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Frenemies in c/tenforward@lemmy.world
[–] cynar@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

You know you didn't know about the loop initially. Therefore, something you did without that knowledge caused it. Making changes, based on the new info will change the outcome to something different.

You wouldn't just turn around without cause in the original loop. Doing so, with your only reason being the new knowledge will change the outcome.

82-year-old YouTuber grandma was raided by police and SWATs during her live stream last night where she plays Minecraft to raise money for her grandsons cancer. Authorities brought 20 police cars in c/games@lemmy.world
[–] cynar@lemmy.world 0 points 14 hours ago

Agreed on that. Though in the scale of the UK there aren't that many cases. The ones there are however, are (deliberately) high profile. It has a chilling effect on the population, without needing to use it much.

They also hamstring the bobbies via the budget assignments. I know a lot of forces would love to get rid of some of the more overtly racist/sexist/other-ist officers. Their budget limits wages however, which limits the selection of replacements. They end up having to try and weed out the ringleaders (to fire or retire) and split the followers up.

The long and the short, most of the police are working class and do the job to try and make our country better. Some are even trying to counter the bullshit rolling down from on high.

Frenemies in c/tenforward@lemmy.world
[–] cynar@lemmy.world 9 points 16 hours ago (3 children)

That episode bugged me. You find yourself in a time loop. It's looped enough times for you to detect it.

"Let's not change anything."

... WHY?

Turn around, fly away and contact someone. Launch a probe from a distance. Change the loop, so it doesn't loop!

Oh biscuits in c/wholesome@reddthat.com
[–] cynar@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

Nicotine is a useful pesticide, so I would actually partially agree with you.

Kids watching excessive TV is a symptom of a larger problem. The negative effects mostly come from those problems, not the screen time itself.

Why does it feel like most art museums are for adults and most science museums are for kids? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] cynar@lemmy.world 7 points 17 hours ago

So are a lot of scientists.

82-year-old YouTuber grandma was raided by police and SWATs during her live stream last night where she plays Minecraft to raise money for her grandsons cancer. Authorities brought 20 police cars in c/games@lemmy.world
[–] cynar@lemmy.world 0 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

The UK force has its problems, but it functions fairly well. It also has a lot of people in it who honestly want to do a good job.

The problem is the rules and mandates coming down from the government. (And the political upper management level of the police)

82-year-old YouTuber grandma was raided by police and SWATs during her live stream last night where she plays Minecraft to raise money for her grandsons cancer. Authorities brought 20 police cars in c/games@lemmy.world
[–] cynar@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (6 children)

America has "police by intimidation" as its default response. Most of Europe seems to have "police by consent" as the default.

It leads to a different mentality. They might still roll out the whole cavalry, but it will more likely be led by a polite knock at the door, and an initial attempt to de-escalate.

Oh biscuits in c/wholesome@reddthat.com
[–] cynar@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The latest studies seem to show it's a correlation based on a common source.

What matters is spending time interacting with your child. It just happens that parents that are bad at that bit (or lack time for otter reasons) tend to also dump kids in front of the TV.

Screen time is not inherently bad. It just correlates with other bad behaviours, and can displace good ones.

Global electricity mix by source (2025) in c/dataisbeautiful@lemmy.world
[–] cynar@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Most nuclear power we have today was designed as a bomb factory (or derived from that design). The power output was almost an afterthought.

There are a lot of newer designs that are a massive improvements on the old. Some "eat" the radioactive waste of older plants. Other use pathways that don't produce long term nuclear waste. They also don't produce material suitable for atomic weapons.

Unfortunately, the anti-nuclear movement kicked in just as those designs were set to enter construction. We've lost decades of improvements that they should have gained. Even worse, a lot of the engineers have now retired or passed. It will take a decade or 2 to rebuild the knowledge base to suitable levels.

Basically, nuclear could be incredibly clean and safe. Short sited governments, and knee jerk reactions killed it. It should be part of the solution, but it's now likely too late to bring it back in at the levels required.

Scientists reverse Alzheimer’s in mice with breakthrough nanotechnology in c/science@lemmy.world
[–] cynar@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I thought it was mostly a jamming type effect. The memories are often still here, but become progressively less accessible. They then degrade from lack of use.

