kalkulat

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Douglas Rushkoff Knows He Fucked Up (gizmodo.com)
submitted 6 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) by kalkulat@lemmy.world to c/internetfuneral@lemmy.world
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"So the feedback loops I was talking about in 1999 when I was saying, ‘This is like advertising, but imagine an advertisement that could iterate based on how you respond.’ What happens then? I was saying, ‘You’re going to get more extreme versions of yourself.’ Which is where we ended up.”

Somehow reminds me of when Rome took over Egypt for a while. But eventually, a new shiny toy comes along, and the old one sits in a corner. So it goes.

What do cats think you are to them? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

Sugar daddies ...

Does Linux emit random sounds or wake up in the middle of the night? in c/linux@lemmy.world
[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

A new Linux OS may emit unfamiliar sounds if some network app is still running and set to use them for notifications. Quitting the (sound-making) app(s) and/or the network connection will can avoid that problem. Of course you can just turn the sound volume all the way down.

Suspended OSs may sometimes 'wake up for no reason' if some vibration causes the mouse, for example, to jiggle around enough.

Logging out of your user account before suspending/sleeping the machine will stop that stuff without having to dig thru settings. Faster to log back in than to reboot.

North Carolina Was Set Up for Disaster | The climate deck is so stacked now that even places that seem safe are witnessing dangerous impacts. in c/climate@slrpnk.net
[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago (2 children)

This Cat-4 started just down by the Yucatan and worked up 140mph-sustained winds in a couple of days over the Gulf of Mexico. I'm wondering how common that's been before.

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David Bohm Society (www.youtube.com)
 

A society has been formed to share the ideas of quantum physicist, philosopher David Bohm (1917-1992).

"I can tell you one thing. David Bohm knows a lot more than just a little about physics." - Richard Feynman

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YSK: An out-of-warranty battery almost left this paralyzed man’s exoskeleton useless (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by kalkulat@lemmy.world to c/youshouldknow@lemmy.world
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"Michael Straight, a former jockey paralyzed from the waist down, was left unable to walk for two months after the company behind his $100,000 exoskeleton refused to fix a battery issue. "

“I called [the company] thinking it was no big deal, yet I was told they stopped working on any machine that was 5 years or older,”

What keeps you going every day? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Up to about the 1980s, the popular magazines used to frequently run cartoons with ragged-looking people holding up 'It's the END OF THE WORLD!!!!' signs. Guess they ran out of variants on that joke. But Doomsday Prophets have been around for centuries (some made big money from it) ... and yet ... here we all are.

We humans like to scare ourselves, but observation seems to show that it's not a big worry. Will it all end, sure, some day. When? NOBODY KNOWS. Carpe diem, my friend ... seize the day. And go ahead and make plans and execute them. Save your worry time for the little things that are inevitable.

An AI Event Hired John Mulaney to Do a Comedy Set and He Brutally Roasted Them Onstage in c/humor@lemmy.world
[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Me too! (I can only wish I could hear the Carlin version.)

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An AI Event Hired John Mulaney to Do a Comedy Set and He Brutally Roasted Them Onstage (futurism.com)
 

What a sweet opportunity!

The Thames Frost Fairs (1607-1814) in c/climate@slrpnk.net
[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Glad to hear that! I've got that problem too! Sometimes it takes hours to find the way out ... hours free of social media, boring or horrifying news (real or fake) ... today it was the Medici family history ...

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The Thames Frost Fairs (1607-1814) (www.historic-uk.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by kalkulat@lemmy.world to c/climate@slrpnk.net
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(Added as a matter of curiousity, not to divert or disavow the our very real AGW.) This occurence is usually blamed on the 'Little Ice Age' ... cause still uncertain. The LIA is implicated in 500 years of misery for many Europeans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ice_Age

A Uruguayan company teaches people how to turn regular cars into EVs in c/climate@slrpnk.net
[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

US parts prices are ... WOW ... There was a time when there were junkyards, guess there aren't so many as once.

Oregon’s Largest Natural Gas Company Said It Was Going Green. It Sells as Much Fossil Fuel as Before. in c/climate@slrpnk.net
[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Talking the talk is popular with these guys. They know it helps their image. In this case, it's gaslighting.

A Uruguayan company teaches people how to turn regular cars into EVs in c/climate@slrpnk.net
[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

On the whole, car should be lighter (-engine & parts,-muffler,-fuel tank) ... depending on # batteries needed (+ holding structure + cables)(might lose the back seat). Same Transmission/drive train needs.

NASA's solar sail successfully spreads its wings in space in c/science@lemmy.world
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A Uruguayan company teaches people how to turn regular cars into EVs (restofworld.org)
 

Turning gas-fueled cars into electric ones can be four times cheaper than buying a new EV.

Americans misunderstand their contribution to deteriorating environment in c/climate@slrpnk.net
[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks ago

Oh, for sure. Heat pumps are a-comin, dear Lisa.

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The Biggest Controversy in Cosmology Just Got Bigger (www.wired.com)
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Americans misunderstand their contribution to deteriorating environment (arstechnica.com)
 

I imagine there are many US people living in places with 100+ degree days for months in a row -- Places which seldom got above 90 a half-century ago ... who do not understand that driving a car with AC to a home with AC is making matters worse.

The situation is urgent, yet we keep hearing 2060 2050 2040 2030 deadlines as if a fix could somehow be delivered by then . BUT: If we got to zero -tomorrow- , it'd stay as it already is for centuries. Every day without HUGE changes NOW it's getting worse.

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Man Arrested for Creating Fake Bands With AI, Then Making $10 Million by Listening to Their Songs With Bots (futurism.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19494425

The artist naming convention also followed a somewhat similar pattern, with names ranging from the normal-sounding "Calvin Mann" to head-scratchers like "Calorie Event," "Calms Scorching," and "Calypso Xored."

That one of you? ;-)

What is the most quintessential 90s movie? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yeh, she was outstanding. That 'poor little deer' scene in that Brooklyn accent alone.

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Closeups of craters on Mercury by BepiColombo from 102 miles (165 km) up (gizmodo.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by kalkulat@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world
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NASA's solar sail successfully spreads its wings in space (www.space.com)
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Batteries start to rival gas on California’s electricity grid (english.elpais.com)
 

"Gas accounts for 40% of California's grid. However, its use in April registered its lowest proportion in seven years."

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