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  • Thorry84@feddit.nlto196@lemmy.blahaj.zonerule
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    7 months ago

    In the same vain, we have the technology and ability to give everyone on earth access to clean drinking water. We just can’t do it and still run a profit, so it doesn’t get done. Capitalism is the enemy of humanity.


  • One common misconception I’ve seen is people suddenly being afraid of their PTFE items they use at home. For example coated pans or PTFE cutting boards. They throw them out, because they think these will hurt them.

    However this is not true. The long chain molecules used in the final product are perfectly safe. They get all their useful features from being big molecules and being very inert. That’s why they are used in the first place. As such these molecules can’t interact with biologics at all. You can safely eat them, they will just pass through your body. They don’t interact with anything and are too big to get incorporated into anything.

    The issue with stuff like PTFE is the production. That’s where a lot of small PFAS molecules get used and after they’ve been used they can’t easily be used again. So it’s discarded as waste. But it turns out these smaller molecules can interact with biologics and not in a good way. And as they are still pretty inert, they don’t break down at all. Hence the term forever chemicals.

    Back in the day Dupont studied if those smaller PFAS molecules they were discarding into the world’s water by the boatload could do any harm. They quickly found out yes, it can do a lot of harm. But to not hurt the bottom line (number must go up), they kept it a secret. This has damaged the environment in a very significant way.

    When this came to light, they set out to design a new small molecule to use in the production. One that would be safe. So they did and used that, which satisfied the public for a time. However later it was proven this is a fantasy. The new molecule is just as bad as the previous one. And it turns out any variant of these kinds of molecules are just as harmful. That’s why we now collectively call this class of molecule PFAS. Dupont probably knew about this, as the properties that made them useful in the production are the same properties that make it so dangerous to biologics. However since stuff like PTFE is too important in our modern world, we kept making the stuff. Only recently have we found out how big of a problem we are creating with that.

    So when you have PTFE or similar items, please keep using them. The damage for these items is already done and the end product is safe. It would be a waste to have done the damage and then not even use the end product. But when buying new stuff, be on alert. Try to find out if PFAS was used in the production of the item and try to avoid where possible. There has been talk of laws in the EU which would require the label on a product to show if PFAS was used, so people can avoid it. But we aren’t there yet.

    If we were smart, we would ban it altogether. But like I said, too much of the modern world depends on these kinds of materials. So that’s probably not going to happen.











  • I had that exact AMD 486DX4 100mhz. It was awesome! It was on an older socket, where Intel was pushing people to go onto a new socket. But motherboards were super expensive back then and often you would need to do a memory upgrade as well. Then AMD came along with a 3x multiplier for a really good price. It gave my system a couple of extra years.

    Later they did the same with the K6 series, where they pushed socket 7 systems to their absolute max. Those 550 mhz K6-III chips were super fast and cheap and you didn’t need to upgrade your entire system. And in my experience the 450 mhz models were much cheaper and could be overclocked to 550 mhz without any issue.


  • Thorry84@feddit.nlto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneGame Developer Rule
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    10 months ago

    The minimum requirements one is a bit of a weird one, as those were definitely a thing back then. Gaming pushed computer technology a lot and personally many of my computer upgrades were motivated to play the latest games.

    I remember upgrading my PC for Duke3D from 4MB to 8MB, it cost me my entire paycheck.




  • Thorry84@feddit.nlto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneRule
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    1 year ago

    Reminds me of this Superman comic where Lois gives Clark a blowjob, but when he cums he can’t contain his strength and his super cum just explodes through the back of Lois’ head. I saw it years ago and it was pretty well done, but can’t find it now. With all the Rule34 floating around it’s hard to find it as well.