Posts by fritzoids@mas.to
(DIR) Post #AlSNWmnUtgAcX22lWK by fritzoids@mas.to
2024-08-29T10:46:59Z
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@futurebird @th @SnoopJ @regehr @dan @va2lam @holly I love my rice cooker. It is >15 years old and simple but works perfectly every time. I highly recommend gifting one to anyone who asks what to get someone who is moving out. (I've even made coffee in mine by putting the little Italian coffe-maker in it.)
(DIR) Post #AlSmnyEM8iOhlgthlg by fritzoids@mas.to
2024-08-29T15:29:59Z
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@futurebird I don't know what it's called but I like to curate what the algo serves me and so I make a point of telling it to not show me this type of content again. Same with the "Fun Fact!" guys that then have nothing interesting to share, or the videos that is just someone watching someone else's video (often with no comment or anything!). I also make a point of liking any video of the type I'd like to see more of.
(DIR) Post #AlohCxT3muWAOWQQzY by fritzoids@mas.to
2024-09-07T18:52:14Z
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“When the AI provided an incorrect result, researchers found inexperienced and moderately experienced radiologists dropped their cancer-detecting accuracy from around 80% to about 22%. Very experienced radiologists’ accuracy dropped from nearly 80% to 45%.”https://www.brainfacts.org/neuroscience-in-society/tech-and-the-brain/2024/why-ai-can-push-you-to-make-the-wrong-decision-at-work-090324
(DIR) Post #AuDKn0qEGWwF6zdBLc by fritzoids@mas.to
2025-05-18T09:24:27Z
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@futurebird my favorite thing I learned about silverfish only recently is before silverfish reproduce, they carry out a ritual involving three phases, which may last over half an hour! They do a little dance. I think that is so cute and cool.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverfish#Reproduction_and_life_cycle
(DIR) Post #AuLNZZ5hz2V8PMpWUK by fritzoids@mas.to
2025-05-22T06:20:22Z
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@brettm well *I* was born in the last millennium.
(DIR) Post #AuVlKNT4WQ7qb0J8Iy by fritzoids@mas.to
2025-05-27T06:46:41Z
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@futurebird i'd have to get a smallpox vaccine and a tuberculosis vaccine first. And I need to know if I can take some antibiotics with me. Oh... and can I choose the year of Ancient Rome I'm vacationing in?Other than that I think I'd handle it like any trip: eat only cooked things or things I can peel.
(DIR) Post #AuqxSX3lUJEcPzTBhY by fritzoids@mas.to
2025-06-06T12:11:33Z
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@futurebird I am reminded of a scene in Absolutely Fabulous where Edina asks her daughter why she is wearing those horrible trousers and Saffron answers "You got me these!" and Edina counters with "Well, how do you make them look so frumpy?"And with your thread I now understand: it is the lack of make-up and the *unintentional* messiness of the hair that makes her look frumpy.
(DIR) Post #AxZAzDU9DKdg7VouZc by fritzoids@mas.to
2025-08-26T15:54:38Z
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@futurebird I remember riding the NY subway in the 90s and when I returned in the 2010s and also in 2022 it felt like a huge change had happened. It felt so much more boring and safer.And in 1985 my parents would take the subway in NYC with me (4) and my sister (2). They said the only time they were ever attacked was by a bunch of teenagers throwing oranges at everybody.I think you're right: higher ridership makes it safer for everyone.
(DIR) Post #AxjEUwsEkl33JJVewy by fritzoids@mas.to
2025-08-31T12:21:05Z
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@futurebird Because they want to retain your attention (or grab it, if you've just switched the telly on) but also want to sound authoritative and in control.here's a video on how influencers change the way they talk to grab your attention:https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XFqnwn0cLhE
(DIR) Post #AxnfdlGIln2jIX23Wq by fritzoids@mas.to
2025-09-02T15:40:32Z
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@futurebird in Germany they don't traditionally recommend flu shots to anybody under 65.When my children started going to daycare and later to school we would get the flu each year and each year we were miserable (I was sick for 3 weeks in 2018). We now get a flu shot and a Covid shot each year. However, it is at the discretion of the pediatrician, and each year I'm just waiting for the clinic we go to to simply refuse to give them to us.Missing school disrupts learning and affects grades.
(DIR) Post #AyYwfZt7oCRdtiEz9k by fritzoids@mas.to
2025-09-25T11:06:15Z
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@bmi Wohin voran? In einem Land wo es anstrengend und aufreibend ist Kinder groß zu ziehen, die gesund, ehrlich, fleißig und begeistert sind, brauchen wir auch "Nachwuchs" aus anderen Ländern, die sich was getraut haben (Flucht ist selten ein einfaches Unterfangen) und was aus sich machen wollen.Mir wäre ein günstiges Deutschlandticket wichtiger um "voran" zu kommen.
(DIR) Post #Ayi1vlnrWZvRg7xVj6 by fritzoids@mas.to
2025-09-29T20:17:40Z
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@futurebird I love it! It sounds exactly like the kind of book someone wrote about their hyperfixation or special interest.It is that 45-90 minute impromptu lecture some people will give if you get them started in book form.
(DIR) Post #AylTLBnzGcS3nZF5lo by fritzoids@mas.to
2025-10-01T12:08:53Z
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@futurebird @eseubert which is why I appreciate the child-free-by-choice people who are still interested in having children in their lives. The tías and tíos that are also important in showing children that there are other ways of being a happy adult than the way their parents are.
(DIR) Post #AyuGWvOEZgs7Nf6LpI by fritzoids@mas.to
2025-10-05T17:57:46Z
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@futurebird @xeroxerox bees use propolis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propolis#Composition) in all the small crevices that they can't fit through. It has antimicrobial and anti-fungal properties.
(DIR) Post #AzXWSjglJUYoMaEI4m by fritzoids@mas.to
2025-10-24T16:30:03Z
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@futurebird @albertcardona I once read that carrying a small screwdriver with you will scare the machines into doing what you want them to.I just bing an "I am not afraid of taking you apart" energy to the machine; I also cuss at printers when they've misbehaved for someone else. It works for me.
(DIR) Post #B0AnJyEvZcbS9VmiUy by fritzoids@mas.to
2025-11-12T15:12:42Z
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@futurebird we have a TV because the neighbors bought a new one and left the old one in the basement. We asked if we could take it and they said yes. It is not connected to cable or satellite or such. It is connected to a computer and keyboard and we watch things in the internet mediathek of German public television... so football /soccer games and documentaries. We do not use it for surfing the web or similar. It is bigger than our monitors.
(DIR) Post #B0fUrOValeruxJb5FY by fritzoids@mas.to
2025-11-27T10:41:52Z
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@futurebird I like that idea a lot!I'm going to drop this into the compost heap of the plan where it can ferment with the rest: You could also not paint it one block of color... instead maybe do a geometrical pattern, or give it "animal print" but in the color of your choice, or even two colors in an organic looking pattern or a strict organized pattern?
(DIR) Post #B17HNFXNhPRTSzbjMG by fritzoids@mas.to
2025-12-10T20:19:16Z
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@skinnylatte ah! A tea that'll put hair on your chest.
(DIR) Post #B2cF4DxJtRKw6oR13w by fritzoids@mas.to
2025-11-02T20:50:10Z
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(DIR) Post #B2cF4K5L6XJh7QEVOa by fritzoids@mas.to
2025-11-23T12:59:12Z
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another old screenshot that I've just found.