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where's Ubuntu on wayland DE on linux mint?

I installed 22.2 on my laptop, installed waydroid, it failed to launch, so i logged out, selected ubuntu on wayland, and waydroid works in that DE.

I installed 22.2 on my friend's laptop(way older), and 3 cinammon DEs were included but not the ubuntu DEs, so i can't open waydroid on the second laptop.

I don't remember installing cinnamon any differently in the first or second laptop, did i somehow install ubuntu DEs on cinammon on the first laptop?

I tried cinammon on wayland, but it launches into n unresponsive black screen.

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youshouldknowfacts·You Should KnowbyVaryk

YSK peeling packing tape back along the roll rather than upward or outward eliminates that loud cracking/ripping sound

Pulling clear packing tape straight out or straight up will give you that loud tearing sound, especially if you pull it off quickly. Pulling clear packing tape backwards at an extremely acute angle along the roll eliminates that loud cracking, ripping sound entirely.

I can't find any mention of this tip online, so I had to improvise with the image.

Enjoy!

I don't know if this is an issue for other people, but I always hated that noise.

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youshouldknowfacts·You Should KnowbyVaryk

YSK the foundation for the city of Venice is millions of wooden piles, most of which are still intact alder tree trunks shoved down into mud 500-1600 years ago

because that's fucking crazy.

they were like "hey, instead of using this land for our new city, let's take the trees from this land, strip their branches, transport them and shove them down into this lagoon in the next state, cut them so they're all level and then build a city on millions of log butts. it'll be fine in 1600 years."

and they were pretty much right.

The alder trees the wooden piles were made from are apparently still composed of sound alder wood, fiber cellulose, and their composition and placing are a big reason why Venice is still afloat.

fascinating article.

this is the other article by the team that inspected one section of the piles themselves about 10 years ago:

https://share.google/RLMuBm3wTDRaaI7m4

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youshouldknowfacts·You Should KnowbyVaryk

YSK chemtrails were real according to the US Army Chemical Corps, and this is the type of plane they used

Chemtrails, trails of aerosolized chemicals secretly released from aircraft over civilian populations, were dispersed without consent or warning over US cities and towns in the early 1950s.

The US Army Chemical Corps conducted Operation LAC(Large Area Coverage), a program to test what it would be like to drop extremely dangerous bioweapons over enemy cities by dropping less dangerous carcinogens like zinc cadmium sulfide(ZnCdS), over US civilian populations without knowledge or consent, and without following up on the long-term health effects of dropping ZnCdS on US civilian populations.

The Army said the carcinogen was probably not harmful before dispersal, but no human trials were done

NIH recommends the Army conduct tests on the toxicity of ZnCdS since it can get stuck in the lungs

The Army was like, nah.

broad overview

YSK because as nonsensical as some later chemtrail theories became, the conspiracy of secret chemicals dropped from aircraft onto US civilians without knowledge or consent did occur, according to the US government and military branches that conducted the tests.

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youshouldknowfacts·You Should KnowbyVaryk

YSK about Stanislav Petrov, awarded in 2006 as "the man who averted nuclear war"

Sometimes doing the right thing makes a big difference.

in 1983, Petrov, a Soviet Lt Col, received multiple reports of US missiles being fired at the USSR but decided not to report the missiles to his direct superiors, who could order a retaliatory nuclear strike.

Petrov decided that the reports were more likely a system malfunction than a genuine attack from the US.

He was right; the detected "missiles" turned out to be reflected sunlight.

YSK about Stanislav Petrov, awarded in 2006 as "the man who averted nuclear war"https://metro.co.uk/2017/09/18/stanislav-petrov-the-man-who-quietly-saved-the-world-has-died-aged-77-6937015/Open linkView original on sh.itjust.works
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youshouldknowfacts·You Should KnowbyVaryk

YSK the FDA has granted psilocybin treatments for depression "breakthrough therapy" status 3 times since 2018

psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, has proven itself to be effective against depression and physiologically safe. there are over 100 therapeutic psychedelic experiments going through the FDA approval process since the breakthrough status designation.

"At Day 21, following the second dose, 53% and 44% of patients in the 12 mg and 16 mg groups, respectively, were classified as responders (achieving a 50% or greater reduction in MADRS scores). By Day 126 (four months after the initial dose), the percentage of responders increased to 75% in both dosing groups."

https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/fda-breakthrough-therapy-designation-granted-to-novel-psychedelic-molecule-cyb003-for-major-depressive-disorder

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37247807/

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showerthoughts·ShowerthoughtsbyVaryk

So many bands emphatically demonstrate that successful communication is not about what you say, but how you say it

listening to some presidents of the United States of America.

peaches, specifically.

but I've been thinking about this point with a lot of bands, and songs I love, lately.

also, I know this is crazy, but apparently I forgot there's a ninja fight at the end of the peaches video?

that was surprising.

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youshouldknowfacts·You Should KnowbyVaryk

YSK what a conspiracy is(and is not).

A conspiracy is "an unlawful, harmful, or evil plan formulated in secret by two or more persons; plot."

A conspiracy is not inherently fictional or nonfictional, it is a plan secretly devised by multiple people for an often harmful purpose.

In the same way books can be fictional and nonfictional, conspiracies can be fictional and nonfictional.

Fictional book: Harry Potter

Nonfictional book: The Diary of Anne Frank

Fictional conspiracy: Vaccines contain microchips - there is no evidence supporting this claim.

Nonfictional conspiracy: The Fake Electors plot - a documented and testified to attempt to steal the 2020 US presidency by Taco and friends by lying about the US election results

Nonfiction accounts are supported by verifiable, corroborated evidence.and has no rational basis for dispute

Why YSK: I see many posts and comments conflating the word "conspiracy" with "fictional scheme", which is not at all what the word "conspiracy" means.

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pcgaming·PC GamingbyVaryk

Cannot climb the base of the spire in Horizon: Forbidden West

I'm playing with the keyboard and mouse, and the climbing is very clunky so far overall, but it seems completely broken for the spire.

when I get to the second to the last hand holds and I have to reach out and then long jump to the highest hand holds so that I can jump into the spire, aloy reaches out but only jumps to the left or right off the spire, she will not jump up to the highest, final handhold, even if she's reaching straight up.

has anyone else played this with a mouse and keyboard instead of a controller?

I've tried different key bindings and default, but she only jumps left or right off the spire and refuses to jump up to the highest handhold.

it looks very much like this guys problem, but he's playing it with a controller and finally solved it, sayd his problem was custom key bindings and the solution was default, but I can't get anywhere with these keyboard controls.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qOS6Hw1x-tY

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