It’s not that strong, vibration and a little force in the other direction that is easily overcome, especially when you’re turning hard to move quickly.
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You have to oversignal in modern BMWs or the wheel vibrates and tries to correct the other direction. Forced merges, lane splitting, any deviation from straight down the middle even when it’s obvious that you have to do that thing, the car bitches at you if you don’t signal.
Yeah, I have zero in my house now. I have over 1k on my ereader, in my pocket, and on my tablet. Even when I read physical books I never had this many, every time I got to a couple hundred I’d take them to Goodwill for others to enjoy. My reading list is so long, it’s not like I’m likely to reread anything. Every book I reread is one other book I won’t get to read before I die.
I see bookshelves like this these days it’s like someone with a lot of vinyl. They’re either old (old to me and I’m almost 50), or just into an old format for some reason. Nothing wrong with that, it just doesn’t mean the same thing it used to.
You can do that, won’t even hurt. A car battery is capable of providing a lot of amps, but you can’t push current, you can only pull it, and a car battery is only around 14 volts.
I wouldn’t do it across your chest though, unless you’re sure your heart is healthy, and maybe not even then. Even low current can fuck with your heart.
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Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world•This is what a solar eclipse looks like from the Moon
21·12 days agoCheck out Mr. Confidently Incorrect over here. An eclipse is exactly the definition you posted, I’m not sure how you could read it so wrong.
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Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world•This is what a solar eclipse looks like from the Moon
31·14 days agoThe earth (one celestial body) is partially obscuring the sun (another celestial body) relative to the Blue Ghost lander (the designated observer).
It’s an eclipse.
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Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world•This is what a solar eclipse looks like from the Moon
7·14 days agoIf the sun passes in front of the moon, we’ve got a fucking problem.
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memes@lemmy.world•Don't forget the long hair shed EVERYWHERE on EVERYTHING
132·16 days agoGet a shower drain with a removable catch basket, even if it means having tile work done. It will pay dividends in the future lack of plumbing bills.
Unless you rent, then encourage her to brush her hair in the shower.
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What are some words where the "opposite" one means the same thing?
2·16 days agoYeah, adding in- as a prefix often does mean that, but it can also mean in, on, or into (among others) as a prefix or just part of the core word. And in this case inflammable comes from adding the suffix -able to inflame, a word that already starts with in- in it’s into meaning. And one definition of inflame is “to burst into flames.”
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What are some words where the "opposite" one means the same thing?
1·16 days agoI’m not sure this is correct, but I’ve heard that flammable and inflammable being used as synonyms is recent. Originally, inflammable meant able to burst into flames without a significant ignition source. Like a pile of oily rags or something that could catch fire because it was left out in the sun or just got too warm.
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politics @lemmy.world•US will issue commemorative passports with Trump’s picture for America's 250th birthday
14·16 days agoWhen I’ve traveled internationally, both during his first presidency and recently, people would occasionally ask me what I thought about him. I would tell them and they would often say something like “that’s what everyone I’ve talked to seems to think,” in a somewhat accusatory way (or maybe my embarrassment makes me a little paranoid,) like we are not being honest.
And I basically say what you just said. Sure, there are probably a few trump supporting liars among those you’ve spoken to, but for the most part, trump supporters are incurious people, scared of everything, and not interested in experiencing new things and places.
A trump supporter (he would just say Republican, but there is no difference imo) I work with just took his family on an international vacation for the first time about a month ago. He went to Costa Rica and stayed in a resort. When he got back and people asked him about it he would say “it’s great, the resort had everything you need, there were lots of English TV stations with American programming, tons of ‘normal’ food, and everybody in stores spoke English” (in the little strip of stores right outside the resort designed to give just the right amount of ‘local flavor’ without being scary). That’s about as adventurous as I imagine the average magat to be.
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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•How is Alexander the Great so great he gets that name, but not so great that just “Alexander”doesn’t disambiguate him?
21·21 days agoIn my experience, in context people often do drop the “the Great” and just say Alexander.

Shit, he’s 80? I guess I haven’t seen him in a while. Back when the cable stations with educational names actually had educational programming, and not just reality trash, he was pretty dope.