teuto

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[–] teuto@lemmy.teuto.icu 5 points 2 weeks ago

At least the dictionary still lists the real meaning as valid.

[–] teuto@lemmy.teuto.icu 110 points 2 weeks ago (46 children)

Decimate means 1/10th destroyed, lost, whatever. I don't care that the dictionary says that meaning is obsolete. I get that the meaning of words changes over time, but it has the prefix deci. 1/10th. You don't get to decide something that starts with 1/10th means near total even if it's a scary sounding word.

This is my anthill and I'm dying here.

[–] teuto@lemmy.teuto.icu 11 points 1 month ago

The unrealistic part is management admitting to a mistake

[–] teuto@lemmy.teuto.icu 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Haven't bought an EA game since Mass Effect 3 where the day one DLC caused the DRM to block the game from launching and tech support just gave up and hung up after their script failed to fix. Downloaded a crack for my fully bought and paid for game and fixed it myself in 5 minutes. Screw them, their games are shovelware anyway.

[–] teuto@lemmy.teuto.icu 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Pineapple juice. I went to a party in college that had some sort of unholy concoction of jungle juice with a bunch of cheap pineapple juice powder to mask how terrible it was. Completely ruined pineapple juice forever.

[–] teuto@lemmy.teuto.icu 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's a standard page on Hilton hotels, I think they started rolling it out about a year or two ago and most Hiltons have it now. 50/50 their internet is better than dialup anyway.

[–] teuto@lemmy.teuto.icu 2 points 3 months ago

They legitimately make a noticeable difference to me when hiking. But really only after 6-7 hrs of hiking or if I'm going backpacking for several days. Otherwise water with normal snacks is plenty.

[–] teuto@lemmy.teuto.icu 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I tried to give my mom a pihole, she made me get rid of it because it broke the NY times and some rando mobile game she plays. Some people can't be helped.

[–] teuto@lemmy.teuto.icu 1 points 4 months ago

It actually works pretty well by chance more than anything else. 1000 ft is a really good altitude separation between aircraft. 500 is a good offset for irregular traffic too. Multiples of 150/300 m are more annoying to work with and 500/1000 m would waste an excessively large amount of airspace.

[–] teuto@lemmy.teuto.icu 4 points 5 months ago

Idk about other brands but with Mazda you can call and get them to deactivate your car's sim. IIRC in Subarus you can just physically unplug the communication unit.

[–] teuto@lemmy.teuto.icu 14 points 5 months ago

I blocked mine from the internet for good measure too.

[–] teuto@lemmy.teuto.icu 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So Delta had a TCAS RA and responded to it. That's not really news or anything particularly unusual. I think I get around ~2-3 RAs a year or so, usually because someone is climbing or descending fast and TCAS gets scared because it doesn't know when the planes are going to level off.

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