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For years I drove past a sign for Eastport on my way in to the city centre. No-one every mentions Eastport on the news. I decided it must be the single most boring suburb in the city.

Last year I realised the sign actually reads like this:

East

Port

And things finally clicked.

#94 (2010-01-21) by spittingimage in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

I did that to my office once. My cover while I was on leave kept complaining that my storage was disorganised (unfairly) so I took a label maker and helped him out.

What is an opposite version of a cult ? by spittingimage in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

I don't like to see science presented as a belief system. Science is a tool for establishing fact about the natural world in a methodical and reproducible way. For debating the existence of gods, you need philosophy.

If youre bi do you have to prove it? by spittingimage in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

What are you going to do to prove it? Take a blood test?

Instead of asking all my stupid questions separately, could I just get a ton of "How to Adult" type resources in the comments? by spittingimage in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago

When cleaning surfaces:

Wipe down once with a damp sponge/cloth. This removes loose dirt and softens the hardened stuff.
Spray with a surfactant.
Wait five minutes to give it time to work.
Wipe again to remove remaining dirt.

If there's something you can't get off, use a harsher cleaner like Barkeeper's Friend. Wear gloves when using that. I can't unlock my phone with my thumbprint anymore.

"Which fictional universe would you rather live in?" by spittingimage in c/[email protected]

[-] [email protected] 60 points 6 days ago

The Culture. Which is all of the above plus friendly superintelligent AI to run it for us.

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How would you turn Hell into a tourist destination? (lemmy.world)

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Especially if the sinners still need their punishment?

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The best part of marriage is always having someone to scratch between your shoulder blades for you. (lemmy.world)

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Is it possible to eat a toxic amount of culinary herbs/spices? (lemmy.world)

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Either all at once, or over a lifetime?

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Is dessert a snack or a meal? (lemmy.world)

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My position is that it's a snack and husband tax must be paid. My wife is arguing that it's a meal or occupies some third food space and it's entirely hers. Who's right, court of Lemmy?

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What are the levels of BBQing? (lemmy.world)

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To explain what I mean, I think you can level up a cooking style. For example, pasta. At level 1, you're boiling dried pasta and adding sauce out of a jar. At level 1, you add your own spices. Level 3, switch to fresh pasta. Level 4, make your own sauce. And finally at level 5, make the pasta from scratch.

So with BBQ, I guess level 1 would be cooking the meat so it's neither burnt nor underdone. Maybe level 2 is mixing different meats/cuts that have different heat/time requirements and cooking well. Further levels = ?

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Message bullets (lemmy.world)

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Picture this: you're working in a large open-plan office and you need to send a message to Steve at the other end of the room. You pull out your messenger handgun, dictate your message (because you paid for the voice recognition feature) and let it engrave your words on a bullet. Then you simply fire it at the target mounted above Steve's cube!

Fast, attention-getting and simple. It's the perfect system.

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What three unrelated movies make a perfect set? (lemmy.world)

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Tesco's Laser-Etched Avocados to Save on Packaging Waste - Core77 (www.core77.com)

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I'm sharing this because any reduction in unnecessary packaging waste is good for the planet - and because I think laser-etching avocados is funny. 🙂

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Alternatives to onion grating (lemmy.world)

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I followed a Jaime Oliver recipe for curry, which started with grating onion, ginger and garlic. I liked the curry, but grating an onion is a miserable job. He said that technique unlocked the onion's 'sweetness'. How much difference do you think I'd notice if I used a food processor?

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Why does melted cheese just taste better? (lemmy.world)

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'Reef stars' restored Indonesia's blast-damaged corals in just 4 years (grist.org)

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13601128

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/8027175

'Reef stars' restored Indonesia's blast-damaged corals in just 4 years

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Loki (spoilers) (lemmy.world)

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I noticed that one of the monitors in the loom control room had "SKIN?" written on it in the dust that covered it. It seemed pretty mysterious and I was sure it was a detail that was going to be important, but it never came up as far as I noticed. Any theories as to what it's about?