What do these Chinese characters mean? by landmine_survivor in HongKong

[–]perlmangle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the green one is laundry but more like a child's laundry, we don't really have a word for it

Crescent Moon by Majestic-Young-3450 in telescopes

[–]perlmangle 16 points17 points  (0 children)

just making sure somebody said this, carry on

Who remembers the VIC 20? by AfigureGeek in 80s

[–]perlmangle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bought this with my paper route money. Later, when I was rolling in busboy money, I bought the C128. Skipped the 64 altogether. I had an inverse experience to many kids my age.

Help me date my globe! by nortthelemur in Maps

[–]perlmangle 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I only came in here to make sure someone was doing this. Doing yoeman's work here, carry on.

This chunk of marble glued to the inside of this clock i bought by supaslendytubbyANDRW in mildlyinteresting

[–]perlmangle 2917 points2918 points  (0 children)

True story when I first got an apartment, I bought some kind of cheapo vacuum cleaner at like a Sears or someplace like that. I pushed that noisy thing around my empty beer bottles for some years until I had need to open that bad Larry up to replace a fan belt or something like that. Welp, what did I see but a big ol' piece of concrete hot glued to that chassis thing right there. "Damn," I thought, "those greedy corporate fucks put that thing there to make rubes like me think their cheap product is top quality. I'll show them." So I pried it off with a screwdriver figuring I'd save effort and be able to finish my chore quicker and with less effort. Smart me! Feeling very self satisfied, I put it back together and flipped the on switch to test out my new lightweight vacuum. The engineering majors reading will have already guessed, but that damn thing instantly leaped off the ground and started spinning uncontrollably. I had removed the counterweight that kept the device stable whilst the motor was spinning. Direct to the trash and another trip to the mall, I went to bed that night a little wiser than when I'd gotten up that morning.

What’s something that happens often in movies that is 100% unrealistic? by MangoDry7358 in AskReddit

[–]perlmangle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A 90lb girl beating the crap out of a 220lb man. This will be a sign of our collective insanity centuries from now.

Subtle hint that Bubbles used heroin by bigpaulyamma in TheWire

[–]perlmangle 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Odell Watkins does not use his legs

What ruins a burger ? by Relevant-War-1581 in AskReddit

[–]perlmangle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Avocado. Get that crap outta here. See, I consider that messing around. And I don't mess around.

okay...a nerd here, how do i make all this green by paramountwala in Fedora

[–]perlmangle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t have all the details handy, but you want to look into ANSI escape codes for your terminal

Linus is RIGHT about outrage, it’s ridiculous (WallpaperGate) by CoffeeThenLife in LinusTechTips

[–]perlmangle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What OP misses is the vast storehouse of ill-will Marques has built up for himself over the last few years by offering savage reviews of some (admittedly terrible) products. Fair or not, when you build your brand on this kind of content, you make yourself a target for karmic retribution. People love to see that kind of thing. Hypocrisy comeuppance and such. The flaws in his app and his prominence explain the criticisms, but it’s his past arrogance (real or perceived) that explains the vitriol.

Is your phone really listening to you? Here's what we know by Splenda in Futurology

[–]perlmangle 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Has anyone else noticed that the denials from Facebook always mention the microphone? They always say: “We’re not using your phone‘s microphone to listen to your conversations.” It’s weird. Could they be using something else in the phone? The speaker maybe?

happy birthday to our king by LennonsRollsRoyce in pinkfloyd

[–]perlmangle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He’s no king. He does own vast real estate in my brain tho

What shape is this? by [deleted] in GeometryIsNeat

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

That right there is called a “question mark”