So their proof is that ancient Chinese dragon depictions look like dinosaurs? Well, no shit Sherlock. Ancient people find a huge dinosaur skull fossil, of course they start making up dragons.
Basic blender went bad (motor ran but spindle wasn’t rotating). I wanted to disassemble to see if it could be repaired. Three of the four screws were Phillips head. I had to cut the casing open in order to discover why I couldn’t unscrew the fourth. It was a slotted spanner.
Just a basic security screw. It’s so kids (and people who don’t know enough about repairing appliances to know about security screws) don’t disassemble the dangerous machine.
Imagine being such a persecuted group in America that you get to blast spam mail to everyone in your community in the name of religion with no repercussions.
*What rights do you have to the digital movies, TV shows and music you buy online? That question was on the minds of Telstra TV Box Office customers this month after the company announced it would shut down the service in June. Customers were told that unless they moved over to another service, Fetch, they would no longer be...
The trick with garlic is to just bury it everywhere in your garden where there’s space, no need for a vegetable garden. The leaves take minimal space and digging them back up only requires making a small hole, plus they apparently keep some pests away.
The first invasive brain chip that Neuralink embedded into a human brain has malfunctioned, with neuron-surveilling threads appearing to have become dislodged from the participant’s brain, the company revealed in a blog post Wednesday....
I don’t know which company I would trust developing my brain implant, but it sure as hell isn’t Tesla. Their software and hardware history is less than stellar.
As the City of Ottawa looks to take over responsibility for parking ticket disputes next year, one councillor wants to look at a sliding scale of penalties that would give low-income drivers a break....
The problem of course with these kind of schemes is illegal income. Plenty of people who drive expensive bmw’s while having only a basic income on paper.
Maybe they do both, and then choose whichever is higher (car-based or income-based fine).
Picture by Rob Hoeijmakers
Direct link to the pic: files.catbox.moe/o0x30l.jpeg...
This negates evolution (lemmy.world)
Mother Gaia and Humans (geekxgirls.com)
Direct Link: www.geekxgirls.com/article.php?ID=12040...
Every base is base 10 (lemmy.world)
Justice (mander.xyz)
‘Let yourself be monitored’: EU governments to agree on Chat Control with user “consent” [updated] (www.patrick-breyer.de)
Sony Pictures Explained (i.imgur.com)
cross-posted from: vger.social/post/1750922...
This cannot be unseen. (lemmy.world)
You think they’re done? Oh no....
Anon helps with his gf's vaping addiction (sh.itjust.works)
Trying to predict human ingenuity is hard (lemmy.world)
Hmmmmm (mander.xyz)
Obscure screw added so appliance cannot be disassembled (lemmy.world)
Basic blender went bad (motor ran but spindle wasn’t rotating). I wanted to disassemble to see if it could be repaired. Three of the four screws were Phillips head. I had to cut the casing open in order to discover why I couldn’t unscrew the fourth. It was a slotted spanner.
Received this in the mail a couple weeks ago (lemmy.world)
Imagine being such a persecuted group in America that you get to blast spam mail to everyone in your community in the name of religion with no repercussions.
‘My whole library is wiped out’: what it means to own movies and TV in the age of streaming services (www.theguardian.com)
*What rights do you have to the digital movies, TV shows and music you buy online? That question was on the minds of Telstra TV Box Office customers this month after the company announced it would shut down the service in June. Customers were told that unless they moved over to another service, Fetch, they would no longer be...
New life hack (lemmy.world)
I just can't even. (lemmy.world)
Two chemists walk into a bar (sh.itjust.works)
Daughters and Fathers
This is a serious question, mostly addressed to the adult women among us but also to anyone else who has a stake in the matter....
Record-breaking increase in CO2 levels in world’s atmosphere | Experts issue warning after finding global average concentration in March was 4.7ppm higher than same period last year (www.theguardian.com)
Elon Musk’s Neuralink reports trouble with first human brain chip (arstechnica.com)
The first invasive brain chip that Neuralink embedded into a human brain has malfunctioned, with neuron-surveilling threads appearing to have become dislodged from the participant’s brain, the company revealed in a blog post Wednesday....
'Pretty remarkable': UBC study finds e-bike rebates led to decreased car use (bc.ctvnews.ca)
Ghibli ass nature (mander.xyz)
Should parking fines depend on how much your car costs? One councillor is asking (www.cbc.ca)
As the City of Ottawa looks to take over responsibility for parking ticket disputes next year, one councillor wants to look at a sliding scale of penalties that would give low-income drivers a break....
Christian posts about how Islam has claimed thousands of lives while forgetting that their religion has done the same thing. (midwest.social)
Tesla sends out another wave of layoff notices as employees enter 4th week of job cuts (www.businessinsider.com)