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gaytswiftfan, in What series did you rewatch most often?

Scream Queens. I’ve easily rewatched the first season at least ten times

confetti_8tVST5, in What are some useful or just cool stuff to memorize?
  • Useful: Times tables/math formulas if you havent already.
  • Fun: the way to solve a rubik’s cube so you can show off
ProvokedGamer,
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For the rubix cube one, besides showing off, it’s also fun to learn how to solve it and practicing to get faster and faster at solving it. It’s worth it.

MammyWhammy,

I got down to about a minute and then realized it would take a lot more time to get lower than that.

Pulptastic,

My problem is everything makes sense until the last face. The algorithms seem too abstract at that point; it is memorizing a thing vs intuiting a thing.

NegentropicBoy, in What are some useful or just cool stuff to memorize?

To be, or not to be …

Tigbitties,
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I'd do the sonnets first. Less cliche and you can learn one a day.

csolisr, (edited ) in What are some useful or just cool stuff to memorize?

Converting Celsius to Fahrenheit:

  • multiply by 2
  • remove 10%
  • add 32
baconeater,

This is wrong? Taking 20°C as an example. Following this formula gives 48°F when it should be 68. Could you perhaps be supposed to add 32 instead of 12?

ips,
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Adding 32 is correct.

linearchaos,
@linearchaos@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah, it’s supposed to be c * 2 + 30

Today,

Thats a very close approximate and what i use when it’s numbers i have to think about for 5/9 and 9/5.

ips,
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f = c * (9/5) + 32

linearchaos,
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I mean you’re not wrong Walter.

The concept is that it’s a formula you can do in your head most people aren’t going to spend a minute trying to work out 9/5 in their head

PhreakyByNature,

I mean… That’s just like… Your opinion man.

linearchaos,
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Whoever downvoted your comment is a nihilist

PhreakyByNature,

They’re out of their element.

linearchaos,
@linearchaos@lemmy.world avatar

That comment REALLY tied the thread together, Did It Not?

PhreakyByNature,

It really did Dude.

Candelestine,

Nothing can go faster than the speed of light, not even fahrenheit temperature units.

linearchaos,
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Nah, the speed of light in air is faster than the speed of light in peanut butter.

kafa,

yes, but that’s speed of light

¯⁠⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

csolisr,

Thanks for noticing the typo

Upriverpaddler, in What are some useful or just cool stuff to memorize?

The Ballad of Sam McGee.

Deez,

There are strange things done in the midnight sun

BrikoX, in Is there a way to change default preview size in the feed?
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github.com/soundjester/lemmy_monkey includes an option to “Adjust thumbnail sizes to your preference”.

de_lancre,
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Thank you, for some reason I did not think about user scripts. What you suggested only make small preview bigger, what just make blurry image. I used this one for tampermonkey, it’s just expands all images in feed by default.
Finally what I wanted, I will not press on web links anymore, god damn, thank you kind traveler!

downdaemon, in What's your favorite restaurant chain?
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El pollo loco

gjghkk, in What is the worst thing you have experienced on Reddit?

The detoriation of the subreddits. Lots of subreddits, especially now, are not good moderated so very low effort posts, lots of reposts and toxic comments being rampant.

danafest, in What are some useful or just cool stuff to memorize?

Simple recipe formulas that are scalable

HobbitFoot,

1 Stick of Butter 2 Egg Yolks 3 Tbsp of Lemon Juice

bigfish,

Baker’s ratios make my family think I’m a much better baker than I am.

Basic risen bread (a “60% hydration bread” ): 100 parts by weight of flour, 60-70 parts liquid, 3 parts salt, 2 parts yeast. Use grams and scale it up by 5 (500g flour), use water or beer for the liquid, knead, let rise for an hour or so, shape, rest for 30min, then bake at 400F for about an hour or until the inside is around 190-200F, and LET IT COOL to sub-120F before you cut in. Or if you’re feeling fancy, use scalded and cooled milk, add 5-10 parts sugar, and swap out 10-20 parts of the liquid for melted but not hot butter - and you get a nice rich bread, half way to a brioche. Or go to 70-75 parts liquid, including some olive oil, and kneed for a long time, and you got a solid pizza dough.

Quick breads: 2 parts flour, 2 parts liquid (including sugar), 1 part beaten egg, 1 part fat (oil or melted butter). This gives you a jumping if point for banana breads, pancakes, muffins, and scones. Add or withhold a little liquid to get the consistency you want for how you’re cooking it.

redballooon, in During travel, what can I prepare beforehand as meal, which can be eaten without access to fire or microwave?

Sushi

Blunon, in What series did you rewatch most often?

For me it’s Avatar the last airbender I just love how wholesome it is xD

ItsMeForRealNow,

That is a great series. The series finale is something I watch so many times.

Num10ck, in Conventions for techies/nerds?

maybe pick a corporate sponsor/vendor you’d like to see and check out what events they have coming up? you would need to narrow down your scope to something more reasonably limited. siggraph? E3? IEEE?

newpuritan, in What series did you rewatch most often?
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Probably Twin Peaks. I think series 3 has now surpassed the prior classic series for me, which is something I wouldn’t have thought possible.

