[–] 5 points 5 hours ago

Oh my god, give it a fucking rest!

You posted a link that required a login, and people said "I'm not signing up for a social media account just to read a single article." Your response was to insult everyone and tell them that they signed up for lemmy so they should have ni problem with EhNow.

Quit acting so butthurt and grow up. You're doing a great job of making me avoid EhNow.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago

    Farkas is going after Johnston personalky, which is really inappropriate, even though he's right.

    He should have asked the city's ethics commissioner to investigate and let the consequences fall out from that. This is one of his big weaknesses.

    But Johnston is dumber than all of the stupid in city council combined. I'm so disappointed in Calgarians for electing this twit.

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  • [–] 31 points 6 days ago (10 children)

    I don't believe it.

    I know the questions are deliberately worded to be ambiguous and leading, but every single one is clearly a racist dogwhistle. For all of the redneck shitheads emboldened by our government of bigots and traitors, I don't think the majority of Albertans are that bad.

    Guess we'll see.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

    Sunny Boy is Canadian. Based in Edmonton with their mill in Camrose, they source and manufacture locally. Great pancake mix and great porridge.

    If you can't get it locally, ask your store manager to bring it in.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 child)

    I just played through Fallout New Vegas "Dead Money," and it got me thinking about this.

    What made it immersive for me was that the constraints were (a) explained within the story line, and (b) effective in making the situation consistent.

    In the normal game, you start from nothing and eventually become massively overpowered, which is immersion-breaking because if you can do it, why not all of the NPCs? In Dead Money, you are strapped for resources, pressed for time, and feel the looming fear all the time. The experience is more visceral.

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  • submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by to c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world
     

    No, it wasn't a woodworking tour de force (which wouldn't belong here), it was an Ikea desk. The perfect dull furniture.

    But it's almost twice as wide as the makeshift worktable I had before, much more stable, and has a drawer pedestal on one side. My oscilloscope fits nicely on it, and there's space to actually work on projects now.

    edit a picture for y'all

    submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by to c/askelectronics@discuss.tchncs.de
     

    I've got a vintage HP digital counter, model HP-5216A. It was working, right up until the moment that it fell and broke two of the tubes' glass envelopes.

    I really don't know where to source Nixie tubes. I see a few people who are making clocks with them, but not selling individual parts.

    It's apparently an HP-1970-0025, which is a rebranded Burroughs B-5560.

    Don't imagine this is the right place to find them, but I'm hoping it's the right place to find someone to tell me the right place to find them.

     

    I have had a 1960-era Marlin (not Martin!) guitar since I was a teen in the '80s. I abused it, trashed the finish, changed the electronics, and then took it apart for a project that never happened.

    I'd like to restore it roughly to its original state. Right now, it's all about the electronics.

    First off, is there any advantage to lining the body (pickup) cavity with copper foil? Will it reduce the noise and hum?

    Secondly, since I have to desolder the switches, will twisting the pickup leads help?

    Thirdly, does anyone have a wiring diagram for this thing? Two single coil pickups each run to an on/off toggle, but then I've got a handful of broken and loose parts.

    The URL is for an auction of a guitar (almost) identical to mine, just to trigger anyone's memories.

    Thanks all!

     

    My cheap no-name Chinese backpack is finally falling apart, after over 20 years of absolutely solid service.

    I want something that will last at least another 20 years, will hold a modern 16" laptop (e.g. Macbook), and will also let me toss a pair of jeans and light jacket in, when I ride home from work in the spring and fall afternoons.

    I'd like to avoid American brands if possible.

    Looked online at the SwissGear 5698 and Endure, but don't know how well they're built, or if they'll hold my junk.

    Any recommendations?

     

    A few weeks ago our shower started to occasionally drain slowly. As it got worse, I thought I'd have to get out the snake or call a plumber. Then the other day I thought 'why not just try the plunger?'

    30 seconds of plunging, and I suddenly felt the blockage break loose, and the 8cm of standing water drained immediately.

    Gotta love simple fixes that work.

     

    OK, I am obviously not talking about Hawksbill tortoiseshell - so illegal it almost hurts to LOOK at a pick. So we have created a thousand analogues, including things like synthetic plastics (delrin, ultex, etc.) and polymerized natural proteins (galalith et al).

    But there are green turtles which are entirely unthreatened, and have comparable shells. There are horns from a dozen animals which are made of keratin. There are HORSE HOOVES that get routinely trimmed. Why are these not being used to replace actual tortoiseshell, despite being chemically closest to it?

     

    Just in the last few months, it seems like everyone who is doing content creation on youtube (etc.) is holding a tiny mic up, in the frame of the camera.

    I get that mics are needed, but a good desk mic or a headset or whatever else you might imagine is just as good acoustically, and far less distracting. And they were all in use up until a few months ago.

    Is this just a fashion trend?

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