Waldowal

joined 2 years ago
[–] Waldowal 9 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Should have listened to Al Gore: Lockbox

[–] Waldowal 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Ben Folds resigned from his role there:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DF_GMQ9PN6_/

[–] Waldowal 8 points 1 month ago

Genetic disposition for the body to produce antibodies that attack and kill insulin producing beta cells. There are 2 types, GAD and TSH antibodies. They are normally present at birth, but sometimes get triggered later in life by a cold/flu. There are a few mysteries in the exact mechanics, but I agree, overall, it is pretty well understood.

[–] Waldowal 8 points 1 month ago

The first part was the best:

  • "How you doing this afternoon!"
  • "YEEAAAH!"
  • "I can't hear you. I said how you doing this afternoon!"
  • "...no..."
[–] Waldowal 6 points 1 month ago

Vaguely remember getting a phone book until about 2000. After that, there were these off brand phone books that started showing up in my driveway for a few years. Those stopped around 2003 I think.

[–] Waldowal 45 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Exactly. The headline could just as easily read "Customers discover their $30 meal is made with the same prepackaged food they serve down the street at a school cafeteria."

[–] Waldowal 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes. I find it very difficult to get a complete knowledge of something just reading random articles and playing with it. For me, one of those giant books intended to document every little aspect has always helped fill the gaps, and take my working knowledge up to expert level. It's getting harder to find those kind of quality books though.

[–] Waldowal 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Is Pliny "The Elder" or "The Younger"?

[–] Waldowal 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Aww. Tell them I said "Wheek wheek"!

[–] Waldowal 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If it's a traditional vaccine, I wonder if they'll see the same issues with blood clots as the J&J vaccine.

[–] Waldowal 5 points 2 months ago

Same reason I don't put on my seat belt until the moment of impact. Total waste otherwise!

[–] Waldowal 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm guessing this is not real. Too many AI quirks in that image.

 

I need a new car, and I really want to go full electric. I'm wondering if anyone regrets buying one? What are the downsides?

 

Not really me. A friend of mine is moving out of state. His neighbor has been a total dick the entire time he's lived there. Constantly commenting on how my friend's yard isn't as good as his. Mean to my friend's wife and kids for no reason. Just an asshole of a person.

What are some ideas for fun pranks my friend can leave behind?

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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by Waldowal to c/[email protected]
 

Most don't load for me. Just get a black screen. The ones I've checked were mp4s from imgur. Not sure if that accounts for all of them though.

Edit: I think it started after the most recent update. Edit 2: mp4s from catbox.moe also doesn't work. It shows a spinner at the bottom but never loads.

 

Time to get some coffee and doughnuts

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submitted 7 months ago by Waldowal to c/sudoku
 

My understanding is a valid sudoku should have 1 unique solution. But in this one I just finished, the circled numbers seem to be interchangeable. Am I missing something?

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submitted 9 months ago by Waldowal to c/movies
 

Since it recently hit Netflix, I decided to see just how bad Madame Web really is.

45 second in, while showing the ever-present Marvel logo with the flipping comic book pages, I notice the sound effect is different. It vaguely sound like pages flipping, but it's definitely a toilet flushing.

Did they buy into the bad reviews and literally decide to say: "check out this turd of a movie" with the intro sound?

 
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DALL-E meme (lemmy.world)
 
 

Filter to 1-star and note how many reviews are direct copies of each other - many referencing that the Obamas are executive producers.

 

This all revolves around conservatives focusing on ARR instead of RRR numbers on vaccine efficacy. Here's a description I found of the difference from another article:

Let’s say a study enrolled 20,000 patients into the control group and 20,000 in the vaccine group. In that study, 200 people in the control group got sick and 0 people in the vaccine group got sick. Even though the vaccine efficacy would be a whopping 100%, the ARR would show that vaccines reduce the absolute risk by just 1% (200/20,000= 1%). For the ARR to increase to 20% in our example study with a vaccine with 100% efficacy, 4,000 of the 20,000 people in the control group would have to get sick (4,000/20,000= 20%).

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