DrBob

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It happens so fast in c/memes@lemmy.world
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

Or just not funny. I should go back to pedantry.

It happens so fast in c/memes@lemmy.world
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca -2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Weak cocktail, sad garden. Adult better.

What's the best historical drama series you've seen? in c/television@piefed.social
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago

I Claudius

Time Magazine 100 Best Podcasts of All Time in c/hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

A list like this is always going to be controversial. But I cannot believe that The History of English didn't make the list.

Moore, Sir Roger Moore... in c/memes@lemmy.world
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 11 points 4 days ago

They address this in the book From Russia With Love. Everybody knows the station chief of Instanbul is a spy. He doesn't even hide it. As he says, there are advantages and disadvantages. Certainly anyone with information knows where to go.

flowers for the lost in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 15 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Boobs squish at crash forces. The pressure with crash testing is keep every variable consistent so that results can be compared over time. I read an article years ago about the trouble of maintaining a supply of "tea rose" colored underwear for that reason.

eta: http://www.lipkie.com/humor/1999/990430_36.htm

Worldbuilding in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 65 points 1 week ago (6 children)

This all true, but wood still burned. You think forest fires are bad now? Imagine several centuries of dry timber stacked up waiting for a lightning strike.

Looking into buying an electric-assist cargo trike. It seems the market is dominated by versions that have 2 front wheels and 1 rear, is this easier to use/work on or something? in c/utilitycycling@slrpnk.net
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Safety. The one front wheel arrangement opens the risk of tipovers during hard braking or cargo shift. It's the reason that ATVs went to a quad configuration from from the original trikes.

Iraq before war Golden Age era in c/historyruins@lemmy.world
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

They wanted to audit BP because the government believed the company was under reporting revenue. And America took that personally.

Uhhhn in c/memes@jlai.lu
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

There was literally an app back in the day that did this kind of thing. It was called Sensuvox.

A good shower is a simple shower, no matter what influencers recommend in c/health@lemmy.world
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 week ago

Showers are more than contact with water. Soap/cleansers help remove surface bacteria that water contact alone cannot. Also if you are rubbing your crack in a pool to clean that up then nobody else wants to swim there. You are supposed to shower before getting in a pool for a reason.

Have you ever been invited to a search party? in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hi-viz and hiking boots.

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Proto-meme. So old it spread by print and cats didn't rule the internet. (infosec.pub)
 

Published in the New Yorker in 1993, the same year the world wide web went live.

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Purchased from FARK at the turn of the century. (infosec.pub)
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Antediluvian meme (infosec.pub)
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whatever is on my phone (infosec.pub)
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I didn't eat supper tonight. (lemmy.ca)
 

I ate so many cookies I wasn't hungry. I'm sure there will be regrets - I might need a Tums before bed.

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Friday Night (lemmy.ca)
 

I don't know if this is what your after, but I flew into Denver today. I ate a takeout burrito in my hotel room while watching tv. I'm going to be in bed by 8.

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So my wife thinks we're getting shelled tonight. (lemmy.ca)
 

She doesn't really watch hockey so I don't know what her opinion is worth. But she wanted to do Leafs Lucky Guess with me this morning. Evidently we are going to lose 16-1 or something.

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Do audits actually matter? (lemmy.ca)
 

The US 2nd circuit has ruled that auditors opinions aren't relevant in cases of investor fraud because the statements are too vague for people to rely on. Whut?

Wall Street Journal article here for those who have access.

Here is a professor's blog entry for a barrier free commentary on the importance of the case.

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What is the biggest corporate heel turn that you know? (lemmy.ca)
 

I was thinking about this after listening to Marc Andreassen blather on about how he doesn't trust government as a repository of trusted keys and other functions. He advocates for private companies to perform critical functions. Standard libertarian stuff in many respects.

The problem of course is that corporations lack accountability. They can shift terms and conditions or corporate purpose and there is little meaningful recourse except to stop using them. I can think of small examples that don't widely resonate (Mountain Equipment Co-op I'm thinking of you 🤬) but are there big examples that I'm missing?

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Recommendations for lightweight WSYWIG page editor? (lemmy.ca)
 

I am finally going to join the '90s and set up a blog. The audience is mostly students to show how the academic stuff blends with real world professional practice. I'm an adjunct so I have a foot in both worlds.

I have my domain names (parked for years) and free webhosting through my university - but the university doesn't provide any development tools. All of the recommended tools I've run across (weebly, wix, webflow etc.) either want to host the page, manage the domain name, or require a fee to link the page to my host. I'm simply looking for a low cost site builder where I can edit my files and move them to my webspace.

Any recommendations for a WSYWIG style editor? I'd be happy to not have to learn any actual coding, but will if I have to.

The last time I did any of this I was manually tagging static pages in notepad (lol).

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