Here's an enormous life lesson that took me decades to learn: you cannot take responsibility for anyone else's happiness. If she is truly a danger to herself, this is usually mandatory reporting territory depending on your local laws. Act accordingly.
If you're suddenly feeling your connection to humanity above and beyond getting laid, here is some basic info on what you can do: https://www.nami.org/relationships/how-to-talk-and-listen-to-someone-experiencing-suicidal-thoughts/
Not a game per se, "Hugs and Kisses." My cat had to go on a special diet for a few months. I put down her morning food, and she balked at the change. I was leaving for work and feeling like I should stick with her for the day. So I grabbed her, gave her a kiss on the head and, in a silly voice, said "Hugs and kisses, HUGS AND KISSES!" I put her down and she ate her food.
From that point forward, she wouldn't eat her food unless I did the hugs and kisses thing. It had to be the full dance, the same voice, or she wouldn't eat.
That green ellipse is called a paragraph break. It denotes a shift in thought or conversational topic.
My example was poorly chosen in the context of the preceding paragraph. Mea culpa. But to address your request for more information on that admittedly poorly chosen example: that was at the start at the Russian invasion, so I don't have the source readily available. It might have been Jacobin or a YT geopolitical analyst based in Europe. And bluntly, I am disinclined to dig through my histories in order to satisfy nitpicking pedantry.
Yeah, we're definitely missing each other here. I own my role in communicating poorly here. And you are reading much more deeply into things that have not been said.
I feel like you are digging for an argument that doesn’t exist.
Okay, sure. Maybe that’s fair.
I come to Lemmy for conversations that are fun, funny, thought-provoking, and helpful. So, on that note, I'm out. Enjoy your day.
No luck stat? Because we all tend to underestimate how much luck plays into everything.
I envision issues with turbulent flow over surfaces that work best with laminar flow. It sounds like a turbine or pump system is used for these spheres.
That’s the exact point at which you departed from accuracy into fantasy-land, and what I was taking note of.
That was an example I presented of my disbelief regarding that war. You are welcome to hone in on that topic, but even I said "WAT," i.e. my disbelief regarding conclusions at which some people outside the US arrived.
This is an impressive type of sophisticated negging whereby you criticize yourself as a way to implicitly criticize the reader, and tell them they’re an idiot.
If you choose to read it that way, you are welcome to that view. I do think US news consumers are propagandized. The more I learn, the more I realize I have been stumbling around blindfolded with regards to US actions, domestically and abroad. My ignorance is mine alone. I was aiming for light and humorous at the depth and breadth of my ignorance. If you would like more clarification or elaboration, rather than making assumptions, I'm happy to discuss.
I would really urge you to re-examine that leap you took from “most US readers are misinformed” to “most of the people in these comments are misinformed”
That's quite the leap yourself. Would you care to elaborate on how I called commenters here misinformed?
I think we might be missing each other's points, and I think we probably agree more than this topic/thread would indicate. I feel like you are digging for an argument that doesn't exist. I would rather find where we agree; putting me down and making extrapolations I didn't intend nor feel doesn't help anything, except maybe our egos. But I suppose agreement doesn't make for compelling Lemmy comments.
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Exactly, hence, my "WAT." Let's set aside the veracity of the US manipulating geopolitics in the UA/RU war; that was an example, but not the point I'm trying to make. Can we all agree that the US has a long history of fuckery when it comes to stomping out anything it doesn't like or isn't in line with corporate interests? Bananas, oil, crack cocaine in US inner cities, and democratically elected South American socialists leap to mind.
When my non-US friends tell me some of this stuff from their perspective, it absolutely stuns me that it's an angle almost completely unavailable in US media. Maybe it's covered by niche independent journalists, but then there is a credibility gap. Even if the independent journalist were absolutely presenting the truth, it's still feels like tinfoil hat shit because of how severely we're inculcated by "trustworthy" news sources in the US.
I like to think I'm a teeny bit media- and news-savvy, but damn... most days I really feel like a blithering idiot.
Too bad we don't yet have Steve Austin to save our butts from this. Reference for the young'uns: https://bionic.fandom.com/wiki/Death_Probe
When even the "more trustworthy" US news outlets (HAHAHAHAHA!) are manufacturing consent, it becomes very difficult for us to be anything other than idiots. Talking with my longtime acquaintances and friends in CA, DE, VN, and JP, the conversations invariably become "Did you hear about [current event causal factors]? This is super obvious, and here is [their reliable news sources]." Well, shit.
For example, the one that really blew me away was the US manipulating geopolitics with UA and RU so as to bring the EU to heel. WAT. "Oh yeah. I think US citizens are the only ones to whom that isn't obvious. Y'all can't stand having a true, strong democracy around. That's why y'all are pushing the right-wing shit here too."
I consider myself well-read (30+ non-fiction books per year, plus investigative journalism), but damn... some days I feel truly, completely out of the loop.
