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[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 7 points 5 months ago

this chronically underfunded school in red state is infested with giant termites

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 3 points 5 months ago

can these things be reflashed?

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Manufacturers, knowingly or unknowingly, use commercial-grade PG when making cough syrups to cut costs.

i'd note that there's zero technical reason why DEG would end up in PG. reaction of water with ethylene oxide gives you ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol and higher analogues and these are then separated by distillation. propylene glycol is made from propylene oxide instead, and it's more expensive than ethylene oxide. diethylene glycol has little use on its own, at least compared to other glycols

however,

The physical properties of diethylene glycol make it an excellent counterfeit for pharmaceutical-grade glycerine (also called glycerol) or propylene glycol

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 3 points 5 months ago

there is an ancient spell that will help you:

india romeo mike space hotel tango tango papa sierra colon slash slash golf echo tango dot alpha charlie tango india victor alpha tango echo delta dot whisky india november space pipe space india echo xray

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 17 points 5 months ago

this can be dealt with

After the Nazi invasion of Denmark this placed them in danger; it was illegal at the time to send gold out of Germany, and were it discovered that Laue and Franck had done so, they could have faced prosecution. To prevent this, de Hevesy concealed the medals by dissolving them in aqua regia and placing the resulting solution on a shelf in his laboratory at the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen. After the war, he returned to find the solution undisturbed and precipitated the gold out of the acid.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_de_Hevesy#World_War_II_and_beyond

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 16 points 6 months ago

it seems to me that bigger problem is that they also think that software can solve these problems

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 3 points 6 months ago (3 children)

wait, there's a specialized tool for cutting cock rings?

also i guess some variant of miniature wire saw would work

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 7 points 6 months ago

is nobel committee fronting everyone on the next bubble?

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

i was thinking of this specifically https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/05/generative-ai-runs-on-gambling-addiction-just-one-more-prompt-bro/

it has bits of gambling thing, it has a bit pf psychic con, it has a bit of perpetual yes-man

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Trains (electric) or pipelines generally won't, but pipelines aren't everywhere you need them and trains can't be used for anything else in this case. Effect is the same: local shortages

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 7 points 6 months ago

this is just high-powered wankery and this article states so:

“I’ve been doing this for 10 years, and the number of times we’ve had to refer an issue to law enforcement—I have more fingers on one hand,” says James Diggans, vice president of policy and biosecurity at Twist Bioscience, a DNA synthesis company. “The real number of people who are trying to create misuse may be very close to zero.”

"oh no, look at my precious AI, it is so capable, but also i won't show it to anyone"

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

tbf chatbots do unintentionally recreate some of the things that gets people hooked to gambling but it's not enough apparently

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