MrsDoyle

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How soon after an earlobe piercing can you start changing the jewelry? in c/WomensStuff@lazysoci.al
[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 16 hours ago

I went with plain gold rings immediately after piercing. The advice was to swab my lobes twice daily with alcohol, turning the rings then and only then. They healed pretty quickly with no fuss. I've pretty much stuck to pure gold rings since - turns out I'm allergic to nickel, very common metal for stud posts and keepers.

Cloudflare CEO warns AI and zero-click internet are killing the web's business model in c/technology@lemmy.zip
[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 6 points 22 hours ago

I have a few books that came free with PC mags back in the day, full of links to mad crazy websites and interesting/useful stuff. So few pixels back then!!

Beans and rice are nice in c/cooking@lemmy.world
[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Chickpea curry is delicious. Americans probably call chickpeas something else.

Ever thankful in c/lemmybewholesome@lemmy.world
My dearest Lemmy, what is the appliance you have the most beef with? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago

I discovered that a dehumidifier is really good at drying clothes cheaply. The one I bought has a specific button for laundry.

My dearest Lemmy, what is the appliance you have the most beef with? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
End of 10 - Windows ten is ending. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again? in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Neil Stephenson's "In the Beginning... Was the Command Line" (1999) touches on this. He compares Microsoft to a station wagon vs Linux as a free tank. People keep buying the station wagon because no-one wants to learn how to drive a tank, even if it's free. (Apple is a luxury car in his analogy.)

My first computer ran on MS-DOS, and I've seen Windows hiding DOS deeper and deeper behind the GUI. And now AI... ugh. I've been tinkering with Linux on old laptops so I'm ready for the move, it's just finding the time.

End of 10 - Windows ten is ending. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again? in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

It's true. A friend asked for help on his new laptop and after a confusing conversation I realised he was upset because the web browser had "lost" his "bookmarks". No, those aren't bookmarks, those are shortcuts to your most recent web pages. Looks like you don't have any bookmarks. Let me show you how to make a bookmark...

He's not dumb or even inexperienced with tech, he just has a different mindset.

End of 10 - Windows ten is ending. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again? in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah yeah, I will get round to it, stop bloody nagging me.

Liquid Trees in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The London plane tree is particularly suitable for urban areas, it's resistant to air pollution.

Liquid Trees in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 57 points 1 week ago (9 children)

I discovered when I joined a volunteer litter-picking group in my town that some people really hate trees. And I must emphasise HATE. They hate the shade they cast in summer, the way the leaves block the all-important View. They hate the fallen leaves in autumn. They hate the bare branches in winter. They hate the risk of branches falling in storms. They hate the racket the birds make. I was astonished - it never occurred to me that people would feel so strongly.

Turns out I'm a bloody tree-hugging extremist.

It's really easy to take for granted since most of us have never known any different. in c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
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Sock blankets (sh.itjust.works)
 

Thrilled to have found a Lemmy knitting group! I'm a sock obsessive, I just love knitting socks, so I've ended up with an staggering amount of "scrap" yarn. The solution - blankets. This is my second Cosiest Memories project and this time I have a Plan. The first one was truly random, with lots of placement errors. When it was finished I did a dark icord edge, and suddenly it was smart!

So for the second one I'm adding an inner border of that same colour and (eventually) will finish with icord. I might even knit some more socks!

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My first post (sh.itjust.works)
 

I'm a Reddit refugee and in all the years I was there I never made a single post. I'm very much enjoying the Fediverse, especially Lemmy, and thought I'd share my happy place with you all.

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