TheUniverseandNetworks

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TIL when applying for a British passport online, your identity has to be confirmed by someone who is not a relative, knows you for two years, and has to be from a specific (weird) list of professions. in c/til@lemmy.world
[–] TheUniverseandNetworks@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

I guess it's more likely the list was drawn up before paramedic was a thing, and then no one thought to change it. The low effort option.

No excuse in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
No excuse in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] TheUniverseandNetworks@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (5 children)

"Also car has great visibility forward and fuck all backwards, rear view mirror is like double the size of the rear window (in the reflection, not side by side)."

Yeah - this is exactly why you should reverse park. When you come out again into potentially a stream of traffic, if you reverse park, you're coming out forwards, you can see them & they can see you. If you forward park you have literally no idea what you're backing out into.

What's your favourite paid Android app? in c/android@lemmy.world
[–] TheUniverseandNetworks@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The only paid app I've got is Sound Profile. Puts the phone on quiet (except for family) at night, or silent (with auto resume to normal) in meetings. It's on my & spouse's phones.

What is the largest file transfer you have ever done? in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] TheUniverseandNetworks@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Yeah, shout out for rsync also. It's awesome. Combine it with ssh & it feels pretty secure too.

Do you ever use the Internet Archive for anything? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] TheUniverseandNetworks@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

A long time ago I was repairing my dad's camera, I found an article describing the exact fault & a link to how to fix it, but the link was dead.

Used the wayback machine to find a text only copy of the fix (no pictures) which was enough.

Was immensely proud that someone had had the idea to invent the IA & have been recommending it ever since.

Hooooooooooooooooooot in c/science_memes@mander.xyz
[–] TheUniverseandNetworks@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

generate electricity.

not generate electricity.

generate electricity the other way around.

not generate electricity.

generate electricity.

not generate electricity.

generate electricity the other way around.

not generate electricity...

Edit: I dumbly misread your post (energy/electricity) & thought of this, which I will leave here because it made me smile & that's a good thing.

Anon is a physicist in c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
[–] TheUniverseandNetworks@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

How do we know that lots of people didn't figure this out & then got on with their lives? Because there was no way for them to tell all the other people in the world, we'll never know, or if they wrote it down it's been lost, so likewise we'll never know.

Is hard to imagine what the world was like before mass literacy and mass communication.

what was your favorite thing about your first car? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] TheUniverseandNetworks@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

Not sure if this counts (as a car), but it was a three wheeler (Reliant Robin), gutless and rattly, all the fun of going 50 mph without breaking the speed limit. All the engine weight was directly on the front wheel, so the back end (no weight at all) would slide out wonderfully around corners.