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SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zoneto
science@lemmy.world•Dark Energy Debate Reignites As Study Finds Universe's Expansion Is Actually SlowingEnglish
4·9 hours agoDefinitely the ass gravity.
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Does anyone actually have home safes or does everyone just use bank safes? (or do you hide stuff under your mattress?)
2·18 hours agoProbably, but it’s the good ol’ cost-benefit analysis. It’ll survive so much longer than if it wasn’t protected at at all, but the next-level fire protection that would increases its chances is really expensive.
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Science Memes@mander.xyz•It's OK to just like lemon water.English
5·19 hours agoThe biggest initial issue for many is that it’s pretty sedating, but that lessens with time. I slept like the dead for the first three weeks as baclofen is one of the few drugs that increases the frequency and duration of deep sleep. Now I can take 100 milligrams in a day and not feel a thing. I have literally no side effects.
One downside is sudden cessation is hell. If I miss an entire day, my anxiety gradually increases until it’s through the roof until I start taking it again. Two days results in gradually increasing visual hallucinations. All of this completely reverses within an hour of taking a dose. You must taper off this stuff, but doing it isn’t hard at all. Just don’t go cold turkey.
It’s also a medication that people tend not to grow resistant to. It hasn’t lost any effectiveness for me despite having taken 60-80mg/day for almost two decades.
I used to have constant burning throat pain and the taste of stomach contents. Not anymore! It reduces the frequency of transient lower esophageal sphincter (LES) relaxation and increases its resting tone. Here’s a relevant paper for anyone interested:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9981648/
Bonus: 20 mg for non-users will halt hiccups but will likely also sedate them pretty hard. 10-20 mg will prevent MDMA hyperthermia.
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Science Memes@mander.xyz•It's OK to just like lemon water.English
21·1 day agoHey fellow LPR person! Ever looked into baclofen? It’s an oddball, but it helped me and a friend with our LPR.
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Unpopular Opinion@lemmy.world•Sweet tea is one of the worst beverages to ever existEnglish
2·2 days agoA lot of folks oversteep their tea, often because they don’t use enough, making it bitter AF no matter how much diabetes dust gets added later.
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Does anyone actually have home safes or does everyone just use bank safes? (or do you hide stuff under your mattress?)
6·2 days agoThat’s exactly what I’d recommend! The contents will crisp long before a quality silicone bag will.
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Does anyone actually have home safes or does everyone just use bank safes? (or do you hide stuff under your mattress?)
2·2 days agoYou’d need a ton of silica gel, pounds of it, to capture steam as fast as it is generated. Your best bet would be a water tight, temperature resistant container like silicone bags for documents. I’d recommend a properly fireproof safe (read: $$$) or planning for potential losses for anything larger.
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Lefty Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.com•I want to live in the world NY Post lives in!English
4·2 days agoI with that were true but it’s worse than ever. Corporate and government propaganda pervades every aspect of people’s lives in the United States.
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Lefty Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.com•I want to live in the world NY Post lives in!English
23·2 days agolike throwing around some ancient language and random symbols should make the people afraid or something
In my experience, it still does for conservatives and many born before the mid seventies. None of them can tell you why or even what any of the terms or symbols mean, but they’ve been told all their lives those things are bad and have never stopped to wonder why.
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Google Pixel@lemdro.id•The Pixel 10 Pro’s new voice typing is wild, and it’s changed how I use my phoneEnglish
41·2 days agoThat’s great?
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Google Pixel@lemdro.id•The Pixel 10 Pro’s new voice typing is wild, and it’s changed how I use my phoneEnglish
41·2 days agoFrom the article:
According to Google’s support documentation, there’s an entire set of commands exclusive to newer Pixel devices. Some of the more advanced features require a Pixel 8 or newer, while the latest features require a Pixel 9 or newer.
So it’s both. Apparently most of this “advanced voice typing” process is handled locally on the device due to its Tensor G5 chip allowing it to more efficiently run small recognition models.
Or so I read. This isn’t my field, like, at all.
