asklemmy Asklemmy What might this be?
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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 2 years ago 100%

    The way it is packaged does not give much of a hint I think. The boxes are also not original and I did not find a description in them.

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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 2 years ago 100%

    May have to look tomorrow (during my afternoon shift) if I have the time. From my memory, packaging were plastic bags with one type of part only (star or sticks) and sorted by colour. The photo I showed was either some kind of sample or what was taken out by colleages to have look (before I arrived).

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  • europe Europe Dutch people rush to buy firewood for winter in response to high gas prices
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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 2 years ago 100%

    I wouldn't take the source all that serious. Most dutch homes are unsuitable for direct combustion of wood.

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    Asklemmy Peter1986c 2 years ago 100%
    What might this be?

    A few boxes of stuff like in the photo came in at the thrift store I volunteer at, but none of us are certain on what it is. Searching the branding on it (Siventi) did not yield useful results. The pieces fit but come loose easily no matter which of the holes are used. The "chopsticks" are somewhat capabele of beding apart OR together and seem made of the same hard plastic as the star. Do any of you have ideas?

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    opensource Open Source XFCE desktop finally moving towards Wayland
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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 2 years ago 100%

    I thought to remember that the acronym no longer stands for anything.

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  • peertube Peertube The importance of vid quality controls
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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 2 years ago 100%

    And not to forget multiple formats in case of devices not supporting hardware acceleration for some of the ones being around on the web. I mean, e.g. VP9 is not gonna run well but e.g. h264 would (please note this is not the most realistic example).

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  • technology Technology Hurd, seL4, thoughts
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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 2 years ago 100%

    Link is dead.

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  • linux Linux Don't use Reddit for Linux or BSD related questions
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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 2 years ago 100%

    Why do you not deactivate it?

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  • europe Europe High-tech Western Weapons Pose Challenge for Untrained Ukrainian Soldiers
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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 2 years ago 100%

    I initially misread your previous comment thinking you meant their training in general. I am getting it now.

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  • europe Europe European Parliament votes to ban combustion engine cars from 2035
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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 2 years ago 100%

    Biofuels are taking valuable croplands that could be user for food production. And BEVs could run on e.g. nucleair fission until we figured stuff out more. Try that with combustion engines.

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  • europe Europe High-tech Western Weapons Pose Challenge for Untrained Ukrainian Soldiers
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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 2 years ago 100%

    The article says Google Translate. Brits and Usonians forgot to make sure that their clients are able to RTFM in another language than English. Like Ukrainian.

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  • europe Europe European Parliament votes to ban combustion engine cars from 2035
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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 2 years ago 100%

    I guess they’ll be powered with electricity generated from gas (sourced from…?).

    Gotta start somewhere.

    Will citizens get subsidized high voltage lines to their homes or streetfront parking for fast charging?

    Europeans do not travel that far most of the time, unless on e.g. vacation. So fast charging is only really needed on e.g. major highways.

    Can the grid handle so many EVs?

    No, that why it needs overhauling in places. That is however a thing to worry about or national and local gov., not the EU.

    Never let perfect be the enemy of good.

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  • fuck_cars Fuck Cars Have you heard about the Tyre Extinguishers? Deflates tyres in urban areas
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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 2 years ago 66%

    Writing your representative(s) about e.g. downtown restrictions of vehicular use (within reason); heavier tax on SUVs than on regular passenger cars; or if they are hybrids/BEVs, make them exempt from things like tax incentives if they happen to be SUVs and/or beyond a reasonable mass limit.

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  • videos Videos Electric kettles are the best way to boil water.
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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 2 years ago 100%

    Modern ones have tech in them that makes them automatically shut off once the water gets boiling, so they never get above 100C. Whatever plastic would be used for the device, has a melting temperature above that or else it would never get CE/TüV/KEMA approved.

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  • videos Videos Electric kettles are the best way to boil water.
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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 2 years ago 100%

    I never tried tea from microwaved water, but according to rumours it makes the tea taste "off". Microwave ovens are also taking up more space, so unless you have got one already for different reasons than boiling water it would make more sense to use an electric kettle or just the stove if it is a modern (induction) one anyway.

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  • "Initials" by "Florian Körner", licensed under "CC0 1.0". / Remix of the original. - Created with dicebear.comInitialsFlorian Körnerhttps://github.com/dicebear/dicebearEL
    Elon -> sub moving Peter1986c 2 years ago 75%
    Elon Musk Gets Into Embarrassing Fight With Video Game Site, Loses kotaku.com

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/295762 I think Musk needs a vacation or something.

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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 2 years ago 100%

    Both you and the one you are replying to may have a point.

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  • technology Technology Elon Musk says Tesla will have self-driving cars without the need for human drivers this time next year
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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 2 years ago 100%

    On lemmy.ca there is a new community of which the mod thinks it is okay to basically run it as such: https://lemmy.ml/c/elon@lemmy.ca To sub to it, you might have to go to it via the "communities" menu of your instance.

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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 2 years ago 100%

    Go to Communities --> search "elon" --> pick the sub out of the results --> click subscribe. With federated subscriptions, by my knowledge there is no other way with Lemmy.

