It’s not just that, they wash and reuse the bottles (without melting them down or anything)! Amazing stuff.

They’re finally starting to put more stuff in them here opposed to plastic bottles, and I’m so glad for it.

On my work PC I disabled automatic restarts and I’ll just hibernate it for weeks at a time, keeping my work stuff open. Convenient, and I can install updates when I choose to.

Plague Inc. gameplay irl

I do wonder how my copy of Word 2010 at my work is going to do this.

I know what you meant, but arguably this does make them the Paint Police.

That vacuums are so terribly loud and whiny (and unnecessarily tiny space heaters). Older vacuums used to be bigger and run slower, but in my experience vacuumed as much or even better. Nowadays they put several kilowatt motors in there that somehow don’t do as much but produce immense noise and heat.

If someone vacuums with their window open I can tell from over 100m away by the whine. Fuck that.

I used to hate vaccuming because of that. I’m glad to have an actually quiet vacuum now (a Henry). They’re rare, but they do exist.

paper produce bags enter the chat

There’s an important follow-up post. https://lina.sh/blog/cuii-gives-up

how about ad meridies for midday…? and ad noctis for midnight I guess

I feel a strong need to point out awnings and (outside) roller blinds to stop insolation before it heats up the inside in the first place.

Someone’s CMOS battery is dead

A bit offtopic about a pet peeve of mine, but this is why it’d be super nice if social media that end up getting screenshot had absolute timestamps. Thank you for letting us know.

If it does, it’s gonna vibrate spmething fierce in the MRI.

Nah, I’m well aware that this is a symptom of climate change, hence my worry. I see reports that nordic countries get ridiculously hot as well. Weather everywhere is shifting around in unpredictable ways. You didn’t see me call it “global warming”, did you?

I just hate sweltering hot weather, so perversely I like the result of an autumny August, but this weather is very out of wack.

It’s funny because here in Austria right now in August I need my sweater in the morning. Very much not normal. (Not that I mind it being cool, but it’s worrying.)

Why yes my phone has both a CPU and a modem.

an elevator with two doors appears

I didn’t know they made buses with a cargo bed.

they certainly make a nice bang if something metal falls on top of the two conductors, if the earth is on the bottom.

Modern LED bulbs tend to overdrive the LEDs to a point where they last about as long as incandescent bulbs in my experience. It also allows them to use fewer LEDs, driving cost down. They could last so much longer…

I do like to buy high power ones (100W equivalent ones), open them, and lower the drive current by increasing the driver shunt’s resistance. I haven’t had a single one of those fail. (Don’t do this unless you’re a professional, mains power stuff can be fatal!)