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Comet / Marshmallow (lemmy.world)

Sleepy sleepy.

Did Folding@HOME or other distributed computing projects actually make a significant difference in the creation of COVID vaccines?

Like many, when I heard about Folding@HOME and how I could contribute to the fight against COVID, I put my hardware to work. Now that’s it has been a while, what effect did those projects ultimately have on the outcome? Did it actually help with the creation of vaccines, or was it effectively just a massive waste of energy?

Spirograph - OC - method below. (i.imgur.com)

Took a colour changing lightbulb and put it into a sealed empty Pringles can. Suspended this from a frame by the power cable. Made a small hole in the Pringles can for the light to come through. Pointed camera upwards and took a long exposure of the swinging can whilst changing the colour of the lightbulb using the remote....

Crashboat Beach (i.imgur.com)

Heat records are being broken across the globe. But what's driving temperatures so high? | CNN (edition.cnn.com)

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Wagner group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is still in Russia, Belarus leader says (www.nbcnews.com)

This doesn’t sound great.

TIL that there are approximately 299 people cryogenically frozen in Scottsdale, Arizona (www.smithsonianmag.com)

The human cryopreservation project faces skepticism from medical and legal authorities

TIL Shirley Temple hated the mocktail of lemon-lime soda/ginger ale and grenadine named after her, declaring it "too sweet". In 1988, she won a lawsuit to stop a bottled version from using her name. (www.wikipedia.org)

Captain - the 16.5 pound crybaby boy (i.imgur.com)

I need an adult! (discuss.tchncs.de)

Are there really that many terrible drivers out there?

I see so many YouTube videos of people running blatantly red lights and getting in accidents or other videos of people stopped and gunning it backwards, hitting something, then they put it in drive and launch full speed forwards and hit something else. What is going through these peoples mind? I just don’t get how there is...

She is so gentle when she's not biting

https://slrpnk.net/pictrs/image/ed1c9564-ddb6-4ce2-afdc-35321ca58293.jpeg

Smells like Lemmy Spirit

Here we are now, entertain us...

Ain't that the truth? (lemmy.ml)

Nintendo Launches Cease & Desist Classic (thehardtimes.net)

At least I'm rich in groceries (i.imgflip.com)

WhatsApp backups on Android will soon count toward your Google Account storage (9to5google.com)

From Outer Wilds to Core Keeper and a new Shantae, here’s everything announced at Indie World - Polygon (www.polygon.com)

Threads finally lets you delete your account separately from Instagram (www.theverge.com)

Threads finally lets you delete your account separately from Instagram::Meta is rolling out a new feature that will let you delete your Threads account separately from Instagram. You can access the feature from a new “Delete or Deactivate” setting.

"Genocide is bad" Said by the Tankie with a Genocidal Dictator as their avatar (sh.itjust.works)

Gaza: Patients and medical staff trapped in hospitals under fire (www.doctorswithoutborders.ca)

Over the past 24 hours, hospitals in Gaza have been under relentless bombardment. Al-Shifa hospital complex, the biggest health facility where MSF staff are still working, has been hit several times, including the maternity and outpatient departments, resulting in multiple deaths and injuries.