Like everything in this world, I think it's situation dependent.

I traveled for work, and would live out of a hotel room for 4-5 weeks at a time. I have a gaming laptop that doesn't fit in the bin while going through TSA. Always got comments about it. But damn, if I didn't love setting it up in my hotel room and leaving it there during my tour and being able to play some games during my evenings.

It was WELL worth it!

For the uninitiated:

https://youtu.be/Nz8ssH7LiB0

On the computer thread, changing the keys on their keyboard is also fun. Works better if they are a touch typist as well, as they may go several hours/days before noticing, until they have to look for that one special key. :)

You're not "Poem_for_your_sprog" are you? Just made your username "right" this time?

Aha! That's good to know. Thanks!

I do not have a water flosser, and asked this exact question to my dentist about two weeks ago.

Turns out, I could've asked you! As your answer was EXACTLY what they told me.

Answer this definitively, and win yourself a Nobel prize!

Many of the leading physicists in today's age think the shape is a little 'string,' if you will.

I think it'll give you some pictures that it knows the answers to, just to actually make sure you're not a robot, but if you get that picture correct, it'll serve you a picture that it doesn't know what the correct answers are, and you teach it by answering what it assumes it's correctly.

Pi-hole on a raspberry pi w here. Love it SOO much!

I just brought Lemmy up at the BBQ I went to last night. One person was interested! The rest looked at me like I had three heads though...

Shouldn't it be one of those "OK" symbols. You know, the "Made you look" game where you create an OK symbol with your hand below your waist.

What is this "real" money you speak of? What makes it real?

You may want to look into a condition called EoE also known as Eosinophilic esophagitis. If that's the problem, you'll certainly want to see your doctor.

Amazing! Thank you for your fast and accurate reply! That did the trick!

In all seriousness, there is a radio lab episode out there talking about tiny black holes. Apparently, they might be all over the universe, and can sometimes hit earth, create a massive crater that has no meteorite debris, exit the other side of earth, and could be an explanation for all the dark matter around the universe!

It was a really fascinating episode, and I highly recommend giving it a listen!

Unfortunately, the other was a salted.

Nothing more than it’s widely accepted

Well, what's wrong with Bitcoiners trying to make their currency widely accepted too?

that it’s backed by yet another widely accepted from of currency

So it's turtles all the way down, is what you're saying?

(usually; gold)

Not the USD, which is the worlds most widely accepted currency.

This is all gross-oversimplification, I realize, and I don’t particularly want to get into the weeds on this topic, because it’s only of passing interest to me.

Yes, I agree that this is gross-oversimplification. But if you don't want to get into the weeds, why make a claim about something you don't understand and don't have interest in?

That's what she said?

I feel like I have to beg my friends to use my Plex server. Like what the hell? I'm offering you ~1000 movies free, and all you have to do is register for a Plex account, but for some reason registering for Plex is way too hard and confusing (even though it's the same process as any other service).

Whatever, guess I'll enjoy my movies myself then. 🤷

https://12ft.io helps get past the paywall.