klu9 @ klu9 @lemmy.ca

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Of course!

Wikipedia says they were used for training astronauts but:

• they weren't invented for that, actually developed for people with spinal injuries
• they depend on gravity, so can be used in training on earth, but not in space itself

I've added Gattaca to the list of films now in my OP.

So far, the 90s scifi movies with an aerotrim we've got so far:

• Contact
• Drive
• Fortress
• Gattaca
• Lawnmower Man
• Universal Soldier

Yeah, I assumed it could awfully disorienting.

That looks right. Seems the original name is Aerotrim, but maybe that's trademarked so I guess other companies use names like gyroscope.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerotrim

Thanks. How was it?

Yes! Thanks!

Wikipedia even mentions yet another 90s scifi movie I saw it in recently that I forgot had one (e.g. Lawnmower Man).

Have you tried boric acid? I originally used it for cockroaches but I've also had success with ants (regular ones, not teeny tiny little ones :) ).

Another satisfied customer of boric acid.

Viewed a flat on a Sunday, went ahead and rented it. Realized after moving in that all the sandwich shops serving the nearby uni Monday-Friday drew an ungodly amount of cockroaches. I hated getting up for a glass of water in the middle of the night because I knew the horror show I'd see upon entering the kitchen after dark.

Roach traps didn't make a dent, and we had two cats so didn't want to go in for heavy duty poisons.

Read about boric acid in a Metafilter post, spread some along the usual scurrying areas and... wow! Barely saw one ever again.

Sprinkle boric acid along their runs, worked for us.

Is this a Firefox reference?

I wish Mozilla would use some of their millions to bring a class action lawsuit against sites that pointlessly lock people out just because they're not using Chrome/Safari/Edge.

I was under the impression Flatpaks are sandboxed. (I am not an expert.)

Flatpak is a utility for software deployment and package management for Linux. It provides a sandbox environment in which users can run application software in (partial) isolation from the rest of the system.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatpak

I also keep Ungoogled Chromium around as a last resort (AppImage in my case).

He was willing to demonstrate the devices, but only if there were no scientists present, claiming that they might steal his ideas.

Chef's kiss!

And I wish more Wikipedia articles had headings like "Elf involvement". :D

Switzerland, however, seems to be taking a less confrontational approach. The message seems clear: Switzerland has no interest in provoking Washington.

WTF? Simply not taking your regular phone is "confrontational" and a provocation?!?

Damn! And I just built $500-million-dollar factory bringing jerbs back to America!

"Open source material has depicted TdA members with a combination of the below tattoos".

Except I sincerely doubt the images are actually open source. Someone please, on top of all the gazillion other suits, sue the US govt for copyright violation.

Baghdad Barbie: "This isn't Linda's fault... it's Sans Serif's fault!"

No sure whether to crosspost this to c/NotThe Onion or c/NaziOnion

"Distro of Gaming Excellence"

• Comes with a Fiverr account for paying someone else to level up your character!
• Built-in GrokAI to provide tips on what to say in game chat. "Hello, fellow gaming kids."
• Preconfigured X (Twitter) + OBS Studio, so your followers can watch your livestream fail! Repeatedly!

I think one of the articles I looked at said the Focus estate is their last estate and is expected to end production this year or the next.