usualsuspect191

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[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 1 points 16 hours ago

Delaware St.

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Naw, you gotta tie it to your belt so she knows you're fashionable

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago

Seems to align with my personal experience that turning on the filter (but also really turning down the brightness more than the default settings on the phone allow) makes me fall asleep sooner, but that could easily be from just training myself over time that this is the signal to start the sleep shutdown process.

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 34 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Poor Guy, that was his retirement bird seed

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Is it ironic that all the survivors also happen to be the ones who don't understand survivorship bias?

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Again, talking about safety, not fires. Not only does number of fires not necessarily mean more dangerous: the fires could be on average smaller and/or easier to escape from, or maybe they tend to happen while unoccupied (block heater fires for example) etc. but also EVs could be more dangerous in other ways (they are heavier so maybe harder to avoid certain types of incidents?) so it'd be a wash even though they're less likely to burn.

Additionally, rates are a better way of looking at these things I agree, but ignoring sample size and use case can miss part off the story. That might not be free case here, it's just worth keeping in mind.

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

'Man' is often used in the same way as 'mankind'

Yes, which is why without the "a" it doesn't work. "A small step for mankind, one giant leap for mankind" is nonsensical.

He was saying he (a man) was literally taking a step with his leg, but it was a figuratively large step for the species because of where/how he was taking that step.

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 day ago (6 children)

The beauty of a time machine though is even if you take a really long time to build it, you can just go back and build it faster.

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 day ago (8 children)

It "works" in that we know what he meant, but it literally doesn't work without the "a".

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Didn't NASA confirm a little while back that it was likely a transmission issue?

Edit: hmmm, maybe not

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Didn't NASA confirm a little while back that it was likely a transmission issue?

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Of course, but we're talking safety here. The claim is that ICE vehicles are less safe than EVs. I'm wondering how that is since all of the safety features will be essentially the same.

If you're saying one has a higher risk of fire injury I'd love to see the stats on that as fires for either type are pretty rare.

 

I'm guessing there's an error somewhere, because this doesn't seem possible.

 

I have an old Sony Vaio laptop that I'm trying to get Mint Xfce to work on. I needed to use compatibility mode when originally booting from the USB in case that's relevant.

The issue I have is that after the mint logo, it's just a black screen. A hard reset and starting in recovery mode will work, but I'd like to not have to go through recovery mode every time.

I'm assuming it's a driver issue with the Nvidia card (GeForce 310M), but the Driver Manager just shows a checkmark saying no drivers needed and nothing else (I'm guessing I should be able to see current drivers or something, anything?).

I've spent the last couple of hours searching in forums and have yet to figure out how to fix it.

 

I see there's an option to add one, and am probably just overlooking where the removal option is. Going through the menus I'm not seeing it.

 

We all know the modern complaint: movie sound sucks now unless you have a high-end sound system. Frantically turning down the volume after turning it up to hear the dialogue only to need to turn it up again can be frustrating. Now, this doesn't solve the underlying problem, but why not have a "Volume A" and "Volume B" you can easily set and toggle between with the simple press of a button?

 

 

 
 
 

Yoho National Park, British Columbia, Canada

 

They're careful to make sure the bottle still looks the same from the front, but from the side you can see the difference.

 

I keep missing the vote buttons and accidentally tap on comments which then collapses them. I've accidentally collapsed/expanded some comments several times trying to vote.

Is there a setting somewhere I'm not seeing that changes this? Maybe to a long press or force needing to use the three dot menu to collapse instead.

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