[-] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 153 points 2 months ago

Imagine how different the world was for people with super niche interests before the internet. Back then, this would have been seen as the weird (or at best eccentric) guy in your town who collects fire alarms and won't stop talking about them. Now he's presumably got a fulfilling social life via his unusual hobby, and an outlet to share his thoughts to a willing audience.

For all its many faults over the last decades, this is the pure internet at its best.

[-] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 159 points 3 months ago

Okay, this got me curious. From the wikipedia article on viruses:

Viruses are considered by some biologists to be a life form, because they carry genetic material, reproduce, and evolve through natural selection, although they lack the key characteristics, such as cell structure, that are generally considered necessary criteria for defining life. Because they possess some but not all such qualities, viruses have been described as "organisms at the edge of life" and as replicators.

[-] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 253 points 3 months ago

Even more dramatic is that if a repair service provider discovers a third-party spare part that was installed in a Galaxy device as part of a previous repair, they must immediately disassemble the smartphone, tablet or notebook into its individual parts and inform Samsung of the details of the respective incident.

Well this feels illegal (or certainly should be). Imagine taking your car in for a repair only to find out the shop functionally scrapped it and told on you to Ford, all because they noticed you had changed a tire.

[-] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 141 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

The rest of the wikipedia article:

The genus name is derived from Hot Wheels, an American brand of scale model cars. The long coiled embolus of the palpal bulb of this new genus reminded the authors of a looping Hot Wheels track.

The species is named for Sisyphus, a king featured in the Iliad, who is punished by the gods for cheating death. For this, the gods sentenced him to an eternity of rolling a boulder up a hill, only for it to roll back down. The cyclical nature of his punishment reminded the authors of the circular copulatory tube of the spider.

These dudes are on a whole different level when it comes to naming spiders.

[-] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 143 points 3 months ago

Can we be sure that's not exactly why he was picked for the photoshoot? The navy is trying to appeal to the Gen Z's and they're notorious ass eaters.

[-] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 117 points 4 months ago

Bethesda has so far stayed quiet about the update's reception, so there's no clue as to whether an official fix or even an option to rollback may be forthcoming.

My bet is they "fix" it in 6 months once most mods have been patched, this breaking them all over again.

[-] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 119 points 4 months ago

I wheeze-laughed at "Ran out of keys to bind years ago, has to use pedals under desk to switch between layouts."

Now I kinda want to do that.

[-] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 255 points 4 months ago

I love that they specify that they're not accepting pull requests.

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submitted 5 months ago by herrcaptain@lemmy.ca to c/music@lemmy.world

Inspired by another recent synthwave post here, I thought I'd share a different aspect of the genre. Whereas a lot of synthwave has a dystopian John Carpenter feel to it (which I think is great!), tons of groups sit on the other thematic side of 80s throwback, having a more upbeat John Hughes movie kinda sound.

These Australian dudes rarely release new music but everything they touch seems to end up perfect. If you like poppy 80s sounds, incredible vocals, and campy SciFi you'll probably love this. They've developed a whole SciFi universe to go along with their music and bill themselves as, "The Interstellar Synthwave Band."

[-] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 127 points 6 months ago

Sir, are you the Pirate Bay? I feel like you're single-handedly keeping a tracker alive.

[-] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 170 points 6 months ago

Plus, he likes to pretend he's an expert on the industries of the companies he runs. That's already potentially dangerous with Tesla and Space X, but in this case his hubris is very directly dangerous to the people receiving his services.

[-] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 151 points 7 months ago

"It was very good luck this floating sauna was nearby."

Folks, I think we've got ourselves a brand new sentence here.

[-] herrcaptain@lemmy.ca 185 points 7 months ago

Fact: Any time a bill has a name about protecting children, it's never actually about protecting children.

Also, what do the big tech companies have to gain by supporting this bill? They're typically opposed to anything that can open them up to litigation.

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submitted 7 months ago by herrcaptain@lemmy.ca to c/parenting@lemmy.world

I hope this isn't an inappropriate question to pose here.

If all goes well I'll be a first-time dad this summer and I want to do my research. I've done some general searching online for answers to specific questions, but I'd love two or three more comprehensive resources. You know, the kind of thing to give me answers to questions I hadn't even considered.

I spent some time searching for pregnancy books oriented to men, thinking it could give me some useful insight into being an ideal partner during the process. At the same time, I'm hoping it'll give me a good general idea of what to expect. The results of my search were rather disappointing. It seems like the majority of books of that nature seem overly bro-ey and just generally too macho for me. I found titles legit along the lines of "Baby Hacks EVERY Man Must Know." Ok, not for me ...

A few popped up that on the surface seemed more promising, but when I looked into them I got wary. One seemed to be sponsored by some men's parenting social media site and the other was written by a self-professed influencer. Also not for me. (I'm on Lemmy because I can't stand influencer-culture.)

I finally settled on a book that seemed a little more my speed in terms of attitude, but with very little substance. It's basically 150 pages of, "Hey, you should be nice to your wife." OK. That's already my standard operating procedure, so we're good there.

I feel like what I want has to be out there. I'm just looking for a resource to tell me all of the little things. You know, stuff like signs to watch out for regarding potential dangers during the pregnancy, what the hell I'm supposed to do while my wife is giving birth, how to avoid falling down the stairs with my new baby, etc.

Anyway ... Do any of ya'll have any hidden gems to recommend? My wife and I are elder millenials so we've got some life experience under our belts. As it probably matters for the topic of parenting, we're quite progressive but don't buy into anything too woo-woo (we're big believers in science).

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