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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • Hard disagree, as there is no way to effectively filter the genuine content from the AI produced slop, you end up wasting your time trying to find any genuine information, and the problem with generative AI being used like this is that it effects literally every topic you could ever want to search for a topic for, niche legal questions? Gardening question? Medical question?

    AI generated websites now fill up most results obscuring you from even finding that original “library”

    And that’s not even addressing the fact that anyone who isn’t as savvy at spotting this stuff ends up falling for it


  • Yeah, that looks to just be the cover, the actual gas spring cylinder is rather thick (3mm galvanised steel) and typically doesn’t want to dent (due to the pressurised gas inside).

    Though I’m trying to workout how you got a dent on that bit; normally the whole tap it with a rubber mallet is talking about the tapping the foot/wheel part, parallel to the gas spring

    The other thing that often holds them together is a circlip around the tip of the piston of the gas ring, this typically secures the feet to the piston


  • So one weird berry which I tried recently: Black Nightshade, it grows from small potatoish looking plants, the berries are smaller than 1cm in diameter. The flavour is like blackcurrant but the raw taste is actually pleasant (unlike blackcurrants which make a beautiful drink called ribena, but are a somewhat disappointing raw fruit, flavoursome but not very sweet)

    It’s worth mentioning it’s not the same thing as Deadly Nightshade, they both have black berries but black nightshade hang in small clusters whereas deadly nighshade exist as single fruits, cupped and face upward.

    Yew berries are ones I still want to try but am in no hurry to, as the red flesh is edible but the seed contained within is deadly.

    I’ve wanted to try cloudberries for years but have never gotten the chance, how would you describe them?




  • So after loosing my patience trying to figure out the best pans and hearing good things about titanium but not wanting to drop the money on ourplace titanium ones, I bought some generic Chinese titanium ones from Amazon and ebay, they’re often advertised as “hammered titanium”, typically they are 3 ply, but some are 5…

    The best of this variety is this one

    They are non-stick in the same way that stainless steel is (get up to temp, so that a bead of water dances across the pan before adding oil), very easy to clean with either a brush or stainless chainmail scrubber, no effect on flavour, has survived me cooking paella and aggressively scrapping it with a stainless steel spatula, with no affect on the non-stick.

    Sorry I can’t answer your actual questions but hope this helps



  • As silly as it sounds, depending on what you’re wanting to mount you may be best off just either putting some paper/toothpick/matchstick (without the head) into the hole so the raw plug is tight enough that it won’t spin as you drive the screw in. (Would only suggest this if its for picture frames or similar weight)

    Out of curiosity is it plasterboard or brick that you’re trying to mount to?

    Raw plugs shouldn’t spin freely, you should need to gently tap them in with a hammer/wooden block/back of the drill, often its better to use a slightly smaller bit (9.5mm) particularly as the hammer drill setting will often make the hole just a tiny bit bigger or if drilling plasterboard as its so easy to make the hole too big



  • What’s fascinating is that Cuba also has the most medical doctors per capita (IIRC), they also provide more Drs to the third world than any western nation.

    Essential preventative healthcare which is particularly effective during childhood;

    Fluoridated water (teeth are pretty essential, also don’t rinse your mouth after brushing as you want that fluoridated toothpaste being in contact for a while)

    Iodized salt (Iodine deficiency in pregnant women and young children can massively effect IQ, it causes a specific goiter around the neck)

    Essential multivitamins and minerals, and fish oil.

    (There’s also an argument to be had here for supplementing lithium at about 1mg daily, as it reduces violent crimes, depression rates and suicides)










  • My friend, in the UK you can literally buy Panadol both with and without codiene over the counter at a pharmacy

    They have said multiple times they use the without for the most part, which is just paracetamol (acetaminophen).

    The UK and elsewhere don’t have the same problem with opiates as the US does.

    It’s not an offense to drive on medications unless it impares you, in effect giving the police reason to stop you from driving if impaired by it and legal means to prosecute you if you cause harm due to the imparement.

    That also means I could drive whilst high from my cannabis prescription if there was no imparement.