SoleInvictus

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 hours ago

That's social conditioning, not biology.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago (9 children)

×25% gives you 1/4 the original value, whereas +100% is double the original value, let's say 8/4 to keep it consistent. ×125% (in case a 1 is missing) is still only 5/4 the original value.

Is there a typo in your comment?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Gul Madred: How many seasons do you see there?

Picard: I see seven seasons.

Gul Madred: No, there are six.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Oh shit, you're right! I had no idea, good catch.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

It's really both, neurons communicate electrochemically. Neurons establish a voltage difference across their membrane, typically positive outside, negative inside, by concentrating ions on one side or the other. In a single neuron, the action potential (signal) results in the electric polarity of the cell membrane switching to negative outside, positive inside, with the change in gradient cascading down the length of the axon as ions are allowed to flow across the membrane by voltage-gated ion channels. After depolarization, ions are actively and selectively pumped to either side of the membrane, repolarizing it.

There's a lot more to it than that but it's 100% charge dependent. The change in charge is mediated by the flow of ions across a membrane instead of the flow of electrons through a conductor, hence why it's slower.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

I still have my tubes of pogs. I even have a few "OJ in the slammer" slammers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I'm in my mid forties with no children and being asleep again is pretty much my daily goal. I can't imagine how you cope with small kids.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

I do ergo for a lot of IT people. Please just be careful! Carpal tunnel and other RSIs are a bitch to deal with.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

Because it's the primary driver of climate change.

Sulfur hexafluoride is far worse than methane, why do you care about methane?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I came here to suggest the same thing. Ego death is freedom.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago

I'm shocked and slightly sickened that trollish dipshit is suggesting something I agree with. I think I need a shower now.

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Seriously people, use the fucking fan. It clears away odors and covers up the sounds of your dropping a deuce. If you want to stew in your shit smell and revel in the music of your magical poop plops, do so in the comfort of your own home. If you're a guest and the bathroom has a fan, turn it on. We don't want to share.

 

"I live in a right-to-work state, so my employer can shitcan me for any reason".

-Linus K. Lemming

Sorry friends, that's at-will employment, *and you still can't be terminated for any reasons that are protected by law, but we're not here to discuss that. Right-to-work laws mean one thing: that non-union employees cannot be required to contribute to the cost of union representation.

The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 prohibits "closed shops", where union membership is a condition of employment; however, union represented positions can still be required to contribute to the cost of that representation. Right-to-work laws prohibit that requirement, allowing employees in union represented positions who choose not to join the union to also choose whether or not they contribute to the union's costs, i.e., if they pay dues or not.

I see this mistake frequently and thought folks might want to know the correct information so they don't unintentionally perpetuate it.

Edit: updated to include link to info about at-will employment.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/12310804

Halp! Calibrating touchscreen on Panasonic CF-30

Hey all! I've been having an issue I can't figure out. Suddenly, I realized I'm in the heart of Linux users! I can ask here! I'm a total noob, so please be gentle.

I installed Xubuntu and got everything but the touchscreen working properly. The touchscreen works but the cursor is consistently off a bit, with the least error in the center of the screen and increasing as it moves to the sides. I've tried running xinput_calibrator but it doesn't help. I attempted to run libinput.calibrate-touchscreen but keep getting a "is a Wayland compositor running?" error message.

Any suggestions?

 

Hey all! I've been having an issue I can't figure out. Suddenly, I realized I'm in the heart of Linux users! I can ask here! I'm a total noob, so please be gentle.

I installed Xubuntu and got everything but the touchscreen working properly. The touchscreen works but the cursor is consistently off a bit, with the least error in the center of the screen and increasing as it moves to the sides. I've tried running xinput_calibrator but it doesn't help. I attempted to run libinput.calibrate-touchscreen but keep getting a "is a Wayland compositor running?" error message.

Any suggestions?

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