limelight79

joined 2 years ago
[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

His fans: "Wow! That could have been me!"

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (6 children)

News, businesses, and celebrities continue to use it for some reason. It won't die until they stop.

Look how deep Twitter is in sports reporting. Any article about an event in a game (a goal, a hit in hockey, etc.) has the video... from Twitter. It's the default and just won't stop. Until that mindset changes, I'm afraid Twitter will continue to exist.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, we bought a new LG washer and dryer set when we moved to this house in late 2016. The washer has been trouble free. In fact, it actually saved us from washing delicate clothes in hot water (the handles on the spigots are reversed - the blue is hot; the red is cold) - it filled up, recognized there was a problem, and drained without doing anything more. I thought there was an issue with the washer at first, but then I realized how warm it was inside the washer, and I figured it out from there. I don't think it's technically a smart washer in the current sense (there's no app or anything), but it's definitely smarter than the ones I've had before.

The dryer's tension pulley failed, so I had to replace that, for ~$20 from Amazon. It was making noise for a long time, but like a dolt I waited until it actually failed to replace it. The replacement has been trouble free. I found a video on Youtube from someone that showed how to disassemble it to get to the part - it's easier than it looks.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I think you're right. I forgot to add that there's no mucking about with drivers and all of that, it really just works. Older scanners usually aren't a problem with Linux, but Vuescan almost certainly supports them as well.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I paid for Vuescan. There are a ton of Linux scanning apps, but pretty much all of them require editing all pictures to some extent after the scan. Vuescan applies a useful set of defaults that work for most pictures, speeding up the work flow. I had over 4,000 pictures to scan so anything to simplify that was worth it.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I thought I read that the helium used in party balloons was a grade that wasn't useful for medical devices. For example, this link. They of course are a company that is selling party balloon helium, so... This link might be more reliable.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 51 points 1 year ago (6 children)

The speaker at my college graduation was convicted of fraud a few years later. I can't decide which is worse, that guy telling us what a great businessman he was, or an AI speaker.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That is, ummm, interesting. Can their installed system do anything, though? There are so many restrictions, it seems like it would be a difficult installation to daily drive.

And some of the justifications are really confusing. I realize some are probably typographical errors, but I can't figure out what a few of them are saying at all. It reminds me of the people that invent their own lexicon and just expect everyone to understand what they are saying.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I think we're overlooking the 173 other people that voted against this bill, too.

I mean, yeah, this guy is exceptionally bad, but a lot of other people also voted against it...

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Oh, yeah, I enjoy the traveling. My thought was just that as I was watching the pump total price go higher and higher. But I still travel for vacations. :)

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Nah. One of my coworkers stays home for every vacation and reads. We try to guess how many books she'll read during her week off each time. Closest guess, without going over, wins. She loves it and crowns a winner each time she returns, but the winner only gets bragging rights until her next vacation.

A few years ago I was at a gas station pumping fuel on a trip, while prices were extremely high, and I was thinking to myself that her way is certainly much less expensive.

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