the argument for renewable energy isnt that we should stop using oil, its that we shouldnt burn it. why turn our limited supply of oil into CO2 and water when we can turn it into plastics, medicine, solvents, etc? around 3/4 of crude oil is used as fuel, but if renewable energy was used, the number of oil tankers would decrease by more than 75% bc local supplies would generally be sufficient for industrial, non-fuel uses

ah makes sense. i also have a pretty big swap file so i think that helps a bit when im doing other ram intensive stuff

i remember not using firefox for a rlly long time bc i heard it’s ram usage with multiple tabs open was a lot less efficient than other browsers. idk if that’s true but i use firefox w 4 windows with 20+ tabs each and have never had a problem

faster-than-light quantum tunneling has already been demonstrated in zero spin particles. maybe this is the first time we’ve noticed a particle with spin that does this

i got into an argument on tiktok with someone who insisted that no ancient civilization could build the pyramids. i asked them if they knew what tools were and they clapped back with “what tools did they have back then?” mf never heard of simple machines

im p sure it has to do with stuff being easier to eat. we dont have to work with our jaw to tear or crush difficult foods since everything is processed or we have tools to make it easy. our jaws are underused, so they develop to be smaller than theyre supposed to be, and our teeth get crowded

someone once shook a vending machine vigorously for me when my snack was stuck. it was very stressful to watch

a lot of stuff at my work uses a custom OS built in the 90s

milei’s dead dog giving him horrible economic advice from beyond the grave:

dont show this to george rr martin lol

oh, and im zhzhzh

i can’t wait to start writing grants actually! it seems like it would be a nice break from the overwhelming amount of technical writing. im a sucker for academia and im happy i signed myself up for another 5 years of it

Mao: peasants dont have to pay rent anymore

me, an intellectual: nooo, i cant foresee a world where my wages arent siphoned by a passive landowner!

what they smoking tho?

bad article written by inept radlib PMC karen. this reads like it could have been written by any short-fused, airheaded american who yells at the self-checkout attendant bc they dont understand technology. they blame the machine or the employees for something 90%+ of the customers are able to figure out. this vocal minority of abusive customers should be shot and their small businesses should be redistributed to their employees who also suffer their entitled tantrums

the real reason this article was written is this line:

retailers utilising self-checkout technology have loss rates more than twice the industry average

its easier to steal when using these machines. and even tho retailers are probably saving money by hiring less employees despite increased shrinkage, they hate that people are getting stuff for free. they hate that app slaves and other downtrodden workers can get their ketchup for free instead of working 15 minutes to be able to afford sugared tomato paste.

these machines are easy to use. nobody but the most inept (who are also wealthy and have a sociopathic sense of entitlement) complain abt this. and dont try to claim its harder for ppl with disabilities, bc its not. its easier for ppl w disabilities bc there are less ppl in the cashier lines

you get shorter lines with self-checkout. 2 cashiers can checkout 2 people at a time, while 2 self-checkout attendants can oversee a dozen checkout stations

it would be a net positive for the fediverse if beehaw left

mothman bc he looks cool and one of the west virginia ones has to be real since they have so many

the Grand Mufti Al-Husseini who supported the nazis was unpopular in Palestine, winning the least number of votes for the position prior to the Mandate of Palestine. but when britain established the undemocratic Supreme Muslim Council, he was elected by the members of this council as Grand Mufti. as with everything else, the brits engaged in appeasement w him when he revealed his fascist ideology instead of removing him, which could have been done by introducing a more democratic system of government

don’t waste ur time, gonna be a looooong wait

but if you get some nice whole wheat bread and toast that shit it really brings a PBJ to the next level