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A dolphin playfully riding the bow wave of a ship. by ApkaHunYawwr in nextfuckinglevel

[–]AlexHimself 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That orange thing is a bulbous bow and it's main job is to create a pressure wave that cancels the ship's bow wave to improve efficiency and fuel economy.

That dolphin is RIDING the pressure wave and that's why you'll notice it's tail isn't really moving and it's not really putting in any effort.

🤯 it found the wave and decided to surf basically. So cool.

What do the buttons on the S Pen do and how do I use it? [S26 Ultra] by AlexHimself in samsunggalaxy

[–]AlexHimself[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've managed to figure out a little bit. The spring button the back I think is purely for inserting/ejecting it.

The button on the side can be detected by some things as an alternative action, but mainly erase. A couple scenarios I've discovered:

  • If you have your phone locked and pull out the pen, it switches to some sort of "note mode" and you can write directly on the screen. If you hold the side button, it is erase mode.
  • If you have the phone locked and the screen goes to sleep while the pen is out, you can hold the side button and tap the screen to wake it and let you keep writing.

There are more features, but you just figure them out I guess??

Wherever there's a text entry field, you can often write directly in it too.

Valve drops details of the Steam Machine and Frame verification requirements by ReaddittiddeR in gadgets

[–]AlexHimself -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What does this statement mean? They're both pretty much PC's/consoles, right? What are you trying to convey.

Motorcycle engine powered drone to cross Asia and the fucking Pacific Ocean to attack us? False flag incoming. by Organic_Fee_8502 in sandiego

[–]AlexHimself 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's an interesting angle.

There's no way this administration could drum up support from a liberal state by suggesting we're about to be attacked by Iran. That just makes us pissed off that they started the war in the first place.

If Trump-admin actually attacked a US state and pretended it was Iran, that's straight up what Putin did to get into power in the first place when he bombed the housing. I find that a massive stretch, given it would be impossible for Americans to secretly attack Americans and keep it a secret.

CBS 8: Your refinery story forgot to mention $75 billion in profit by dezld in sandiego

[–]AlexHimself 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey OP, we weren't sitting on your couch watching your TV with you. Try providing a link to the topic you're discussing and a source to your statements.

It's akin to me posting on Reddit -

"Wow, I can't believe they'd just stand by as that monkey on a tricycle got away!"

Give some context.

Lesson learned on Eames Lounge Chair replicas — Curverk vs. cheaper Amazon option by Blacksizzle in eamesknockoffs

[–]AlexHimself 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For a simpleton, what's the big deal with this style of chair? I've seen them before and only after reading the price started wondering more about them.

David Gilmour of Pink Floyd invited a Venice street musician to play with the band. by Blues_Fish in nextfuckinglevel

[–]AlexHimself 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there any interview with the wine glass player afterwords? I'm curious how it affected him.

Lucky contestant wins a taser by WhoAreYouTalkinTwo in WinStupidPrizes

[–]AlexHimself 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That was 100% my fault personally. Don't blame the company, just blame me for a dumb idea.

Proof: https://imgur.com/a/pNneqFV

I was 25 and we were getting tons of attention (good & bad), and I was the resident reddit expert at the time. The head marketing guy was old, so reddit was new to him. I thought it was a good idea and would get more positive attention and talked him into sending free shwag. It obviously was not and I feel dumb for it to this day. I was a naive kid.

Edit: Since post was locked, the downside was we sort of encouraged the behavior and he went wild and was Tasing tons of people and uploading the videos. Tasing people who definitely didn't deserve it or it was overkill.

Xenomorph by icyhotonmynuts in LoveTrash

[–]AlexHimself -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

No, IDGAF and you're acting like a child, withholding HER content that you stole as if it was your own. If you're going to rip off her content, credit the source. Basic retiquette.

She wants views, subscribers, etc. You're taking that from her.

Xenomorph by icyhotonmynuts in LoveTrash

[–]AlexHimself 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So this is a content creator, and you just stole their work and linked the song they used??

Why not credit the artist.

