[-] khannie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I agree with all of that but some folks just aren't clear communicators and / or English isn't their first language so unless it's a real workload to read, I'm generally grand with it.

I actually find the general standard of text posts on here very high. I'd bet money that the number of correctly used commas per post here is way higher than the internet average, though that's purely anecdotal.

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

It's from a TV show called "The IT Crowd" and it's an excellent watch. Highly recommended.

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago

Couldn't agree more.

Our kitchen table was pretty expensive when we got it and is destroyed from a heap of kids use and family meals over about 22 years. It is firmly agreed (by them too) that when my wife and I die it will be the only thing the kids fight over possession of.

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

They were so good though.

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Haha. They're bouncier than they look. There was a huge craze of them in the late 80s where I live. People definitely lost teeth.

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

5000 consecutive bounces on a lolo ball (aka pogo bal)

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

Perun had those numbers in his video from the 15th (iirc) and the numbers are very high. People want the war to stop but not at the cost of giving up their land.

Giving Putin an inch is just inviting further conflict. We've all learned this lesson before.

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I'm not sure they can spin their way out of this one. The number of new car manufacturers that are spinning up in the last ten years compared to the fifty before it is mind blowing.

I see Tesla getting swallowed whole in a very competitive market in the next twenty years. Their early mover advantage is all but erased.

Edit: and the European manufacturers are catching up fast. I heard the new Renault is a super little car. There will always be some bias to buying European in Europe (as I'm sure is the case with other places, but Tesla had genuine caché for a while). That God awful cyber tank thing will never sell well here.

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Coming up to Christmas I generally make some small donations. Some of these I ask for as Christmas gifts because I'm old and basically have very basic wants and needs so I'm hard to buy for.

Curious to hear if / what others do.

I've expanded my annual list to include:

  • Wikipedia
  • Lemmy.world (my home instance)
  • Mozilla (I'm not happy with how they spend their money necessarily but I'm very thankful to have Firefox)
  • Signal messenger
  • A few Ukrainian things (u24.gov.ua is the official site if this is your thing but there's a great lady on Reddit I give to occasionally too)
  • The guardian (I read so many articles from there linked on here that I feel like I should and I really appreciate the lack of paywall and easy cookie rejection but never use the site logged in)
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submitted 1 month ago by khannie@lemmy.world to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz

95 drones were diverted using spoofing tactics that manipulate the satellite coordinates guiding the drones and missiles through Ukrainian airspace.

LOL

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 187 points 1 month ago

I initially thought this was going to be an onion article, but here we are. Class.

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submitted 1 month ago by khannie@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

Me: Ireland - Approximately 2 minutes until poll in hand is the longest.

I've been seeing long lines for the US elections even for early voting. Seems completely unnecessary.

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by khannie@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

Mine have built a decent number of very small scratches and they're getting annoying so I'd like to get rid if at all possible.

I've seen various things suggested including:

  • lens scratch repair kit (reviews don't look great on amazon)
  • baking soda paste
  • non-abrasive toothpaste
  • furniture polish (temporarily fills in the scratch from what I can tell)

I'm reluctant to try any of them without some first hand accounts. No lens coating on these so no worries there.

Thank you in advance!

edit: I just want to say thanks very much to everyone. I ended up getting my prescription emailed to me and buying a new pair for €17 (about $19 USD) delivered on a site that one helpful poster linked. Looks like they will take about 3 weeks to get here so I'll put up with the scratchy ones until they get here.

When they do arrive I will take some pictures and test the various methods I found online then post up what works and what wrecks the lenses.

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The sale of disposable vapes is set to be banned under proposals going to Cabinet.

The Minister for Health is expected to get Government approval to draft these laws which will ban the sale, manufacture or import of single-use or disposable vapes in Ireland.

Stephen Donnelly plans to introduce this ban on environmental and public health grounds.

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submitted 4 months ago by khannie@lemmy.world to c/andfinally@feddit.uk

An Australian man is set to appear in court after being arrested for the alleged theft of more than A$600,000 (€359,880) worth of commemorative coins linked to the popular children's television show "Bluey", police said.

The 47-year-old is accused of stealing 63,000 unreleased, limited-edition A$1 coins from a secure warehouse in the Sydney suburb of Wetherill Park in June, according to "Strike Force Bandit", a special unit police set up to investigate the theft.

"Strike Force Bandit" is honestly an incredible name. For those not familiar with the show the father is called Bandit.

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I do it too.

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S400 no bueno (lemmy.world)
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submitted 9 months ago by khannie@lemmy.world to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz

Senator Kevin Cramer also said that Mike Johnson clearly expressed his intention to help Ukraine.

"He was pretty clear about it,"

Sounds positive.

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submitted 10 months ago by khannie@lemmy.world to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz

A nice story for a bit of a change. This one's about kids from Ukraine who have settled in the West of Ireland. They seem very happy in the video.

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 146 points 1 year ago

In fairness the setup was absolutely beautiful. She's some woman for the zingers.

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 116 points 1 year ago

Folks this is a troll who created the account two hours ago.

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