nilloc

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[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In my experience with my aged relatives, they all feel extra cold now and either crank the heat up or move south.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

Nokia N75. It was an upgrade from a Sony Ericsson hand-me-down after my invincible Nokia was thrown out of the window of my car as it was being stolen (I called it and the thief answered… long story).

The N75 had a 2mp camera and MP3 playing, but tiny storage and I got a free iPod (the touch wheel one) with a college powebook around the same time. I used the N75 online once, to locate a restaurant one time, and it probably cost my $3-5 since I had no data plan.

This was a right before the iPhone 3G would make those affordable and launch the App Store. I bought that for my wife and we never went back.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 years ago

It’s not gonna make his hands look any bigger though.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago

It’sa really small looking nail, hopefully it’s just a funny angle.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I thought cigarettes were still the main currency.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Wait till they find out about lucky charms.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah I can’t think of any of my problems that would be an issue for a billionaire. The only one we all have in common is probably ~~cancer~~, death and maybe microplastic ingestion.

Though they can afford full body scans for cancer and catch and treat it before I even have an appointment after feeling sick for months.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Early on in his term, I wrote a grease monkey script that changed “fake news” to “fake hair”. But then dumped chrome and didn’t copy it over. The crayon font is a great idea too.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 years ago

Most of us assumed this the moment he announced its release.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 2 years ago

How could they have know that 250 years later, we’d have miniature Gatling guns that fit in a pocket and can be reloaded in seconds when they wrote the second amendment.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 years ago

The first flashlight batteries were entirely zinc casings because it was the negative electrode.

They had a carbon rod (anode) and manganese oxide wrapper and were filled with ammonium chloride electrolyte.

Burning the ammonium chloride might have been the most dangerous part, not sure if that could release chlorine gas or not, but probably not with most fires.

Zinc fumes alone are pretty terrible to breath though. Welders can get sick for a couple days if they weld galvanized steel without cleaning it well. Supposedly drinking milk helps the symptoms, but I’ve avoided it so far.

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