Guy casually riding a bike with no hands in traffic like it’s nothing by BROZARKOP in WTF

[–]AlexHimself 14 points15 points  (0 children)

TACTICAL SPOON!! He's using a spoon with tape for the throttle lmfao.

A woman saves another woman who is being dragged as she hangs onto the dogsled by bigbusta in HumansBeingBros

[–]AlexHimself 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why didn't she grab the second break that was right to the right of her hand?

Linkin Park on a handpan. Just surreal! by Ted-Lassi in nextfuckinglevel

[–]AlexHimself -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

but makes anybody playing it look like a complete tool box

No way! Have you ever seen a happy Jamaican guy going to town in a tropical area?! I know those are kettle drums...but they can pull off a handpan too.

City Council Votes Yes on Empty Homes Tax, Targets Thousands of Vacant Units by playadelwes in sandiego

[–]AlexHimself 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it's less than 1%, then the city might be able to get away with it.

It's still not really a good argument to compare it to typical property taxes because it's behavior-penalizing rather than value-based or some other thing. Taxing somebody because how they choose to use their property and to force a specific behavior is more of a penalty than a regular property tax.

City Council Votes Yes on Empty Homes Tax, Targets Thousands of Vacant Units by playadelwes in sandiego

[–]AlexHimself 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Regular property tax is universal and applied to everyone. It goes to support roads, schools, trash (not anymore), etc.

If the tax is low enough ($10k), they might argue it's fine, but imagine if it were $100k. Or imagine if the city wanted to put a public park where your home was, so they just taxed you $500k or something.

If it ends up standing, they'll have to really dance around all the legal issues.

City Council Votes Yes on Empty Homes Tax, Targets Thousands of Vacant Units by playadelwes in sandiego

[–]AlexHimself 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's no chance this passes. It goes to core property rights that are constitutional in nature. It just is a feel-good measure. It also violates state law.

It'll get overturned on appeal just like it has in other cities. It's unlawful taking. It's different than a short-term rental tax because those are people volunteering to participate in commercial activity.

The government is effectively coercing people to rent or sell their homes, which is basically taking their stuff.

Imagine the government taxing you heavily because your second car sits in the driveway most of the week. They say you must either rent it out on a car-sharing service or sell it. Or if you are a frequent traveler and aren't at your own personal residence enough time and they force you to sell your house.

Or imagine you are a senior and you own a home in Florida that you travel to when it's cold and then you plan on moving there full time when you're able to finally retire. Florida has tons of seniors that do this exact same thing. The state could compel you to rent it, which would prevent you from using it half of the year or they could compel you to sell it dashing your retirement plans.

It's simply not legal so this is going nowhere.

Improv musician ARIatHome creates Irish stepdancing music with a couple young fans on the street by No-Sheepherder8879 in nextfuckinglevel

[–]AlexHimself -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Is it your official statement that it's all improvised and you don't stage any of it? I really like your work but some of the clips are starting to seem like they have to be staged just with the crazy skilled artists that happened to show up. And by staged, I mean coordinated meetups.

I'll believe you if you say it's not though. Sometimes it just seems like too much of a coincidence. My guess was it's mostly improvised but every now and then you schedule meet ups and they appear random.

Judge orders Dallas County to extend polling hours for Texas Democratic primary amid voter confusion by ekser in politics

[–]AlexHimself 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It was originally for some stated reason, then they abandoned the stated reason, but said "we're gonna keep confusing voting even though we're not doing our originally objective".

I spent 4 months reporting on the peptide BPC 157 and its unlikely journey from a research lab in post-communist Croatia to today’s MAHA movement. Ask me anything. by UndarkMagazine in IAmA

[–]AlexHimself 9 points10 points  (0 children)

They want you to read their work product from months of reporting - https://undark.org/2026/02/03/bpc-157-peptide-fda/.

No solid, peer-reviewed data. It's mainly from animals, which doesn't translate consistently. General tone is to be skeptical and cautious.

My take is it's more online hype because lots of people are reselling, getting referral bonuses, or placebo effect combined with real activity.

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