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Clasm, in Ancient wisdom often sounds like common sense now that it is commomly taught. What is some ancient wisdom that we no longer teach because it was wrong?

How they used to get rid of motor oil back in the day.

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fine_sandy_bottom,

I mean… the wisdom not really incorrect - the oil would soak into the ground. In this era people just piled up garbage in their back yard and burned it. Obviously this isn’t an appropriate way to dispose of things in 2024.

Clasm,

The wisdom is incorrect though, in the sense that you aren’t ‘disposing’ of the oil using this method. You are simply hiding it while simultaneously toxifying your immediate environment.

fine_sandy_bottom,

Semantics. What does it mean to “dispose” of something?

to get rid of something, especially by throwing it away

cambridge dictionary

CrowAirbrush,

I love how nowadays they made it illegal to wash your car out on the street because it pollutes the ground.

Like motherfucker where do you think this dirt goes to when it falls off the car while driving?

They should outlaw cars to fix this.

Tar_alcaran,

illegal to wash your car out on the street because it pollutes the ground.

If you have a rainwater sewer, you’re basically pouring soap and oil straight into the nearest river or lake.

Jagger2097,

It’s the soap

CrowAirbrush,

We have safe cleaning detergents, the government agencies themselves claim it’s the dirt hence a reply to their claim

geogle,
@geogle@lemmy.world avatar

Link?

CrowAirbrush,

I’m not gonna scroll through instagram until that advertisement shows up again.

You’re free to move here in scroll senselessly to get the ad again.

Rumbelows,

Best. Sauce. Ever.

CrowAirbrush,

Another one.

Go outside, have some real human interaction and learn to get over yourself.

Log off for a couple weeks and see if you can become a real human boy once more.

Rumbelows,

First the blatantly incorrect assertion. Then the clueless fumbling to justify it. Now the generic ad hominem attacks.

This is better than a movie… what’s next?

Honytawk,

I’m bankin on projection.

“No it was you who said soap was bad for the environment”

Aleric, (edited )

They’re just trolling. There are many stupid people out there but this one is just too perfectly stupid to likely be real.

If they aren’t trolling… I feel sorry for them.

Aleric,

Your trolling game is weak.

Lmaydev, (edited )

Tbf you’re the one getting riled up. Maybe take your own advice and also stop using random ads you can’t even name as a source.

Luci,
@Luci@lemmy.ca avatar

I’m sorry, but are you getting your information on the effects of car detergent on the environment from an advertisement!?!?

Remember when those dish detergent ads were washing oil off birds? THOSE BIRDS STILL DIED ANYWAYS

CrowAirbrush, (edited )

An advertisement from the official government thing over here. It’s the governments own official website.

Stop freaking out over some dude online you’ll never meet irl.

Collect yourself and go offline for the day, maybe try to relax for a bit and breathe some outdoor air. Have a conversation with a neighbour or local shopkeep.

nomous,

Says the guy getting his information from Instagram ads.

uranibaba,

Does the content and veracity of an ad change depending on where it is? Either you trust the source or you do not.

Aleric,

Does the content and veracity of an ad change depending on where it is?

Well, yes. That has always been the case, even before the Internet but now ESPECIALLY on the Internet.

nomous,

I’m not sure why anyone would trust an ad; at best it’ll be one-sided and at the worst it’ll be a downright lie. That wasn’t the point of my comment though.

I just thought it was funny that a person getting their info from Instagram ads was telling someone else to go touch grass like they had any high ground at all.

uranibaba,

I just assumed that ad meant an ad from a campaign, not a commercial. The trust level for those vary depending of the source, of course.

toofpic,

Someone digging in mud: “Mah sourciz!”

Luci,
@Luci@lemmy.ca avatar

I’m sorry I offended you. I didn’t know this was an offical advertisement from the department of thing over there.

Relax, dude lol.

Blue_Morpho,

He said can’t wash on the street which implies you can wash on the driveway which will immediately spill into the street.

I suspect the law is more of a safety law created after some teens were hit while washing their car and the parents demanded something must be done.

discostjohn,

Dope username

barsoap,

It’s illegal to wash on the driveway or street over here. Well, technically not, it’s just illegal to wash it in a way without proper waste water disposal, which means that you could put up a water barrier (think kiddie pool) to collect everything and then dispose of it properly.

Rain water drains usually don’t go to waste water treatment, shit might get in there from ordinary use but there’s no need to put all kinds of random detergents and polishing agents and whatnot on top of that. Also at least on the Autobahn they have separate waste water cycles to catch all the tyre microplastics etc. And if you can afford a car that’s worth washing you can afford going to a DIY washing place stop whining.

qyron,

Soap is not a grave concern for pollution. What got it banned - at least where I live - was the occupation of public space and consequent danger for circulation of other cars and pedestrians.