Yerbouti,

Season 3 is for me the best tv show ever produced. I have to stop myself from watching it over and over.

queermunist, in What do you use Vaseline for?
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I slather it on my face before bed as a mask. Works great to fight acne imo

elavat0r,
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It is also great to take makeup off or products that build up (like sunscreen).

queermunist,
@queermunist@lemmy.ml avatar

Oh yeah! I use it to touch up eyeliner - a teeny amount on a q-tip and I can pretend I don’t keep over applying makeup lol

phario,

This is surprising advice. I would have assumed it would make people break out.

Vaseline is a poor choice of moisturiser because it does not moisturise. It blocks air from entering your pores and I would have assumed this leads to clogged pores and hence acne.

reddig33,
phario,

Thanks. Let me read it a bit more closely.

queermunist,
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It also forms a protective barrier for your skin, so nothing can contaminate it or grow on it and you don’t lose moisture to evaporation.

Also, pores don’t actually clog from stuff getting into them. That’s a common misconception that mostly comes from advertisements. What actually happens is your skin becomes inflamed (due to contaminants or bacterial growth or diet or hormones) and squeezes the pores shut. Blackheads aren’t dirt but are actually oxidized sebum, which is the oil your skin secretes.

EDIT Oh! Speaking of protective barriers, I also put it on my hands and forearms before work because I handle a lot of machine oil and that irritates my skin, causing rashes and itchiness.

Whitehorse,

An online article had a fascinating to me tidbit about a rich eccentric woman, who smothered her face in petroleum jelly:

As for Mrs Wood, her personal hygiene was said to be dreadful as she hadn’t bathed in several years. She did, however, take care of her face; smothering her skin in petroleum jelly every day.

When lawyer Morgan O’Brien first laid eyes on her, he told Cox that it was easy to tell she had once been incredibly attractive.

“Her complexion in spite of her age, was as creamy and pink and unwrinkled as any I have ever seen. It was link tinted ivory, her profile was like a lovely cameo,” Mr O’Brien said.

Interesting note: Along with hundreds of jars of petroleum jelly, it was clear Mrs Wood had a thing for Cuban cigars and snuff from Copenhagen.

From: news.com.au/…/73861b86b94f792017d7787aedb2ab7e

And not sure about the hyperlink I posted so the online article I linked above is from www.news.com.au and it’s titled:

The story of the rich New York socialite who hid in a hotel room for 24 years

phario,

Interesting. Maybe I don’t know as much as I thought. Let me do some more reading…

Lemmylefty,
@Lemmylefty@lemmy.world avatar

Is there a skincare community? Asking for me and my dumb face.

ProvokedGamer,
@ProvokedGamer@lemmy.ml avatar

I’d also like to know, same reason

queermunist,
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Once inflammation begins in the skin, it triggers a process called hyperkeratinization, which occurs when the skin produces too many skin cells (keratinocytes) and too much protein (keratin). This causes the pore to narrow and clog initially, forming the very first type of clogged pore in acne, called a microcomedone.5

When a pore is clogged, skin oil, called sebum, begins to build up inside of it. When there is a large enough buildup, it becomes visible to the naked eye. At this point, the acne lesion is called a comedone, more commonly known as a whitehead or blackhead.

A lot of this is stuff I picked up over a decade of dealing with chronic and painful acne, so I’d probably have to spend an evening finding different articles lol

But, yeah, acne comes from inside. It’s a more like an allergic reaction, where a normally helpful part of the immune system freaks the f out and causes harm. The bacteria that and normally lives harmlessly in our skin oil. And it’s not even always the cause! Sometimes bacteria doesn’t grow inside the zit at all, though it usually does and when it does it usually makes it a lot worse.

Gosh there’s just so much stuff. Scrubbing with a cloth or using overly hot water actually make acne worse because they cause irritation, which triggers a stress response. Overly drying soaps can cause acne by drying out the skin, which can trigger a stress response. Sunlight is necessary for human life, but lots of exposure causes inflammation and stress.

Acne.org has a lot of good info, highly recommend.

fiat_lux,

Ah man, this actually explains one of the reasons my body sucks at skin cycles and seems to produce too much skin. Thanks for the info, pity I can't get rid of the systemic inflammation completely.

Incidentally and a bit off topic, what's your take on salicylic acid, if you have one?

queermunist,
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I react badly to it! I’ve only had luck with low% benzoyl peroxide cream, with retinol to help with hyperpigmentation.

fiat_lux,

I do have to try some retinol. And that makes sense on the peroxide, that was not so helpful to me but the doctor did bill it as being better for whiteheads and other infected types, which I'm guessing is what your Vaseline mask helps with most.

Thanks! It's nice to see someone not just buying into the expensive cosmetics but going for the actual chemistry.

iDunnoBro, in What do you use Vaseline for?

Oh… You know. Hehehe

argh_another_username,

Yes, but IMO it’s not the best sensation. Water based (like KY) is much better.

iDunnoBro,

If I’m feelin’ fancy, I’ll break out the WD-40 Specialist Silicone

relative_iterator,
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Water based dries pretty quickly

squilox,

Talking like a true iterator

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