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politics @lemmy.world•Trump Voter Says He Gets Now How Hitler Could “Brainwash” Millions - The man, who said he voted for Donald Trump three times, called the president a “liar” and a “con man.”English
3·27 days agoNow that he realizes that he got fished in, what’s he plan to do to make up for his multiple mistakes?
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Comic Strips@lemmy.world•Society Needs Billionaires [PizzaCake]English
27·27 days agoI remember a bunch of movies where torches and pitchforks helped.
Wow, $600? I think you should expect a lot better range out of that battery!! Rechargeable batteries don’t like getting near ends of their range. 40 to 85% charge is about right.
If the charger is cheesy or broken, it could be charging to 100% (or worse yet, not stopping) That would be bad, so you might replace the charger … making sure that the replacement is doing the right thing for you.
I just watched a video where a Chinese taxi (car) battery was taken out of service after 800,000 km. (Probably in a couple of years!) That battery pack would have A LOT more cells in it, so the strain on each cell would be less. They’re expensive, so the charger is probably very high-quality.
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Technology@lemmy.world•People Would Rather Have Nuclear Power Plants In Their Area Than AI Data CentersEnglish
63·1 month agoPromises, promises. I haven’t heard of one that’s actually in commercial operation right now.
But, apples and oranges… it’s a bullshit choice. Power plants generate power, DC’s consume power.
If you going to generate power, why look beyond solar/wind and batteries? At a much lower price, and much faster build times, they too are ‘physically incapable of going into meltdown’, and are already in use worldwide, no wait time.
As far as DC’s go, they depend on very new technology (enjoying a trendy fad) which -will- get far less power-hungry than they are. Or else. (The grid’s not ready for them.)
The only people in a rush seem to be the people who invested in all the snake oil promises that LLM’s are real A.I. … which they aren’t.
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•I used to love computing as a hobby, but now it feels like it's a source of evil in the world, how have you dealt with this?English
2·1 month agoMy view is that most technology is a tool, like a screwdriver. You can carefully and enjoyably use it to build something useful, helpful, enjoyable. Or you can use it like a psycho.
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science@lemmy.world•People who are blind from birth never develop schizophreniaEnglish
1·1 month agoThe answer’s in the article…
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•For those with lower-back issues, what's been the best work-chair for you?English
1·1 month agoA friend gave me this firm ‘Sacro-ease’ pad/cushion, it’s about an inch (2.5cm) thick on the bottom and 2 inches on the top. Move the bottom up or down for best relief. Use it on my old chair all day, helps a lot.
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News@lemmy.world•Iran War creates big market for Chinese renewablesEnglish
1·1 month agoThere you go, that’s gotta be it. /s
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What old thing surprisingly still exists?English
9·1 month agoSundials date back at least as far as Egypt and Babylon. They’re still found in gardens and old cities. Can be tricky to set the time accurately! helps to have a compass.
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Technology@lemmy.world•ICANN is Accepting Suggestions for new TLDs (for $227k) - what would you pick?English
6·1 month agoI would again recommend that anyone doing online marketing and/or tracking be legally confined to the .COM TLD. Severe penalties for corporate abuse would include removal of all internet access. Less severe penalties might include a confiscation of double of all profits made outside of .COM during a deliberate infraction.
There would be no cost for any TLD’s outside of .COM; all regulation and legal costs to be paid-for by .COM - users.
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science@lemmy.world•How do bacteria move? They have a motor.English
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science@lemmy.world•How do bacteria move? They have a motor.English
48·2 months agoSo what? go read the damned science paper at the link I supplied instead.
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politics @lemmy.world•Clarence Thomas Just Gave a Speech Blaming Progressivism for Hitler. It Was Mostly Just Sad.English
6·2 months agoGood to see people are learning that when they finally elect the stupid, they finally learn what was -really- going through those stupid heads for all those years. What they get is marinated in stupid… proud stupid … EPIC stupid. (Compated to today’s crowd, Reagan was a genius.)
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Today I Learned@lemmy.world•Why Do All Governments Work the Same Way? -CGP Grey (Youtube)English
0·7 months agoPeople everywhere falling for the same 10-thousand-year-old scams?
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science@lemmy.world•“It’s over”: David Suzuki says it’s too late to stop climate change now and the damage is already doneEnglish
0·1 year ago"It seems that we live in a very dark time, and we do. The human race has been on a very destructive path for quite a while, and we have these hideous weapons and hideous powers that can turn that destructive path into true cataclysm.
But at the same time, an awakening is occurring and that awakening is being leveraged through the internet. It’s a consciousness awakening all around the world. And it’s that awakening of consciousness that the best hope for the future of humanity lies. - Graham Hancock


















Next time, instead of buying, take the idea home. Think about it first.