Agent641,

The oil is now outside of the environment

beastlykings,

It’s not IN an environment, it’s been towed OUTSIDE the ENVIRONMENT

theherk,
mortemtyrannis,

But what about the front?

It’s still attached isn’t it?!

moonbunny, in What are some tech predictions for 2024 that actually could happen?

VR tv shows?

MystikIncarnate,

I think VR is going the other way.

Zuckerberg killed VR with the metaverse…

KpntAutismus, (edited )

he bought the perfect VR headset company and then made it very difficult to homebrew and sideload. Mark killed VR.

MystikIncarnate,

He also made the Oculus lineup so cheap by subsidizing the costs with selling your data, that many VR startups couldn’t compete. Now there’s only a handful of groups still making any VR gear. Immediately after that he killed all PC based VR, though you can still do it with an add-on cable or wirelessly (which sucks on most WiFi), as an afterthought.

This just locked everyone into the Oculus ecosystem and Facebook by extension, bricking more than a few headsets in the process. Now you either have to pay thousands to boutique VR outfits, or buy an Oculus and sell your soul to Zuckerberg for a cut rate product.

I hold Mark solely responsible for killing VR as a consumer product.

TheGalacticVoid,

He made VR less accessible to companies but way more accessible to end users. I don’t think it’s fair to say that VR is dead yet.

MystikIncarnate,

In my mind, it’s in its death throes.

Zuckerberg killed competition and innovation in the industry.

TheGalacticVoid,

I wouldn’t be surprised if VR booms soon in a hyper-competitive environment like phones pre-2016. We already had a boom, but there was a tiny market for decent VR. Now that Meta, Apple, and Samsung are making decent headsets at different price points, it’s only a matter of time before Huawei, Xiaomi, and Oppo start doing crazy stuff that sells well. Hopefully, Valve and HTC become even bigger players as well.

SendMePhotos,

I thought 3d TV/movies were neat but not essential.

Nemo, in What Kind of Natural Disasters Occur Where You Live? And How Have You Prepared for Them?

None. Chicago doesn’t flood, have earthquakes, get wildfires, get hurricanes, get droughts. Tornados dissipate once they hit the urban heat bubble. It barely even blizzards here, once or twice a year at most.

True, we did burn down once. But now we’re very aggressive about fire safety and prevention.

Sabin10,

Toronto is basically the same but we do get the occasional ice storm that can knock out power for a day or two.

Nemo,

I think I could really only live in Chicago, Toronto, or Minneapolis.

Crackhappy, in What’s your favorite fantasy universe and why?
@Crackhappy@lemmy.world avatar

The Culture, because you could have every other world inside it.

ZOSTED,

I’ve heard really good things about this serie. It’s in my “to be read” list for sure.

Nemo,

The books share a backdrop but have very different themes.

ZOSTED,

My interest only grows

Nemo,

Consider Phlebas is about an assassin hiding out in a crew of pirates! In space!

Blamemeta,

Who wrote it? Google is not being helpful

YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH,

Ian M Banks. Player of Games is the best intro book.

someguy3, in Now that copyright on steamboat Willie has expired, what are the next big ones expiring?

Q: When does the copyright on the next version of Mickey Mouse expire? (Steamboat Willie has no gloves and is black and white, I expect that will be how Disney protects the more modern versions of Mickey.)

AllNewTypeFace,
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There is apparently a 1928 poster of Mickey Mouse already with the white gloves, which, if verified, would place them in the public domain.

crittecol, in What’s your favorite fantasy universe and why?

Cradle by Will Wight because the characters are endearing and believable and tangibly grow as people while they grow in the magic system which while we’re at it is very satisfying variation on Chinese martial arts “magic” systems, the power scaling is nuts.

The world is deep and interesting and you get a lot of insight into it from other characters perspectives

It’s 12 books and everything builds from everything you’ve read naturally. The themes speak to me, etc.

YtA4QCam2A9j7EfTgHrH,

I’m currently rereading this for like the twentieth time (ending Dreadgod atm). I’m going through some shit and these books are very… easy to read and they just are comfort reads.

crittecol,

Dreadgod is so damn good, it and Ghostwater are my tops.

Couldn’t agree more, they helped me through some stuff and I regularly re-read. Keep advancing my friend

bjoern_tantau, in What’s your favorite fantasy universe and why?
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Before Disney it used to be Star Wars because it has so much potential for any kind of story. You can go super science fictiony without encountering any kind of fantasy elements. You can have a western type setting, dystopia, magic, drama, comedy, any weird combination of them all.

tjsauce,

Same, you were guaranteed an adventure, especially with Jedi Knight

pastermil, in What is the least shit online store of the shitty ones? such as: Wish, AliExpress, etc..

Computer parts from aliexpress is alright…

Appoxo, (edited )
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I just wouldnt use/buy anything that goes directly on my body for extended periods of time or that will be used with stuff I will ingest (like food, tools for prep).

HerbalGamer,
@HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works avatar

you out there eating RAM for breakfast?