I find that I need to restart Firefox every few days in Linux Mint. It gets increasingly laggy and slow to the point where it will no longer play videos; clicks on even simple, local pages take a few seconds to register. Not a big deal for me, but I just need to remember to do it.
So, not sure if you and I are having even remotely the same problem, but there's my two cents.
Each sphere has an estimated lifespan of between 50 and 60 years, with partial replacement of components every 20 years or so.
The concept is fascinating, but what I'm most curious about is how they achieve that longevity in seawater. Benthic life really loves to settle and build on hard surfaces.
In order to add this to the cart, the user must first view their in-house financing advertising. Switching to desktop mode shows an "Add to Cart" button, but focus stealing scripts cause the page to skip around to the point where the page becomes useless.
My commute was 25 miles each way, 1400 feet (426m) of ascent each way, with no transit option. Last winter, a surprise blizzard rolled in during the week. My ride home took me 2.5 hours, rather than my usual 1:40, but I managed to stay upright the whole ride despite riding on slicks. Fixies and foul weather, better together!
TL;DR: this was my very first road bike, purchased new in 1986, and it came back to me twice.
I bought this new in 1986 after two problematic race seasons on an eighth-hand, hand-me-down Bianchi that fit me poorly. This was my first new bike ever. When I went away to college, I perma-loaned it to my best friend. When he went away to law school, he left it at his parents house, and his evil mother put it out at the curb as a freebie. @#%^&@%^@#$^% No, seriously, she was a horrible person and not just because of the bike.
Twenty years later, I set about trying to replace my lost first love. I had a bunch of alerts set on Craigslist. After about two years of patience, I got a notification for a Batavus Course in NYC; I lived in Portland OR. I contacted the seller, put down a deposit, and bought my plane ticket. I was doubly surprised to find that it was my same bike, same serial number. The bike was in need of some TLC with a lot of paint damage, but was otherwise straight and solid.
I stripped it down and sent it to get repainted with a triple-pearl white. I knew I was going to use Nokon cabling, so I had them color match the pinstriping to the new housing.
Other changes:
When I moved onto my sailboat in 2013, I sold the bike because I couldn't stand the idea of subjecting this bike to the salt air environment. The buyer fell in love immediately, and I was happy that my first love was going to a good home.
Cut to November 2024... the woman who bought the bike got in touch and asked if I wanted my bike back. ABSOLUTELY! It was again in rough shape and poorly maintained, but nothing that couldn't be fixed in an afternoon with a couple beers and some good music. I'm not letting it go this time.
My partner works in a bike shop, and I get to ride all of the top shelf bikes they have. None of them feel like this. I steadfastly believe that modern bikes do everything better, but something is missing. Taking the Batavus out for a sunny day fast ride, it's easy to understand how vintage sports cars are so popular. These old machines might not be the best at cornering, accelerating, and braking, but they just feel so connected and visceral. The Reynolds 501, definitely an entry level tubeset, is flexy, but in all the right places. It feels like love.
Original XP2 is a bit mushy on contrast. Printed on Ilford Multigrade RC Glossy with a 3 1/2 magenta filter to get that sharper contrast.
Fuji SuperG 400 pushed 2 stops sends the saturation into ridiculous range. The overcast day with a lot of skyscraper glass gave the concrete a heavy blue cast. Printed on Fuji Maxima glossy.
Fuji SuperG 400 was my favorite film ever. Pushing it one or two stops sends the reds and greens off the charts into surreal territory with a creamy grain. Printed on Kodak Royal II paper.
This Raleigh Raveino 4.0 is the first road bike my partner ever bought. She used this for everything: touring, triathlons, commuting, grocery getter, and joy rides. It was in desperate need of love and had been sitting neglected in favor of her mountain and gravel bikes. She was making some comments about just giving it away since we don't have space for things we don't use. We recently reached a place in our lives where road biking is back on the table. She wanted a new road bike, but nothing she test rode really spoke to her, regardless of budget. This bike has a lot of sentimental value for her, so I low-key encouraged her to hang onto it. I stealth-asked a bunch of questions about her component preferences with the intent of surprising her with a whole new modern group, but she still holds this bike as her platonic ideal of a general road bike for flogging. No major component changes, got it.
Sorry, I don't have a good pic of before the overhaul.
What was wrong:
What got changed:
Yeah, the pedals are gnarly, but she wanted the old pedals. And I'm waiting for a pack of Fastenal stainless M5 bolts to backfill the braze-ons on the stays.
Her first test ride was a climb up the biggest hill in town and was a resounding success. She's overjoyed!
Most benthic life (by number) start as tiny, motile creatures. Screens would reduce head pressure and require maintenance. Barnacles of all kinds, as an example critter, settle on everything to which they can adhere. I'm guessing the engineers considered these complications since there have been past power project failures because of sea life. I wish the article went into those mitigations. If it's somehow a non-issue by nature of the design, my curiosity is even more piqued.