Considering the quality of some podcasts these days, that is unsurprising.

I can’t tell if that is an attempt at an insult or what? The speed at which you charged forward with a logical fallacy is amazing though: Because I called out your account as narrow minded, I would have supported/ignored sexual abuse by priests in the 50’s? Lulzwut?

Not to be confused with: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_cat_strategy

Is that whole account dedicated to trashing Wikipedia? Holy fuck some people need a life.

Mostly by Indian and Vietnamese slave labor: https://www.androidauthority.com/where-are-samsung-phones-made-3251712/

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Neither am I. However, I have seen one or two people on ca that claim it’s an instance “for Canadians”, but that isn’t the majority view.

Canadian news is mild compared to other instances and their admins rock. They just did some good hardware updates and the instance is fairly reliable. 10/10, would recommend. The author of my client (Connect) is also on that instance, and I contribute a bit to that community as well.

I could see some downsides if the occasional post in French would piss you off.

'Madame, if that’s the way you see it, so be it. ’ - M.C. Escher

.ca is a bit more sane and not as authoritarian as .world or .ml. I don’t mind .world, but their admins are inconsistent, IMO

I am confused now. I was just called a “leftist Nazi” and “liberal right wing nazi”. Lulz.

My point is that I think the terms “leftist” and “liberal” have been redefined again, just as a heads up.

Well, I was banned from ml because of a conversation on another instance. It was something about reporting all ml posts as a rule 1 violation… I guess that could be considered inciting unrest against the CCP and Mother Russia.

Many (not all) ml users are fairly rabid when it comes to their own flavor of propaganda. If you ever casually chat with them on Lemmy, just understand that they have a completely different world view so don’t mention things related to politics, country borders, history, government structure, major battles during WW2, sparrow populations or what color the sky is and you should be fine.

Um… Checkmate, non-rationalists…?

I was told to put Elmer’s glue on my pizza.

Adding a note to a note, if there is corrosion, the battery is probably leaky and spilling its blood everywhere.

Corrosion is the byproduct of a chemical reaction. That reaction has probably consumed minor (/s) things like PCB traces and component pins so the need for a thorough inspection shouldn’t be underrated.

Well, insurance may consider things like sewage leaks an “act of god”. Checkmate, Rationalists.

Cool. For my electronics work, IPA works wonders with silicone-based adhesives. (I’ll generally use a syringe and strategically drip it between the adhesive and the surface.)

If, by chance, you run into any PET/PETG plastics, i think pure IPA can start to chew at those if enough heat is involved. It’s not nearly as dramatic as ABS/acetone though.

Edit: I just noticed this is a Lego community. Derp. Can anyone quickly identify the plastics that could be involved and I can correct or remove any words below. (I think acetone just got bumped into super-risky.) I am guessing Legos are going to be ABS in many cases, and acetone vapor tends to melt ABS.

High purity isopropyl alcohol (99%) is generally my go-to solvent. It’s a small enough molecule to get in between most surfaces and glues. I wouldn’t know how <90% works since I just don’t use it. (Test first!)

Another option is D-limonene.(commonly sold as Goo Gone) It’s another small molecule that works well.

Acetone is the highest risk for plastics but is another good solvent. (Test first!)

Otherwise, a razor blade, time and elbow grease is about your only other option.

Welcome to the downward cycle of stimulants, depressants and anti-depressants.

Having been down that path of excess for a good number of years, my only path was straight down. From personal experience, my only path for normality was to stop all of that shit.

It sucks to quit and it sucks to learn how to do this life thing without chemical enhancement. It’s a whole bunch of suck all over the place. However, life eventually got easier to handle and I didn’t have the rollercoaster of drunkness or numbness going on any more.

It took a couple of years, but I would consider life fun again. It just took a while to learn what “fun” actually was for me.

It’s a medical requirement for me to ditch coffee now, unfortunately. However, now that I don’t have a hangover every morning, there is less of a need to drink coffee by the pot anymore, so there is that.