• 0 Posts
  • 106 Comments
Joined 2 years ago
cake
Cake day: June 26th, 2023

help-circle
  • vithigar@lemmy.catoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldchat is this true?
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    115
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    3 days ago

    Well, yes, very clearly it’s a “man on screen said it” situation, but it’s not like that’s new.

    People who repeated “ground control to {insert name}” to get the attention of someone whose mind was elsewhere didn’t believe they were actually addressing an astronaut. It’s an idiom born of the current cultural zeitgeist.


  • The Sun still only illuminates part of the disk at a time. It doesn’t go below the disk at night, it’s still above the disk just too far away to see, so you get different times of day in different parts of the world.

    Yes, this just raises more questions. Yes they have answers for them. None of them are good and very few of them are even internally consistent, let alone hold up to any scrutiny.




  • PDF to JPEG

    Don’t most pdf viewers have an export to image option?

    AVC to MP4

    Do you actually have files with an .avc extension? AVC is a codec that can be used in many different container formats, including MP4. Where did these files come from?

    OPUS to MP3

    I actually agree that most audio conversion tools are needlessly awkward. Audacity will convert these just fine, though doesn’t really do bulk conversion. Foobar2000 will do it in bulk if you’re on windows.




  • My most common use for Google assistant was an extremely simple command. “Ok Google, set a timer for ten minutes.” I used this frequently and flawlessly for a long time.

    Much like in your situation it just stopped working at some point. Either asking for more info it doesn’t need, or reporting success while not actually doing it. I just gave up trying and haven’t used any voice assistant in a couple of years now.



  • vithigar@lemmy.catoMemes@lemmy.mlmmmm tasty carbon
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    17
    ·
    1 month ago

    I’d argue that Li should be red and Hg should be yellow.

    Elemental mercury in liquid form is fairly safe. It needs to get into your blood in order to be a problem, and even if some does stick to your tongue and get swallowed the digestive absorption is extremely low.









  • You’re largely correct, “decriminalized” doesn’t mean it’s legal, but I just wanted to point out that it doesn’t necessarily mean unenforced. Just that it’s no longer a criminal charge. Something can be decriminalized and still be in violation of the law and enforced with fines or other deterrents, e.g. traffic violations. You’re not a criminal for speeding, it’s still illegal and enforced.