Overzeetop

@ overzeetop @lemmy.world

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Edinburgh sh.itjust.works

2y ago

European crash tester says carmakers must bring back physical controls
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Overzeetop @lemmy.world 2y ago
I'd never realized how convenient/natural a joystick is for adjusting your side mirrors. I'm not even sure my wife has the reach to both press a touchscreen in the center console and have her head in driving position to adjust the mirrors with real time feedback. Even I'd hate to have to tweak a mirror while driving with a touchscreen.

2y ago

European crash tester says carmakers must bring back physical controls

The implication is that it's your own blood, but I like the planning/forethought. I think you'll be going places. Probably at a run.

2y ago

CDC ditches 5-day COVID isolation, argues COVID is becoming flu-like

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Overzeetop @lemmy.world 2y ago

2y ago

CDC ditches 5-day COVID isolation, argues COVID is becoming flu-like

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Overzeetop @lemmy.world 2y ago

There are a lot of never-maskers out there, but I’d say that I’ve seen at least an order of magnitude increase in general usage even years after the lock downs and mandate have been lifted.

2y ago

Tinder to ban web developers who use 'engineer' in their bio

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Overzeetop @lemmy.world 2y ago

And, unlike engineers in manufacturing whose deep-pocket corporations bought an exemption, Engineers in the A/E/C field are licensed. And if you screw up you can lose your ability to work in your field…forever.

2y ago

Meta will delete all non-migrated Oculus accounts in March - The Verge

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Overzeetop @lemmy.world 2y ago

Feel the hate. Let it flow through you.

2y ago

"I Don't Know If Most People Even Know What Party Is In The Senate Majority"

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Overzeetop @lemmy.world 2y ago

Trick question. The answer is that no party has a majority in the senate. Two independents caucus with 49 democrats to form the leadership structure, but that is not a party majority - merely a ruling coalition.

2y ago

Word of warning to those with Prusa MK4 and Satin beds. There is a chance that the auto bed leveler will mess up and destroy your print surface.

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Overzeetop @lemmy.world 2y ago

Oh, I didn’t mean to come off as dissing Prusa in general. I ponied up for an XL and it’s night-and-day better than any previous printer I’ve owned.

2y ago

Word of warning to those with Prusa MK4 and Satin beds. There is a chance that the auto bed leveler will mess up and destroy your print surface.

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Overzeetop @lemmy.world 2y ago

If this was during an auto level, it's my humble opinion that this is a manufacturer's defect in the machine that caused the damage. There should be proper coding to ensure that any increase in sensor pressure by (delta p) halt that machine and that there should be a pressure offset in the sensor such that a loss of signal or anomalous zero reading or lack of reading is done prior to levelling to ensure that a sensor failure has not occurred. My XL freaks out if a fan isn't spinning at the right speed, so they clearly know that a nominal operational check before the print starts is proper engineering design.

Of course you won't get anywhere. Unfortunately, a lot of 3D print failures really are user error so I suspect that's their default response and it takes them a good deal of proof to push them of that mark.

2y ago

Leaky Blood Vessels: Underlying Cause of Long COVID “Brain Fog” Discovered

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Overzeetop @lemmy.world 2y ago

Indeed, I'm not sure even testing is sufficient. My family recently got it (my wife and I visiting my parents), but thought nothing of it for a week. My father had a sore throat, my mother had watery eyes and some nasal congestion. My father masked indoors (because I don't want a regular cold either) and chalked my mother's symptoms to seasonal allergies (the cars were covered with Pine pollen all week). Then, on the drive home, my wife felt off. 10 hours in the car together. She slept in the guest room that night and, just for grins, tested for Covid the next morning. She was positive. We called and had my parent's test - both positive. I tested negative so I packed my things and rented a hotel room for the week and worked there alone. I tested every other day and was never positive, but I cancelled all my client meetings.

I still never "got it" but...is it really feasible I didn't have some low level? This is my second trip in a car for multiple hours with someone who tested positive the next day. Granted, I'm about 4 vaccines in (2xOG, 1 updated, 1 XBB variant), but so is my wife. I have to think that I had some sub-clinical level of viral load, or at least below the antigen test threshold, but I'm thankful I escaped symptoms.

2y ago

Let’s Set a Maximum Wage for the Rich | The Tyee

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Overzeetop @lemmy.world 2y ago

Wage is worthless wording. Most ultra rich don’t have wages - at least not relative to their change in worth. We need to change how taxes fundamentally work.

2y ago

Keywords : facebook and middle aged men.

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Overzeetop @lemmy.world 2y ago

Yeah, right. I wish I still had that much hair.

2y ago

ATT’s botched network update caused yesterday’s major wireless outage

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Overzeetop @lemmy.world 2y ago

Not to defend them or minimize the corporate stupidity, but it sounded like there were less than 100k people affected out of tens of millions (100m?) accounts. I get that it was a big deal for those affected, but a 0.1% outage doesn’t seem “major”.

2y ago

checkmate

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Overzeetop @lemmy.world 2y ago

The miracles never cease!

2y ago

(Virginia) Bills to remove tax break for United Daughters of Confederacy likely headed to Youngkin

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Overzeetop @lemmy.world 2y ago

There’s a lot of red in the state. Unfortunately, that’s also where much of the most beautiful (and affordable) areas are. There are blue enclaves, though. All in all it can be awesome.

2y ago

Privately built lunar lander makes history with successful moon touchdown

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Overzeetop @lemmy.world 2y ago

creates environmental damage, tons of space debris, and ... wasting fuel.

So, pretty much, the things that humans excel at.

2y ago

Privately built lunar lander makes history with successful moon touchdown

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Overzeetop @lemmy.world 2y ago

Wensleydale?

2y ago

Vision Pro owners are reporting a mysterious crack in the front glass

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Overzeetop @lemmy.world 2y ago

Unclear? They're putting it on [aka: holding it] wrong. User error.

Lets hope, for Apple's sake, that this isn't a Q2 Elite Strap debacle.

2y ago

Fetterman to Democrats criticizing Biden: ‘Get your MAGA hat’

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Overzeetop @lemmy.world 2y ago

This is buying into the Republican way of thinking, which is that you criticize someone's performance for any shortcoming you feel. A progressive stance is to elevate other people (There is more than one person in Government) who are doing things correctly without tearing down the current leader. It s the difference between a collaborative government and a competitive one. Within a (generally speaking) unified political block which values diversity of opinions, a collaborative approach is much more productive than a competitive one.

The strength of a movement is in the sum of the effort.

2y ago

First U.S. moon landing since 1972 as private spacecraft touches down on lunar surface