[-] JoseALerma@lemmy.world 31 points 3 months ago

'Cause when a guy does something stupid once, well, that's because he's a guy,

— Once-ler, 2012

[-] JoseALerma@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Yes, it's intentional. It represents the difficulty in keeping one's balance. For reference, check squat toilets:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squat_toilet

[-] JoseALerma@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

Nah, they'd still be extinct: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passenger_pigeon#Hunting

After being opened up to the railroads, the town of Plattsburgh, New York, is estimated to have shipped 1.8 million pigeons to larger cities in 1851 alone at a price of 31 to 56 cents a dozen. By the late 19th century, the trade of passenger pigeons had become commercialized

Even if adjusted for inflation, 31 cents a dozen doesn't sound like a lot, but then market saturation happened and your prediction came to pass:

The price of a barrel full of pigeons dropped to below fifty cents, due to overstocked markets. Passenger pigeons were instead kept alive so their meat would be fresh when the birds were killed, and sold once their market value had increased again. Thousands of birds were kept in large pens, though the bad conditions led many to die from lack of food and water, and by fretting (gnawing) themselves; many rotted away before they could be sold.

Those who don't learn from the past are something something

[-] JoseALerma@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago

Some of us aren't exactly desirable and I refuse to marry someone for purely financial reasons, I want to, you know, actually love the person I marry...

Sadly, some are:

https://www.stylist.co.uk/relationships/when-one-person-owns-a-home-and-the-other-rents-in-a-new-relationship/455971

So it came as no surprise when a new study by CIA Landlord recently revealed that Tinder users who specify that they own a property in their profile receive 57% more matches than those who don’t.

🎶She likes me for me🎶

🎶Not because I own property🎶

🎶Or because I'm such a hottie🎶

[-] JoseALerma@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

The original article doesn't specify a unit of time:

Most experts agree that nuclear fusion won’t contribute significantly to the crucial goal of decarbonizing by mid-century to combat the climate crisis. Helion’s most optimistic estimate is that by 2029 it will produce enough energy to power 40,000 average US households; one assessment suggests that ChatGPT, the chatbot created by OpenAI in San Francisco, California, is already consuming the energy of 33,000 homes.

Based on context clues, it's probably consumption per year

[-] JoseALerma@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

Just showing appreciation for "Dewey, Cheatem, & Howe."

That's Three Stooges-level of classic comedy, bravo!

[-] JoseALerma@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

As with most legal matters, it depends: https://www.copyright.gov/fair-use/index.html

Purpose and character of the use, including whether the use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes: Courts look at how the party claiming fair use is using the copyrighted work, and are more likely to find that nonprofit educational and noncommercial uses are fair. This does not mean, however, that all nonprofit education and noncommercial uses are fair and all commercial uses are not fair; instead, courts will balance the purpose and character of the use against the other factors below. Additionally, “transformative” uses are more likely to be considered fair. Transformative uses are those that add something new, with a further purpose or different character, and do not substitute for the original use of the work. Nature of the copyrighted work: This factor analyzes the degree to which the work that was used relates to copyright’s purpose of encouraging creative expression. Thus, using a more creative or imaginative work (such as a novel, movie, or song) is less likely to support a claim of a fair use than using a factual work (such as a technical article or news item). In addition, use of an unpublished work is less likely to be considered fair.

I don't know many schools willing to bother finding out whether the use was fair.

[-] JoseALerma@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

The way parents can stop this is by asking the school whether they had a license from Disney to show the movie.

The permission slips are just proof they showed the movie to a large group of people (most likely without a license, because what school has a budget for that?)

[-] JoseALerma@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

Saw a recent video from America's Test Kitchen where they recommend temping baked potatoes and docking the skins: https://piped.video/watch?v=iG7wEqs9j4E

In the comments, someone said they had potatoes explode after baking, letting them cool for a bit, then re-baking.

Personally, I don't usually bake enough potatoes to justify turning on the oven, so I microwave them; which is notorious for for getting food everywhere without adequate supervision.

[-] JoseALerma@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Yep, them New York City rats are tough as nails

[-] JoseALerma@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Enhance your calm, John Spartan.

[-] JoseALerma@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The lemmy.world Community has one: https://lemmy.world/post/37906

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