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  • Bytemeister@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyzSpidey Senses
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    4 days ago

    Get a pet jumping spider. They don’t eat much, don’t need a large enclosure, you can handle them, and their venom is not significant to humans (they don’t really bite anyway).

    My partner has two of them on her desk, and catching them exploring or sunning themselves is a little happiness boost every time.

    Here is one chilling out.


  • I’ve watched enough Lock Picking Lawyer never to want a consumer ‘smart lock.’

    I’m gonna differ on this. The point of a lock is to control law-abiding access to your house. If someone wants in your house, they can attack your windows, doors, or even a wall if the lock is too strong. A smart lock let’s you open the door for a family member remotely, or set one time-access for your in-laws to come over and pickup a tool.

    I wouldn’t use a smart lock for something hardened, like a bunker or a vault, but for a house and garage, it’s okay not to have the most bullet proof lock in the world.






  • Bytemeister@lemmy.worldtoFuck Cars@lemmy.worldThe dream
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    3 days ago

    Sounds about the same as flying. Took 12 hrs to get from Cleveland OH to Venice FL. Took a redeye to Chicago, had a layover then took a flight from there to Sarasota FL. Left around 2AM and got in around 2PM.

    Airplanes travel faster, but the whole system moves slower. Can’t say whether a train system would be better though…

    Update: for shits and giggles, I looked at getting a ticket to Chicago on our rail system. The fastest route was 10HRs and it involves driving to Indianapolis and taking the shortest direct train from there. To put that in comparison, my drive to Chicago is ~5.5hrs. Greyhound Bus gets me there in 9 hrs.

    So no, it’s not even close. That’s how bad the rail network is here. If you want to get somewhere, you need almost 3x the time to drive, you’d still need to drive for hours, and the cheapest ticket is 55 bucks one way.