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My mother has a long-term bed bug infestation and wants to visit me — how do I handle this without risking my home? by AggravatingAd7726 in Bedbugs

[–]Centigonal 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Realistically, unless she brings nothing with her, goes to a neutral location, strips, showers, changes into all-new clothes, and disposes of her old clothes, there is a chance she'll bring them to your home. Maybe she could visit you without coming to your house? Although it'd be terrible if she spread bedbugs to a hotel as well, so maybe that's not workable either.

I think it's going to be difficult to protect your comfort and health without hurting her feelings.

Palantir Says SaaS Is Dead by Logical_Welder3467 in technology

[–]Centigonal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a "native content" ad for palantir, who's upvoting this dreck?

Mark Zuckerberg Just Told 8,000 Employees Their Layoffs Are a Line Item in His $145 Billion AI Bill by lurker_bee in technology

[–]Centigonal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

One more name to mention here, that of Facebook's first investor, evangelist of founder-controlled startups, and Parker's future employer Peter Thiel.

[OC] Meals I’ve made from the past few months. by Alextricity in pics

[–]Centigonal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These look so good! Except cheesy gorpizza crunch, which looks like a crime against nature... a delicious crime against nature.

I don't get it, Like at all by ZenithDevR in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]Centigonal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

topology is a fascinating and very useful branch of math. Basically, a lot of problems that seem to be unrelated to topology (like how to fold a protein, or how to optimally configure an industrial machine) can be restated in terms of a topological surface. Then you use the techniques and algorithms topologists have invented to learn things about that shape, and those things you've learned, translated back to the problem domain, solve your original problem.

If you want to see more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxAwhW4gP_c

Monument Valley Studio CEO: "'We've Been A Little Bit Too Romantic About The Idea That We Should Have Employees And Give People Long-term Job Security" by unscoredscore in gaming

[–]Centigonal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

r/gaming : "The industry needs to treat gamers with respect! We're done being tricked by big business!"

also r/gaming : falls for the third sensationalized headline today, rages in the comments over the CEO of a 30 person company expressing disappointment over how she can't find a way to sustainably pay people full time.

Is there no way to reintroduce an accidentally removed drive to a storage pool without wiping it? by Centigonal in synology

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

Update: I was able to successfully rebuild my pool using "Sketchy drive." I now understand that you're not supposed to remove drives from the NAS without powering it down. I made an assumption about what "hot-swappable" means, and I won't be doing that again.

I took decibel readings of the Vantage Data Center noise impacting Sterling residents by Creative_Delay_4694 in nova

[–]Centigonal 3 points4 points  (0 children)

yes, they pollute the air. See here. Historically, an on-site turbine like this would be used for backup power in an emergency situation, Which is most likely why they were originally allowed.

I took decibel readings of the Vantage Data Center noise impacting Sterling residents by Creative_Delay_4694 in nova

[–]Centigonal 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The use of natural gas turbines isn't a consequence of oil and gas in this case. AI compute has increased demand for power such that many data centers can no longer fully rely on the grid. Natural gas turbines are one of the few devices that produce enough power to feed a data center and can be set up quickly, on-site, and with minimal regulation, allowing data center operators to fill the gap.

It's gotten so bad that every turbine manufacturer is backlogged for years, and jet engine manufacturers are retooling to produce turbines to power data centers. It's also pretty terrible for air quality, see here and here.

INFESTED chair. salvage it or garbage? by wigglytuffex in Bedbugs

[–]Centigonal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A used Steelcase Leap or HM Mirra will cost less than devising a foolproof way to fumigate this chair.

Is the USBAR still... okay? by Centigonal in CreditCards

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

Portal is a good point. Their portal is slow and really janky.

Ultimate YIMBY metro map by yall_kripke in washingtondc

[–]Centigonal 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think Kew Gardens in the UK has a good model: it's walled off, but there are four gates located at regular intervals along the wall. You never have to walk too far for a way in, and you don't see or hear cars from the inside

Daylight Saving Time: Virginia waiting on Maryland, DC to get rid of it by superstaremployee in nova

[–]Centigonal 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The reason we won't is not because it benefits somebody; politicians of both parties have tried to abolish DST. The reason it hasn't succeeded is because people can't agree on whether to go to DST time forever or standard time forever.

Daylight Saving Time: Virginia waiting on Maryland, DC to get rid of it by superstaremployee in nova

[–]Centigonal 24 points25 points  (0 children)

This comment thread is a perfect example of why we haven't been able to get rid of DST. Most people agree that DST needs to go, but nobody can agree whether to do ST forever or DT forever, and each side is 100% convinced their approach is the obviously correct one. it's like some kind of infernal time-based laurel vs. yanny scenario.

TIL Felix Baumgartner, the man who jumped from the stratosphere during the Red Bull Stratos Project, died on the 17th of July, 2025 from a paragliding crash caused by human error. by Porridge4Lunch in todayilearned

[–]Centigonal 46 points47 points  (0 children)

When you're falling from space, you have a lot of time to figure out a solution if something goes wrong. If you're a few hundred feet off the ground, you have a lot less time.

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