slingstone

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

You gonna bail me out when I get arrested for trying to open the door mid-flight? ๐Ÿ˜‚

Seriously, though, all you guys here are right about everything you've said. I'll undoubtedly be forced to fly again, and I'll remind myself of these things when I do.

Of course, if I'm on the one flight that does disintegrate in midair, well...my last thoughts of y'all might not be terribly charitable. ๐Ÿ˜‰

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

These same people see school shootings and just think kids dying is the price for their right to bear arms, and they don't care. I don't think many of them have the conscience left in their empty Godless souls to care about women dying needlessly if it means their doctrinal nonsense can be imposed on everyone.

[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's the fear of losing everything that gives these people pause. I hope I'd do better in that situation, but I don't know what it's like to face losing everything you worked for in your life as well as your freedom.

The people to blame are the monsters who created these laws.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

<tribal chanting>

<music swells>

"It's the circle of porn!"

[โ€“] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Shouldn't Donnie T. just be able to cut them a check since he's so fabulously wealthy? I mean, he says he's ultra rich and the best businessman ever, so this ought to be something he can just immediately address, right?

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I unfold paperclips and use the smaller end. One caveat that make me realize it's not the best idea: the point I unfolded can break. I've never lost one in my ear, but I could imagine it happening.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Funny, I use shampoo over my whole body because the equivalent soap doesn't have the menthol in it that I use to wake me the heck up every morning. That tingly feeling of freshness I get is phenomenal.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah, escape pods have been implemented in some aircraft in the past, but the idea has always ended without wide scale adoption for the reasons so many have stated here.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Honestly, I do understand that ejector seats are not a good idea, but I was thinking something more like this. It's more like a lifeboat and would be equipped as such to address the same sort of concerns a disaster at sea would require to allow folks to survive and be tracked.

I get that the expense and weight appear prohibitive, but it's insane to me that we put people 30,000 feet in the air with no plan other than prevention and measures that don't completely address all dangers.

I know nothing will likely ever be done in this vein, and probably rightfully so, but it sure feels like airlines are the ultimate "you pays your money and you takes your chance" experience. Given my own limited experience with flying, it increasingly scares the hell out of me personally. I didn't have occasion to fly until I was in late middle age, and I found the experience thoroughly terrifying.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (22 children)

Stupid question here, I guess, but why isn't there a system to potentially deliver commercial passengers and crew to the ground in case of a crash? Military jets have ejection seats and parachutes, so why don't we have at least something required for commercial aircraft in the same vein?

Is it the money that it would undoubtedly require?

Edit: misspelling

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

I remember when the game started in the '90s, booster packs were like a buck. I can't afford to stay in standard and most popular formats I enjoy won't let me use cards I like.

 

It's got 250,000 miles and is $5,500. It's a former taxi service car, apparently. Obviously, a pre-purchase inspection would be a must. I've heard these cars are very reliable, but the mileage, accident history (3, not sure how serious), and potential status of the high voltage battery give me pause. I'm leaning against traveling to look at it, but I'm wondering if the model is just so good it's worth a try at that price point.

It would be replacing a 2015 Kia Soul with about 80,000 miles--Kia's engine woes have me spooked, so I'm considering trying to get something more likely to go for several hundred thousand miles. Any thoughts?

 

I'm looking to replace the HDD on an HP Pavilion dv 6 6130-us. It has an i-3 2330M CPU. I know it's old as dirt, but I'd like to use it to run old games. It's also the only thing I own with a CD drive.

I've upgraded the RAM to the maximum it will support (16 GB). I'm thinking an SSD will help it run a great deal faster, but I'm stuck on what to get. So far, the Crucial MX500 seems like a good choice, but I'm wondering if any semi-reliable cheap SSD will do for something this old. I have to stick with something with a 2.5 inch form factor that uses SATA. Thoughts?

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First PC for My Son (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

So my eight-year-old wants a desktop PC. He's kind of a budding gamer, but right now, he almost exclusively plays Roblox on his iPad and will definitely carry this over to the PC. As he gets older, he may want to graduate to more demanding titles. On the other hand, he may also get bored with it and stick with consoles and mobile gaming.

I don't want to spend a ton on a PC for a very young child who may not take to PC gaming seriously, but I also want to get something that might be upgradeable as he grows if he wants to join the PC master race.

In my research, I came across this.

The recommendation I saw in PCMag that led me to the PC above suggested that the integrated graphics with the Ryzen 5 5600G could serve as a starting point for low level gaming and allow me to spend on a GPU card later if it's justified. The price and functionality appear to offer exactly the path I want.

I've seen other, more expensive versions of this pre-built, and I've also looked at the possibility of building it myself. I like this particular chip because it's only a generation or so back and it still appears to be well-regarded by the community. If I went with one of the cheap old workstation conversions, I'd be limited by proprietary hardware and fewer options--a lot of the stuff out there, especially Intel stuff, is very old and won't be able to run Windows 11 when it becomes necessary. What I'm finding suggests this path could see us through quite a few years to come and allow us to upgrade as needed.

Am I barking up the wrong tree here, or does this seem like it could work the way I want?

UPDATE: I've decided to buy the pre built deal I found with the 6500G. I would like to go to a fancier build, but the price of the AM5 chips and motherboards takes them off of the table for me right now. I think what I'm getting will be good enough as some of you have said.

Thanks to everyone for your help! If y'all are interested, I'll post an update when I get it.

 

I'm getting a lot of parts in languages I can't read. Can I filter for just my native language?

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