nickajeglin

joined 2 years ago
[–] nickajeglin@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is huge news to me. I was always taught to remove bandages asap to let wounds "air out".

[–] nickajeglin@lemmy.one 7 points 2 years ago

That's why you go .tar.gz

[–] nickajeglin@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago

Yesterday, for the first time, I got google search results that were entirely useless. I don't remember what I searched, but it was a relatively simple question and I was kind of in a hurry. The only results I got were video thumbnails and sponsored products... Also presented as thumbnails. Barely any text anywhere to tell me what the thumbnails were supposed to be. They even removed the choices across the top so I couldn't select "all".

It's been getting worse for years, but that was the last straw for me. I don't want to search the web on "large thumbnails", I want "detail view". Sometimes I'm searching for a product, but mostly I need information in the form of text written by a real human. If a search engine can't give me that, then it's not useful anymore.

Really frustrating. I guess I better get around to using duckduckgo everywhere.

[–] nickajeglin@lemmy.one 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Frisbee golf. It's cheap, fun but challenging, and outdoors. Worst case scenario, you go on a long walk and bump into some interesting people. If you're in a medium sized city or larger, there is probably a course and league near you.

The culture is generally very polite and fun to be around. Lots of harmless stoners and 30yo bearded people with beers in hand. In the south there is starting to be some influence from megachurches using it as an enticement, so I'm not sure if it's "cleaned up" a little more down there.

[–] nickajeglin@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the suggestion. I tried spacerpg4 but it hasn't held my attention as much as I hoped.

I did find an android port of star control 2, and that is some good stuff. Really scratched the 90 gaming itch too.

[–] nickajeglin@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No shade on "how it's made", it's one of my favorite shows. But I think a LLM could probably write most of the narration. They primarily describe what is happening on screen. You might have to train one special to have information on industrial and manufacturing processes.

[–] nickajeglin@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago
[–] nickajeglin@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago

I was just trying to remember the name of SiN earlier today, thanks.

[–] nickajeglin@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I think certain places (reddit?) Have been using algorithms to find and stamp out bots/vote manipulation for quite a while. I remember at least one major wave of bans for smurfed accounts participating in manipulation.

[–] nickajeglin@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

You ever used a Deutsch Weatherpak connector? We use them on mobile equipment. They have a spring loaded face seal then a solid lever lock that is plastic but substantial enough that it's usable. They're pretty good wire to wire connectors. I'll take anything with a twist lock though, BNC etc.

[–] nickajeglin@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

Agree. Twist lock always feels easy to do and secure.

[–] nickajeglin@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago

Ok but elite:dangerous on VR with a HOTAS is pretty cool. As is the sculpting software that's out there.

 

It seems like comment text is always much bigger than the rest of the text in the app. If I change the text size from 16 to 12 in the settings, then most text gets very small, but the comment text is still around 14.

This feels backwards and makes it sort of hard to read, I'd much rather see all the other text at 16 and comments at about 14. Is there a way to set that up?

 

It's my favorite plant, in the next 2 or 3 years, the entire side of my house by these hostas will be filled with it, and I'm super excited.

I've noticed there are 2 cultivars available in my area. The more diffuse kind in this picture, and a much more compact and shorter version. The one in the pic is incredibly cold hardy, it stays green through zone 5 winters. The shorter version is not hardy, but looks incredible as it drapes over the edge of a pot.

Does anyone else have a big plot of creeping thyme, or any other low ground cover they love?

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by nickajeglin@lemmy.one to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
 

I found this buried in my garden. It's steel, with some flecks of galvanization still visible here and there. Definitely stamped from sheet stock originally, the ring is welded, and it's especially interesting to me that the right "foot" of the little "table" cutout is narrower than the left one, as if it's keyed to connect to something in a single direction.

Ideas so far:

  • livestock tag (we live near ooold stockyards)
  • cremains tag (spooky)
  • key fob/id (but why the welded ring?)

Does anyone know what it really is?

Edit: in retrospect maybe this isn't the right community for this? I'm not sure "what is this thing" qualifies as open ended, but I also really want to know the answer.

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