Gamer / Gizmo Collector / Father of 6 / Follower of Christ
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GatesMcBalmer@lemmy.worldto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.ca•Since a biological/born male doesnt have a vagina or uterus or fallopian tubes, what instead occupies all that indoor plumbing space?
0·2 days agoNow I’m no expert but clearly there is still space in there cause that’s how “stuffing” works.
GatesMcBalmer@lemmy.worldto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Is anyone else apprehensive to down voting even if you're being down voted?
3·3 days agoI get into these comment chains from time to time where really no matter what I post whoever I’m talking to downvotes…
I suggest avoiding such comment chains. If the person you are talking to is downvoting everything you write then you can be certain you are wasting your time.
GatesMcBalmer@lemmy.worldto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Update: My landlord served me a 3 day notice to cure violation or move out over keeping my window open. It's not on my lease. It's not a violation.
31·4 days agoIt doesn’t matter. Unless they are keeping the apartment at an unreasonably high or low temp, then California typically recognizes a landlord’s right to require you to keep the windows closed when the AC is running.
GatesMcBalmer@lemmy.worldto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Update: My landlord served me a 3 day notice to cure violation or move out over keeping my window open. It's not on my lease. It's not a violation.
162·5 days agoThis is not legal advice but in California, the landlord of a rooming house (which it sounds like you are in) has the right to make reasonable house rules and “keep the windows closed when the AC is on” is generally recognized as reasonable rule. Its unlikely a court would side with you on this.
Keeping the window open in a room (even with the door shut) impacts the temperature and humidity of the rest of the house. Rooms within a house are not air tight when the door is closed. In fact, the airflow in a house is designed to circulate and mix all the air from all the rooms so that the AC runs efficiently, even when the doors are closed.
oh the irony
GatesMcBalmer@lemmy.worldto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•I am someone who works out daily and sweats a lot. Just doing laundry doesn't seem to adequately clean the underarms of my shirts. What are some ways to clean these areas of my clothing better?
11·6 days agoMy advise is to wear undershirts. Even the tank top ones will make a big difference in keeping your shirts clean.
GatesMcBalmer@lemmy.worldto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•How has Apple tricked so many people into believing that they "just need to get another Apple product"?
151·6 days agoPersonally, I don’t get why the solution to many of the issues people experience with Apple devices is to buy another one.
I’m not really familiar with this. My wife uses a macbook. She’s had it for 6 years and I can’t recall any real issues with it.
GatesMcBalmer@lemmy.worldto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•How has Apple tricked so many people into believing that they "just need to get another Apple product"?
394·6 days agoIt may be hard to believe, but some people actually buy apple products because they like them.
GatesMcBalmer@lemmy.worldto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why don't urban/suburban streets and roads use a center storm channel?
7·7 days agoStorm drains, aqueducts, and swimming pools are typically made out of concrete because it has the right properties to deal with lots of water. Roads are typically paved with asphalt. Unlike concrete, asphalt is far more subject to damage from water.
One of the main purposes of crowned roads is to ensure that water flows off the asphalt quickly in thin sheets that don’t cause erosion. A heavy flow of water on asphalt causes too much erosion. Also, pooling or standing water seeps into asphalt and causes damage and structural problems. Especially in areas where the temperature gets low enough to freeze.
There are also other problems with V shaped roads, but avoiding water damage from pooling and erosion is the big one.
Slightly V shaped roads are used where cars don’t go, like in pedestrian shopping centers with outside walkways.
GatesMcBalmer@lemmy.worldOPto
Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Latest success Jellyfin rocks!English
1·8 days agoI use Windows Server because that’s what I know. Though I am curious to learn other OSes when I have more time. I don’t use docker so that’s really not a problem for now.
GatesMcBalmer@lemmy.worldOPto
Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Latest success Jellyfin rocks!English
21·9 days agoWait I don’t have a reverse proxy because I don’t need one. I just installed the jellyfin for windows version and then you just connect to it.
GatesMcBalmer@lemmy.worldOPto
Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Latest success Jellyfin rocks!English
5·10 days agoI didn’t. I don’t need remote access. We don’t watch TV outside the house.
GatesMcBalmer@lemmy.worldOPto
Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Latest success Jellyfin rocks!English
1·10 days agoRight on that’s great to hear
GatesMcBalmer@lemmy.worldOPto
Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Latest success Jellyfin rocks!English
5·10 days agoRight now its a Thinkpad T480 with 64G ram and 1tb ssd. If it turns out we use Jellyfin enough I plan to get something more powerful for it.
GatesMcBalmer@lemmy.worldOPto
Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Latest success Jellyfin rocks!English
9·10 days agoits kinda crazy having your own personal netflix, right?
It truly is!
GatesMcBalmer@lemmy.worldto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Has anyone or anything ever passed the Turring Test? If so how and why?
28·15 days agoPopular conception of the “Turing Test” is pretty inaccurate. What Turing proposed was a way of determining if a computer is thinking or doing something equivalent to thinking.
His test was not for consciousness and it was not simply chatting with a computer to see if it could convince you that it is a person.
What Turing proposed was called the Imitation Game.
I’ve modernized it a little but the premise is the same. Think of a game show where there are 3 people all claiming to be a brain surgeon but only one of them really is. You get to ask all three people questions and if one can trick you into thinking they are the real brain surgeon when they are not, they win.
Turing basically said that if a computer could play this game as well as any of the humans pretending to the brain surgeon, it must be doing something equivalent to thinking.
GatesMcBalmer@lemmy.worldto
Selfhosted@lemmy.world•AWS Container Security: Best Practices & Solutions in 2026English
1·15 days agoWow, is your entire website AI generated slop?
GatesMcBalmer@lemmy.worldto
Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Any recommendations for IPTV proxies for Jellyfin?English
261·17 days agoYou don’t like the one you posted to the Jellyfin comm labout 30min ago? If not then why share it?

The Bible doesn’t say and there is no consensus among Biblical scholars about what the sins of Sodom and Gomorrah were. Some believe it was simply arrogance and inhospitality.