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Police officer's gun sucked away by powerful magnets in lab raid in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago (7 children)

If you fired a gun past an MRI machine, could it conceivably catch the bullets? I am currently assuming that significant deflection is absolutely possible with such a powerful magnet.

A Princess Of Mars, by Clyde Cudwell in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

This looks like it could have been the inspiration for He-Man

A sorcerer appears and states that they will erase any one song from existence - which song would you choose? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The Chicken Dance.

Is there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplace in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Yes, that's exactly what I thought I had implied.

Is there a word for mangled idiom that becomes commonplace in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 22 points 9 months ago (5 children)

"It's not rocket surgery."

This one irks me. Combination of "rocket scientist" and "brain surgery".

*Permanently Deleted* in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I've got two just lying around. What image can I use for the Android auto adapter?

look upon my works ye mighty and despair in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Oh, look. An U.T.B.A.P.H.

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/u-t-b-a-p-h/

Ventoy source code contains some unknown BLOBs, still no word on the issue from the dev after months in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

I remember this thread! Before I saw this comment, I had already gone to look it up again:

Here's the initial post of Verionica's video on booting from ISO files: https://linuxmom.net/@vkc/112905487325961707
And here's the post on 'The Ventoy conspiracy": https://linuxmom.net/@vkc/112906968594601449

US can’t ban TikTok for security reasons while ignoring Temu, other apps, TikTok argues in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I abhor those Temu YouTube ads.

The last time you were wearing a hat, what type was it? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Does a bike helmet count?

US can’t ban TikTok for security reasons while ignoring Temu, other apps, TikTok argues in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 27 points 9 months ago (4 children)

TikTok is correct. Ban them all.

Chaos! in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Good point. She commutes a few days per week, but I'm 100/% work from home. Can't say I miss commuting.