It might well be that a lot of memories still exist for longer than it seems. Even if not, stopping the degradation, and allowing new memories to form would allow people to remain cognitive and functional for a LOT longer.

Why the fuck would counselling be helpful for tinnitus? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca
[–] cynar@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Counselling can be useful for undoing, or avoiding maladaptive behaviours (behaviours that are intended to help one problem, but cause other, often more severe problems elsewhere). It's mostly covering the emotional results but the line is quite blurry.

If your tinnitus is bad enough for it to be offered, your likely experiencing emotional based stress from it's fallout. Unpicking that, can avoid developing worse behaviours e.g. using alcohol to get drunk each night, to help fall asleep.

I would guess, with tinnitus, you would also want more specialist help. Tinnitus itself is in the brain, it's very often caused by physical problems in the inner ear. It's possible to reprogram the brain to ignore the rogue signals (ghost or real). That would likely fall under the CBT umbrella, if not something even more specialised.

Why don't they get this? in c/memes@lemmy.world
[–] cynar@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

A lot of the big building companies, in Europe, treat solar panels as a premium option and so charge a larger profit margin on them. Installing solar, while constructing the house is a LOT cheaper and easier than retrofitting them later.

The panels have gotten cheap enough that it's no longer a real cost burden, Vs the cost of the house.

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Printer recommendations (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by cynar@lemmy.world to c/3dprinting@lemmy.world
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Hi all.

My venerable ender 3 has likely printed it's last benchy. Plus side, the tech has advanced significantly since I bought it. Down side, I've not kept track of the newer options.

Can anyone give me a rundown of which are worth looking at, and which to avoid?

I'm mostly concerned with reliability, but a speed boost would definitely be welcome. A heated chamber and/or multi material would also be very nice to have.

I would like to keep the costs closer to £500 ($680) but can stretch that, if there is a machine worth it.

I also have a complete no on bamboo printers. I don't like what they've done regarding abuse of the open source movement.

Thanks all!

Edit to add. I'm not against non open source printers. I just have an issue with companies trying to burn the ladder behind them and lock their customers into a bubble.

Double edit: The snapmaker U1 seems like my best option. Ticks all the boxes, while remaining well in budget.

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Robot Lawnmowers (lemmy.world)
 

Does anyone have much experience with robot lawnmowers? I've been considering one, but trying to find info now involves digging through a lot of AI slop.

Id prefer one that plays nicely with HA, as well as not internet dependant. It's also for a small garden (50m²).

The best bet I've seen so far is to modify a yardforce mower with open mower. What other (good) options are there?

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Damage resistant shoes (lemmy.world)
 

My daughter (6) is aggressive abusive to her shoes. Trainers seem to last about 6 weeks before the toe is destroyed and the sole delaminating. Sketchers, or boots seem to last a bit longer, maybe 2-3 months before being annihilated.

Has anyone found a brand or range that actually holds up to the abuses a small child can throw at them? I've reach the point where I'm eyeing up composite toed builders trainers. That seems overkill however, and she doesn't like the designs available in her size (UK size 2/3).

Has anyone else ran into this problem and found a viable solution? It's getting both expensive and embarrassing. Oh, and before it's suggested, my wife has vetoed the boots from a suit of armour.

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A rarely seen view (lemmy.world)
 

The challenge is, can you figure out where it is.

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What are your jokes for younger children? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by cynar@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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My daughter is 5 now. She's discovered the joy of telling jokes. Unfortunately, her repertoire is painfully small. I've also realised most of my jokes are either not age appropriate or too situational.

What are best/worst kids jokes? Extra points for any that would make her teacher groan. Apparently she LOVES jokes. 😁

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Kids Tablet recommendations. (lemmy.world)
 

I need some advice, and the amount of marketing spam had made sorting the wheat from the chaff annoyingly difficult. Hopefully you can help.

I've a young daughter, who uses an old tablet of mine to watch netflix etc. unfortunately, it was old in the tooth when she was born, and it's now become extremely annoying to use.

She currently has a Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2016). The size (10") works well, but it's gotten slow as sin, and only has 16Gb of internal memory.

