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Love rats: Canadians get chance to feed rodents named after old flames to owls (www.theguardian.com)
What’s in a name? in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
[–] andyli@lemmy.world 139 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Robert'); DROP TABLE Students;--

https://xkcd.com/327/

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What are these in the sea? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by andyli@lemmy.world to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world
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What are these dotted ball shaped things I circled in yellow in the image?

I thought they may be sea urchin skeletons. Though the things in the image may be too many and too large?

They are in a mural in Brighton, England. The subject is "Protecting Costa Rican Wildlife", so I guess they are of some native species there.

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Any good smart power strip not made in China? (lemmy.world)
 

I'm looking for a smart power strip, which allows me to remote control and schedule on/off.

Last year I bought Hey!'s smart power strip. Hey! is a UK brand, but turn out its products are just branded Chinese products. I used it anyway but it just bricked itself last month.

For quality, safety, and security reasons, I would prefer a non-made-in-China smart power strip.

Compatibility with Home Assistant is prefered, but not 100% required. I'm interested in switching to Home Assistant but I haven't yet.

Thanks for any suggestions!

cross-posted: https://lemmy.world/post/4556320

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Any good smart power strip not made in China? (lemmy.world)
 

I'm looking for a smart power strip, which allows me to remote control and schedule on/off.

Last year I bought Hey!'s smart power strip. Hey! is a UK brand, but turn out its products are just branded Chinese products. I used it anyway but it just bricked itself last month.

For quality, safety, and security reasons, I strongly prefer a non-made-in-China smart power strip.

Compatibility with Home Assistant is prefered, but not 100% required. I'm interested in switching to Home Assistant but I haven't yet.

Thanks for any suggestions!

How do you deal with shops that have more than one category? in c/openstreetmap@lemmy.ml
[–] andyli@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

a book store with a café

This is easy because the tags don't overlap.

shop=books
amenity=cafe

a café by day and a wine bar by night

I saw something like this before, and they are usually two businesses with different names. I used two separated POIs (points) placed in the same building area to denote them. In this way, I can also put different names, opening_hours etc to the two POIs.

What are the edits like this, and what do they mean? in c/openstreetmap@lemmy.ml
[–] andyli@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is a longstanding issue that wheelmap knew and promised to solve.

Some info from the OSM talk mailing list.

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sauce rule (otakukart.com)
 

In this information era, some of the few people who are resilient against fake news are the weebs. They're always asking for sauce. Be like weebs.

Waitrose hit by middle-class vegetable shortage in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
[–] andyli@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Let them eat cake!

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Sleeping cat on her back (upload.wikimedia.org)
 

A featured picture by Umberto Salvagnin on Wikimedia Commons. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

Wow, what a comp for doing free consulting work ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
[–] andyli@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

At least you're not rewarded with more ads.

TikTok users in UK to be left with ‘more toxic’ version of app, say campaigners in c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
[–] andyli@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Not using TikTok is still an option and that's what I chose.

Intentionally chose an open ecosystem for the smart relays in my house, now they crippled the app adding a $4 subscription in c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
[–] andyli@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That sounds so much like Twitter and Reddit... lol

Infuriating Password Policies in c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
[–] andyli@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Have you played the password game yet?

https://neal.fun/password-game/

Job interview be like in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
[–] andyli@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't know how to quit vim.

Is there any way to have Youtube links open in browser instead of the Youtube app? in c/jerboa@lemmy.ml
[–] andyli@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Use Newpipe. It plays youtube (and several video sites') videos without any ads nor trackings. No Google account needed.

Install it and set it as the app for opening youtube links in system settings.

Note that the app is not available in Google Play store. It can be installed from f-droid, or you can directly download its apk.

https://newpipe.net/

If I stop drinking does that decrease risk of cancer? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] andyli@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Note that moderate intake of alcohol can be beneficial to health.

More than 100 prospective studies show an inverse association between light to moderate drinking and risk of heart attack, ischemic (clot-caused) stroke, peripheral vascular disease, sudden cardiac death, and death from all cardiovascular causes.

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/healthy-drinks/drinks-to-consume-in-moderation/alcohol-full-story/

But if you're only considering cancer, then as some of the other answers suggested, cutting alcohol intake to zero could reduce the risk of getting cancer, although the reduction is likely very small that's neglectable.

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Carbonara Vermicelli Roll (upload.wikimedia.org)
 

Pretty nice fusion cuisine. Coffee Lowa, Hong Kong.

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New glass cuts carbon footprint by nearly half and is 10x more damage resistant | Penn State University (www.psu.edu)
Is Lemmy's code base "good"? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] andyli@lemmy.world 47 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The only valid measurement of code quality: WTFs/minute

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hole at the entrance of house [SOLVED] (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by andyli@lemmy.world to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world
9 comments fedilink
 

I moved to England from Hong Kong recently. I found that it is common to see these holes (tiny doorway arch looking thing) in front of houses. What are they?

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Gears for phones? (lemmy.world)
 

I have never been a real photographer. The last time I owned a camera (not phone) was 10 years ago. Since smartphone became popular, I have always preferred using smartphones because it's easier to carry around.

However, occasionally I do wish I had better gears, mostly lens. I recently moved from a big city to somewhere with more wildlifes, and I'm interested in shooting some bird photos, so I guess I need some good lens with zoom factor. Are there any phone accessories that will allow me to do this?

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Cheese baked curry beef brisket with Rice (upload.wikimedia.org)
 

Hong Kong style baked rice. At CK Bistro, Brighton, England.

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Korean ramen (upload.wikimedia.org)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by andyli@lemmy.world to c/foodporn@lemmy.world
0 comments fedilink
 

Betterday, Brighton, England

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