https://lemmy.world/post/49151085

Does watching the movie Gigli count?

Stop, you monster, they’re already dead!

You’re not forced to use the app if you stop using their services.

It’s a common feature. Due to a well-earned lack of trust, they are usually placed somewhere that allows an employee to watch for shenaniganery. If people weren’t garbage, this monitoring would not be necessary.

I just wear Crocs, it’s worked all right for me so far.

Except for that really expensive one that takes nearly two decades to cure.

Yeah, it’s a problem with multiple solutions in the real world but they could be left out in the open and forgotten until it’s time to restock in the everybody-is-good-iverse.

Free condoms in unsupervised containers. Some shithead with a needle will do shithead things. Probably post it to InstaTok or whatever too.

No.

Look out for a hot air balloon doing a high-speed pass.

Next time I find myself with the right assortment of junk, it would be interesting to run a piece of optical fiber through UV glue inside an opaque enclosure and see if it helps the light get where it needs to go. There’s decorative stuff that glows from the sides with a visible light source so I’d expect it to do something worthwhile in that situation. Could be a waste of materials for almost every possible use but maybe it’ll solve a weird problem eventually.

Nothing that interesting, just enough to gain a reputation as somebody who can do solid in-the-field temporary fixes when a real specialist isn’t available. One that comes to mind is a portable toilet that was delivered (clean and empty, thankfully) with a split in the side of the tank. Guessing they got a little too close to the trees on the way in and the driver wasn’t paid enough to care. There was another one in good condition so this wasn’t a critical issue but still an inconvenience.

Wasn’t too bad, I could just about span the full length from pinkie to thumb tip and there wasn’t any missing material. More than I’d trust glue or tape alone to hold for long though. Drilled a series of holes in parallel lines on either side of the split and stitched it shut with paracord before painting over it with a 2-part epoxy as a strong liquid barrier. Don’t remember what kind it was but it remained somewhat pliable when cured so I figured it wouldn’t turn brittle and crack. It held for the duration of the job and didn’t leak as far as anyone could tell (and if it had, the terrain would have made that obvious).

Not the most exciting story of heroism under pressure but I went from learning about a problem to finishing the fix in about 45 minutes with fading daylight.

I’ve done some awful things with various 2-part epoxies, maybe try one of those with a piece of dowel in the square holes? Not sure exactly what you have to work with there but that might give you a little extra support from inside while your glue of choice just has to keep the rod from slipping. Start with one a little larger than the holes and sand the sides flat until it fits with a little extra space, add glue, press together, let it cure.

For bonus points, you can scratch up the inside of the plastic with a rolled-up piece of coarse sandpaper or something to try and give the glue an extra foothold.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diving_reflex

The diving reflex, also known as the diving response and mammalian diving reflex, is a set of physiological responses to immersion that overrides the basic homeostatic reflexes, and is found in all air-breathing vertebrates studied to date.
[…]
The diving reflex is triggered specifically by chilling and wetting the nostrils and face while breath-holding, and is sustained via neural processing originating in the carotid chemoreceptors. The most noticeable effects are on the cardiovascular system, which displays peripheral vasoconstriction, slowed heart rate, redirection of blood to the vital organs to conserve oxygen, release of red blood cells stored in the spleen, and, in humans, heart rhythm irregularities.

Emphasis added. Since we’ve been able to observe it in all studied air-breathing vertebrates, it’s likely (to the point of near certainty) that it comes from those “fish [ancestors]” you mention in your title. Pedants may nitpick the phrasing. Can’t say whether that’s less, more, or just as responsible for waking a person up vs. other environmental changes (e.g. loud noise, sudden motion, smell of smoke) that might startle a person into alertness though.

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What’s the exchange rate for USD and Minnesota dollars?

Grok911, what is your emergency and do you know about the genocide of white South Africans?

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