BenM2023

joined 3 years ago
[–] BenM2023@lemmy.world 2 points 49 minutes ago

My ex used to that sort of thing with her weight...

Her, in denial about her weight -"I don't see my self as of stone (inducated by v. Expensive scales). I am much more like "

Kegsbreath in denial about KSI in Iran. "i dont see the number of casualties in Iran as its much closer to 21"

I wonder if the two are related.... (cont. P94 Ed.)

[–] BenM2023@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (3 children)

So you get a permissions slip to say you can use one.

They cause far more upset and disturbance both in lessons and at break/lunch to allow their unregulated use.

The fallout for fights staged for snapchat is far more time consumng for staff than administering/policing special cases.

[–] BenM2023@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago (5 children)

I fail to see a downside.

/Me works in a school

[–] BenM2023@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Dude, you literally said a meter is a few inches shorter than a yard. That is completely incorrect in any context, wether measuring accurately or illustrating orders of distance.

I mean you could have said "oops my bad i meant a meter is a bit longer than a yard" and i could have said "my dude, you are mistaken about the size of a meter" but its t'internet i guess.

Btw many people have jobs that depend on them knowing how long a furlong is... Ask any racing horse trainer or jockey.

[–] BenM2023@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

A meter is just a few inches shorter than a yard

True candidate for "confidently wrong".

It is, in fact, the other way around. A meter is 3' 3"(ish) - close enough to 3" bigger that it makes no difference to John Doe. It does make a difference when being accurate for reasons of course.

If you want to comfirm it, without resorting to fundamental definitions (uk imperial), 1000m is 5 furlongs to within a couple of inches. There are 220 yards in a furlong so 1100 yards in 5 furlongs, therefore yards are shorter than meters.

Why use furlongs? Because a handy short conversion is 1km= 5/8 of a mile and a furlong is exactly 1/8 of a mile.

[–] BenM2023@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

But its not 'real' cash, its what the owner of it could/can raise against the collateral in today's market.

So you can't just go and grab it.

In fact, if you started grabbing the mythical wealth it would be worth less... It may even become worth nothing (or at least less than it cost to seize)... "Oh noes, the feds are taking Elon's stock... Quick sell it all 11!!1" price crashes, Fed end up owning paper not cash.

[–] BenM2023@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Probably cos you haven't been translating fuel pump instructions using a phone...

Which is, to be fair, the only place it has happened to me (hence i prefer counter service)

[–] BenM2023@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Cashless automatic pumps that require a deposit are rare

But getting more common. The ED in Oberzissen now have one pump with a payment device and Oberzissen is in the back end of nowhere.

As an almost completely illiterate (in German) English person I prefer the pay at a counter thing because the usually pleasant person behind the counter can just accept the payment. This is good because getting a phone out to translate the instructions often results in an irate German shouting at you.

[–] BenM2023@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Because two syllables good, four syllables bad?

[–] BenM2023@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

they'd likely be unrelated to any changes in vaccine disinformation

Not necessarily true. If they were vulnerable adults for whom the vaccination had little/no effect or who were immunosuppressed, for whatever reason, herd immunity amongst the younger population would have protected them. Now it doesn't, thanks to the anti-vaxxer in chief.

[–] BenM2023@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Some console cupboards (wtf are they actually called?) are connected to the car AC... The opposite problem also exists!

[–] BenM2023@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I see the face.

The condition (in my case) doesn't prevent me from seeing a face in tea leaves (or whatever) but it does prevent me from recognising a face. Even faces that I am very familiar with can be problematic.

 

Guys

Voyager native app on Android.

Anyone else got an issue when scrolling through a thread the rendering flicks all over the place?

It's random and I can't think of a way to screenshot it. It's like the replies get drawn in one position then jump to where they should be. Sometimes, if I catch it right, sliding up and down with my finger flashes the post/comment on and off...

Like I say, hard to describe properly.

 
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Guys

Dunno if I am missing something, but I notice that many times a post is cross posted to many communities, resulting in the All feed being full (well not really full but you know what I mean) of what are, effectively, reposts...

Does voyager have a "hide posts with the same title in different communities" setting somewhere or is that a feature request?

 

Guys

We have an XYZ DaVinci 1.0 Pro, connected by USB to a Windows 10 PC (latest updates etc.)

The drivers are all correctly installed (both cameras show up in device manager, the printer shows up in device manager as both a printer and a USB-COM3 device).

The printer has Firmware 1.2.3 installed (as recommended by XYZ.... not sure if that's a good thing)

  • XYZ Printing does not detect the printer as online;
  • Cura does not detect the printer as online;
  • Pronterface does not detect the printer as online;
  • In a massive turn-up for the books.... Microsoft 3d Builder does see the printer on line and will start a print.

In device manager the com port seems to be set at 9600,8,n,1. Changing this to (say) 115200 breaks printing in 3d Builder. Changing Pronterface to use 9600 baud makes no difference to connecting to the printer.

I have changed the USB lead, tried different ports on the PC yadda yadda yadda but no change at all - only Microsoft 3d Builder will see the printer online and print.

Anyone got any idea at all why everything except Microsoft 3d Builder can't see the printer?

 
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