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What's the coolest thing you found while metal detecting?
  • I feel like Europe would offer way better finds than the US. I've only ever used one to locate electric lines, but i definitely can't imagine discovering any of your impressive finds in the USA especially where I'm at in the Midwest

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    I bet they don't even know the word "situationship."
  • This is a completely random story but the post made me remember and i wanted to share.

    In college about 12 years ago i got cited for underage alcohol consumption and got an email saying i had to meet with an advisor to discuss the situation. I slept through the meeting and basically said exactly that in an email to the advisor who replied like wtf okay we'll reschedule, and then i never heard anything about it ever again.

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    One of the heads of garlic I grew turned out to be just one solid clove
  • Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but a garlic plant grows some form of a "seed" head, that will have miniature round bulbs in it if they aren't clipped off that, it's my understanding, when they are planted they'll grow like this in the first year and into a normal garlic bulb year two. I've never experimented enough to know if I'm correct, but if my info is correct I'd guess either one of those got mixed in by mistake, or if your planting in the same spot as the year prior one might've just fallen off.

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    The Supreme Court rules that state officials can engage in a little corruption, as a treat
  • I've posted this elsewhere but I hate this so: A "donation" up front says I'll see what I can do, money after the fact says I'll fight for you. Sounds like bribery to me. Not that the current system isn't but backend feels so much worse

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    Supreme Court wipes out anti-corruption law that bars officials from taking gifts for past favors
  • A "donation" up front says I'll see what I can do, money after the fact says I'll fight for you. Sounds like bribery to me. Not that the current system isn't but backend feels so much worse

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    What does this mean? Mavic Yksion elite guard tires. Are they on backwards?
  • This answer is correct, I'm not going to put my brain through the hoops of which way is which from the pics, but roll the bike forward and double check that the front and rear are rotating the appropriate direction, if not flip them. Although I doubt you'd ever actually notice it the rear would be positioned for best traction and the front for least resistance hence the opposite directions

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    YSK Registering as an "Independent" party member doesn't mean you have no party affiliation; some states have an Independent party who has a platform that you may or may not agree with!
  • If you lived somewhere where the GOP candidate is going to get 65 percent of the vote basically no matter what, and in the GOP primary you had an incumbent, somewhat average, right wing conservative that you've seen work across the aisle in the state legislator ruining against a hard core maga nut job, anti vaccine, anti public schools, openly racist etc. Do you think registering as a Republican to vote for the incumbent in that primary sounds like an okay idea? You can still vote for the Democrat and make your voice heard there at the general election even though it's essentially guaranteed he loses.

    Or is the argument against this that if the crazy maga guy wins the primary there's a slightly better chance the Democrat can win? I'd call it unlikely where I'm at, but could see tighter districts working that way.

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    YSK Registering as an "Independent" party member doesn't mean you have no party affiliation; some states have an Independent party who has a platform that you may or may not agree with!
  • I would be voting for the better GOP candidate in the primary hoping they win, and likely the Dem come general election, but since I'm in a red area I'd expect the Dem to lose but maybe help pick the lesser of two evils for the GOP?

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    YSK Registering as an "Independent" party member doesn't mean you have no party affiliation; some states have an Independent party who has a platform that you may or may not agree with!
  • I've been considering changing my registration to Republican specifically for primaries. I'm in SD, and the Republican almost always wins so I feel I'd have more impact trying to push the right left and can still vote however I want in the general.

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    Shotgun Spread w/ Different Chokes Tubes
  • I've got a pretty decent feel for what I use, but haven't ever put it on a target, but I guess I was trying to point out that the chart is somewhat arbitrary without listing a common shot size

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    Shotgun Spread w/ Different Chokes Tubes
  • What shot size though? Or doesn't it really matter, more just a difference in the spread within the spread and a difference in strength of impact?

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    The inner circle is a dot
  • By this definition I'd be closer to an introvert, but compared to my wife I'm extrovert as fuck. Would definitely say there is no hard rule.

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    Have you ever clicked on an ad *on purpose?*
  • Isn't it dumb that if I Google "Amazon" the top result is their ad and the next is the same link without the ad? Would make way more sense for the Amazon's ad to be the top result if I googled "Wal-Mart"

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    Have you ever clicked on an ad *on purpose?*
  • Like a random intrusive ad? No, but when I Google something simply to go to their website and their ad is the top result I often decide if I like them more or less than Google before deciding to click the ad link vs the regular search link (I assume they pay Google a little extra for ad clicks). Amazon gets the ad click most others do not.

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  • I have a Motorola edge plus that will not connect to mobile data. It will show several bars of service but the 4G icon is greyed out like it knows the service is there but will not access it I can make calls and send texts as long as they can be sent as an sms text. I use straight talk as a provider so my talks with customer service have been difficult, but they assure me my plan is in order and go straight to restarting the device (which does not work).

    I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions? I'm considering trying a factory reset of the phone to see if that corrects any settings on my end, or maybe buying a new SIM card and reactivating the service? But I don't know if there's any chance that would work or if I should just try harder with customer service.

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    My wife and I started a new garden this year, and it ended up bigger than we needed so we dispersed some old seeds we had in the extra area. Ended up being fun and are harvesting some extra produce, but there's a few plants I don't recognize. I'm unsure if some of them are even seeds we planted or being new ground that was once my aunt's yard we uncovered some extra plants.

    I'm new to linking albums so someone let me know if something doesn't work.

    https://imgur.com/4c6BWbr

    New link https://imgur.com/a/tYThG0j

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    I'm guessing there isn't at the moment, but I can't stand how overloaded the feed gets with the copy and pasted posts from reddit.

    I get that a lot of communities here are small and are trying to add content to up engagement, but, for example, I'll see 5 plus posts from r/aitah in a row with no comments and I don't see why many people would even consider replying when the OOP isn't even here to see it.

    I'm actually considering blocking some of the communities that have a lot of this, but don't want them gone once their original Lemmy posts get more frequent.

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