ikidd

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[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

There was a time in this fair land, when the railroad did not run...

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 8 points 1 hour ago

"Heisenberg, quit fucking with the living and get your ass back to Purgatory."

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

And mosquitos are chewing on your ass.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

If you think they're complicated to have them described to you, you should try fixing one of the fuckers when it breaks down in the middle of the night.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

You're tilting against the wind. It seems people that know nothing about farming are the ones that have the strongest opinions about farming and food.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

So what if your rows were 1/2 mile wide and 1/2 mile long, and you had dozens of these rows with about 4-6 cultures interspersed amongst them? It would be like a single field with several rows, but at a scale that makes 120' sprayers and 60' combine headers make sense. You know, like a farm.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 8 points 9 hours ago

More like dad goes to jail.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world -4 points 14 hours ago

I mean, in a murder investigation, you might go through a dozen people, checking alibis and generally investigating to find the final suspect and convict.

Granted, what happened here was unconscionable for someone that was only being investigated. I can see her being put on administrative leave while it were sorted out to minimize damage if she actually were guilty. But what was done beyond that wasn't right.

But you also can't ignore investigations because people might get upset. Unfortunately China has spent decades committing provable industrial espionage, so it's hard to say you can't go down that road. And when you get that high of a percentage of convictions, it proves that out. Frankly, the Chinese government should be as much on the hook here for what was done to her as NWU because they sure make it hard to be even-handed when it comes to theft of IP.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

And where is OP getting a "one-time fee" from? Maybe counting a donation request?

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

A few dozen of more than 200 hundred researchers were charged and convicted?

That doesn't seem like a small percentage.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

Can you think of anything more processed than trying to grow meat in a vat? I can't imagine what chemicals get pumped into that to make it grow.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Most people make the mistake of harvesting old bulls. The young ones are tasty.

 

My 77 CJ7 has run for years without any attention, not that I put any great miles on it. This summer it decided it was going to be difficult, so now I have to remember how a carb works, with very small success.

I took it all apart and cleaned it, and blew out the jets. Put it all back together and tried it, no dice. When I come off of throttle, it dies unless I very carefully feather it down to idle. I'm clueless about what's wrong, and have run out of dead chickens to wave over the necromantic device.

I think it would be less trouble to pull the engine and put in a spare 4.0L I have on the shelf.

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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by ikidd@lemmy.world to c/linux@programming.dev
 

Not my article.

 

The pre-charged kits are fairly inexpensive and surprisingly easy to put in, but you'll need about $400 in extra shit.

My extra shit list:

Disconnect box

Surge suppressor

Liquid-tight whip

Lineset chase

20A breaker

Various holesaws

12/3 wire

Caulking

Duct seal

Extra insulation

Wall mount or concrete paving block

 

orly

 

This is a very recent thing I've had happening, presumably since an update. I will often have multiple FF windows open. In one of the windows, I'll suddenly not be able to place my cursor in the address bar on any tab. But other FF windows function fine. I have to close that window and start a new instance or drag a tab from a working window to another screen, then that will work fine for an unpredictable time.

I have no idea what specific thing I might be doing that touches this off, as far as I can tell I'm just browsing. I thought maybe I had a child dialog opening in a hidden window, but it must be hidden pretty good because I can't find it if I do.

Fedora Linux 42 KDE

Firefox 139.0

 

I listen to a lot of podcasts. I spend a pile of time where I need something to distract me and keep me awake, and I also just like podcasts. But there's a lot of podcasts, especially from sources like IHeartRadio, that have scads of annoying ads (mainly for other podcasts, which seems weird, but OK).

I had gotten to the point where subscriptions like Behind the Bastards just weren't worth listening to because the ads went on for like 5 minutes. I had to come up with something or drop them.

Enter Pinchflat. You can create a "Podcast" media source profile that's audio-only, and respects Sponsorblock. If you have a podcast that has a Youtube channel, you can pretty much eliminate ads this way. And Pinchflat makes an RSS feed that you can subscribe to in your favorite app like Antennapod to consume that feed. One thing I like to add to the Media Profile is to redownload after a day or two so it updates the Sponsorblock info that might not have existed if Pinchflat grabs the episode when it's very fresh.

Links:

Pinchflat Docker compose setup

Podcast RSS feeds (Ignore the reverse proxy if you already use an always-on VPN like Wireguard/tailscale or download your episodes while on your LAN)

The heroes at Sponsorblock and the other heroes that contribute timeblock entries

Donate on behalf of Pinchflat to Zakkarry, a collaborator that the developer of Pinchflat has identified as a good donation target, as well as the EFF.

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