Weldawadyathink's recent activity
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Comment on Making liquid nitrogen from scratch (an absurd amount) in ~science
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Comment on Supermarket rewards card- yes or no? in ~finance
Weldawadyathink Link ParentSomeone got the reference! The song is apparently called 867-5309/Jenny. I guess it’s a fitting name. Apparently area codes came about in 1947, but I think phones defaulted to the local code for a...Someone got the reference! The song is apparently called 867-5309/Jenny. I guess it’s a fitting name.
Apparently area codes came about in 1947, but I think phones defaulted to the local code for a long time. I remember it switching to requiring an area code sometime in my lifetime. Maybe it was when we switched from pots (plain old telephone service) to VoIP (voice over ip/internet).
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Comment on Supermarket rewards card- yes or no? in ~finance
Weldawadyathink Link ParentAnother option is Jenny. 867-5309 in the local area code works for just about any loyalty program.Another option is Jenny. 867-5309 in the local area code works for just about any loyalty program.
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Comment on Suggestions for a new Steam Deck user looking to make Desktop mode pleasant to use? in ~games
Weldawadyathink LinkWhat makes you say it’s barebones? What exactly is missing? KDE is a pretty robust desktop environment. The only missing feature I can think of between Steam deck desktop and some KDE distribution...What makes you say it’s barebones? What exactly is missing? KDE is a pretty robust desktop environment. The only missing feature I can think of between Steam deck desktop and some KDE distribution is being able to install system packages (you can do it, but it wipes with every update). And most things can be installed as an app image or flat pack.
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Comment on Tips/guides to turn my home into a smart home? in ~tech
Weldawadyathink Link ParentIf your Synology supports VM manager, I would highly recommend installing HA operating system in a VM. If you are already very familiar with docker container management and dead set on not using a...If your Synology supports VM manager, I would highly recommend installing HA operating system in a VM. If you are already very familiar with docker container management and dead set on not using a VM, the docker container is a good path, but HAOS has a bunch of nice to have features that docker doesn’t. Most notably, there is an ecosystem of HA addons that run as docker containers. Installing those is usually as simple as clicking install. If you are running HA docker, you have to set up those containers yourself. It isn’t difficult, but it is much simpler to have HA manage those for you. I have plenty of experience running docker containers, and some experience building my own containers, but I still always have HAOS instead of docker.
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Comment on Thieves steal crown jewels in four minutes from Louvre Museum in Paris in ~arts
Weldawadyathink Link ParentI know it’s a meme that the Mona Lisa is small, but I saw it in person, and it actually didn’t seem that small. The Louvre makes you stand pretty far from it for crowd control. They also put it in...I know it’s a meme that the Mona Lisa is small, but I saw it in person, and it actually didn’t seem that small. The Louvre makes you stand pretty far from it for crowd control. They also put it in a large room with a bunch of huge pictures in it. Directly across was an entire floor to ceiling paining. It is absolutely the smallest picture in the room, but it didn’t seem particularly small. Wikipedia claims it’s just under 3ft by 2ft, which is honestly pretty reasonable for a paining hung in a normal house.
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Comment on Need help unlocking phone from carrier (AT&T) in ~tech
Weldawadyathink Link ParentYep, that is what I expected. Thank god for some customer protections. But I don’t buy your later reasoning. I think it’s probably what the company executives tell themselves, but I think it is...- To lock users in for the legally maximum amount of time to increase the chance of long term customer retention
Yep, that is what I expected. Thank god for some customer protections. But I don’t buy your later reasoning. I think it’s probably what the company executives tell themselves, but I think it is bad reasoning. Verizon explicitly allows you to cancel immediately after getting a carrier deal. Before you can use their service, they check your credit score. Their device promotions are given as bill credits over a few years, and if you cancel before that, you have to pay the remaining device cost. If you don’t, they will happily send you to collections and block your device imei. The 60 day lock doesn’t change anything. This is like your bank saying you can’t refinance your mortgage with another bank for the first 10 years, and saying it prevents people defaulting. No, repossession and debt collections prevent defaults.
- supply chain theft
That part actually makes sense, and I hadn’t thought about it. Again, I feel like it would be better handled with inventory controls and imei blocking, but the slight deterrent here makes some sense.
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Comment on Need help unlocking phone from carrier (AT&T) in ~tech
Weldawadyathink LinkCan I just rant for a moment? This isn’t helpful to you at all, but I just recently had some annoyances with carrier locks. I just helped my family upgrade to the latest iPhone using a really good...Can I just rant for a moment? This isn’t helpful to you at all, but I just recently had some annoyances with carrier locks.
