qjkxbmwvz

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[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 32 points 1 month ago

The only flaw in Corel's logic was that as soon as you're running Linux, you lose all desire to run WordPerfect, and develop an irresistible need to align yourself with vim or emacs...

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 57 points 1 month ago (2 children)

this was always bound to happen as we expand our presence in space.

Yes and no


from a different article:

Radiation associated with Starlink satellites was detected at observing frequencies between 110 and 188 MHz, which is well below the 10.7- 12.7 GHz radio frequencies used for the downlink communication signals.

(The original article said 5M radiation, which should be around 60MHz.)

So Starlink is emitting RF in spectrum where they shouldn't, which is avoidable, but takes effort.

My guess, and I could be wrong, is that this could be related to something other than the radio(s), such as switching power supplies finding opportunistic structures from which to radiate.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 12 points 1 month ago (12 children)

Sure. But this is kinda just accelerationism/xenophobia, no? For example, replace "Idaho" with "Mexico" in your argument, and it gets pretty ugly pretty fast IMHO.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 16 points 1 month ago (59 children)

ID residents should be banned from receiving medical care in WA.

But I think accelerationist policies often hurt vulnerable people...

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 59 points 1 month ago (3 children)

An incidental exchange of earwax with your (romantic/sexual/life) partner is


how do I put this?


not particularly noteworthy for a lot of folks...

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 4 points 1 month ago

...and I don't see it motivating people to go vote.

But it can do the opposite perhaps


"motivate" people to stay home who would otherwise vote R. Not that, in general, we should be celebrating voter apathy, but I think that some of these endorsements could dishearten folks enough that they end up abstaining.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 6 points 1 month ago

Track stands! Not a contradiction to your statement at all though: you need to be moving just ever so slightly.

With a fixie it's easy, because you can pedal forwards and backwards in tiny amounts. With a freewheel, it's trickier but you get the hang of it with practice. Ideally you'll have an incline, so you pedal forward to go forward, and ease up to slide back. After some practice I can use the raised reflective paint from e.g. crosswalks as the "incline." This miniscule motion is enough to balance


and like you said, it ain't the angular momentum that does it.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 27 points 1 month ago

Ford, Harley- Davidson and Lowe’s are among the companies that announced they would no longer participate in the Corporate Equality Index.

Meanwhile, here are the ones that did well on the Corporate Equality Index link.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah, "serious" cycling


a sport where a $1k bike barely qualifies as a bike, $5k gets you something rideable, and $10k gets you a pretty decent bike


is so anti-consumer!

(I love cycling, and I'll defend spending more on my power meter pedels than I would spend on a decent used bike. More bike lanes everywhere please!)

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 7 points 2 months ago

And water has great heat capacity, with a nice phase change, too.

From reading other links in this post, it sounds like pollution (runoff) is a concern, which is unfortunate.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So we need to freeze our farts and thaw them out when we need them. Got it.

[–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 16 points 2 months ago

Yeah, I wanted Harris to completely eviscerate Trump, which didn't exactly happen. But I don't think that's because she did poorly


it's because I know who I'm voting for, and I'm not the target audience.

Had it been the proverbial bloodbath that I wanted to see, it might not have played well with independents/those on the fence (which I blame largely on sexism


a ruthless woman is "a bitch," but a ruthless man is "strong," etc.).

Judging from the headlines and conversations I'm seeing, I think she really threaded the needle


came across as strong, intelligent, leader-like, all the while giving Trump enough rope to hang himself. More might have alienated voters, and less might have come across as too soft. Really good stuff from her and her campaign.

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