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Does anyone actually have home safes or does everyone just use bank safes? (or do you hide stuff under your mattress?)
16·2 days agoKeep in mind that many “fireproof” safes misrepresent their capabilities and the fireproofing itself can severely damage or destroy safe contents in a fire.
Tl;dr: the contents slow cook and soak in a mixture of water and whatever else was present for hours to days. Depending on the severity and duration of the fire, plastics will melt, metals will tarnish, and unprotected paper, wood, and similar contents will be destroyed.
Most more affordable safes are fireproofed via a layer of drywall material. Drywall is composed of gypsum, otherwise known as calcium sulfate dihydrate: CaSO4·2H2O .
The fireproofing doesn’t come from any direct insulating properties but the hydration of the gypsum. When exposed to enough heat, the water bound to calcium sulfate begins to unbind and boil out. The interior of the safe will remain at 100°C or less as the external heat energy from the fire is absorbed by this dehydration/phase change process, releasing water as steam.
This turns your safe into a big steamer/(low) pressure cooker. The safe boils during the fire, then sits and “cooks” for hours afterwards as the area cools down. The safe keypad will be inoperative, so you’ll be reliant on the backup key working. If that mechanism is damaged, the manufacturer or a locksmith will need to open it. No matter what, the contents will remain in a hot, damp environment for hours to days.
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Science@mander.xyz•Some People Can’t See Mental Images. The Consequences Are Profound
2·3 days agoSame! I grew up playing a lot of dungeon crawlers, so I’m pretty good at making mental maps. I tried explaining to an ex how I could envision a rough map of wherever I might be and he was completely baffled.
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World News@lemmy.world•Zohran Mamdani wins NYC mayor's race, capping a stunning ascentEnglish
19·3 days agoThey do: you! Run for local office and help infuse some vitality back into a tired, corrupt political system.
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Whats your hot take on something that doesnt matter at all?
5·3 days agoJust the diet gummies.
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Technology@lemmy.world•Is Kagi search engine worth it?English
8·3 days agoDammit, my fence picket didn’t even get cold!
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Technology@lemmy.world•Is Kagi search engine worth it?English
15·3 days agoAppreciate you linking in your blog post. I’ve been on the fence about Kagi and you bring up a lot of good points informed by sources I’m unlikely to delve into.
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News@lemmy.world•‘It’s risky business emotionally’: the social shift towards open relationships
7·3 days agoAs someone who used to be poly, I agree 100%. Poly people can be emotional wrecking balls if they don’t put in the work to build and maintain healthy relationships. Poly drama story time!
The worst of my poly primaries believed she had infinite love to give, so she saw no reason to limit herself to one partner. While her love might have been truly infinite, her time, emotional capacity, and sense of commitment were not. She frequently overextended herself with multiple new interests and had her desire for attention and validation fulfilled far beyond reason without the capacity or apparent intent to fully reciprocate.
Her interests were typically less socially adept men who didn’t have much luck in dating, so they threw themselves at a charming, intelligent woman showing intense emotional and sexual interest, unaware or uncaring that she hid her flaws with equal intensity. (She had this thing about fucking virgins: hey, I don’t kink shame!) I saw her break a few hearts when they realized they weren’t going to “win” her for themselves, but only toward the end discovered that this wasn’t due to self-delusion as she claimed, but instead her failure to clearly communicate firm expectations and boundaries. Sometimes that they weren’t communicated at all. I also learned after the split that there were far more men than I knew about. Uggggh.
Eventually she began breaking the rules we established for our relationship and chose to leave me when I insisted we close the relationship to work on ourselves, as we promised to do when we first became committed. She opted instead to begin fucking two mutual friends, one of which immediately ghosted me while the other, a newly former virgin, soon called off our friendship so he could, in his own words, “have a clear conscience while pursuing a lasting relationship with her”. I’m sure I don’t have to explain how successful he was.











Do you have any reliable sources backing up that increased pancreatic cancer risk assertion?
Recent studies suggest the opposite. Even recent studies that found a small, statistically significant increase cannot rule out survival benefit and other confounders.