I just helped my family upgrade to the latest iPhone using a really good Verizon deal. In the fine print, Verizon locks devices for 60 days. That didn’t annoy me much, since we don’t have any overseas travel planned. But the reason they gave annoyed me. Their reason was “to prevent device theft”. Wtf? How on earth does a carrier lock prevent stolen devices? The phones aren’t locked to a particular Verizon account. Anyone with Verizon can use these devices. Take a look at swappa. The prices aren’t meaningfully different for locked devices, at least for the large carriers like Verizon. And even if they were, a thief only has to wait two months and can then sell the stolen device as unlocked. Just say what it is really for: to prevent you from switching carriers. You already hide it in the fine print. Just don’t lie about the reason.
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Comment on In an extract from their new book, international referee Jonas Eriksson describes how top officials were made to strip down to be weighed and have their body fat checked in ~sports.football
Weldawadyathink Link ParentI was a soccer referee. It was for kids soccer, not professional soccer, and not even a very high level. You absolutely do have to be in good shape. The ball moves far faster than any single...I was a soccer referee. It was for kids soccer, not professional soccer, and not even a very high level. You absolutely do have to be in good shape. The ball moves far faster than any single player, and the positions that have good lines of sight to the play are complex and change quickly. Referees consistently run further distances in a game than the players.
That being said, tracking body fat instead of direct ability to keep up with the play is stupid.
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Comment on What ridiculous thing would you spend billions on? in ~talk
Weldawadyathink Link ParentIt’s really amazing how much nicer it is to exist in a city where drivers aren’t assholes. I lived in Bordeaux France for a year with no car, so I walked and biked pretty extensively. Bordeaux...It’s really amazing how much nicer it is to exist in a city where drivers aren’t assholes. I lived in Bordeaux France for a year with no car, so I walked and biked pretty extensively. Bordeaux doesn’t have the greatest bike infrastructure compared to where I grew up in California. Many streets use the hated sharrow instead of a dedicated bike lane. My town in CA has bike lanes everywhere. Despite this, biking in Bordeaux is downright pleasant. In my year there, I had maybe two or three instances of a driver cutting it too close when passing or driving aggressively around me. In my town in CA, I only have to bike for 5 minutes to have the same number of agressive drivers.
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Comment on What code editor / IDE do you use (2025)? in ~comp
Weldawadyathink LinkI really wanted to use a jetbrains ide (in my case webstorm). I love a lot about it. But they refuse to correctly follow the macOS style guide, and the issue to fix this has been open for years...I really wanted to use a jetbrains ide (in my case webstorm). I love a lot about it. But they refuse to correctly follow the macOS style guide, and the issue to fix this has been open for years without any real response. If you aren’t aware, on macOS, the first click on a window that isn’t focused shouldn’t perform any significant actions. This makes it so that if you have just a corner of a window sticking out, you can safely click it to show that window without changing anything. I use this feature, and window stacking, extensively. Some apps are better than others, but most are okay. In jetbrains, everything is clickable when out of focus. And an ide is so button dense that almost every pixel of space does something. I would often find myself with a few square inches of a webstorm window poking out and still have to show the menu bar to focus it. It doesn’t seem like a huge issue, but it was very disruptive to my workflow.
So for now I am sticking with vs code forks. Currently I pay for and use cursor, which is pretty dang useful. Far more useful than a ChatGPT or Gemini subscription.
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Comment on Israel and Hamas agree to first phase of peace plan to pause fighting and release hostages in ~society
Weldawadyathink Link ParentMy favorite is him saying that 300 million Americans died from drug overdoses. That would be 88% of the population. An impressive feat.My favorite is him saying that 300 million Americans died from drug overdoses. That would be 88% of the population. An impressive feat.
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Comment on Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without an online account in ~tech
Weldawadyathink Link ParentWhich version of windows? If I remember correctly, that could be problematic with Windows 7 and before. Windows 8.1 and 10 were actually pretty decent about swapping hardware around.Which version of windows? If I remember correctly, that could be problematic with Windows 7 and before. Windows 8.1 and 10 were actually pretty decent about swapping hardware around.
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Comment on Indecision: Get a camera despite having a phone in ~tech
Weldawadyathink Link ParentI don’t think anything you said disagrees with that advice. You just happen to have your fujifilm on you most of the time, so it is the better camera. For someone else who had a fancy fujifilm...I don’t think anything you said disagrees with that advice. You just happen to have your fujifilm on you most of the time, so it is the better camera. For someone else who had a fancy fujifilm camera but never brings it with them, their phone would be a better camera. The advice isn’t saying to only use the camera that is with you 100% of the time. It is just saying that a camera that you keep in the box doesn’t do you any good.
