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flyingjake@lemmy.oneto
News@lemmy.world•Proud Boys ex-leader Enrique Tarrio arrested for assault near US Capitol
7·2 years agohis covefeffer, if you will
flyingjake@lemmy.oneto
Technology@lemmy.world•The Cybertruck Appears to Be More Deadly Than the Infamous Ford Pinto, According to a New AnalysisEnglish
253·2 years agoThank you, my pedantic friend. (I say this because I’m often the one making the comment and getting the eyerolls)
flyingjake@lemmy.oneOPto
Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world•Believe it or not, Ojibwe people also have a story about Paul Bunyan
26·2 years agoThank you for sharing!
flyingjake@lemmy.oneto
politics @lemmy.world•Donald Trump Jr.’s ridiculous Greenland trip just took a dark turn | It appears the whole thing was staged.
4·2 years agoYou actually think they came through with a meal for those guys? I’m betting that bill was left unpaid
flyingjake@lemmy.oneOPto
News@lemmy.world•At least 5 shows canceled after drones fell from the sky at Orlando holiday event
161·2 years agoI’m wondering if someone in the crowd was interfering with the signal or these were point failures on individual drones
flyingjake@lemmy.oneto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•I have a huge bump/whitehead on nose bridge, is it safe to lance it or what is the best way to erradicate that?
5·2 years agoI would say it depends and could be one of those questions you don’t trust the Internet to answer. With the caveat I’ll happily add my bit of wisdom. If it’s filled with white and relatively new, sure try to relieve it.
- try to see if there’s a pore clogged, do some gentle squeezing around it and see if you can find the offending pore. Also note if the bump is squishy or hard. If it’s full of fluid it might squirt right out along with a hair follicle or solidified oil
- If you find a pore but can’t squeeze anything out, sterilize a needle (wipe with rubbing alcohol and let it air dry) and try to clean out the pore if you can
- If you’re really stuck you could try to puncture the skin with the needle, but draining a cyst this way will likely only help temporarily and it will grow back
- If it’s too large and/or full of “hard cheese” you may need to surgically remove it, meaning cut it open with a scalpel, drain the cyst, remove the sac, and close it back up. I would not advise doing this on your own, particularly on your face/nose and if you try this and fail to remove the sac it will potentially get infected and likely grow back soon anyway
Also, I am not a doctor and this is my opinion
flyingjake@lemmy.oneto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Not disparaging the dead or anything. But why does it seem in the US we are expected to feel sorry for a person who overdoses on illegal drugs? Didn't they make the choice knowing the outcome?
12·2 years agoIt’s often not so simple as a person making a choice and knowing the outcome. There are often many tragic factors that contribute to the situation that resulted in the overdose. One common situation is someone is injured and prescribed opioids by their doctor, perhaps having been influenced by drug companies like Purdue pharma. As they take it they become addicted, eventually the doctor cuts them off and they go to other doctors, then they may find it easier to buy from a dealer, then they may find it more affordable to buy fentanyl, and then maybe they take too much or get a bad batch and od.
They didn’t start taking drugs knowing it was going to be a bad path, they started because their doctor prescribed it and by the time they figured out they were addicted they were no longer in control and may not have had the resources to get out. It’s often not just a question of willpower but one of support and resources to help you up.
There are many other scenarios, but it’s rarely a simple result of a few conscious choices and almost always a result of people suffering in bad situations and it’s ok to feel compassion and empathy even if they weren’t completely innocent in it all.
flyingjake@lemmy.oneto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why are laptop adapters so much larger than phone adapters of same power rating?
11·2 years agoWatts are part of the electrical properties along with volts and amps. Laptop chargers have the same watts and volts but more amps.This is incorrect, Watts (power) is the product of amps * volts. The formula is P = IV. Anything with the same power and voltage will have the same amps.
The volume of power consumed would be Watts * time and gets you to capacity and usage units like watt-hours.
flyingjake@lemmy.oneto
Technology@lemmy.world•Large Boeing Satellite Suddenly Explodes Into PiecesEnglish
5·2 years agoLol I believe it would be rapid uncontrolled oxidation
flyingjake@lemmy.oneto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Is there a name for the trope where a story is high fantasy at first glance, except for it's not fantasy and is actually set in a post-apocalypse dystopian future?
4·2 years agoExactly what I was thinking, I’m not sure of any example coming before the original Charlton Heston version.
Don’t have a name for the trope tho
flyingjake@lemmy.oneto
politics @lemmy.world•Marjorie Taylor Greene slams Laura Loomer for ‘extremely racist’ post about Harris
1·2 years agoShould be no hold sparred, they just hit each other, no holds
flyingjake@lemmy.oneto
You Should Know@lemmy.world•YSK: About The Sad bastard Cookbook, when time, energy, money, or skill is preventing someone from cooking their own meals!
13·2 years agoOr packets from a fast food restaurant
flyingjake@lemmy.oneto
World News@lemmy.world•Greece introduces the six-day work weekEnglish
3·2 years agosocratic method: a method of teaching by question and answer; used by Socrates to elicit truths from his students https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratic_method
flyingjake@lemmy.oneto
Technology@lemmy.world•Self-Driving Tesla Nearly Hits Oncoming Train, Raises New Concern On Car's SafetyEnglish
191·2 years agoTo be fair, it could have fully driven itself into the train: “fully self driving” <> “fully safe driving” /s
flyingjake@lemmy.oneto
Android@lemmy.world•PSA: Nova Launcher is owned by an analytics companyEnglish
51·2 years agoSame here, I was a big fan of Nova until I discovered Niagara about a year ago. It’s a totally different concept from the icon based launchers. I love the minimalist approach to widgets and the self optimizing app list. Tying it in with sesame has led me that product as well and I’m finding the whole solution to be really nice
flyingjake@lemmy.oneto
World News@lemmy.ml•Professors, students say ‘no’ to Florida as new law targets Chinese
15·3 years agoRemoved by mod
flyingjake@lemmy.oneto
World News@lemmy.ml•Professors, students say ‘no’ to Florida as new law targets Chinese
25·3 years agoHave you heard of the Uighurs or Tibet?
flyingjake@lemmy.oneto
News@lemmy.world•Trump bemoans lack of immigrants from majority-white countries to the US
2·3 years agoWell they have to be really white though, not like those lazy Spaniards, Italians or Greeks. Should probably leave the Catholics out of it, too, and maybe the Irish for that matter. Do Portuguese count? 🤔 /s
flyingjake@lemmy.oneto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Do birds find it unpleasant to be out in the rain?
7·3 years agoI mean just because you like taking a bath or swimming doesn’t mean you’re going to enjoy standing in the rain too





https://youtu.be/-Fo-qmliVAI here ya go