PlzGivHugsWhat is a tip, fact, or piece of information that you want to share?
Lifecoach5000Have a fire extinguisher. Just in case.
Victoriaadditionally, have fire alarms and change the batteries when they are low.
If you have gas heating, get yourself a good carbon monoxide detector as well!
Also, get a fire ladder if you are not on the first floor
DessertStormsI was going to buy one so I called my local fire station for advice and the advice they gave me was - make sure your fire alarms and smoke detectors are working, and if you have a fire, call 999 and evacuate.
I questioned if it wasn't better to have an extinguisher to try and get it under control, and he explained that most people have generally never used an extinguisher before (or would even know which to use for what fire), and even if they have, not in a real life panic inducing situation, and so are more likely to be wasting valuable time and putting themselves at risk, than actually put out the fire.
I'm sure this won't stop some people, but it was enough for me (he was right, I was calling for advice because I didn't have a clue, and for every person like me who asks, how many don't?).
And make sure it’s rated for the type(s) of fires you may get. Don’t want to use the wrong one and make it worse.
Also drive very defensively on the road. Car ego isn’t worth it behind a 2 ton death machine.
I would like to propose a modification. Drive “actively and predictably.”
Be aggressive when needed, like merging. Be defensive when needed, like in traffic. Be predictable when needed, like following right of way when turning.
Do what is needed to be safe and efficient, while also doing what other drivers would expect you to do.
As many accidents come from people stopping on entrance ramps, not taking the left turn to let someone out, or not paying attention as anything else.
Be predictable when needed
That being at any point when you are driving
Yep, I only got my license back in 2022 at 35, and only bought my first car last summer.
I don’t get why people drive like dicks, but eh, I let them past since they seem to be in a hurry to get to their accident.
If there is no way to let the guy past and he is driving way to close behind me, I have to follow the law and reduce my speed to fit the traffic conditions, if the other guy won’t give me margins, I have to reduce the need for them.
The only read dicks I have seen are people who has incorrectly aimed headlight, blinding me with their normal lights, and when I flash my beams quickly at them, they flash their high beams and extra lights at me to make some kind of point or punnish me, if they have turned off their highbeams and get flashed, then go to a mechanic and have them readjust their normal lights, or ignore the flash from me, flashing back only makes the traffic situation worse.
Hey there. So its probably not headlight alignment most of the time.
Brightness is regulated by wattage still not lumens. Regulations have not been updated with the switch to newer technologies that are vastly more efficient per watt
But thats not the whole story either. Even when the brightness of the bulb is not too different, how the light is shaped matters to how we percieve the brightness. Newer technologes (LED and HID) are less reflected and are more direct than older halogen technology and also the colour is whiter and even getting almost into blue, which is much harsher to you when you get hit with it. Red light has long been known to preserve night vision better than other colours.
The last part is that its more important that the headlights make it safe to drive the vehicle so the light is aligned to the drivers needs primarily at the cost of making it worse for the person driving behind you, but thats why they invented the rear view mirror flipper so you get a much less amount of reflected light off your rear view mirror.
But that means with the prevalence of SUVs headlights now sit higher because vehicles are taller which only makes everything else that much for this issue.
And its because there is pretty solid evidence that brighter headlights makes the driver a safer driver and it seems the trade off of this is still safer roads
Also there’s ADB texhnology coming that is an adaptive beaming texhnology that uses sensors and cameras to turn off components when it detects a situation where the light is shinning into other peoples eyes. Not sure where this at or when it might be rolled out broadly
I mainly brought up the headlight alignement issue as I saw a thread about Teslas headlight’s alignment being reset after a software update, but that is just a specific car (btw, the front indicators on some Tesla models are absolutely shit here in Sweden, but that is a different topic).
As for the rearview mirror flip, I know what you mean, but I haven’t seen them in moderns cars for years now, even in my 2021 Leon it is an electric system that deals with it and darken the mirror itself.
I do not argue that the benefit of extra lights improve safety, when used properly, what I am pissed about is that the other driver diliberately flash his highbeams with extra lights right into my car just as he passed me.
Sure I had flashed to tell him that I got blinded by his lights and it appeard that he had forgotten about his highbeams, feom my perspecive I just saw a car driving towards me with blinding lights on so I tried to get him to help me out, sure I made a misstake, but by absolutely and deliberately oblitarating my night vision on a dark road he could have made me have an accident.
