I want to learn some card tricks. Maybe someone else does too.

Twenty years ago, I met a couple with a young son who decided not to let the kid have sugar. I wonder how that might have worked out for the kid now that he's grown.

I assume the kid hit 18 and went on a sugar binge as soon as he tasted it the first time.

Anyone have experience with this?

So want a new desk chair, but the thing is I was thinking making one. My idea is to buy desk chair parts and put them together.
Anyone has done it? Was it successful? Any tips?

This includes, for example, food, water, medication in the presence of a mental disorder or something delicious to cheer up, such as sweets or alcohol. I don't know if it's possible to put alcohol in the category of goodies, well, okay, I hope you understand what I mean.

Currently down about 120lbs after 8 years of going up and down. Net loss is 200lbs, given I had some regains over the years. Now, I'm down from 300lbs to 178lbs and ever since I passed 185lbs, I've had a lot more oppurtunities with women.

It feels weird, not gonna lie, it just sorta happened out of nowhere. A lot more women smile at me, talk to me, and look at me more. The attention I started getting just feels like a glimpse really. Not massive amounts, but noticably more. I'm still 10lbs away from being done entirely, as I do still look a bit husky at 178lbs.

Though, it's not just women, but people in general have been treating me better, even strangers. I will finally reach normal weight for the first time ever in the next couple weeks (173lbs according to my BMI) and I can't be more excited to finally see it!

For those who lost weight, what was it like for you? Did people start treating you differently?

I want my synthetic leggings to remain as elastic and stable as possible. I use leggings for both social occasions and yoga, running and sport.

I've never done this and wonder if it works.

Alternatively, what works for you?

Yesterday I got sprayed with garter snake musk and I need to feel better about myself

The kind of thing which makes you say “how could they possibly have thought this was a good idea?”

I'm getting annoyed with people that ask a question, have the community answer their question and troubleshoot over several days, only to delete their post and the solution.

The person asking the question is often providing the least amount of effort, so why should they have exclusive right to delete the contributions of others?

Possible fix: have a per-community option to only request deletion.

I don't need actual names. But the context by which you know them should be included. This must be someone you have met or see regularly. Celebs/political people you dont like are not on the table, unless you've met and spent time with them.

A question for people whose jobs or general lifestyle leads you to move around from place to place. What are some places you find yourself looking for first? And by that I mean, when I move I always ask myself:

• Where's my Taco bell (I'm American yes)
• Where's my Walmart (Still definitely American)
• Where's my job What are some of the first places you always find yourself looking for in a new area first?

Recently moved to a new area and i am facing this scenario:

It is raining very heavily outside such that the side mirrors are wet and difficult to see. You cant really roll the window down to wipe without splashing the passengers and the car interiors.

On a normal day, street lights are already dim and hard to see. It is much worse when it rains. Plus, I use these UV films on my windows. I have to use them because it is scorchingly hot during the day.

So under those above conditions, it is very tricky to reverse down a basement. Due to the design, it is better to reverse down instead of going head first.

So what i usually do:

1. Use the reverse camera. I can adjust its brightness settings to show the back clearly.

2. Use the hazard lights. The flashes from these lights can bounce off of the nearby gate. So they can give some sort of "guideline" for me.

That is all i can do. I am literally blinded on the left and right in this scenario. Without any passengers, I can bite the bullet and roll down the windows. But even then, it is tough because of the heavy rain.

Are there any rain guard to put on the side mirrors, to stop the rain coming down? I have no idea if these exist or what they are called.

Appreciate any help

Could be big picture, like a life goal. Could be what you want right this moment. What do you yearn for?

Title. I'm broke, live at home, and can't work (disabled). I figured asking this here would help other broke people. I'm in the US.

I seriously. I’m for realiously. I got like 8 different furry subs in my block list and filtered out terms like ‘yiff’ etc. You’d think the algorithm would have picked up that I’m not interested in that shit but I still can’t scroll a half hour without a wolf boner adorning my screen.

