surewhynotlem

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[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 points 57 minutes ago

I threw up in my mouth a bit. Thanks.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Unrelated to self hosting: jira or whatever ticketing system your company uses. They tend to have integrations into those other apps where you right click and create a ticket. Then the ticket list is my source of truth.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

All it took for John Wick was losing a dog. This lady lost more. I think the commenter thinks America is an action movie?

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Correct. I live in suburbia. I can't ride a bike to anything useful without going on a multi lane highway.

I don't even trust myself to do that ride without dying. People think cars own the roads.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Yes and no. Your sleep paralysis demon only attacks if you're a douchebag. Otherwise they just stare creepily and tell you stories.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

There's a big difference between having no doubt, and thinking you're infallible.

I believe if I drop something it will fall to the ground because objects with mass produce gravity. It may be that some other completely different force is at work, besides gravity. But I don't believe that to be true. But if there is evidence that it is true, I will change my mind.

A good way to check if you believe something is to look at how you act. You see the cat, you act like. It's a cat, you believe it's a cat. If you see the cat, and hesitate and doubt, then you don't believe it's a cat. You may do some thinking and then determine it is a cat, and start believing it. And then you will act accordingly.

And that's why funerals disprove religious belief. If people truly believed in their religion, and believed in the afterlife, funerals would be happy not sad. But they don't believe in their religion. They hope that they're right. But they don't believe it.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Why? Isn't it nice to be able to go to the store and back with no gas?

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

People? Come together?? In community???

Not in MY capitalism

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

We've reinvented religion

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Sorry if it seems flippant, but I've been down this discussion before. Done the research before. And I've come to conclusions already taking into account what you sent. A quick Google of "what religions believe other religions are right" would get similar results.

The end result is: all religions make up their rules. It's just people finding ways to live with other people. There's nothing in them that isn't explained easily by reality, or disproved easily by saying "no it isn't".

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I used to be. I learned a lot about a lot of religions. I was seriously Catholic for 18 years. They all have a dogma that their believers don't follow well. They're often internally inconsistent in their rules. They don't get us new knowledge or truth or understanding of the universe.

If you objectively look at religion and how it's used, it seems to be a convenient way to keep sociopaths under control (threat of a punishing father figure), a way to cope with mortality, and a way to funnel money and accomplish social goals. They had interesting uses in the past as forms of local government and keeping people from killing each other. They're often used by horrible people to enhance their power and abuse others.

But today what's the point? Get a hobby, join a club, follow the laws, and accept that death is the end.

 

Shtrawberry. Drinking shtraw as well.

Any time I try and pronounce it with a hard S and not SH, it ends up sounding like a bad 90s parody of a gay man. I practically flounce.

I can't be the only one..

 

I feel like I'm missing something with this card. I currently use a 2% cash back card, so 3% seems like a simple upgrade. I pay my card off every month without fail, and have for years. This card would use my house as collateral, which poses additional risk if I default.

Has anyone else looked into this or gotten one? Is there some catch I'm missing? I can't figure out how they're making money on this.

 

I have a Precision 3260 Compact (https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/workstations-isv-certified/precision-3260-compact-workstation/spd/precision-3260-workstation/s106dpt3260us_vp) with no standalone GPU. I also have an aging gaming desktop with a GTX 1070 and an i5 inside. I am trying to figure out a way to get the 1070 to work inside the Precision and it's driving me nuts.

The Precision doesn't have a standard micro-ATX motherboard, so I can't simply mount it in my larger case. Even if I could, the pcie slot is much shorter than the standard. On top of that, the GPU is longer than the entire case.

I'm willing to get creative, but I'm out of ideas.

 

Our town's water keeps failing to meet DEP standards, so I'm investing in a filtration system for our drinking water. What I think I'm looking for is:

  • Has a tank, since there are 5 of us
  • Filters out lead, PFAS, PFOA, etc. (Which is why I'm leaning towards RO)
  • Good warranty and customer service, for when something inevitably goes wrong
  • Remineralization (picky about water taste)
  • UV (maybe?)

Does anyone have recommendations for a quality brand, or one that they've had for years that they like? I'm not sure where to even start.

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I bought a house a few months ago and I'm still trying to figure out all the wiring. I found these coming out of a cabinet in the kitchen.

I think (?) the black one is a cut-off coax cable. There's a LOT of coax in this house, so that seems straightforward (but I would still love if someone can confirm!)

I'm not sure about the other ones. They don't look electric, as I'd expect electric to be black + white + copper, like the rest of the house.

There is supposedly a speaker system in the house (I see speakers) but I haven't figured it out yet. Could that be power for the speakers? I'm not familiar with speaker wire setup. If it's speakers, why would there be so many wires?

 

I'm looking for an inexpensive label maker that can print small labels. I need to label various things around my house for my sanity (outlet/breaker mapping, coax endpoint mapping, etc).

I was going to buy a NIIMBOT D110, but then I saw in their FAQ that they put an IC (chip) into their labels and the printer won't print if it can't sense it. I really don't want to support a company that DRMs their consumables, if I can help it.

Can anyone recommend a good, small, inexpensive label maker? Preferably one that doesn't have sketchy DRM embedded.

 

I was reading about how the EU is thinking of reducing the lead used in ammunition because it's polluting the environment. I wonder if regular lead exposure at the firing range is addling people's brains.

 
 

Exercise is hitting. My brain gives up way before my body does. Even when I try and listen to music or watch shows while exercising, I just can't keep at it.

Has anyone found an ADHD friendly way to exercise?

 

A fine specimen indeed

 

I know it was a thing on reddit, but how does everyone feel about peeing on your compost? Apparently it really helps, but I've never brought myself to do it.

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