bran_buckler

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 minutes ago (1 children)

Is this one referencing something that I’m missing? Or is the joke at face value, that they’re going off to war, which isn’t a suitable place for a pet?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I think your initial claim of cow’s milk leeching calcium has the burden of proof and so needs a source.

Otherwise, it’s proving a negative (that cow’s milk doesn’t leech calcium).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Just spitballing an idea. Along the lines of airdrop, does the instructor have a machine that the kids can send their music to when they’re done? This would create a backup, which the instructor could then organize and upload to a server (google drive?) that can be shared with the iPads as read only, so the kids could redownload the file again if need be.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Would its impact create a solar flare? And if that flare was hurtling towards Earth, would it be more devastating than other solar storms we normally see?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 92 points 2 weeks ago

I had to look this one up, it’s a reference to a mountain climber, George Mallory. From Wikipedia:

Once, when asked by a reporter why he wanted to climb Everest, Mallory purportedly replied, "Because it's there."

[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

There’s a lot of references to this, but it looks like there’s not a known source. Interestingly, the first reference to this tablet was from 1908. https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/10/22/world-end/

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Is this also the episode where Marge paints Mr Burns?

 
[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

A spoofed number only works going out, but if you respond, it would go to the real person instead (the same if you call the spoofed number back, you’d get the real person and not the spammer). Since this bot is responding to their replies, it can’t be a spoofed number.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

This looks like a difference of focal length from the camera being used. A wider angle for the images on the left than the right. See this article for examples of the difference.

The front vs back cameras on an iPhone have different focal lengths, which can explain a difference while still using the same phone.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

To me, it looks like it’s using perspective. The skull is a normal sized one, but closer to the camera than the guy is. It’s the same trick that Peter Jackson used to shoot Lord of the Rings for all of the size differences between people.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (4 children)

What was the common thread from when you met the person? How did you hit it off with them?

If you met at a bar, text them later asking if they’ve been to a certain brewery that just opened up (although this could sound like a soft invite to go there, so be prepared for that). If you connected about movies, tv shows, or music, ask them if they saw that new movie (show, album) that’s related to whatever you talked about (same director, sense of humor, style of movie, etc). Basically, just continue the conversation with them. Talk about related things and start to branch out, maybe you’ll find other common interests and things to talk about. You can send an article that you think they’d be interested in. Or a meme about their job.

But make sure that the conversation isn’t one sided. If you’re always the one starting the conversation or carrying it, maybe back off some. They should be just as engaged as you are.

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