the job itself being eliminated.
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PC Gaming@lemmy.ca•How often do you upgrade your PC?English
27·17 days agoCase/chasis: 15 years and counting
Motherboard/CPU: ~5 years (currently: 6.5 years)
RAM: ~2 years until maxed out (currently: maxed out)
GPU: ~3-6 years (currently: 3 years)
I had hoped to do a new build last year, but it’s just too expensive. For now I’m planning to use what I have until it breaks.
In Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force, there are terminals scattered around to restore your health, shield, ammo, etc. Each terminal restores one of these to a max of 100 health/shield or 300 ammo.
Then there’s the terminal just before the final boss fight that maxes everything to 999. Bricks were shat when first I saw that.
Whenever guillotines are brought up I like to point out that ~90% of the people guillotined during the French Revolution were regular commoners. And the last guy to be guillotined was the guy who had been in charge of deciding who to guillotine next.
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politics @lemmy.world•Chief Justice John Roberts says American public wrongly views the justices as ‘political actors’English
2·19 days agoFun fact: no member of the Supreme Court was willing to sign their name to the Bush v. Gore decision. It was instead issued per curiam, “by the court” itself.
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politics @lemmy.world•Chief Justice John Roberts says American public wrongly views the justices as ‘political actors’English
8·19 days agoSo stop acting politically, John.
Fun fact: the head-bang was unscripted and he actually broke his toe.
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Lord Of The Rings Memes@piefed.social•No, no, from the back of the throat, "Agggh!"English
17·20 days ago‘You cannot pass!’ he said. With a bound the Balrog leaped full upon the bridge. Its whip whirled and hissed. When suddenly the animator suffered a fatal heart attack.
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Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Your grammar lesson for todayEnglish
12·22 days agoVerily.









To be fair, there are important differences between open source and closed source software.