I've fixed this several times with a bit of thick tape. It wasn't actually the button that had worn down, but the plastic stub that pressed it. A bit of extra material kept each working for months/years after.
My current mouse has this fix over a year back, and is still working reliably.
Plausible disinformation is even better than no information.
"Know him, not really. Heard of him though. I think he hangs out at [awkward as hell place to reach by car] though not on Sundays. He gets dragged to [Out of town mega church] by his fokes. Hope that helps! (or not)"
In an ideal world, you have conservatives and revolutionaries. The revolutionaries want to make changes to try and make things even better. The conservatives act to maintain the status quo. When they balance properly then you get steady change, but slow enough to detect and fix cascading problems/failures.
In this situation, the centralists act as the balance point, being swayed one way or the other to set the path.
Unfortunately the only place this is actually close to accurate is Sci-Fi novels.
It's niche, but it lets them get the best of both worlds. Even when a company does early access right, a lot of people would rather wait for the complete game.
This would let them refine and build up with early access, then get a significant boost at their proper release.
I've several celiac friends. Those labels are very welcome. Gluten ends up EVERYWHERE. Flour is often used as an anti stick agent. Even table salt isn't always gluten free! The biggest problem is the number of people on a 'low' gluten diet, but that don't react to it. Yes it means more gluten free products. Unfortunately it also means more restaurants not taking it seriously when asked.
Being stuck with only the "proper" gluten free foods is a sad SAD existence.
Just checked the numbers, for those interested.
A gas power plant produces around. 200-300kWh per tonne of CO2.
Capture costs 300-900kWh per tonne captured.
So this is basically non viable using fossil fuel as the power. If you aren't, then storage of that power is likely a lot better.
It's also worth noting that it is still CO2 gas. Long term containment of a gas is far harder than a liquid or solid.
The International Space Station. The sheer confusion value would be amazing, particularly if I stayed quiet about how it happened ("I went to bed, then woke up floating here. I've no clue how it happened").
I would get to cause a major incident of complete chaos, with little to no harm. I would get to experience space and weightlessness. I would also get a near guaranteed lift home (eventually). There's also almost no way it could be kept quiet, so I get to be a minor celebrity for a while.
I know a few teachers, the "cringy and bad" is the goal, not a mistake. It's apparently quite therapeutic watching the "cool kids" squirm. How bad can you make them, but not make it obvious what you're doing?
The fact that it also helps a lot of kids remember it is almost just a bonus.
The real European cryptid.
I was curious and looked it up. Apparently it mostly happens between trees of the same species, with several causes.
Most are mechanical. The tips brush against each other, and damage new branches and leaves. Both trees divert growth away from the area.
Some also sense shading via red light. They focus growth away from shade. This means neither tree grows into the gap, since they are partially shading each other.
It also helps limit the spread of leaf eating parasites. Again, particularly useful in a forest of the same species.
So yes, the trees are social distancing, to avoid the spread of disease.
I've got a Miele washing machine that's the best part of 40 years old. It's required some maintenance over the years. However, it was designed with maintenance in mind, so all the repairs have been fairly painless.
My 5 year old dishwasher, on the other hand, has cost me more time, money and stress than the (very overworked) washing machine.
All hail the lemming of Lemmy!
Fully agreed.