I get it now. Thanks!
Always use sunscreen.
It’s true, Everybody’s free to wear sunscreen
Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free To Wear Sunscreen
Use zip not tar.gz. I just lost 2GBs of data because the archive was corrupted out of nowhere :')
Only then do I find out that if a zip file id corrupted the damage is only done to one compressed file unlike tar where the damage affects everything after it.
Tar is just concatenated data so that an entire file structure can be written to tape. This means that your archive is recoverable provided that it gunzips fine.
I don’t know. Maybe. I don’t know much about how either works. I got my info from this answer
This seems to be correct.
But a downside of this is that zip archives will be larger, since there is no compression across files.
The actual lesson you should have learned was to use backups. If data isn’t backed up then you might as well pretend you don’t have it.
This archive was a backup :/ I was trying to restore the original after making some bad changes.
The actual actual lesson I should have learned is wait for the full archive backup to extract successfully before deleting the original and declaring the restoration done.
Still I will always have a (maybe irrational) fear of tar.gz now.
RememberTheApollo_In case it isn’t obvious to readers, “tar” is literally shortened from “Tape ARchive”.
Dr. WeskerSpend as much time as you can, with your aging loved ones.
femboy_birdGender and sex are not the same thing. Gender is an emotion experience, sex is a biological categorization based on an individual’s role in reproduction. Gender and sex needn’t match. Gender can change (mine often does), sex cannot. Just like sex people do not have control over their gender, if someone’s gender changes or doesn’t match their sex it is not because of a decision they made, it is merely an emotion. So be nice to trans people, they’re just people trying to not be uncomfortable living in their own skin.
It’s nice to be nice
- Mister Rogers
words I’ve always lived by
HopeOfTheGunbladeMr Rogers is the truest Christian I've ever heard of, let alone met. A lot of people are failing to be the people Mr Rogers knew that they could be and that is sad.
NakedmoleGender can change (…), sex cannot.
That statement got me a lifetime ban on reddit, reason: “transphobia”
That’s so dumb, that of gender being different from sex with the former being changeable and the latter unchanging is the entire premise the transgender philosophy is built on
Thank you for backing me up. I also thought how dumb that ban was, since their gender not matching their sex seems to be the main struggle of trans people, at least as far as I can grasp it as a cis dude. I argued that trans women are women by gender and by identity but not physically/biologically. Obviously someone did not like that and reported me. Worst part is I contacted reddit dozens of times, asked to remove the ban but they simply would not talk to me and despite using a different account on a different computer with a different browser and also a VPN, they somehow detected me anyway and kept banning my new accounts. Well … fuck reddit, lemmy is better anyway.
Yeah, that was a dumb ban. I love trans people, have trans friends, and have been “close” with trans people. They are all begrudgingly aware that their biological “sex” parts can’t be changed on a whim, and that even with a sex change surgery, it is still medically impossible to fulfill the opposite roll in reproduction.
I have thought about this at length and it does get messy, though. If we define “male” as someone who can deliver sperm and impregnate a “female”, then what about people who can’t reproduce? Does someone who can no longer produce sperm cease being male? And if not, aside from our “preconceptions”, what then is the actual difference between a biological male that can’t reproduce and a transgender male that has had all of the operations and looks male? I don’t have the answers, hah
Gender can change sex cannot
I'm sorry, what do you think medical transitioning is? People literally changing their sex.
if someone’s gender changes or doesn’t match their sex it is not because of a decision they made, it is merely an emotion.
wut?
be nice to trans people, they’re just people trying to not be uncomfortable living in their own skin.
that's enough
Point one: that’s a fair point, but some may argue that due to genetics, current biological transition technology cannot truly change someone’s sex, I’m not smart enough to have an opinion on this
Point 2: i guess what i was trying to say, is people don’t wake up and choose to be a different gender (though they may feel and therefore be one), this is kind of more based on my experience than anything else, so maybe some people do
Point 3: yeah
some may argue that due to genetics, current biological transition technology cannot truly change someone’s sex, I’m not smart enough to have an opinion on this
those people will be transphobes. Maybe if you're not "smart enough" (in your words) to understand something, you shouldn't be giving your opinion on it, especially so authoritatively, and instead go educate yourself on it (you can start here)?
is people don’t wake up and choose to be a different gender (though they may feel and therefore be one), this is kind of more based on my experience than anything else, so maybe some people do
it's nothing to do with "waking up and choosing to be a different gender", just like transitioning isn't based on "merely emotions", both are extremely dismissive.
