RalphFurley

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Sunlight special in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] RalphFurley@lemmy.world 14 points 19 hours ago

The hog penises definitely were cooked with sunlight.

I still haven't forgotten that scene in c/funny@sh.itjust.works
[–] RalphFurley@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

A scene from The Never Ending Story. They travel through the Swamp of Sadness.

https://youtu.be/k6NjDg-Od84

I still haven't forgotten that scene in c/funny@sh.itjust.works
Those were the days in c/memes@lemmy.world
[–] RalphFurley@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

I appreciate him but MySpace definitely did collect data. Props to him for his photographer career and doing his own thing though

McDonald’s CEO is grappling with a ‘two-tier economy’ as he slashes prices on value meals—and signals backing for a minimum wage increase in c/workreform@lemmy.world
[–] RalphFurley@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Definitely need to cool it. Even if not freezing. When I worked in restaurants we had a cooling shelf in the walk-in that we had to stir the 40lb batch of ground beef now and then

An error has occurred somewhere in your code in c/syncforlemmy@lemmy.world
[–] RalphFurley@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I switched phones and it wouldn't give me my lifetime membership for a couple weeks. I posted somewhere in a thread about it and a couple days later it worked. Not sure if coincidence or what. It really is best app for Lemmy IMO. Hope the dev sticks with it

I got a new phone, with all the same accounts, but cannot restore my previous lifetime purchases from sync. I'm not sure how to rectify it. in c/syncforlemmy@lemmy.world
[–] RalphFurley@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Same problem. New phone, signed in, can't restore lifetime Ultra membership

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[–] RalphFurley@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

Duck duck Go VPN connection here

AI company files for bankruptcy after being exposed as 700 Indian engineers - Dexerto in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] RalphFurley@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Anyone remember Cha-Cha?

It has been two years since the release of ChatGPT. How has it impacted your work or personal life? What changes have you experienced, and do you see it as a positive or negative influence in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] RalphFurley@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

I love using it for writing scripts that need to sanitize data. One example I had a bash script that looped through a csv containing domain names and ran AXFR lookups to grab the DNS records and dump into a text file.

These were domains on a Windows server that was being retired. The python script I had Copilot write was to clean up the output and make the new zone files ready for import into PowerDNS. Made sure the SOA and all that junk was set. Pdns would import the new zone files into a SQL backend.

Sure I could've written it myself but I'm not a python developer. It took about 10 minutes of prompting, checking the code, re-prompting then testing. Saved me a couple hours of work easy.

I use it all the time to output simple automation tasks when something like Ansible isn't apropos

Bluesky adds 700,000 new users in a week / A ‘majority' of the new users are from the US, indicating that people are searching for a new platform as an alternative to X. in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] RalphFurley@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I got like 10 follows in three days from actual accounts. I've posted/replied just a few times and my avatar is Richard Simmons. I figured something was up

RFK Jr. Says He Plans On Getting Rid Of 'Entire Departments' At FDA And CDC In Alarming Interview in c/politics@lemmy.world
[–] RalphFurley@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I always imagined him as the guy at the end of Road House where Patrick Swayze ripped his throat out and round-housed him into the pond. But he survived, left the redneckville and turns out half of his vocal cords was left intact.

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Weird spam calls... (lemmy.world)
 

I lived in Chicago for years but moved away a while ago. I still have my 312 number.

A couple years ago I started getting about 10 calls a day from 312 area codes that immediately hangup when I answer. I tried remaining silent, speaking, anything, doesn't matter.. same result.

I have a Google Pixel and often it will send it straight to voicemail and I always get a 4 second blank voicemail. On occasion the calls will pass the filter and ring, no one or nothing ever says anything though.

I'm guessing these are bots with spoofed ID checking to see what numbers are active. Hell, in the 90s I used to wardial to check for active carriers with my dial up modem.

For now all I can do is mark each call as spam and block and delete the voicemail.

Changing numbers isn't an option so maybe I have to just live with it.

Any ideas Lemmy?

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Is it normal for your BP to rise after quitting (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by RalphFurley@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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Quit drinking and smoking cold turkey 9 days ago and my BP is about 140s over 80s (was observed to be even higher about 72 hours in).

For reference, I've always had a low sodium, plant-based diet and never really had elevated blood pressure before I quit.

Just curious if this will ever go down on its own, my plan is to wait a couple weeks and see, but curious.

UPDATE: yes, well aware of stopping abruptly. I was more like a 2-5 beer/day person and had frequently stopped for a day or two without issue so wasn't terribly worried, but I did check BP to be sure nothing wrong undetected was going on.

I didn't have any symptoms outside of elevated BP and after checking frequently the last couple days I'm about mid 120s to 130 over 70s consistently.

So, in my own personal experience (and we are all different) it does seem that quitting both abruptly caused a temporary elevation in BP for several days.

I have been hydrating regularly (2 liters minimum of water daily, plus I eat a lot of plants with high water content anyway), yoga, cardio, Peleton. Sleeping better.

I will continue to monitor and contact my Dr if needed. I believe my annual checkup is soon anyway.

Thanks for all the responses.

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