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy What thoughts go through your head when you hear someone refer to left-leaning individuals or policies as "liberal"?
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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 2 years ago 100%

    I would say it depends. In the case of OP being from/in the US I might see your point. But only then.

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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 2 years ago 100%

    I see.

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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 2 years ago 100%

    How can electronics that young have rusted?

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  • asklemmy Asklemmy What is your opinion on sex work?
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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 2 years ago 100%

    Wait, are you genuinely stating that you think that rape should go unpunished?

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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 2 years ago 100%

    Why did you start a new topic on this one, instead of editing your previous thread?

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  • linux Linux 4 Major Distros in the History of Linux That Shaped the Linux World
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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 2 years ago 50%

    Gentoo is younger than the distros mentioned, and is not in the same league in terms of influence.

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  • technology Technology this is what monopolies result in
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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 2 years ago 100%

    Given that the screenshot showed Edge, I was implying use of the Windows platform (like the meme seemed to do). You mention F-droid so I think you are writing about Android?

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  • technology Technology this is what monopolies result in
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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 2 years ago 100%

    Set Firefox to be your default browser and voilà.

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  • worldnews World News Senate will vote next week on bill to codify Roe v. Wade, Schumer says
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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 2 years ago 100%

    Wait, Roe v. Wade was never turned into an actual law? What kind of unorganised mess is the US government?

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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 2 years ago 100%

    In case the cell is already empty, you might want to put in a fresh one, not touching the top and bottom surfaces directly, but holding it on the edges. Pushing it in place can be done with the use of some non-conductive material to push on the top side. If you can get into the UEFI (the term BIOS is outdated :) ) after all this, we will see what to do next.

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  • europe Europe EU estimates 60%-80% of population has had COVID
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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 2 years ago 100%

    Fair enough, if you live with vulnerable folks that makes matters way harder.

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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 2 years ago 100%

    I did in early March this year. Only a few weeks before the NL government decided to abolish all countermeasures that were still in effect. P.S.: I indeed have had three shots of Pfizer's vax (including my booster). My experience was that Omicron is survivable, but far from fun.

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  • lemmy Lemmy [IDEA] User-related communities (like /c/tracyspcy etc) as a way to follow particular user, not only specific topic-driven communities. What do you think?
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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 2 years ago 100%

    Perhaps, but I would rather see (heh) the "/u/" thing used instead of "/c/", unless it is about e.g. a famous person and not a community made by said person. This way there is better distinction between e.g. /c/TomScott and /u/TomScott.*

    *not that I expect him here though, given how much he dislikes Reddit. Anyway, it was just an example.

    Edit: fixed a typo that made the comment show commas instead of periods in one abbreviation.

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  • fediverse Fediverse Why aren't people spreading out to other instances?
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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 2 years ago 100%

    I joined Lemmy before federation worked, which is why I joined the "flagship" instance. In addition, other instances are often more localised, theme-specific or very political (Lemmygrad, Wolfballs). And some instances are poorly guarded outposts via which the troll incursions are coming in. Mind you, the admins there are probably good people but it does do little good to the name of those instances (and they risk defederation). Maybe if Lemmy as a whole grows people might successfully spread, but for now most would stick to the bigger instances with the most topics and the best moderation.

    Edit: I interpreted the question as specific to Lemmy, even though the topic is in /c/fediverse.

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  • nuclear_power Nuclear Power Unprotected Russian soldiers disturbed radioactive dust in Chernobyl's 'Red Forest', workers say
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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 2 years ago 66%

    A good read, but maybe it's in the wrong /c/.

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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 3 years ago 100%

    Reported you. As well as your "dick" pic.

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  • fuck_cars Fuck Cars Tennessee officials ask predominantly Black city near a new Ford electric truck plant to forfeit their city charter or face takeover
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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 3 years ago 100%

    To be honest though, this does not be Ford company's fault if the article speaks truly about how local government works there. Governance seems a bit too decentralised to remain (cost) effective. That new plant seems one of the area's "lesser" problems in the bigger scheme of things.

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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 3 years ago 100%

    This is one of the many reasons why the middle lane should not be used as a bike lane (but rather a median, bus lane or tram route instead).

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  • politics Politics In Praise Of ‘Whataboutism’
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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 3 years ago 40%

    How is that so?

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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 3 years ago 100%

    Why is that site called Eurasia Review, while it is run from Albany, Oregon, USA? https://www.eurasiareview.com/buzz-future/

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  • privacy Privacy DuckDuckGo Filters Search Results
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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 3 years ago 100%

    Discussion has been held/might be ongoing in this c/technology thread.

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  • fediverse Fediverse How You Can Help The Fediverse
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  • Peter1986c Peter1986c 3 years ago 100%

    Same here. I am still seeding this video though, hoping that helps indirectly.

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    Why the stupid "porn" suffix?

    Why is there a "porn" suffix? I understand we of the Lemmy community are in a "Reddit emulation"-phase right now, but this is silly (imo). Why not something like "Abandoned Place Photography"?

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    Gentoo Peter1986c 3 years ago 100%
    So now we have two Gentoo Linux communities?

    What is the difference between this community and the one at [/c/gentoo](https://lemmy.ml/c/gentoo)? If both are about the Linux distribution, would it not be better for one of them to be removed (if not somehow merging them)?

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