Pat @Pat@qoto.org

I just blocked a qoto user for using a derisive racial epithet.

Happy solstice!

(As of about 6 hours ago...)

(Image from wikipedia commons, public domain)

Image not to scale. 🙂

@trinsec

Yes, towels can get kind of scratchy when hung-dried, unless there is some wind blowing to loosen them up.

Yes, bedsheets are not fun to sleep on when they are full of pollen!

@peterdrake

Perhaps they designed this scheme when photos were typically no larger than a couple of MB each.

@trinsec

Okay. Iget it. That's a good idea.

I find it easier to just hang the clothes on a clothes line. You can hang them right on the same hangers you use to hang them in the closet, so it saves time.

@Maristya @freemo @cobratbq

The original toot was a joke that I think would just make sense to English-speaking, sighted people only. (Because the text was in English and in an image file.)

My toot was (another) joke.

@freemo @Maristya @cobratbq

>"I tis doubly useful!"

Well, I know I'll use it whenever I'm in doubt.

@trinsec

I remember a company that advertised their dryer sheets as making clothes smell and feel "clothesline fresh". So if that's why people use those, I guess it would be redundant for a clothesline.

@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon

Not sure. I'll work on this later...

@trinsec @peterdrake

Freezer burn?

@10g1k

Ginger is generally considered a derogatory epithet. FYI

@cweickhmann @trinsec

I agree, adjusting displays is a big pain. A long time ago all those adjustments used to be done using analog controls (like potentiometers) so you just had a separate knob for each (brightness, contrast, color, tint) and it was very simple and easy.

Requiring users to press buttons a gazillion times just to adjust something is crazy.

I had one device that used an analog-type wheel with hard-stop positioning (as you turned the wheel it clicked) and each click would advance the menu items. That was a compromise, but I still think analog controls are best for analog-type adjustments.

@trinsec

Do they work on clotheslines, too?

@freemo @Maristya @cobratbq

I just realized that this has the added benefit of letting you know which of them are lakes.

@trinsec

Lower is actually better. It means you folks are more productive. (per hour)

@lucifargundam

>"statistically speaking, one cannot reasonably give a definitive answer in any singular polar direction that may contrast another that has a probability greater than 0%"

I'm sure that's true, probably.

Unless the axiom provides for contrasting absolute definitives within a multi-polar extent.

@trinsec

@lupyuen

Everything is a “death trap” according to the fossil fuel industry.

They also try to hype any lithium battery fire in an EV just to try to scare people, even though they are very rare.

Compare this to all of the people who die in gasoline fires every day, or all of the people who die in all of those oil wars (Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Kuwait, Ukraine, etc...), or who die from the pollution from burning oil.

@trinsec

Well, statistically, you probably are.

@Acer

According to our founding documents, everyone in the US is their own emperor. That's how it works. That is compatible with Confucianism. At least some interpretations.

@freemo @Maristya @cobratbq

It actually makes more sense than it seems...

You lop off "2 letters" from the "right" of the mnemonic phrase, then take the "2nd letter" from the "right" of each word, then "2" of the resulting "letters" have their "right" sides lopped off.

Makes total sense.