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What are some unwritten rules of Lemmy most users don't know? by markr in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[-] markr@lemmy.world 1 points 3 minutes ago

Nothing written here can possibly be correct.

Why is the US not considered a third world country? by markr in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

If everyone is fired by AI, who's going to buy the products and services made by the companies if no one has money anymore? by markr in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

[-] markr@lemmy.world 12 points 4 hours ago

Everyone will be working multiple shitty service jobs that robots are not cost effective to automate. Our miserable wages will be just sufficient to keep the wheels on the cart from falling off.

Republicans Try to Blame Democrats, the Media, CRT for Shooting by markr in c/politics@lemmy.world

[-] markr@lemmy.world 45 points 4 hours ago

Anything But The Guns.

Thomas Matthew Crooks: The registered Republican and gun lover who shot Trump by markr in c/politics@lemmy.world

[-] markr@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

That is almost entirely a myth. Yes, there are 'cross over votes' in states that don't have open primaries but facilitate party enrollment, but those cross over voters are almost always 'independent' voters who enroll and then unenroll and are not doing anything other than voting for the candidate of their choice in the primary that candidate is running in. So called 'strategic voting', as far as I know, has never made any difference in any presidential primary, but go ahead and bring up the bodies.

Tesla recalls Cybertrucks over accelerator crash risk by markr in c/news@lemmy.world

[-] markr@lemmy.world 99 points 2 months ago

3,878 fuglytruks is the apparently the entire fleet. That is the really big story here. The fuglytruk is a flop. Nobody wants an 80k rust bucket.

Nintendo Switch emulator, Yuzu, developers settling lawsuit from Nintendo with $2.4M payout, handing over its domains, and agreeing "Yuzu [is] primarily designed to circumvent [DRM]". by markr in c/technology@lemmy.world

[-] markr@lemmy.world 99 points 4 months ago

I started out in the computer industry working for a company that reverse engineered and built IBM compatible terminal systems, This was more than 40 years ago, when that was its own large and profitable sector of the computer hardware market. It was absolutely legal to build 'plug compatible' reverse engineered third party systems. DRM is almost entirely horseshit that has helped turn the entire tech industry into silo'd enshittified monopolies.

US verges on vaccination tipping point, faces thousands of needless deaths: FDA by markr in c/news@lemmy.world

[-] markr@lemmy.world 101 points 6 months ago

Holy shit I thought this was only about Covid. These absolute idiots are breaking herd immunity for the entire field of virus based diseases.

Race played role in sentencing of Black child, 10, for urinating in public, lawyer says by markr in c/news@lemmy.world

[-] markr@lemmy.world 170 points 7 months ago

Raise your hand if you have ever peed in a public area. ✋

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My Moka pot went into sputter mode. (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by markr@lemmy.world to c/coffee@lemmy.world

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So about two weeks ago my 9-cup pot started failing. Instead of a nice rich flow, it did nothing until it started to boil, and then produced about 3 of it's 9 'cups' via a disgusting tasting over boiled sputtering mess.

I changed the filter. I cleaned the interior with a toothbrush. I blamed the beans. I blamed the grind. I was wrong every time. I was in despair. I youtubed.

https://youtu.be/4yGinq5NaCA?feature=shared

TL;DW: use thread tape to correct the fit between the funnel and the top of the water container. Works great!

How is woke a religion? by markr in c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world

[-] markr@lemmy.world 139 points 10 months ago

Lumping 'always' with 'sometimes' is cooking your results to meet your objective.

Activists spray red paint over billionaire Walmart heiress's superyacht for a second time by markr in c/news@lemmy.world

[-] markr@lemmy.world 99 points 10 months ago

Good. Symbolic protests are a way to surface issues suppressed by the dominant ideology. If it gets any media coverage it is a success.

66% of Americans want European-style vacation policies, like being OOO for the entire month of August by markr in c/news@lemmy.world

[-] markr@lemmy.world 160 points 10 months ago

Approximately 50% of voters will vote for a political party that views any such reform as communism.

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Lemmy is trending toward all links no content (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by markr@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Sorry, no link to some ‘news’ article. /s

I’m a newcomer myself, but it seems my feed is just filled with low-effort news links with no other content. It’s c/mildlyinfuriating at this point. Maybe moderators outside of communities that are specifically for current events could require at least an effort by the op to add some of her own thoughts?

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Starter preserving methods (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by markr@lemmy.world to c/sourdough@lemmy.world

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I bake weekly using a levain. I preserve about 25g from the levain in the refrigerator as my starter. There seem to be two choices for how to do this:

After feeding the old starter to begin the levain ferment.
After the levain has fermented.

So I conducted an experiment. I now have two 25g starters in my refrigerator. The first is fed but not fermented. The second is fed and fermented.

Visually these starters are quite different. (1) is ‘ bready’ and full of bubbles. (2) is soupy and no visible bubbles, but on close examination there are fine bubbles in it.

Baking the same recipe for each I get approximately identical results.

As far as I can tell it makes no difference which method I use.

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Lifehackers reviews lemmy and basically gets everything wrong. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by markr@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world

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