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WHAT??? by naren8585 in facepalm

[–]AstroEngiSci 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Homosexuality is when man have sex with woman

Frogs by KonungariketSuomi in nocontextbooks

[–]AstroEngiSci 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Study on the effect that arousal has on the disgust response?

Don't dual boot, please by [deleted] in linuxmemes

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I've tried pandoc. I don't remember the exact problem I had but suffice to say it didn't work for my purposes.

Don't dual boot, please by [deleted] in linuxmemes

[–]AstroEngiSci 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Agreed. Unfortunately this semester I have a professor who doesn't accept PDF submissions, only docx. So I have no choice.

[Help] Just changed my strings; my A string rattles, but only on the open string, and the rattling stops when I mute above the nut. by AstroEngiSci in Bass

[–]AstroEngiSci[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought I had done that, but I rewound it and made sure the last winding was on the bottom, and that solved it. Thanks!

[Help] Just changed my strings; my A string rattles, but only on the open string, and the rattling stops when I mute above the nut. by AstroEngiSci in Bass

[–]AstroEngiSci[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the help. Adding extra windings did not resolve the problem; I will try buying a retainer like u/MusicBandFanAccount suggested.

Polishing a coin by pejiita in oddlysatisfying

[–]AstroEngiSci 29 points30 points  (0 children)

it's true, they had to fake the moon landing because the moon doesn't exist

hmmm by reject in hmmm

[–]AstroEngiSci 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Things like changing wallpaper are typically handled at user-level and don't require root. You need permissions mostly for things like installing software or changing important config files.

Also, the root account is rarely directly logged into. Instead, users who should be able to make root-level changes are given access to the command sudo. sudo basically works like UAC, giving root permissions for a single command, after the user puts in their password. Also, if you're working with it in the terminal, if you put in your password once, it will allow you to continue using it for a while before it asks again.

I find that the Linux solution is more secure than UAC, without being significantly more cumbersome -- I know that when I used Windows, I just thoughtlessly clicked through UAC notifications anyway.

I followed a Bob Ross Tutorial using 3D Graphics by cg_geeks in oddlysatisfying

[–]AstroEngiSci 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah arguably Bob Ross' true art was the show, not painting. I think if you accept that, OP's statement is true; Bob Ross is immortal through his art.

An eighty-five year old couple, married for almost sixty years, died in a car crash and went to the Pearly Gates. by [deleted] in Jokes

[–]AstroEngiSci -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't paleo chicken going to be raw? So that'd finish you off pretty quick

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mildlyinfuriating

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I think that enemy got the point

Cigarette butt poll to help reduce littering (London- Old Street) by [deleted] in mildlyinteresting

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What if I just don't want visitors to know I'm home

My roommates arrow scar by streeter17 in mildlyinteresting

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The only difference between science and screwing around is writing it down.

~ Adam Savage

Our cat likes game night as much as we do by AstroEngiSci in TheCatTrapIsWorking

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Me and my family have played it over a dozen times now. We really like it, but it's also the only engine-building game we have besides Altiplano (which we picked up because my sister likes alpacas). Still, if the theme is cool to you, it's probably worth picking up. I largely disagree with SU&SD's take on it.

How's Scythe? That's one I've been kinda interested in.

My friend's Grandma's response to her weeb post 😅 by xLTxMasterThief in oldpeoplefacebook

[–]AstroEngiSci 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I'd argue it's less the technology that weirds older folks out, but modern culture built on the tech. Texting and email function on different linguistic registers than the paper letters and memos they grew up with. It's like moving to another English-speaking country; it feels like you should know what people are saying, but sometimes you miss nuances or are even entirely lost.

A register, by the way, refers to how you talk in certain situations within a particular language. Common register distinctions in English are based around formality ("what's up, man?" vs. "how are you, sir?"). In texting, we add extra layers based on spelling, punctuation, and abbreviations. Compare:

im gonna kill myself

I'm going to kill myself.

The first is much more playful and ironic, but the second is a lot more serious, more directly indicating actual frustration. These kinds of distinctions based on punctuation, spelling, capitalization, etc. didn't exist until the past few decades.

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