I know I can simply block all NSFW content but that’d just be throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

I am frequently on Piefed (Lemmy) and occasionally on Mastodon and I noticed they use ALT tags for images way more on Mastodon than we do here.

Anyone know why this is? it is more about the software or the culture or maybe just historical?

It seems like a good idea to always set the ALT tag for an image post on both services, and I've seen many ppl on the other site say they won't boost (share) any image posts without ALT tags (since vision-impaired people really benefit from them).

Just curious...

so reddity

This is a single progammer who has been releasing new FOSS apps like gangbusters over the past few months. I've been in the open source community for a while now and it's pretty unusual.

Many of them are complex, ambitious, projects such as email client, calendar, location sharing, etc. There are also a lot of games that are pretty decent. In the past, app groups like this have been the work of teams of people over the course of years, not a single developer over months.

So I guess I'm curious if this looks like things are in the up and up. I don't notice any obvious telltale signs of vibe coding, but I don't really know enough to check code that way. I've used a couple apps and noticed thoughtful updated in features over time, so these don't seem vaporware, fly-by-night apps either.

Am I being paranoid? Is this really a single dev creating apps across a dozen different system functions? Anyone know who they are?

Let me begin by saying, I drink very rarely; few times a year.

When I drink, i get the feeling that my brain in running on powersaving mode; only the most basic functions are operational. It's a fun feeling when I'm drinking, but I can't imagine doing that regularly.

I'm not sure if this constitutes as bragging but I am proud of the fact that I can recall information quite well, and any activity which hinders this is not to my liking. The hangover is also bad, where the brain is slow for the next entire day.

I want to know the community thinks about drinking and how it effects/doesn't affects their work and life and how they get around it. Any alternatives and tips?

More of a philosophical question. Can we even beat Egoism to emerge as a stronger species, or will it be, once again, bringing down a civilization?

Do not buy one of these for their smart features unless everything else is worse.

I'm in a rural area and my options for garage door service people are limited. They only install liftmaster. I have 2 garage doors, and wanted a simple external pad to operate both, while also letting me program temp codes for when i have someone performing work.

Somehow the dealer programed one PIN code to both door motors. I told them I would take care of it using the app.

These liftmaster devices are the worst. Some wireless pads simply dont pair to the app, so programing PINs from the app won't work. This was the first sign of trouble. I contacted their support, which was available on the weekend, a real human, and was honestly very helpful.

Program the wrong PIN, or want to change one? Can't do it through the app. You'll need to get a ladder out so you can unplug the motor power, disconnect the built-in battery, and do a full reset.

A full reset means you'll need to program the door max open and max close locations. You'll also need to reprogram the wired pads (why???). The learn button on the wired pad? can't be used to program the remotes. oh don't forget the homelink buttons on your vehicles.

Here's what i had to do to remove a single PIN and get the wireless pad minimally working:

1. Disconnect battery on door motor 1
2. disconnect power door motor for 30 seconds.
3. reset door motor 1
4. program door motor min/max locations
5. program wired pad (why??)
6. futz with wired pad screwdown connectors because they don't ground to the screw, they ground to small pads around the screw (why???)
7. program wireless outdoor pad to motor 1.
8. program remote 1 to door motor 1
9. program remote 2 to door motor 1
10. program car1 homelink to remote 1
11. program car 2 homelink to remote 1
12. reconnect battery.
13. set up wifi using mobile app.
14. Disconnect battery on door motor 2
15. disconnect power door motor for 30 seconds.
16. reset door motor 2
17. program door motor min/max locations
18. program wired pad (why??)
19. futz with wired pad screwdown connectors because they don't ground to the screw, they ground to small pads around the screw (why???)
20. prorgram wireless outdoor pad to door motor 2
21. program remote 1 to door motor 2
22. program remote 2 to door motor 2
23. program car1 homelink to remote 2
24. program car 2 homelink to remote 2
25. reconnect battery.
26. set up wifi using mobile app.