Posts by riderexmachina@mastodon.xyz
(DIR) Post #ATJw83rf2vIiOnXAqu by riderexmachina@mastodon.xyz
2023-03-05T22:56:29Z
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We're currently fostering some puppies. As the room they're in doesn't have very good insulation (and we open the windows because they stink), we have this radiator room heater.Well, being the destructive puppies that they are, they chewed up the cord and the heater no longer works... or at least it didn't until about 10 minutes ago when I replaced the cord.I looked it up, these heaters go for at least $70 and I was able to fix it with about $10 of supplies from my local hardware store!
(DIR) Post #ATJw86w1d9ZfvCbCZU by riderexmachina@mastodon.xyz
2023-03-05T23:02:52Z
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This is why I'm all for Right to Repair. I save $60 by knowing what I needed to grab (lamp cord, a socket, and some adaptors), gave money to a local business, and--because I rode my bike--was even able to get some exercise!Not to mention, I feel like I've actually *gotten stuff done* instead of just having another lazy Sunday.
(DIR) Post #ATJwHPexNjlSbM3DZg by riderexmachina@mastodon.xyz
2023-03-05T23:26:10Z
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@chanon I'm changing one of their names to Krypto in the hopes they'll start flying
(DIR) Post #AUMSrC0w1RS1Ofhre4 by riderexmachina@mastodon.xyz
2023-04-06T02:32:42Z
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@strypey I got a Nokia 2780 that has 4G, cost about $90 USD brand new. It works pretty wellhttps://www.nokia.com/phones/en_us/nokia-2780-flip?sku=16WNDR11A01
(DIR) Post #AUQOmWgejR9qIbecL2 by riderexmachina@mastodon.xyz
2023-04-08T00:05:55Z
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@lowqualityfacts I'm glad kids these days don't have to have the same discrimination as I did growing up
(DIR) Post #AV34X4NdA2GXHtyny4 by riderexmachina@mastodon.xyz
2023-04-26T15:52:41Z
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@lowqualityfacts Mother earth needs to get with the times and get a trim... Down there.
(DIR) Post #AYMeona6RbnZgND6n2 by riderexmachina@mastodon.xyz
2023-08-03T20:09:56Z
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@thor That's disingenuous to say. In 20 years we've gone from pagers to pocket computers, from quiet local discourse to mass social media, and from optimistic anticipation to utter nihilism.Technologically, socially, and economically there have been astronomical leaps and bounds over the years. It may not have been as big of a bang as WWII, but it's been happening.
(DIR) Post #AYMfCcZ73Lc8T16fo0 by riderexmachina@mastodon.xyz
2023-08-03T20:17:00Z
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@thor I was slightly reductive to be alliterative. While there were some "smartphones" at the time, they were limited, hard to use, and usually only owned by business people.Your phone is 4x more powerful than your home computer was in 2003, and can do more things than you could ever think was possible at the time.
(DIR) Post #AYMflXtAQr3q6A8l8q by riderexmachina@mastodon.xyz
2023-08-03T20:22:21Z
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@thor T9s with internet access are not the same thing as smartphones.You can't take an old Nokia and compare it to the first iPhone. That would be like taking a piece of paper and comparing it to a plank of wood.
(DIR) Post #AYZ9PUVIRP0oXIGBii by riderexmachina@mastodon.xyz
2023-08-09T20:51:01Z
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@lowqualityfacts I'm sure he was just giving you a low quality fact of his own. He actually wishes you well and hopes you go on to become the next Hokage.
(DIR) Post #AYhsfTT46vMr9rtKjI by riderexmachina@mastodon.xyz
2023-08-14T01:59:15Z
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@lowqualityfacts The actual quote was, "Nothing will ever come close to the love of a woman. But of a man? I would rather fuck a horse than a man."At least, that's what they think he said. He was choking too much on blood for them to make everything out properly.
(DIR) Post #AYlZA3T8J9UWBsBSam by riderexmachina@mastodon.xyz
2023-08-15T20:37:33Z
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@lowqualityfacts I'm sorry, LQF, but I can't allow your untruths to go on any longer.After the Chimney Act of 1935, it was chimneys that were taught to sweep crows, in an effort to curb smoking in the crow community.In fact, the anti-discriminitory lawsuit Crowbert v. Chimnothy is still ongoing, though neither defendant nor plaintiff are alive today to see how it eventually plays out.
(DIR) Post #AYm3udVReSSvu6OQa0 by riderexmachina@mastodon.xyz
2023-08-16T02:24:05Z
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@lowqualityfacts
(DIR) Post #AYqCOVPvro5flmPMR6 by riderexmachina@mastodon.xyz
2023-08-18T02:18:00Z
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@lowqualityfacts My dog doesn't bark. Should I be worried?
(DIR) Post #AZqC4CPWJSdeBNrO76 by riderexmachina@mastodon.xyz
2023-09-17T00:06:16Z
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@lowqualityfacts It it also can't move an adjacent leg, and has a 30 second cooldown.The only insect slower than the centipede is the slug, which, surprisingly enough, can also only move one foot at a time, but it has a cooldown of 440 hours.
(DIR) Post #AbFE2SFtYa0vaIM27M by riderexmachina@mastodon.xyz
2023-10-28T23:48:19Z
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@stux It feels like it has Quake-like bunny-hopping? Was this intentional or am I hallucinating?
(DIR) Post #AbUGRNnIpTlRU3ktiy by riderexmachina@mastodon.xyz
2023-11-05T05:55:53Z
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@lowqualityfacts he actually got the idea from Yours Truly, the 1997 Shoujo manga by Rumiko Takahashi
(DIR) Post #AcQJyV3Dh8dEDHoZIu by riderexmachina@mastodon.xyz
2023-12-03T06:08:49Z
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@lowqualityfacts I *knew* someone read my autobiography.
(DIR) Post #AcasAlnbU8I2FmNBey by riderexmachina@mastodon.xyz
2023-12-08T08:19:06Z
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@lowqualityfacts this just blew my mind. How did I not know there was a difference before now?!
(DIR) Post #AcvPhLBjjyfEPqJaeu by riderexmachina@mastodon.xyz
2023-12-18T06:09:00Z
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@Venn the modern version is typing in Linux commands instead of copy-pasting from a website