Sadbutdru

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[–] Sadbutdru@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 hours ago

My pet peeve is this but for signage in general. Workers put out a temporary flood or road narrows sign, but forget to remove it again, the net effect is just people learn to not notice signs as much, and works against safety.

Still regularly see signs about masks obligatory, keep 2 m distance, and one-way systems from covid. They're just part of the background now, people don't even see them. And next time they'll be that much less effective.

[–] Sadbutdru@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 days ago

I didn't think I had one, but when I read yours I remembered mine.

If I see someone parked carelessly all the way over in the side of the space, I'll park nice and neatly right in the middle of the space next to them, not allowing any extra space for their selfishness. I'm OK with squeezing in and out, and my car is much older and less valuable than any of theirs if they damage it, so I feel like I'm doing society a small service by making my weird passive-aggressive point this way.

[–] Sadbutdru@sopuli.xyz 31 points 2 days ago (6 children)

I've heard their wings can break your arm, so it might not be just as simple as that. Still probably a good first step. But if this happened when he's out swimming where he can't stand, that would be an advantage for the swan.

[–] Sadbutdru@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 days ago

Why did you think crocs had holes that size? Haricot are probably the most widely eaten bean in western (croc-wearing) food cultures, so it seems like an obvious design choice.

[–] Sadbutdru@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

From what I heard, that flight did not go high enough to be in 'space' by the generally accepted definition, and also those passengers did not meet the criteria to be called astronauts (basically you need to do something while you're up there for it to count).

[–] Sadbutdru@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, that 'void' would still have fields running through it - electric, magnetic. Whatever the fuck gravity actually is.

The universe apparently has an edge, so maybe on the other side of that is the absolute nothingness? But does it really exist in any meaningful sense? If spatial dimensions themselves are part of what ends at the edge, there kind of isn't an other side.

Maybe not really existing is part of the definition of absolute nothingness.

[–] Sadbutdru@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago

Have heard some great ones in Glasgow. The best part of you slid down the inside of yer mother's leg.

[–] Sadbutdru@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago

Always finish a shower with cold water!

[–] