[-] wallybeavis@lemmy.world 53 points 1 month ago

Mid 40s, and I too feel old now - at first I thought OP was setting us up for a joke. The local phone company still delivered phone books to everyone in my city until a few years ago.

I think it was an old legal requirement for any phone company providing landline services to also provide phonebooks. Unfortunately most weren't even recycled, they were either burned in backyard firepits, or just thrown out

[-] wallybeavis@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago

Speedo = Scrotie Totey

[-] wallybeavis@lemmy.world 129 points 2 months ago

The microplastics in my body laugh at arsenic's petty attempt on my life!

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These are older stories, but I just found out about this place. Here is a 2nd article: https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/experience/theme-parks/2024/05/12/morgans-wonderland-theme-park-accessibility/73660563007/

I also just read that they're planning a hotel geared towards families with disabilities

A one-of-a-kind theme park that’s fully accessible to people with disabilities is back to life complete with new rides and attractions after undergoing a multi-million dollar expansion.

Morgan’s Wonderland, an inclusive theme park in San Antonio, recently reopened after four months of improvements and upgrades.

Following the $6.5 million overhaul, the park now offers a first-of-its-kind 4-seat zip line that can accommodate riders in wheelchairs as well as those who need extra restraints, respiratory equipment or other special gear. Another new offering is the wheelchair-accessible Jette’s Wonder Bikes which features glider-style cars that riders can make go up and down using pedals or hand cranks. There is also a lake cruise and a 4D cinema that offers riders in wheelchairs a roller-coaster experience using a video screen with motion effects.

Link to their website: https://morganswonderland.org/

[-] wallybeavis@lemmy.world 46 points 2 months ago

For me it's YYYY-MM-DD https://www.iso.org/iso-8601-date-and-time-format.html

Also, there is a special place for those people who keep making up new timestamps

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Baby beavers have been born in urban London for the first time in more than 400 years, a conservation project said.

The family of Eurasian beavers were introduced to a nature reserve in Ealing, west London, in October as part of a project that aims to get the public to engage with nature, to study biodiversity improvements and to monitor flood mitigation effects.

Project leaders said the fact that at least two babies, or kits as they are called, had been born on the Paradise Fields site in Greenford showed the beavers were "happy" with the habitat.

Dr Sean McCormack, one of the volunteers behind the project, said he and the other volunteers were "totally over the moon, thrilled, excited".

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The largest solar grazing project in the U.S. will reduce mowing costs and emissions — and make for some happy sheep.

[-] wallybeavis@lemmy.world 32 points 3 months ago

When they initially created the Michelin guide (more a booklet), they gave it away for free to garages, automotive shops, and filling stations as promotional material. Unnfortunately because it was free, the employees were using it to prop up things, just left them laying around and generally didn't use it as a promotional device. Once Michenlin started charging for the guide, drivers started looking more closely and started using the guides increasely for trips

[-] wallybeavis@lemmy.world 24 points 4 months ago

Dermatologist hate this one trick!

[-] wallybeavis@lemmy.world 33 points 6 months ago

I mean, that's just like your opinion @Thcdenton@lemmy.world

[-] wallybeavis@lemmy.world 27 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

TIL - Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

That reminds me, so is SCUBA, RADAR and MODEM...I miss the old History Channel shows, especially Modern Marvels

SCUBA: Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus (Blew my mind for some reason when I learned that)
RADAR: Radio Detection and Ranging (I've watched alot of WWII documentaries)
MODEM: Modulation Demodulation (I've worked in tech)

[-] wallybeavis@lemmy.world 53 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

This was years ago, but IIRC some youtuber used the N word while playing one of the studio's games. The developers found out and sent the youtuber a dmca takedown notice for all their games, because f*ck racism and racist sh*tbags

Edit: source from 2017

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Chef! (1993-1996) (www.youtube.com)

I used to watch this on PBS in the 90s, it stars Lenny Henry. If you liked 'The Bear' I think you may also like this.

Someone has posted clips from various episodes (just so you can get a taste):
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB32A14286F5B026F

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by wallybeavis@lemmy.world to c/90s_tv@lemmy.sdf.org

In an effort to redeem myself I was going to post Island City (1994), but Dr Wesker beat me to it by about 2 months. So I give you Bablyon 5 (1993-1997) , S01 intro.

I remember seeing the pilots for both B5 and Island City on UPN(?) on the same day

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Airwolf! (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by wallybeavis@lemmy.world to c/90s_tv@lemmy.sdf.org

Airwolf This was my ringtone once phones allowed you to set midi ringtones

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I have an old Synology 1819 NAS that was the unfortunate victim of the Intel Atom/Clock bug. I would like to repurpose the case as I like the compact form factor. Has anyone tried replacing a synology mobo with something else (ex: an ITX board or a Raspberry Pi), and using an alternative operating system?

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Build Suggestions (lemmy.world)

Please forgive me, of the many things I've forgotten...this is...one of them. I could've sworn there used to be an updated rolling sticky with 3-4 (maybe more?) build suggestions from 'meh' to 'super ultra mega I can't afford space kraken' posted and maintained by people way smarter than I am, somewhere on the main page/sidebar of PCMR.

I've got a ~6 year old mini-ITX AMD build that I'm hoping to replace with something similar, and I'd used those suggestions last time with great success. I'm hoping to build something that'll last another 6 years. If anyone has any idea what the heck I'm talking about, I'd appreaciate you pointing me the right direction.
Thanks in advance!

[-] wallybeavis@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

So, is that gravel....just free? Like, can anyone just take it?

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Exo Squad Opening (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by wallybeavis@lemmy.world to c/90s_tv@lemmy.sdf.org

Exosquad intro

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