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Why use expensive anti drone systems when you can make a cheap alternative? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 hours ago

Hold out until the quad-mounted 50 cal is brought back.

Seahorses in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 26 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

Species with internal fertilization tend to have females care for the young because the male is the one who can leave first. He can maximize his reproductive success by searching for other females while the female is left with the choice between putting a lot more time and energy into caring for the offspring or leaving them to die.

Species with external fertilization usually have the opposite dynamic. The female lays unfertilized eggs and then leaves. The male is the one stuck caring for them because they would die otherwise. However, the males of some species have evolved to be too clever for this:

Among the maternal mouthbrooding cichlids, it is quite common ... for the male to fertilise the eggs only once they are in the female's mouth.

Mad Max has arrived in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

They managed to fit something into the trunk of a BMW coupe? I thought that was impossible.

UN Expert Warns Israel on Track to Exterminate Nearly Entire Gaza Population in c/[email protected]
UN Expert Warns Israel on Track to Exterminate Nearly Entire Gaza Population in c/[email protected]
UN Expert Warns Israel on Track to Exterminate Nearly Entire Gaza Population in c/[email protected]
Capitalism: expectation vs reality in c/[email protected]
Former Republican Vice President Dick Cheney to vote for Harris, Liz Cheney says in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Does... Does this mean Harris actually isn't the lesser of two evils? Now I don't know who to vote for.

Cucumber 🥒 in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

The Egyptians weren't always shy, but there do appear to be traces of green paint.

House spiders in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

In case anyone is curious: the ancestors of house spiders lived in caves. They're adapted to live in very dry environments, which is why they can survive indoors while most other spiders can't.

Those poor fools in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

The joke is on you, I don't know my own true name!

(Mortals generally don't in most settings, I think.)

Florida surgeon mistakenly removes patient's liver instead of spleen, causing him to die, widow says in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (9 children)

How?

Shaknovsky told Beverly Bryan her husband’s spleen was so diseased that it was four times bigger than normal and it had moved to the other side of his body

Oh, of course. I'm sure organs do that sort of thing all the time.

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Not wearing a respirator in crowded places is dumb. (sh.itjust.works)
 

Before covid, I would be sick with a cold or flu for a total of about two weeks every year. That means I spent 4% of my time sick; one out of every 25 days. Since covid appeared, I've been wearing an N95 in crowded indoor areas whenever I reasonably can. (Obviously I can't if I'm eating something.) My main goal initially was to protect my elderly relatives, but during the last four years I have not gotten sick even once, except from my elderly relatives who didn't wear masks, got sick, and then infected me when I was caring for them.

Why isn't everyone wearing N95s? Sure, it's uncomfortable, but being sick is much more uncomfortable. And then there's the fact that wearing an N95 protects other people and not just the wearer...

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Ka-52 believes Russians and Ukrainians are one people. (sh.itjust.works)
 
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Can automatic rebooting be disabled on Windows 11 Home? (sh.itjust.works)
 

There appears to be no straightforward way to permanently stop Windows 11 Home from rebooting on its own after installing updates. I looked for workarounds but so far I have only found a script that has to run on a schedule to block the reboot by changing "working hours". (Link.)

Is that really the best that is possible?

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Running a modern GPU with an old CPU/motherboard? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I have an Intel i7-4770 CPU (from 2013) and I don't think I have ever been CPU-bound so I would rather not spend money on upgrading it. However, I want to upgrade my graphics card to a Radeon RX 7600. My motherboard supports PCIE 3.0 which the RX 7600 is fine with.

Is there anything I should look out for? I'm worried that I'm missing something that will prevent me from running a 2023 video card on hardware ten years older than that.

(In case anyone is curious, my current video card is a GeForce GTX 960. It has been good enough for Diablo 2 Resurrected but I don't think it will be able to handle Baldur's Gate 3.)

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Should I risk breaking my LG V20? (sh.itjust.works)
 

I bought a new-in-box LG V20 about 18 months ago because I was tired of phones without removable batteries and headphone jacks. However, it gets absolutely terrible reception for some reason (as in, no signal in the middle of Manhattan). Some guy had the same problem and he soldered a big antenna to his phone to fix it. I might try to do that but given how great I am at soldering, there's a good chance I'll break the phone. Should I do it? I don't want to have to buy a modern phone with a built-in battery but I can't just have a phone which doesn't work when I'm away from wi-fi...

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Cars are awesome. (sh.itjust.works)
 

Driving is the most comfortable, convenient, and fun mode of transportation. Walking and biking can be OK but only for traveling relatively short distances in good weather. Mass transit is inherently unpleasant. No matter how nice you try to make it (and most mass transit systems aren't nice) the fact of the matter is that passengers are still stuck in a crowded box with a bunch of strangers and limited to traveling to the mass transit system's destinations on the mass transit system's schedule. Compare this to getting into your own car and driving wherever you want, whenever you want...

I currently live in a place too crowded for driving to be practical - I get that places like this need mass transit. But needing mass transit sucks!

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