It seems like you mean well, but I highly recommend listening to people actually living these experiences (in the numerous trans communities on the fediverese would be a good place to start), instead of getting your information from what sounds like terrible and biased sources..
Not that I have any problem referring to trans people as whatever sex or gender that they would like to be called, and others shouldn’t either, but I think the distinction between biological sex and gender identity is important at least when speaking from a medical and scientific standpoint.
Oh, you think that, do you??
Are you a medical professional or a scientist?
Are you involved in the care of an individual trans person, or are they participating in your research?
Since you've answered no to all of those, then no, the distinction isn't important, and more importantly, is none of your fucking business.
And since I doubt you've had your own chromosomal make up tested, or even your hormone levels, you probably couldn't commit 100% to your own fucking "biological sex" so questioning that of others (or worse, demanding proof) isn't only intrusive, perverted, and outright transphobic, it's also entirely unscientific (the term as well as the concept/construct), and as mentioned above - none of your motherfucking business.
So you can take your generic "I'm not a transphobe but...bIoLoGiCaL sEx" excuse and shove it, and if being called a transphobe bothers you more than being one, perhaps try educating yourself instead of continuing to regurgitate the most commonly used transphobic talking points..
You seem like you want to be mad at something. I have no problem referring to you as whatever pronouns, names, sex, gender, etc. It’s just that we need words to describe chromosomal differences in biology and sex is what we chose to do that.
Though I would say that sex is as much of a social construct as gender is.
How so? My understanding is sex is measured by if this individual is going to have a kid will they being the impregnator (male) or the impregnatee (female), though i suppose this offers a space for someone who can’t do either, and maybe a hypothetical someone who can do both
This blog post outlines it better than I can - I like it because it includes links to a variety of primary sources.
My understanding is sex is measured by if this individual is going to have a kid will they being the impregnator (male) or the impregnatee (female),
Before we even go in to how this false dichotomy excludes trans people - you've completely erased intersex people.
The bottom line is humans are assigned a sex and gender at birth based almost exclusively on the visible external genitalia, which simply isn't enough to indicate anything other than what external visible genitalia a person has. Beyond that, 95%+ of people are completely unaware of their chromosomes, hormones, or even internal organs, and if those "match" the sex and gender they were assigned at birth (like cis men with extremely low testosterone, or cis women with XY chromosomes).
When a trans person takes HRT, they are literally changing their biological chemistry, when they have surgery, they are literally changing their physical gender, and having XY or XX chromosomes doesn't definitively define anything. If a trans man still has a uterus they can and plenty have gotten pregnant, as men, because being pregnant doesn't invalidate their gender, nor any physical or hormonal changes they might have undergone. Just like not having a uterus doesn't suddenly revoke womanhood (see cis women having hysterectomies).
Both sex and gender are spectrums, and neither are distributed as neatly and bimodally as cis-heteronormative society would have you believe.
Trans people are whatever gender they tell you they are, and just like you wouldn't ask cis people for their chromosomal make up to confirm their gender, there is no rational reason to do so to trans people (outside of transphobia).
Both sex and gender are spectrums, and neither are distributed as neatly and bimodally as cis-heteronormative society (and your fourth grade biology teacher) would have you believe.
No one here is arguing this. The commenter you replied to even acknowledged that his definition wasn’t all-inclusive. The point people are making is that even just knowing whether you were born with a penis, a vagina, or somewhere in-between has its uses, esspecially in a medical context.
Trans people are whatever gender they tell you they are, and just like you wouldn’t ask cis people for their chromosomal make up to confirm their gender, there is no rational reason to do so to trans people before you accept this (outside of transphobia).
Again, you’re arguing against a strawman. Everyone here has agreed with this sentiment. The disagreement is in the specifics of defining, sex not that of gender, and esspecially not the validity of anyone’s gender.
The sperm cell of the drysophila fruit fly is 6 times longer than its own body
x4740NIs it wrong to want to see an image of that put of morbid curiosity
I mean, how does that even work
abouttocomealiveblogs.iu.edu/sciu/…/the-longest-sperm-on-earth/
Apparently the female seminal receptacle is also very long. In fact, the increasing length of this receptacle is one of the explanations for the extreme sperm length.
