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C_Spinoff, to medicine in Scientists just drafted an incredibly detailed map of the human brain

Lobotomy galore

C_Spinoff, to worldnews in Germans caught celebrating Oktoberfest with Nazi salutes

Austria has no part in this, the art student was rejected as was the custom. Ask the neighbour for why they fed and welcomed some maniac autocrat tryant

C_Spinoff, to boostforlemmy in Please, consider adding the feature to change instances.

Kbin waving

C_Spinoff, to historyporn in Soldiers in WW1 unloading 15-inch shells (also, a dog)

Also, these are without propellant, just the shell itself.

C_Spinoff, to HistoryDrawings in Cotton bales on a 19th century steamboat

Thanks for digging, that might indeed be what this branch depicts. Interesting story told by a seemingly random piece of wood for sure!

C_Spinoff, to HistoryDrawings in Cotton bales on a 19th century steamboat

What is the tree branch floating midair infront of the bales, a drawing glitch?

C_Spinoff, to fuckcars in E-bikes are kicking ass and taking names

One of the better features of e bikes is that you won't get into sweating or exhaustion as easy as with a regular bike. This means you can just cover yourself in some plastic poncho to stay dry while riding without getting damp inside from sweating.

C_Spinoff, to news in US military asks for help to find missing F-35 fighter jet after ‘mishap’ sees pilot eject

There was no need to look for her affiliation after reading this reaction. Extremely professional and totally level headed, maybe she felt just like in a sitcom where they turn to the camera and say stuff like this before the laugh track comes.

C_Spinoff, to world in Young climate activist tells Greenpeace to drop ‘old-fashioned’ anti-nuclear stance

This is so pathetic to look at, tons of accounts piling more upvotes on each other than a regular day at lemmy in total and constantly congratulating each other on their oh so based opinions. Bloody clown show, totally organic and not astroturfed at all.
Just a bit funny it looks exactly the same on each social media they pop out all of a sudden. "I am advocating for clean nuclear energy since school, derp"

C_Spinoff, to asklemmy in What's some really unpopular opinion you have?

now who...

C_Spinoff, to whatcouldgowrong in Let's drive over a rickety bridge when the river is too high

I think once you are on the surface, your chances rapidly grow, even when its cold water with a lot of current. You still only have to manage to get 20-30m to the side out of the strongest current. The way to the surface in time to not suffocate might be the problem, especially out of a wildly tumbling car that smashes against rocks and stuff in the riverbed while being hurled on by a powerful current.

C_Spinoff, to AncientHistory in Entrance To An Unexplored Ice Age Cave Discovered Near Engen, Germany

Must be absolutely thrilling to explore and investigate it. I can absolutely understand the Archeologist entering in the 70's getting his mind blown by a few meters, now there is the whole thing to explore... really cool!

C_Spinoff, to nostupidquestions in Can flies recognize that I'm holding a flyswatter?

I am convinced that Moskitos have a cloaking device, they can sometimes vanish in front of your eyes.

C_Spinoff, to nostupidquestions in Can flies recognize that I'm holding a flyswatter?

To me it seems absolutely like it, yes. For whatever reason, Flies are sophisticated nuisance animals, they got all the perks to be effective in that endeavour. If you signal them it's their life or death, it's even more interesting, prime directive is to dance on your nose by then.

Fortunately, they got a few "bugs in their code" which makes them a bit more controllable, I know of a few very interesting ones:

  • Fear of moving fabric:
    Be it a sock or a T-Shirt, once it starts to whirl through the air somewhere near them, they panic. Try and compare, take a solid object (even a fly swatter) or your hand and just whoosh it close by. Often they are back within the blink of an eye, even more annoying now. Try the same with something out of fabric, they will keep 10 times the distance afterwards.
    Possible explanation: Their fly brain interpretes it similar to bird wings, a threat even they take serious.

  • Sleep mode in dim light:
    While flies seek out a place to sleep in the light of a single tea candle, you can still see them. Incredibly useful to get rid of flies in small spaces like a caravan or a tent. Possible explanation: They just lack vision, so their only option is to chill at the closest surface.

  • Fear of crawling into openings:
    If a fly wakes you up way before your time, build a little cave in front of your face (Think of the entrance to an Igloo). They won't crawl in for the life of them.
    Possible explanation: The ones crawling into the mouth of something often didn't live to pass on their genes.

  • Water bottle reflection:
    How to: Fill a clear bottle with water, close the lid and put it up where they have to see it. I have to admit, I long thought of this as being silly and esoteric Mumbo Jumbo, yet after several attempts at it when Flies became unbearably annoying outside, there are clear differences in their behaviour once you put these up. They will still annoy you from angles where they have no line of view to the bottle, so prepare to set up a few.
    Possible explanation: Reflections messing with their vision, esoteric Mumbo Jumbo.

I'd be happy to read some more if you came across something that messes with them, I hate to simply kill or poison them (Don't want fly innards in my living space or poison my surroundings) but to be annoying in revenge is fair game, especially when you get rid of them that way. Btw: how do the salt gun folks deal with the salt being literally everywhere after a shooting spree?

C_Spinoff, to privacy in Google engineers want to introduce DRMs for web pages, making ad-blocking near-impossible in the browser

Startpage might be something for you, mixed bag though but I got nothing of substance to say against it.

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