Speaking of passing through PD communications, I have a cheap Chinese power meter that sort of does that but not properly. Hopefully, OP has a good hub that plays nice.

If you use a setup with a power supply, first cable, power meter, and a second cable, you can measure things when connected to a chargeable device like a laptop. It obviously tells the PS to give it 12 V, which it will. Once you unplug the laptop from the second cable, the voltage reading doesn’t drop back to 5 V. Apparently, the power meter doesn’t let the PS know there’s no load anymore.

As a result, you get a USB-C cable that gives you 12 V without asking any questions. Guess what happens when you plug in something that can only handle 5 V? Bad things. Don’t ask me how I know.

Anyway, once you unplug the power meter from the first cable, the PS finally gets the message and drops the voltage back to 5 V. Makes me wonder if a hub could behave the same way as my power meter.

That seems to be one of the unwritten rules on Lemmy.

Using any kind of AI, or even supporting the idea of using it, will result in downvotes. If you openly hate LLMs, you’ll be rewarded with upvotes.

Yeah, I just found it. Missed the last movies, so I guess I should check it out.

I have seen some reviews of the live action remakes, and I was not impressed. As a result, nowadays I actively avoid being exposed to those movies.

I think it’s just Hollywood style engaging story telling. Who cares what any books have to say about Satan. Write some dichotomy and conflict into the story, and people can’t get enough of it.

I can see why you ask that. Since I didn’t think that comment though very well, now every downvoter considers me a racist. Fair enough. Should have rewritten it entirely, but it’s too late for that now.

Long and nuanced posts are boring to read while short and snappy ones involve skipping all the important details. Also, swiping away carelessly doesn’t help.

I was mainly thinking about the fact that Disney tends to change things significantly and abruptly. For example, many Star Wars fans were disappointed by the changes, so I thought that 007 fans could face similar disappointments. What those changes actually are do not really matter to me. What matters more is how quickly they happen and how much the direction of the entire series changes.

I don’t use the term “woke” to describe the changes Disney makes, since I prefer to distance myself from the crowd that uses it. Focussing more on the rate of change and its magnitude is more interesting to me.

Didn’t expect a strong reaction like that. Then again, I didn’t think it through before hitting send. My bad.

Oh. Totally missed that one. Oops. Haven’t seen the last few films.

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Some of us joined much later when the apicalypse happened.

I propose we build a large paper cutter style contraption.

Let’s make the blade 5 m long so that it’s big enough for everyone to see. Also, the blade should be so heavy that it will always chop reliably. You should also put some nice bearings in the pivot point so that it always swings very smoothly.

Oh, but how do we lift a heavy blade like that? If electricity is available, you could have an electric motor to lift it up. If not, you would need some rope and pulleys.

As the blade falls down, it would need to shear the target material to make a clean cut. This means that you can’t have a huge gap between the blade and the lower surface it shears against. Just like in paper cutters, the stationary blade needs to be made of steel, but it doesn’t have to be super sharp. The gap is important though. Think of the gap between scissor blades and you’ll get the idea.

As the contraption will inevitably be contaminated with organic material, it could have an integrated Clean In Place system. After each cycle of operation, the CIP should spray the affected area with cold water and soap. If that doesn’t do the job, there would be a second program that uses hot water and soap, which would obviously require more energy.

All that water needs to come from somewhere, so you’re going need like an IBC container. If you need more than 1000 l, you might need to use a lorry to deliver enough water. Ideally though, you would operate in an area where you can just connect the contraption to a nearby water outlet. Ask a local a firefighter to help you out.

Also, all of that water needs to go somewhere too, so I would recommend operating it in a place where there’s a sewer near by.

If you’re planning to operate in remote locations, I would recommend building it into a detachable lorry bed. You know those things with a hook loader. This way, you can move the machine easily to wherever you need and even lower it to the ground where it’s easier to operate.

Hold on, what was the question again? Got carried away by the logistics of all of this.

I think people would still be people, but the monsters would be unstoppable. Psychopaths and corporations would be just as bad as depicted in the show.

However, normal people would still be normal. See extraordinary for more info. In this series, people have their mundane problems on top of whatever problems the powers cause.

So here’s how a healthy debate progresses. First, you hammer the opponents face with your fists until your knuckles hurt. Switch to insults, and verbal violence. Focus on attacking the opponent’s appearance, gender ethnicity and so on.

Eventually, you can actually start approaching the main topic, but do that gradually. Begin with addressing the tone first. Next, you can just state the opposite of the main argument, but skip all logical reasoning and evidence.

And so on….

Never happened to me before. I would go back to the clinic to show that to a nurse.

The rest of the world can use the new standard, and ignore the Brits. They can keep their Brexit while the rest of the world can move on. Everybody wins!

It would result in the total collapse of the entire time zone system. Every location would switch to local solar time and the war would be over.

When those areas need to communicate with each other, they would develop a new global time system that simply counts seconds from a particular moment in time. Sort of like unix time, but with the epoch set to the moment the new system was launched.

That’s pretty much the approach I use. Most people already know how terrible Meta is, so building on that sentiment doesn’t take much.

Yeah, me too. It’s such a handy word, because you don’t need to add anything to it. It already contains every minority that has something to do with sex, love and gender.

Speaking of letters, what’s wrong with the term “queer”? Isn’t that inclusive enough?

Practice juggling. Buy 3 juggling balls (you know those bean bag types that don’t roll away), and keep them with you. Don’t use tennis balls, because they have a tendency to bounce and roll. When you have some downtime, start practicing. Watch a few video tutorials to get the hang of it.

If you can have a backpack with you, consider bringing a tablet with you. If you have one with a pen, you can draw. Watch a few more tutorials, and learn to draw something you like. Landscapes, portraits, fantasy dragons, pokemons whatever.

Tablets are also fine for reading ebooks. Check what your local library has to offer. Maybe you can borrow library books and read them on your tablet.