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"Alright, who here wasn't giving this woman fertility drugs?"
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@topspin said in In other news today...:
@MrL said in In other news today...:
@topspin said in In other news today...:
@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
Between being abused by Apple’s lock-in and fucked over by Google or Facebook, Apple is by far the lesser evil.It's like choice between eating hot and cold shit. Sure, you can have preferences.
More like the choice between eating shit with or without grenades.
Hazelnuts or raisins?
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@PJH said in In other news today...:
MacKenzie Scott to be demoted to second-richest divorcee...
I am really curious: who will get custody of the NWO
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@Kamil-Podlesak Bezos.
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@MrL said in In other news today...:
@topspin said in In other news today...:
@MrL said in In other news today...:
@topspin said in In other news today...:
@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
Between being abused by Apple’s lock-in and fucked over by Google or Facebook, Apple is by far the lesser evil.It's like choice between eating hot and cold shit. Sure, you can have preferences.
More like the choice between eating shit with or without grenades.
Hazelnuts or raisins?
Those are both food.
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@Gąska said in In other news today...:
@Kamil-Podlesak Bezos.
It might require Bezos and Soros to merge into Besozoros once again, even.
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@da-Doctah No, en yo' mom!
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@loopback0 said in In other news today...:
@TimeBandit One positive at least:
iOS browsers lack push notifications
Not positive. The web app will just implement them with polling and just eat more CPU and network bandwidth.
What you really want is the browser to ask you for permission to let the web app keep a “web worker” running in the background, but that's not exactly how Apple wants to handle it.
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@remi said in In other news today...:
I wouldn't be surprised if Facebook T&C include something like
(Oh of course, Mr. Zuckerberg, if that was stated in the Terms and Conditions...)
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@BernieTheBernie a link to South Park Human Centipede episode seems appropriate.
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@topspin said in In other news today...:
Between being abused by Apple’s lock-in and fucked over by Google or Facebook, Apple is by
fara slim margin the lesser evil.
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Thirty-five years after the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine exploded in the world's worst nuclear accident, fission reactions are smoldering again in uranium fuel masses buried deep inside a mangled reactor hall
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/05/nuclear-reactions-reawaken-chernobyl-reactor
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@TimeBandit you wouldn't believe how happy this news makes me. Hope is real.
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Almost peak
Traffic jam after spilled chocolate ... Only needs beer and fries
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@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
"While there is a lot of evidence suggesting that blue light increases alertness and makes it more difficult to fall asleep," Jensen explained, "it is important to think about what portion of that stimulation is light emission versus other cognitive and psychological stimulations."
You think knowing exactly why blue light reduction helps me sleep better at night helps me sleep better at night? Because it doesn't.
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@Luhmann said in In other news today...:
Traffic jam after spilled chocolate ... Only needs beer and fries
Just crash a potato truck into them and let them catch on fire...
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@dcon said in In other news today...:
@Luhmann said in In other news today...:
Traffic jam after spilled chocolate ... Only needs beer and fries
Just crash a potato truck into them and let them catch on fire...
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@dcon Only surprising in how long it took to happen. We've lamented on the state of industrial IT insecurity for how long now?
Also, follow-up:
Still nothing flowing in the main pipeline.
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@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
Thirty-five years after the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine exploded in the world's worst nuclear accident, fission reactions are smoldering again in uranium fuel masses buried deep inside a mangled reactor hall
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/05/nuclear-reactions-reawaken-chernobyl-reactor
Random quotes calling for witty retorts:
The neutron counts are rising slowly, Saveliev says, suggesting managers still have a few years to figure out how to stifle the threat.
: We have several years to react, so we can safely ignore the problem for now!
Early on, an FCM formation called the Elephant’s Foot was so hard scientists had to use a Kalashnikov rifle to shear off a chunk for analysis.
How to sample highly radioactive materials,
RussianUkrainian way.
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@remi said in In other news today...:
@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
Early on, an FCM formation called the Elephant’s Foot was so hard scientists had to use a Kalashnikov rifle to shear off a chunk for analysis.
How to sample highly radioactive materials,
Soviet way.RussianUkrainian
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@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/05/nuclear-reactions-reawaken-chernobyl-reactor
After a downpour in June 1990, a “stalker”—a scientist at Chernobyl who risks radiation exposure to venture into the damaged reactor hall—dashed in and sprayed gadolinium nitrate solution, which absorbs neutrons, on an FCM that he and his colleagues feared might go critical.
(Emphasis mine.)
Have to say, I didn't know that stalker was a term that was really used for someone working around Chernobyl. I thought it was just a videogame thing.
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@acrow How else would you call someone who ventures into the Zone?
That's much older than the videogame. The movie (Stalker), and the novel (Roadside Picnic) it's based on are an all time classics and given how much it stood out from the typical quality of what you could see in the cinema in Soviet Ukraine in 1979 it was widely known.
Note that the plot is rather modified between the book (Roadside Picnic) and the movie (Stalker). In the book the dangers of the Zone are described, but in the movie they are only ever hinted at and since nobody ever gets hurt, you can't actually tell whether it is real or just pretended to maintain the stalker's importance. And the conclusion is almost completely opposite too.
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so that is all that strange
that was popping up ... it's just modern art
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@Bulb said in In other news today...:
@acrow How else would you call someone who ventures into the Zone?
That's much older than the videogame. The movie (Stalker), and the novel (Roadside Picnic) it's based on are an all time classics and given how much it stood out from the typical quality of what you could see in the cinema in Soviet Ukraine in 1979 it was widely known.
