[-] waterbogan@lemmy.world 20 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

What is varishangout..net? Initially read it as yarishangout.net and wondered why a space for Toyota Yaris owners got defedded. Also wondering how stereophonic.space got defedded?

[-] waterbogan@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago

Workplaces were the worst, I kept catching other people's second hand smoke at work. Worst was when I went to an encounter group type thing and a guy was smoking and I got a faceful.... and bronchitis for the rest of the trip. And that was in the 90's

At least in my own home and car I could set the rules and rules was take that shit outside

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Lemmy just randomly went into dark mode on me just now, and I cant find where to toggle it back to light mode is in settings

[-] waterbogan@lemmy.world 78 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The problem isnt the registries per se, it is that they are extremely poorly administered if children are being put on them. The criteria for adding an individual to such registries needs to be strict and with a reasonably high threshold, so that nobody gets on one for things like pissing outside, or accidental exposure, or minors sexting each other, or for accidentally having a few CSAM images that they had downloaded unwittingly etc

I had some involvement with a local registry some years back, and we only inluded adults who physically offended against minors and with a significant age difference, and adults who were actively and deliberately involved in the production and distribution of copious quantities of CSAM. Most had track records involving multiple offences and multiple victims

[-] waterbogan@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Yes, Disulifram is the oldest of these, been around many years, and some chronic alcoholics just drink over it and power through the hangover

Naltrexone is the one I have heard most positive things about, never even heard of Acamprosate before.

Unfortunately when I was in a relationship with an alcoholic some years back Disulifiram was the only thing doctors here were even aware of.

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If you or one of your loved ones is struggling with this its worth knowing and worth asking your doctor about. Article mainly discusses generic anticonvulsants that have proven beneficial, but there are others such as Naltrexone that can also be helpful.

[-] waterbogan@lemmy.world 54 points 1 year ago

Holocaust deniers. There is no excuse, fuck em

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submitted 1 year ago by waterbogan@lemmy.world to c/til@lemmy.ca

As the largest organ in the body, the skin can have a profound impact. The chemicals released by diseased and dysfunctional skin soon enter the bloodstream, where they wash around, damaging other tissues. Amid the ensuing systemic inflammation, chemicals from the skin can reach and harm organs that seem entirely unrelated, including your heart and brain.

Well thats it, I’m definitely staying out of the sun now!

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submitted 1 year ago by waterbogan@lemmy.world to c/til@lemmy.world

As the largest organ in the body, the skin can have a profound impact. The chemicals released by diseased and dysfunctional skin soon enter the bloodstream, where they wash around, damaging other tissues. Amid the ensuing systemic inflammation, chemicals from the skin can reach and harm organs that seem entirely unrelated, including your heart and brain.

Well thats it, I'm definitely staying out of the sun now!

[-] waterbogan@lemmy.world 53 points 1 year ago

Yes, I hope it has been making China have second thoughts about invading Taiwan

[-] waterbogan@lemmy.world 144 points 1 year ago

I do like to see uplifting good news stories like this

[-] waterbogan@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Its a perfectly reasonable option for those that for whatever reason are unable to meet their needs by more conventional/ socially acceptable means. I do not make use of sex worker services currently but if the need arose in the future I would not rule it out, and would not look down on anyone else for doing so (as long as trafficing is not involved)

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I believe there are ways to see who's upvoted/ downvoted a thread/post, but I just want to be able to see in one place my own upvotes/ downvotes, and cant see that in my profile anywhere. I have tried some of the other UI's too

[-] waterbogan@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

This is news? I would have been extremely surprised if it wasnt. This is normal for China, the CCP is eavesdropping on everything

[-] waterbogan@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago

China and fraud - like peanut butter and jelly, they just go together naturally

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by waterbogan@lemmy.world to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz

Its a great little app for those that are easily sunburnt, has been a godsend in the past. But when I try to open it currently it throws an error message "Data missing or incomplete" I know it gets its UV data from NIWA, but when I checked on their site there is nothing to say it has been discontinued. The cancer society / sunsmart site also still shows it as current too. Cant find anything else about it online.

Anyone else use this app for Android (or IoS)? Is it still working for you?

Edit: have discovered that the developer Jeremy Burke has put out a new version called GlobalUV which I'm trying now, that looks quite similar and seems to be working

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by waterbogan@lemmy.world to c/askandroid@lemdro.id

Or hold it open while Bluetooth active and in use?

Would be extremely useful to have my screen stay open while phone is playing music in the car. Phone is a Samsung A31 running Android 12, although I have had the same issue on other devices running different versions of Android so not sure its relevant.

[-] waterbogan@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

DDOS attacks

[-] waterbogan@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago

I suspect that some degree of polyamory may be more socially acceptable in 100 years than it is now.

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Saw this proposal originally posted on Github and thought it was worth posting here and expanding on

This is an excellent idea, I liked awarding posts on reddit on my old username, probably spent quite a bit with reddit until they permabanned me for god alone knows what reason.

This plus Premium memberships would give the admins of the bigger servers such as lemmy.world a reliable income stream that would enable them to maintain and improve infrastructure. The money would go to whichever server a user that buys the awards or Premium membership happens to reside on (for me it'd be lemmy.world)

Its a simple reality that running a server with thousands of users on it costs money and time, and it has to come from somewhere more reliable and lucrative than donations

It does raise an issue in that a payment processor would be required, and a business would have to be created for that as well. Perhaps several instances could co-operate and share the payment processor and create between them an organisation or business for that purpose, there would need be some means of tagging each payment so that it can be directed to the correct instance

I want the fediverse to survive and thrive, and for that it needs some income beyond donations to support instance server costs, bandwidth and the time and effort and resources expended on battling DDOS attacks, bots etc etc

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Made a post in a fairly niche community a few days back, it got 6 replies, only 4 of which I can actually see. Is this some sort of federation issue or something else? Its been showing 6 replies for a couple of days at least now, so if that was it I would have thought the last 2 would have come through by now

Post in question is here; https://lemmy.world/post/2264735

Maybe if someone on another instance or on kbin can take a look for me and see if they can see all 6 I'd appreciate that thanks

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I have done this exactly once in my lifetime, two years ago. Maybe in another few decades, I'll do it again, if I live long enough.

And yes, even if your name is Karen but you had a good reason to ask to speak to the manager, you can also reply

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I'm doing this by way of introduction. I do about 10-12 km a week on average

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submitted 1 year ago by waterbogan@lemmy.world to c/til@lemmy.ca

This was built as a test/ prototype, and was an ancestor of the FWD 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado and 1967 Cadillac Eldorado. The engine was a prototype of a modular engine family that was intended to range from 2 to 12 cylinders, based on the Corvair flat 6. Only 2, 4, 6 and 10 cylinder engines were built before the project was abandoned

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