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The word of the day is Ambisinister. To be equally clumsy with both hands.
“Ambisinister” goes hand in hand, so to speak, with “ambidextrous.” The latter term translates literally to “both sides right-handed” (with “ambi” coming from the Latin prefix meaning “both,” and “dexter” in Latin meaning “right-handed”), but it’s used to mean that someone is equally skilled with either their right or left hand. “Ambisinister,” meanwhile, translates to “both sides left-handed.” “Sinestra” in Latin means “left hand” but as the word moved into Old French and Middle English, it came to mean “unlucky.” There was a long-held superstition that things coming from the left direction and things situated on the left side were with bad things, and that’s where “sinister” gets its evil connotation. But going back to hands, to be ambisinister means to be equally clumsy with both hands.
Skeuomorphism, when modern objects, real or digital, retain features of previous designs even when they aren’t functional. Examples include the very tiny handle on maple syrup bottles, faux buckles on shoes, the floppy disk ‘save’ icon, or the sound of a shutter on a cell phone camera.
@silvermouse said:
Skeuomorphism, when modern objects, real or digital, retain features of previous designs even when they aren’t functional. Examples include the very tiny handle on maple syrup bottles, faux buckles on shoes, the floppy disk ‘save’ icon, or the sound of a shutter on a cell phone camera.
And glass top humidors!
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@ScotchnSmoke sux lots of large wéiners. And tons of small ones.
I need some useless or trivial help if anyone knows how, if it's possible, to reduce the caption size on fakebook reels that almost totally obscure the video. I've tried to find a settings menu where I can make adjustments, but I have had no luck. https://www.facebook.com/reel/1608391649800153
@Bob_Luken said:
I need some useless or trivial help if anyone knows how, if it's possible, to reduce the caption size on fakebook reels that almost totally obscure the video. I've tried to find a settings menu where I can make adjustments, but I have had no luck. https://www.facebook.com/reel/1608391649800153
Turn up the volume
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@ScotchnSmoke sux lots of large wéiners. And tons of small ones.
Must be in the settings but it might have to do with how your universal font is set on your device. If it's like my wife's phone, she can read like five words per screen. Looks fine on mine.
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@ScotchnSmoke sux lots of large wéiners. And tons of small ones.
Thanks @VegasFrank I kept digging around and the solution was in my account FB account settings. (Accessibility -> Video and Motion -> Captions Display -> Text Size) I had it jacked up to 175% so I reduced it to 100%.
Map of the North magnetic pole shift over the last 400 years.
"I drink a great deal. I sleep a little, and I smoke cigar after cigar. That is why I am in two-hundred-percent form." -- Winston Churchill "LET'S GO FRANCIS" Peter
Jon Stewart Accidentally Slices His Hand Open During Fiery Takedown of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency: ‘I Will Be Going to the Hospital Soon’
because 9+ billion ticks per second isn't accurate enough for some applications.
Many scientists believe it is time for a new definition of the second. The current second is set by the number of waves of microwave energy absorbed and emitted by cesium atoms (called the resonance frequency). But newer instruments, called optical clocks, use different atoms, like strontium or ytterbium, that release optical light at much higher frequencies than cesium. This yields 50,000 times more “ticks” than a cesium clock can measure in a second, and thus gives a more precise reference for one's definition.
How it works: A cesium clock shines light on atoms of cesium to excite them. As the atoms come down from their excited state, they emit photons, producing light with a metronomic frequency that the instrument records. The clock counts the number of wave crests of light that pass from the atoms in a given time, and scientists use that rate to time an exact second. An official second is 9,192,631,770 cycles of cesium’s resonance frequency.
What the experts say: Some scientists wonder how necessary a new second really is. Current cesium clocks are accurate enough for most practical purposes like synchronizing GPS satellites. Plus, novel atomic methods must be sifted through to select a new standard. Regardless, “it’s just a matter of basic principle,” says Elizabeth Donley, chief of the time and frequency division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. “You want to allow for the best measurements you can possibly make.”
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In the snow?
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
Takes me 21 seconds just to get started....
I have pauses longer than that.
Don't let the wife know what you spend on guns, ammo or cigars.
the highest chocolate consumption per capita: Switzerland; 7the average individual consumes 22 pounds of chocolate a year.
And they're not all diabetic?