Preferences wise:

  • 10" screen (±2")

  • 64Gb+ storage.

  • Long expected lifespan (inc security updates).

  • Headphone socket (adapters are asking to get broken, Bluetooth go flat)

  • Decent WiFi (more than just 2.4Ghz).

  • USB C charging preferred.

  • Wireless charging would be very helpful but not required.

  • Lower budget preferred (£200 range).

What would people recommend?

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Low cost Zigbee GU10s via Ikea (UK) (www.ikea.com)
 

For those of you in the UK, IKEA currently has a steep discount on their GU10 bulbs. I've just picked up several dimmable, colour temperature controlled bulbs for £5 each.

They play nicely with HA via a sonoff dongle and ZigBee2MQTT, even down to firmware updates.

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Recommended linux variant for gaming. (lemmy.world)
 

I've been using Ubuntu as my daily driver for a good few years now. Unfortunately I don't like the direction they seem to be heading.

I've also just ordered a new computer, so it seems like the best time to change over. While I'm sure it will start a heated debate, what variant would people recommend?

I'm not after a bleeding edge, do it all yourself OS it will be my daily driver, so don't want to have to get elbow deep in configs every 5 minutes. My default would be to go back to Debian. However, I know the steam deck is arch based. With steam developing proton so hard, is it worth the additional learning curve to change to arch, or something else?

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Custom Spec Laptop (lemmy.world)
 

I'm upgrading to a new laptop (unfortunately, a desktop is not viable for me right now). It's a VR gaming machine, with some potential work with machine learning (me learning about it). I've got a system option, but it's into price flinching territory, and wanted a once over, from those more in the know.

Are there any obvious flaws in it, and is it reasonable for the price?

  • Display: 1 x 16.0" IPS | 2560×1600 px (16:10) | 240 Hz | G-SYNC | 95 % sRGB

  • Graphic Card: 1 x NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop | 12 GB GDDR6

  • Processor: 1 x Intel Core i9-13900HX

  • Ram: 2 x 16 GB (32 GB) DDR5-5600 Samsung

  • SSD (M.2): 1 x 1 TB M.2 Samsung 990 PRO | PCIe 4.0 x4 | NVMe

  • Keyboard: 1 x Mechanical keyboard with CHERRY MX ULP Tactile switches

  • WLAN: 1 x Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 | Bluetooth 5.3

It prices up at €2,809.31 (£2,484.57 or $3,130.80) including shipping and taxes.

It's worth noting the system comes with an optional external water cooling system, so the CPU and GFX are less thermally limit, when it's plugged in. It also has a proper keyboard, not the normal membrane ones.

What are people's opinions? It is a reasonable price, or am I way too far up the diminishing returns slope?

https://bestware.com/en/xmg-neo-16-e23.html

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Fixed address WS2811/WS2812b clones. (lemmy.world)
 

My Google-fu has completely failed me. I've got an RGB addressable led curtain. It has 20 strings of 20 LEDs in a square arrangement. I initially assumed it had a wire feeding led data back up, to go to the next drop. On checking however, they are T jointed.

Apparently the address is hard coded into the RGB controller in the LED. I've found a few places where others have talked about them. I've also found that adafruit had some available,, unfortunately they lacked any info on how they are programmed, or where to source them from.

https://www.adafruit.com/product/4917

Anyone got any info on what the chip name of these is? Even better if you have any info on how they are programmed etc!

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Printer recommendations (home colour laser). (lemmy.world)
 

Might not be the best place to ask, but nowhere else reliant seemed alive.

My old laser printer has given up the ghost. What are people's recommendations on a replacement. As far as I'm aware, Brother are about the only company both making reasonably priced printers and not playing stupid games. Beyond that though, I'm not up to date on what's good and what's not.

Requirements.

  • Colour laser.

  • WiFi

  • Works with both windows and Linux

  • No need for scanner etc.

  • CD/ID card printing nice, but not required.

  • Photo quality nice, but not required (we have an ink sublimation printer for photos).

I'm UK based, which can mess with availability.

Thanks in advance.

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The beans have been consumed! The golden lemming of Lemmy has arisen! (lemmy.world)
 

All hail the lemming of Lemmy!

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