meteorswarm

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[–] meteorswarm@beehaw.org 23 points 3 months ago

I fondly remember my organic chemistry lab professor giving us all a lecture that was something like this:

"I see that you children have learned how good acetone is at cleaning glassware. And you are correct: it is excellent. However, you cannot pour it down the sink and we have to pay for hazardous waste disposal. So use soap, water, and elbow grease instead."

[–] meteorswarm@beehaw.org 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

In modern American usage, more or less. "Libertarian" used to be much broader - ancaps cleaved it off of libertarian socialism in the 20th c.

[–] meteorswarm@beehaw.org 3 points 4 months ago

Meanwhile in America, my old ll tried to tell me I couldn't have my deposit back because "it's summer and the bank is on vacation"

[–] meteorswarm@beehaw.org 1 points 4 months ago

The US made a lot of its own sugar in the past either though sugar beets, or by growing cane in the extreme south, but that era is largely over (ignoring corn syrup): it's cheaper to import it from places where imperialism keeps wages low.

Most US food is not local, unless you go to a farm share or market.

[–] meteorswarm@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

A common, reasonably evidence based, protein target for bodybuilding is 1-2 g/kg, with the cursed unit of 1g/lb being about the upper limit of what's useful. That's probably what this post is referencing.

[–] meteorswarm@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And at least I'm North America there's another Maté relative, Yaupon. Both are holly species.

[–] meteorswarm@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In this case the bond is because he's appealing a civil judgement that's been reached. This is different from a bail bond. He's not at risk of jail over this unless he gets in contempt of court.

[–] meteorswarm@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

My experience with it on Android had several weird bugs

  • Consumed a lot of battery
  • Crashed on swapping focus to another app
  • Opening the app would get stuck connecting to the game state server (even though the app works fine offline) so I had to use airplane mode to launch the app

These seem resolved now

[–] meteorswarm@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is a game I keep coming back to. I love it, and it's got great replayability. I'm glad the phone version works well now.

[–] meteorswarm@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Typical dues are 1-2% of pay

[–] meteorswarm@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

These layoffs didn't happen because Google is out of money. It's insanely profitable.

[–] meteorswarm@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guyana%E2%80%93Venezuela_territorial_dispute summarizes the history. I think what Guyana wants is the status quo.

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