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Comment on What common misunderstanding do you want to clear up? in ~talk
Weldawadyathink Link ParentIn my city we have a local family owned repair shop that works exclusively on Subarus. They also maintain a fleet of loaner cars, and buy used cars to repair and sell. Their cars sell for a good...In my city we have a local family owned repair shop that works exclusively on Subarus. They also maintain a fleet of loaner cars, and buy used cars to repair and sell. Their cars sell for a good bit over blue book, but they do all the service and repair the car needs before selling it, so it is usually a good value. In the past, they always had 10-20 cars listed. When I went in a few months ago, they had zero listed, and I asked them why. They said that totaled cars are being bought at auction sight unseen for more than msrp routinely. So, at least in my area, the used market is still fucked.
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Comment on What common misunderstanding do you want to clear up? in ~talk
Weldawadyathink LinkI have another one to throw into this thread. I didn’t think it was very common, but I started reading an autism book that has this issue. Neurodiverse: a group of people with a variety of...I have another one to throw into this thread. I didn’t think it was very common, but I started reading an autism book that has this issue.
Neurodiverse: a group of people with a variety of neurologies.
Neurodivergent: a single person who is neurologically different than the standard.
A single person cannot be neurodiverse. To use a metaphor, a single apple cannot be a “variety”. It might be a unique or unusual apple, but it, alone, cannot be a variety. We tilderinos are a neurodiverse group, but we are not neurodivergent. The people commenting in the mental health support group are neurodivergent, but those individuals are not neurodiverse.
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Comment on Timasomo 2025: Roll Call in ~creative.timasomo
Weldawadyathink LinkI think I am going to have to pass. I am switching to a new winery for the last month of harvest, and I’ll be working crazy hours. But please keep me on the notification list.I think I am going to have to pass. I am switching to a new winery for the last month of harvest, and I’ll be working crazy hours. But please keep me on the notification list.
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Comment on What common misunderstanding do you want to clear up? in ~talk
Weldawadyathink Link ParentPretty much! They do have two separate sets of brakes. In order to stop, they release the grips from the cable and use traditional friction brakes to slow down....Pretty much! They do have two separate sets of brakes. In order to stop, they release the grips from the cable and use traditional friction brakes to slow down.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_cable_car_system
Looks like my memory had a few details wrong. That article is a fun read. Another fun fact, the cable has to go through complex pulley systems to go around corners. Because of this, the cars can’t grip around corners. So they have to maintain enough speed to get around the corner and regrip to the straight cable section.
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Comment on What common misunderstanding do you want to clear up? in ~talk
Weldawadyathink LinkFor whatever reason, I get irrationally annoyed when people mix up cable cars with funiculars. A funicular has ride cars that are permanently attached to a cable. To move the car, the cable is...For whatever reason, I get irrationally annoyed when people mix up cable cars with funiculars.
A funicular has ride cars that are permanently attached to a cable. To move the car, the cable is driven by a motor. When the car is stopped, the cable does not move. Typically funiculars have two identical vehicles that trade places and counterweight each other, but that is not necessary. Despite being called a cable car by my tour guide, the railway to the castle in Ljubljana, Slovenia is a funicular, not a cable car.
With a cable car, the cable is constantly moving, even when the vehicle(s) are stopped. The vehicles have independent brakes, and can grip to the constantly moving cable to accelerate. There is no counterweight system in a cable car.
Fun fact, the cable cars in San Francisco use cedar blocks to grip the cable. You can smell them when they accelerate. They have to be replaced every few weeks.
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Comment on What game is your personal "Silksong"? in ~games
Weldawadyathink LinkI’m surprised nobody has mentioned this yet. Factorio Space Age. Okay, yes, it’s technically a DLC not a game, but I think it still qualifies. I have talked about it a ton here on tildes, so I...I’m surprised nobody has mentioned this yet. Factorio Space Age. Okay, yes, it’s technically a DLC not a game, but I think it still qualifies. I have talked about it a ton here on tildes, so I won’t go into it much here. If Wube released a dlc that did literally nothing, I would buy it day one and be happy. I have gotten far more than my money’s worth out of Factorio. But instead of a cash grab, they released a fantastic dlc that more than met my expectations. Wonderful game, and wonderful dev team.
Suction doesn’t work in a vacuum. When you drink through a straw, you lower the pressure in the straw, but that lower pressure doesn’t “pull” the liquid up at all. The atmospheric air pressure on the rest of the liquid, which is now higher than the pressure in the straw, pushes the liquid up the straw. If you had the drink in a vacuum container with the straw exiting the vacuum (the same scenario as the dewer), and lowered the pressure in that straw, the liquid levels would happily stay the same. You need some pressure on the liquid to move it up the straw.
That being said, I am also confused about how the dewer is supposed to be used.