CADmonkey,

It’s just so crunchy

burliman, in What song you got on repeat right now?

I had no idea listening to a single song on repeat was such a thing.

hiramfromthechi,
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I don’t do it often, but I get real into it when there’s wordplay and figurative language that makes me think.

Plus I couldn’t find the lyrics to it, so in this case I did it to make sure I wasn’t missing the bar intricacies.

rah, in Do we have enough coders to collaborate on an extension like this?

If so how do we get started? (Idk how to code)

Learn to code. Otherwise, there’s no “we”.

Nobody is going to do programming work for you for nothing. Plenty of ideas men, thanks, don’t need any more.

nix,
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Its not working on a project “for me” or “for nothing” its for the lemmy/fediverse community as a whole. Like every other lemmy open source extension, most clients, lemmy itself.

rah,

its for the lemmy/fediverse community as a whole

Then wait for the community to implement the thing you want.

Or learn to code.

ChicoSuave, in If you could go back in time and stop any one person or group's musical career, who or what would it be?

Outside the box: Robert Elliot, a charter pilot who flew and killed Jim Croce by crashing into a tree on takeoff. Pilot error was found to be the cause as the overweight 57 year old pilot was unable to drive to the airport so ran for 3 miles, from his motel to the hangar, to be on time for the flight. The run exacerbated his coronary artery disease, causing him to tunnel vision and not see the tree.

smort,
@smort@lemmy.world avatar

Similar story, when I was 12 I was late for the school bus and ran about 2 blocks with a full backpack and a snare drum. Ended up puking in the bus aisle about halfway through the hour long ride. Basically the same thing.

acetanilide,

Wasn’t sure if I should believe you or not, so I looked it up

…I’m still not sure if I can believe this

andrew_bidlaw, in What’s your favorite fantasy universe and why?
@andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works avatar

Warhammer: Fantasy world. I didn’t get into 40k that much, and that world, especially in End Times before killing it off for a remaster was so vivid, morbid and satirical. Having both strategy and shooter games of a refined quality helped it too.

Other than that, MythAdventures by Robert Lynn Asprin. Isn’t consistent, didn’t age well, but I love to reread these books from time to time. I really liked some jokes and characters here.

remus989,

I’m deep into 40k but have always wanted to delve into the fantasy side of things. Any books you’d recommend as an entry point?

andrew_bidlaw,
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You caught me without pants as I just left one desktop for another and lost my collection I torrented from rutracker (most of it is abandoned anyway). I remember Goetrik and Fenix being a funny series of books, and from the lore books something called Black Library (?) published great in-world books, including a very cool medievally stylized manual for inquisitors.

Guess it’s their site: www.blacklibrary.com/warhammer-40000

I can produce a magnet link to both if you are interested.

remus989,

I’m quite interested actually…

andrew_bidlaw, (edited )
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The first thing of G&F journey:

files.catbox.moe/koaxzg.epub

A collection of WH:F books

magnet:?xt=urn:btih:1C9D191DD27E67E7AFE5A936C99881953C96B0CD&tr=http%3A%2F%2Fbt2.t-ru.org%2Fann%3Fmagnet&dn=%5BWargame%5D%20Games%20Workshop%20-%20Warhammer%20Fantasy%20Roleplay%20Collection%20%5B1986-2010%2C%20PDF%2C%20ENG%5D

I can upload more books if you’d find that one interesting.

Femcowboy, in What are some companies that deserve to be boycotted to death?

Bro name one that doesn’t deserve it.

Duamerthrax,

Newman’s Own brand.

HootinNHollerin,

Pategonia, who created the B-corp

LopensLeftArm, in What’s your favorite fantasy universe and why?
@LopensLeftArm@sh.itjust.works avatar

Roshar, in Brandon Sanderson’s Cosmere books in the Stormlight Archive series. Everything from the magic system and the cultures to the animal life and the weather patterns are all really unique and totally immerse you in the world. Absolute masterclass worldbuilding.

TheMinions,

Roshar is very cool, but I think I prefer Scadrial. Maybe that’s because I feel like I understand the history of that world a bit more. Plus Allomancy is really cool, but not as cool as Surgebinding.

sparky678348,

The entire Cosmere are the best books I’ve read and the most I’ve been obsessively invested in a story.

And that’s saying something, I’ve been obsessed with some damn stories in my time

Klear, in What are some tech predictions for 2024 that actually could happen?

Elon Musk is gonna say and/or do something stupid. That’s tech, right?

Shialac,

Statistically that has already happened

MystikIncarnate,

I’m surprised it didn’t happen by 12:02 AM on the first.

Abucketofpuppies,

I hate /r/technology. Thanks for reminding me

HurlingDurling, (edited )
@HurlingDurling@lemmy.world avatar

you mean !technology

Abucketofpuppies,

Haven’t visited it. I’m assuming it’s less of a dumpster fire than the reddit version

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