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andyli@lemmy.worldto
Creepy Wikipedia@lemmy.world•Kai Tak Airport - Major international airport closed in 1998 where planes literally almost crashed constantly due to right-hand turn over the cityEnglish
1·3 years agoI lived in Kowloon when Kai Tak Airport was still in use. We had planes flying super low above our place all the time everyday.
Here is a picture I found on Wikimedia Commons that illustrate how low were the planes.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KaiTakAirport-2.jpg
It was very noisy as you can imagine.
The schools in Kowloon had air cons installed pretty early when air cons were still considered expensive and not very common among school buildings. It was necessary because the windows had to be closed for all time for soundproofing.
andyli@lemmy.worldto
Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•Infuriating Password PoliciesEnglish
10·3 years agoHave you played the password game yet?
andyli@lemmy.worldto
Jerboa@lemmy.ml•Is there any way to have Youtube links open in browser instead of the Youtube app?
13·3 years agoUse Newpipe. It plays youtube (and several video sites’) videos without any ads nor trackings. No Google account needed.
Install it and set it as the app for opening youtube links in system settings.
Note that the app is not available in Google Play store. It can be installed from f-droid, or you can directly download its apk.
andyli@lemmy.worldto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•If I stop drinking does that decrease risk of cancer?
32·3 years agoNote that moderate intake of alcohol can be beneficial to health.
More than 100 prospective studies show an inverse association between light to moderate drinking and risk of heart attack, ischemic (clot-caused) stroke, peripheral vascular disease, sudden cardiac death, and death from all cardiovascular causes.
But if you’re only considering cancer, then as some of the other answers suggested, cutting alcohol intake to zero could reduce the risk of getting cancer, although the reduction is likely very small that’s neglectable.
The only valid measurement of code quality: WTFs/minute

andyli@lemmy.worldto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•How can I look at the posts I've upvoted on Lemmy?English
1·3 years agoIt’s supposed to be a bookmark icon. It’s confusing, I know.
There are still many other instances that accept signups, so I don’t think temporally disabling lemmy.world signup will hurt lemmy.
However, having a popular client incompatible with a popular instance will annoy existing and new users.
They don’t see, but they had no trouble facing the camera!
andyli@lemmy.worldto
Lemmy.World Announcements@lemmy.world•Does Lemmy content get indexed by search engines?
14·3 years agoOne way to check is to do a search. e.g. for lemmy.world, google site:https://lemmy.world/









Yeah. There was an incident in the university where I studied that the whole roof collapsed. https://hongkongfp.com/2016/06/10/city-university-may-sue-contractor-rooftop-collapse-investigation-report-released/