SoleInvictus

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submitted 21 minutes ago* (last edited 21 minutes ago) by SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
 

Seriously people, use the fucking fan. It clears away odors and covers up the sounds of your dropping a deuce. If you want to stew in your shit smell and revel in the music of your magical poop plops, do so in the comfort of your own home. If you're a guest and the bathroom has a fan, turn it on. We don't want to share.

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 6 hours ago

I was taught the same. I got extra credit for memorizing that the Nile River was a "notable exception".

While I didn't go to school in Texas, our school district used material developed there. It figures.

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I take Xolair, which is billed at about $5k for four syringes. Insurance pays $4875 and the Xolair copay program, run by the manufacturer, pays $125. Why are they so willing to pick up the copay? Before four syringes of Xolair cost about $60 in total to produce.

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

What's insane is that million dollar McLaren was about 0.0004% of his net worth. He could buy 250,000 vehicles that I could never even dream of affording.

We need to eat this motherfucker.

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago (4 children)

It just occurred to me to wonder: does he even drive one of his own company's cars?

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I have ADHD with ASD tendencies, despite not being autistic (long story). People like us are more frequently the types who find something new to be interesting, then dive in and learn EVERYTHING about it. For example, I recently bought a new car and spent days near obsessively learning about it. How it works (first electric car), how to model current vs acceleration, how to tear it down and rebuild it, etc. I'm now in the process of compiling a FAQ for my wife, who doesn't share my obsessive tendencies and can't retain my frequent "hey sweetie, this is interesting!" data dumps, and setting up monitoring and automations for it on our home lab.

I used to think this was what everyone did. Turns out it's not normal.

I just tried this and it's genius! I haven't ever given side mirror adjustment any thought.

Perfect five out of seven.

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 5 days ago (10 children)
[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I live in a state with an online training requirement and it's a joke. The employees at sporting goods stores actually encouraged me to quickly click through to the end and print the results.

As someone who supports firearm ownership, I also believe it should require a background check, a thorough psychological evaluation, and equally thorough, in-person safety training and testing, all repeated periodically in order to maintain ownership.

[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

That essay isn't terribly well thought out. They have an issue with the increase in employees, but lack any evidence that they're not actually required. The core of their thesis seems to be "it was fine with fewer employees before, why do we need more now?" but they fail to provide much supporting evidence beyond substantiating increasing levels of spending over the years.

Edit: also, this is seven years old and it appears Guy's predictions have yet to even begin to manifest.

And not even the cool or fun perverted. I'm always hesitant to kink shame, but forcing your kink on someone else, even just conversationally, is incredibly awful.

At the very least they should be left outside in the sun for a year.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/12310804

Halp! Calibrating touchscreen on Panasonic CF-30

Hey all! I've been having an issue I can't figure out. Suddenly, I realized I'm in the heart of Linux users! I can ask here! I'm a total noob, so please be gentle.

I installed Xubuntu and got everything but the touchscreen working properly. The touchscreen works but the cursor is consistently off a bit, with the least error in the center of the screen and increasing as it moves to the sides. I've tried running xinput_calibrator but it doesn't help. I attempted to run libinput.calibrate-touchscreen but keep getting a "is a Wayland compositor running?" error message.

Any suggestions?

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