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.STA.DIAB.ZS?locations=CH
4.6 vs our 10.7%
"I've been on tenterhooks all week waiting for the results".
Nobody uses that word anymore. I always thought it was tenderhooks.
A tenter is a frame used to stretch fabric, like some muslin for a tent, and the l-shaped hooks are tenterhooks.
The word of the day is Ambisinister. To be equally clumsy with both hands.
“Ambisinister” goes hand in hand, so to speak, with “ambidextrous.” The latter term translates literally to “both sides right-handed” (with “ambi” coming from the Latin prefix meaning “both,” and “dexter” in Latin meaning “right-handed”), but it’s used to mean that someone is equally skilled with either their right or left hand. “Ambisinister,” meanwhile, translates to “both sides left-handed.” “Sinestra” in Latin means “left hand” but as the word moved into Old French and Middle English, it came to mean “unlucky.” There was a long-held superstition that things coming from the left direction and things situated on the left side were with bad things, and that’s where “sinister” gets its evil connotation. But going back to hands, to be ambisinister means to be equally clumsy with both hands.
@IndustMech = Dexter
Skeuomorphism, when modern objects, real or digital, retain features of previous designs even when they aren’t functional. Examples include the very tiny handle on maple syrup bottles, faux buckles on shoes, the floppy disk ‘save’ icon, or the sound of a shutter on a cell phone camera.
Vestiges tails.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
Invasive crabs have taken over New England
Hopefully they're edible.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/magazine/invasive-crabs-new-england.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xU4.QLeM.uAnDEbV9KarG&smid=url-share
Any time a native species is reduced for whatever reason, another will take its place.
Nature is pretty good about filling in holes, except for one invasive species.
Like when the aliens came to seed this planet.
And glass top humidors!
@ScotchnSmoke sux lots of large wéiners. And tons of small ones.
I need some useless or trivial help if anyone knows how, if it's possible, to reduce the caption size on fakebook reels that almost totally obscure the video. I've tried to find a settings menu where I can make adjustments, but I have had no luck.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1608391649800153
Turn up the volume
@ScotchnSmoke sux lots of large wéiners. And tons of small ones.
Must be in the settings but it might have to do with how your universal font is set on your device. If it's like my wife's phone, she can read like five words per screen. Looks fine on mine.
@ScotchnSmoke sux lots of large wéiners. And tons of small ones.
Thanks @VegasFrank I kept digging around and the solution was in my account FB account settings. (Accessibility -> Video and Motion -> Captions Display -> Text Size) I had it jacked up to 175% so I reduced it to 100%.
Map of the North magnetic pole shift over the last 400 years.
-- Winston Churchill
"LET'S GO FRANCIS" Peter
Useless because (you know the drill)...
Jon Stewart Accidentally Slices His Hand Open During Fiery Takedown of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency: ‘I Will Be Going to the Hospital Soon’
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/the-daily-show-jon-stewart-cuts-hand-elon-musk-department-of-government-efficiency-1236319582/
Golf Courses Take Up More Land Than Solar, Wind
because 9+ billion ticks per second isn't accurate enough for some applications.
Many scientists believe it is time for a new definition of the second. The current second is set by the number of waves of microwave energy absorbed and emitted by cesium atoms (called the resonance frequency). But newer instruments, called optical clocks, use different atoms, like strontium or ytterbium, that release optical light at much higher frequencies than cesium. This yields 50,000 times more “ticks” than a cesium clock can measure in a second, and thus gives a more precise reference for one's definition.
How it works: A cesium clock shines light on atoms of cesium to excite them. As the atoms come down from their excited state, they emit photons, producing light with a metronomic frequency that the instrument records. The clock counts the number of wave crests of light that pass from the atoms in a given time, and scientists use that rate to time an exact second. An official second is 9,192,631,770 cycles of cesium’s resonance frequency.
What the experts say: Some scientists wonder how necessary a new second really is. Current cesium clocks are accurate enough for most practical purposes like synchronizing GPS satellites. Plus, novel atomic methods must be sifted through to select a new standard. Regardless, “it’s just a matter of basic principle,” says Elizabeth Donley, chief of the time and frequency division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. “You want to allow for the best measurements you can possibly make.”
Some scientists need to study something of importance or get a job…. In my opinion of course
I did not know this.
God, I hate the fashion industry.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/business/suvs-trucks-design.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1E4._1nN.jQSVylk5KrRx&smid=url-share