DrBob

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Looking into buying an electric-assist cargo trike. It seems the market is dominated by versions that have 2 front wheels and 1 rear, is this easier to use/work on or something? in c/utilitycycling@slrpnk.net
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Safety. The one front wheel arrangement opens the risk of tipovers during hard braking or cargo shift. It's the reason that ATVs went to a quad configuration from from the original trikes.

Iraq before war Golden Age era in c/historyruins@lemmy.world
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 hours ago

They wanted to audit BP because the government believed the company was under reporting revenue. And America took that personally.

A good shower is a simple shower, no matter what influencers recommend in c/health@lemmy.world
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 days ago

Showers are more than contact with water. Soap/cleansers help remove surface bacteria that water contact alone cannot. Also if you are rubbing your crack in a pool to clean that up then nobody else wants to swim there. You are supposed to shower before getting in a pool for a reason.

Have you ever been invited to a search party? in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Hi-viz and hiking boots.

Do you still remember? in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Oldsmobile Delta 88. I learned to drive in the largest car the driving school had. The thinking was if I could maneuver that beast everything else should be easy. I guess it worked?

Alberta's oil production is at a record high. Many Canadians don't understand why Albertan oil workers are so angry and talk about separatism. Reuters explains what's going on in c/canada@lemmy.ca
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 days ago

These articles are a great complement to each other.

Wordle 1,488 - Wednesday, 2025-07-16 in c/dailygames@lemmy.zip
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Wordle 1,488 4/6*

r/israel in meltdown over Superman movie in c/reddit@lemmy.world
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

I'd agree with that. Basket in rushes vs capsule in the cornfield. But it's a weak linkage given that the abandoned orphan is a trope older than the bible.

r/israel in meltdown over Superman movie in c/reddit@lemmy.world
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 42 points 1 week ago (10 children)

Superman ripped off Edgar Rice Burroughs John Carter novels.

John Carter was from Virginia but was transported to Mars where he exhibited super strength and great leaping ability due to the lower gravity. Siegalman and Shuster reversed the premise and had an alien come to earth with...great strength and great leaping ability due to the lower gravity. Flying came later. Nothing about Moshe.

I wonder if the spice girls still get along or if that "friendship never ends" thing was just a lie. in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 34 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The Spice Girls were real stuff. They were put together but revolted against the producers who were trying to control the group. In an infamous episode they stole the masters for what became the first album and released it themselves.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/girl-power-spice-girls-jenny-stevens-geri-horner/

Why Are Alphabet Letters Arranged How They Are? in c/inmymind
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

It worked for the little song they sang..."🎶animal, bottle, snake, fish, man; round stick, u stick, fallen ladder, brand..." I'm pretty sure it all rhymed and scanned in Proto-Sinaitic.

Google Gemini is coming for your private apps. Here's how to stop it in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not Pixel 6?

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Proto-meme. So old it spread by print and cats didn't rule the internet. (lemmy.ca)
 

Published in the New Yorker in 1993, the same year the world wide web went live.

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Purchased from FARK at the turn of the century. (lemmy.ca)
 
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Antediluvian meme (lemmy.ca)
 
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whatever is on my phone (lemmy.ca)
 
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I didn't eat supper tonight. (lemmy.ca)
 

I ate so many cookies I wasn't hungry. I'm sure there will be regrets - I might need a Tums before bed.

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Friday Night (lemmy.ca)
 

I don't know if this is what your after, but I flew into Denver today. I ate a takeout burrito in my hotel room while watching tv. I'm going to be in bed by 8.

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So my wife thinks we're getting shelled tonight. (lemmy.ca)
 

She doesn't really watch hockey so I don't know what her opinion is worth. But she wanted to do Leafs Lucky Guess with me this morning. Evidently we are going to lose 16-1 or something.

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Do audits actually matter? (lemmy.ca)
 

The US 2nd circuit has ruled that auditors opinions aren't relevant in cases of investor fraud because the statements are too vague for people to rely on. Whut?

Wall Street Journal article here for those who have access.

Here is a professor's blog entry for a barrier free commentary on the importance of the case.

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What is the biggest corporate heel turn that you know? (lemmy.ca)
 

I was thinking about this after listening to Marc Andreassen blather on about how he doesn't trust government as a repository of trusted keys and other functions. He advocates for private companies to perform critical functions. Standard libertarian stuff in many respects.

The problem of course is that corporations lack accountability. They can shift terms and conditions or corporate purpose and there is little meaningful recourse except to stop using them. I can think of small examples that don't widely resonate (Mountain Equipment Co-op I'm thinking of you 🤬) but are there big examples that I'm missing?

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Recommendations for lightweight WSYWIG page editor? (lemmy.ca)
 

I am finally going to join the '90s and set up a blog. The audience is mostly students to show how the academic stuff blends with real world professional practice. I'm an adjunct so I have a foot in both worlds.

I have my domain names (parked for years) and free webhosting through my university - but the university doesn't provide any development tools. All of the recommended tools I've run across (weebly, wix, webflow etc.) either want to host the page, manage the domain name, or require a fee to link the page to my host. I'm simply looking for a low cost site builder where I can edit my files and move them to my webspace.

Any recommendations for a WSYWIG style editor? I'd be happy to not have to learn any actual coding, but will if I have to.

The last time I did any of this I was manually tagging static pages in notepad (lol).

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