Even older than Chernobyl (1986)
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@boomzilla No earlier than Jan 2022? You mean there's still time to go ahead and beat them to the title? :trolleyrocket:
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I decided to be part of the problem and filled up my half empty gas tank.
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It also "provides increased flexibility and funding for state and local governments to ensure adequate fuel supply,"
The pipeline is shut down, but the government spending more tax dollars is going to (waves hands) make the fuel magically appear.
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@HardwareGeek said in In other news today...:
It also "provides increased flexibility and funding for state and local governments to ensure adequate fuel supply,"
The pipeline is shut down, but the government spending more tax dollars is going to (waves hands) make the fuel magically appear.
Not exactly. What that means is that some areas (like the one I live in) are supposed to switch over to a summer blend around now because it helps reduce smog and ozone in warmer weather. They're waiving that so that the winter fuel can be sold in places where it normally wouldn't for the time of year, since suppliers are likely to have some sitting around that they wouldn't otherwise be able to sell.
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@boomzilla huh! Over here we switch tires from winter to summer, but I’ve never heard of summer fuel.
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@topspin said in In other news today...:
@boomzilla huh! Over here we switch tires from winter to summer, but I’ve never heard of summer fuel.
oh man, @boomzilla, you're trying that "summer fuel" gag again?
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@topspin said in In other news today...:
@boomzilla huh! Over here we switch tires from winter to summer, but I’ve never heard of summer fuel.
SUMMER GASOLINE
In the warmer months, gasoline has a greater chance of evaporating from your car’s fuel system. This can produce additional smog and increased emissions. Refiners reduce the chance of gas evaporation in your car during the summer by producing gasoline blends that have lower Reid vapor pressure (RVP), or lower volatility. These blends vary from state-to-state, region-to-region due to RVP state regulations. They also vary by octane level.
Cost for your wallet: According to NACS, this higher-grade fuel can add up to 15 cents per gallon to the cost of your fill-up. This excludes the increased cost due to summer fuel demand, which can vary between 5-15c/gal, depending on region. More stringent requirements (like California) can mean an even higher cost.
WINTER GASOLINE
In winter, gasoline blends have a higher Reid vapor pressure, meaning they evaporate more easily and allow gasoline to ignite more easily to start your car in cold temperatures. This blend is cheaper to produce, which results in lower gas prices at the pumps from late September through late April.
Cost for your wallet: Prices typically fall 10-30c/gal starting in mid/ late September through late November as gas stations switch to winter gasoline and demand for gasoline falls seasonally as we start to stay closer to home. Many retailers continue to sell summer gas until their inventories run out before then selling winter gasoline. Hurricane season can also affect prices before the switch, ending in a squeeze just before the switch since refiners don’t want excess expensive summer gasoline sitting around and especially if refineries are in the path of a major storm.
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@boomzilla classic. I can't believe you manage to keep that site up!
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@topspin said in In other news today...:
@boomzilla huh! Over here we switch tires from winter to summer, but I’ve never heard of summer fuel.
If you drive a diesel car then you should know that you fill up your tank with "winter diesel fuel" when temperatures are getting lower:
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@topspin said in In other news today...:
@boomzilla huh! Over here we switch tires from winter to summer, but I’ve never heard of summer fuel.
We (CA) do that too. But since ours is a special blend on top of that, when something breaks here, we're truly screwed. We can't just bring in (some other state's) fuel.
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@dcon yeah, that's what these waivers are for. But of course, even if the Feds said OK, the state might not in your case.
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@TimeBandit said in In other news today...:
@boomzilla said in In other news today...:
SUMMER GASOLINE
Not sold in Canada
Oh man, you fell for the Summer Gas trick? Holy crap... only in Canada.
There's no such thing. Kids at U.C. Berkeley set these sites up every year, it's a tradition.
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@dcon said in In other news today...:
We (CA) do that too. But since ours is a special blend on top of that, when something breaks here, we're truly screwed. We can't just bring in (some other state's) fuel.
Because it causes cancer?
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@JBert said in In other news today...:
If you drive a diesel car then you should know that you fill up your tank with "winter diesel fuel" when temperatures are getting lower
In Western/Southern Europe, temperatures rarely go down to the point (-10 C or below) where it really matters, so most people don't bother (personally, I only fill up on winter fuel when going in the Alps mid-winter, and even then it's probably more better-safe-than-sorry than really needed). Also some brands include additives in winter to lower the freezing point (even if the diesel isn't specifically sold as a winter diesel, which some brands also have), making it even less important to be careful since it's likely your usual fuel will be tweaked to give you a few more degrees before freezing.
Central/Northern Europe is different, of course.
As for summer fuel, it does exist here as well (and for example last year the regulations governing the switch to summer fuel were relaxed due to Covid), but it's never advertised as such to consumers. Probably in part also because it doesn't affect the price, AFAICT -- I assume that must be regulated but
to search and read relevant regulations...
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@remi said in In other news today...:
In Western/Southern Europe, temperatures rarely go down to the point (-10 C or below) where it really matters, so most people don't bother (personally, I only fill up on winter fuel when going in the Alps mid-winter, and even then it's probably more better-safe-than-sorry than really needed).
Here they just switch what's in the pump. No-one's actively deciding to buy one or the other.
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@loopback0 A few brands (usually the most expensive ones) do advertise their premium diesel (so really the most expensive...) as "winter fuel" but really that's just one more bullet point in their ads and very few people care. As I said, I do it but only in special cases, and most people I mention that to had never thought about it.
So basically, I agree with you.