I’m thinking of picking up a used ThinkPad on eBay for cheap to serve as my daily driver. I’ll likely run LMDE, and primarily use it for web browsing, office programs, coding, and FreeCAD. Any recommendations on which model would best hit the sweet spot of capability vs price?
The person selected to speak at Ohio State University’s commencement ceremony for its spring graduates didn’t mince details on how he made the controversial script....
It can be really helpful or harmful, depending on the context. I think there’s a ton of promise for psychedelics for mental health, but I get nervous about people taking them to self-medicate.
It’s one reason I’m more interested in psychedelic assisted therapy, because in my personal experience, while I did have some positive changes, I think I also didn’t interpret some of those new perspectives in an ultimately healthy way. In the end, I feel like I learned that I’m not mentally healthy enough to responsibly take psychedelics outside of a professional therapy program.
Fortunately I was able to do some genetic testing through my psychiatrist, and I was finally able to find an antidepressant that actually works with minimal side effects, after a lot of trial and error with stuff that I reacted really poorly to.
Nope, Ottawa County is still just a county. However, in the last election, the county commission got taken over by Ottawa Impact, a group of extremely far right activists that have proven very popular to a smaller segment of the population, and wildly unpopular with the majority of people in and around the county. It appears that there’s starting to be a backlash to their idiocy and hatred from the folks with any sense, it’s good to see
IIRC, it’s the same testosterone-y hormone that determines how good you are at growing a beard that also determines how aggressively you go bald. So there’s lots of folks in this boat with us
Morons. Imagine turning down funding to improve your state to score political points. I feel for the people who live there that don’t support DeSantis - they didn’t ask for this, and yet they have to suffer from the poor decision making of their fellow citizens.
Honestly, I think there is something to that. You probably do need to be a sociopath in order to become a CEO like that, but I’d also buy that becoming wealthy, by any means, is probably going to change you and your worldview whether you like it or not
“In less than 15 years, battery costs have fallen by more than 90%,” according to a new report from the International Energy Agency, “one of the fastest declines ever seen in clean energy technologies.” And it’s expected to get even cheaper, reports Reuters: An expected sharp fall in battery costs for energy storage in...
Neat! I’ll probably try it out. Like it or not, short form video is really popular now, so this feels like a good thing to grow Pixelfed and the fediverse
What is the best model of used ThinkPad to purchase?
I’m thinking of picking up a used ThinkPad on eBay for cheap to serve as my daily driver. I’ll likely run LMDE, and primarily use it for web browsing, office programs, coding, and FreeCAD. Any recommendations on which model would best hit the sweet spot of capability vs price?
Professional Scientists of Lemmy: What is your field of study's, most complex unanswered question?
Ohio State commencement speaker says he took psychedelics to write Bitcoin speech (www.nbc4i.com)
The person selected to speak at Ohio State University’s commencement ceremony for its spring graduates didn’t mince details on how he made the controversial script....
What podcasts have you been listening to the most during the year?
I’m getting close to the bottom of my backlog on a few podcasts, so I’m looking to get something new in there....
Michigan Republican unseated after losing to Democrat by 20 points (www.newsweek.com)
Republican county commissioner has been unseated in Michigan after losing to her Democratic challenger by 20 percentage points....
Have you seen this emotional support gator? Wally's owner says he's lost in Georgia (www.npr.org)
Security (discuss.tchncs.de)
Why are many men growing beards again ? (lemmy.ml)
Yesterday I passed a barbershop and saw ads on their wall outside of men with beards and short hair. It is a revival or saving electricity ?
A strong hunch (i.imgur.com)
How to Say Happy Birthday in French (i.imgur.com)
Bruce Perens Emits Draft Post-Open Zero Cost License (news.slashdot.org)
Florida Says No to Federal Funding Aimed at Greenhouse Gas Emissions (insideclimatenews.org)
A little girl said monsters were in her bedroom. It was 60,000 bees (www.bbc.co.uk)
Google layoffs: Sundar Pichai-led company fires entire Python team for ‘cheaper labour’ (www.hindustantimes.com)
Google layoffs: The company plans to set up a new team in Munich, Germany which would act as “cheaper” labour, the report claimed.
Plunge in Storage Battery Costs Will Speed Shift to Renewable Energy, Says IEA (hardware.slashdot.org)
“In less than 15 years, battery costs have fallen by more than 90%,” according to a new report from the International Energy Agency, “one of the fastest declines ever seen in clean energy technologies.” And it’s expected to get even cheaper, reports Reuters: An expected sharp fall in battery costs for energy storage in...
evangelism (mander.xyz)
@pixelfed: Loops is a new platform for sharing short videos, and it's open source + federated Using #ActivityPub (mastodon.social)
Bird brain rule (i.imgur.com)
How did you meet the love of your life?
What is the most popular Linux distribution on PC?