Drosophila females have evolved to fertilize their eggs with particularly long sperm. Only large, healthy males are able to produce large quantities of gigantic sperm, and if a female reproduces with healthy males, her offspring will have genes that make them healthy, too.
Who makes the longest sperm on Earth?
The drive to reproduce has led to many of the flashiest traits observed in nature. For instance, male deer use antlers to fight one another for access to female mates, while male peacocks display their extravagant tails to impress peahens. These are examples of sexually selected traits, or traits that increase reproductive success. Sexually selected traits evolve because they increase “fitness”...
With jobs, there is no trade off between pay and atmosphere/nice environment. Bad employers pay bad and treat you badly. Good employers give you decent wage and also treat you well
I agree with you in general, but in my industry, there are still lots of companies that buck this trend. Employers that pay competitively but have shitty toxic environments, and scrappy startups where the pay sucks but the vibe is great.
Still, the advice to not think of it as a trade-off intrinsic to companies is solid. You deserve good vibes and good pay from the same job.
With jobs, maybe. With careers, especially in STEM, you get lots of exceptions like extremely rewarding but low paying positions in academia, and tech companies that think they can just spend money instead of effort to fix their culture and broken hiring process.
I can relate to that last bit. There’s a reason for the phrase “golden handcuffs”.
I think I get the sentiment that OP is trying to make though, a lower pay isn’t likely to correlate with a better culture, it’s probably likely it is the inverse.
Most countries have at least a few dozen countries they can travel to without a visa and visas are easy to obtain anyway, so if you ever want to take a break from the rat race, all you need is a plane ticket to a destination with a favorable exchange rate, and with a thousand dollars of savings you can take a hiatus from working or work on a creative project you’re interested in for months or years, depending on your lifestyle.
JakdraculaThe problem with the rat race is that even if you win you’re still a rat.
Get out of that maze!
HupfSorry, I don’t get the relevance of the reference?
As far as I understand, it’s from 1984?
I never saw the movie so I might be missing some context here.
The rat is about to get out…
Spoilers for 1984 - so if you didn’t get assigned that book in high school, look away I guess.
The villainous government in 1984 has a special “re-education” room they torture dissidents in. Famously no one knows what’s inside - but everyone knows. It’s simply “the worst thing in the world”. The surveillance state - knowing everyone’s worst fear - then puts people in contact with their worst fears in order to break their mind and coerce them to obey.
The protagonist of 1984 is pathological terrified of rats. So when the government breaks him, they lock his head in a cage with a rat in front and threaten to open the door keeping the rat away from his face…
Which is the scene above.
Okay. I’ve read the book, but it’s been a while. And I’ve never seen the movie.
Thanks
Carnivorous plants are not as hard to take care of as most people think. Sundews are literally an invasive species in New Zealand, and Venus flytraps are from South Carolina. The reason they seem hard to take care of is because many companies that sell carnivorous plants provide incorrect care instructions or pot them in the wrong type of soil. Most likely as a planned obsolescence scheme to get people to buy more. Learn the proper care instructions, and they’re extremely hardy.
massive_bereavementDo you have a favorite site for plant soil/care guidance?
I'm not particularly interested in carnivorous plants, but plants in general, and I often see sites with conflicting info.
Unfortunately, I don’t have much that I can share with you on that front.
But it reminds me of searching for protocols when doing a science experiment - everyone says something different. What I learned is to look at multiple sites and then take the “average” of all of them. Tends to work pretty well
Hi! I feel strangely well-placed to respond here - my horticulturalist wife used to tend a garden of carnivorous plants professionally.
I asked her advice and she said,
"Avoid blogger sites. Some are good, but most have no clue and just regurgitate what they read on some other blog. If you want the super in-depth info, use Google scholar and search for the plant name plus whatever you need to know. Soil ph, propagation technique, etc. For more approachable info though, search normally for ‘<plant name> university extension’. University extension work is when a university is doing public outreach stuff - publishing information in easy to read and apply ways. "
So… Searching for “Venus flytrap university extension”, I found this page which gives a very straightforward breakdown on how to care for your own personal Audrey-jr.
