[-] wetferret@lemmy.world 35 points 9 months ago

The least believable part of this card is it being valid for 20 years!

[-] wetferret@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I lost it when they broke the second window right after. It reminds me of the demo Bill Gates did where he got a BSOD.

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submitted 10 months ago by wetferret@lemmy.world to c/support@lemmy.world

Lemmy.world seems to have a super short lifetime on whatever cookie they're using to persist a user session. I feel like sometimes it logs me out after 24 hours. Could we make this default to something more reasonable, or is there maybe a reason behind the short lifetime?

[-] wetferret@lemmy.world 79 points 10 months ago

Many people have given great suggestions for the most destroying commands, but most result in an immediately borked system. While inconvenient, that doesn't have a lasting impact on users who have backups.

I propose writing a bash script set up to run daily in cron, which picks a random file in the user's home directory tree and randomizes just a few bytes of data in the file. The script doesn't immediately damage the basic OS functionality, and the data degradation is so slow that by the time the user realizes something fishy is going on a lot of their documents, media, and hopefully a few months worth of backups will have been corrupted.

[-] wetferret@lemmy.world 32 points 11 months ago

I guess this is me now.

[-] wetferret@lemmy.world 23 points 11 months ago

I always enjoyed subs, but wished I could understand the original Japanese, so I took Japanese classes in HS and college to learn the language. Now I can't help but listen to the Japanese AND try to read the subtitles at the same time. (ー_ー*)

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[-] wetferret@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

But if there were no commercials how would I discover new innovative products like "cheese-stuffed cheese"?

[-] wetferret@lemmy.world 43 points 1 year ago

r/buyitforlife is a treasure

[-] wetferret@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Bold choice to have your arrow keys all in a row. Did you consider VIM arrow order when choosing a layout?

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When a lemmy instance federates, does it connect to one big lemmy network, or can there be multiple disconnected, yet locally federated instances? What I'd like to know is, can I simply join any Lemmy server and choose "All" to view everything Lemmy has to offer, or is there still hidden content?

I understand that some servers are unfederated. I guess I'm curious about the reach of the "All" mode.

[-] wetferret@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago

If I happen to be the doctor and it's someone else going under I'd say "Okay, let's get this leg amputated!" when that is NOT the actual operation happening.

[-] wetferret@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago

I so hope that we are lucky enough for AI to turn out this way.

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submitted 1 year ago by wetferret@lemmy.world to c/watches@lemmy.ml

I celebrated one year at my new job by buying a watch from my wish list. This Nodus watch has great build quality, and I really like the design sense. I've always liked dials with bold arabic numerals, and I appreciate how they preserved symmetry by placing the day and date at 6 o clock. Build quality is excellent, with finely brushed surfaces, a fluid bracelet, smooth bezel action. The only thing I'd change is maybe having a count-up bezel instead of count-down, but that's not a big deal.

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submitted 1 year ago by wetferret@lemmy.world to c/watches@lemmy.ml

This is was my grandmother's wristwatch she got for her 30th birthday. It was built in 1959, and only has hour and minute complications. The fact that we could build machines this small before computers were invented seriously impresses me.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by wetferret@lemmy.world to c/watches@lemmy.ml

I wonder if anyone can tell me the brand and model of this kids (I believe automatic) watch I saw the other day? It was brightly colored with a fabric velcro strap, and featured a very unique dial and bezel.

The hours and minutes were both labeled with the numbers centered within the spaces between where the indices normally are, making it very easy to learn how to read analog time. The divisions around the watch look a bit like the Cupola windows on the international space station shown in the uploaded image.

I haven't had much luck googling for it. Ring a bell for anyone?

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submitted 1 year ago by wetferret@lemmy.world to c/watches@lemmy.ml

There's something I've always wondered about mechanical watches with a date. Does advancing the date start you of in the "AM" or does it stay in whichever half of the day AM/PM you were already in? I've been advancing the date by turning the hands to ensure I know which half of the day it's set to, but maybe this isn't necessary? Sorry if my question isn't worded very well.

[-] wetferret@lemmy.world 80 points 1 year ago

I have bought watches from Japan before and the packaging and presentation was outstanding. I also got a hand-written thank you letter! Such a thoughtful country.

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It only takes a smidge of Oregon soil for plants to thrive here. This blackberry bush has been growing out of the concrete median for months. It finally made berries!

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submitted 1 year ago by wetferret@lemmy.world to c/watches@lemmy.ml

I love the design of this watch, and would love to buy one but can't seem to find this exact model still for sale anywhere. In particular the dial texture and color look great with the bright white hands.

[-] wetferret@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

I have never seen so few fries from Five Guys before.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by wetferret@lemmy.world to c/watches@lemmy.ml

I received a Texas A&M branded Hamilton watch as a present and am looking for info about the age and maybe movement model of the watch. The back side has been ground flat so it has no discernable markings.

Around the engraved logo are the words "AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE OF TEXAS", which was the original name of the university before it changed it in 1963. So I believe it must be at least that old.

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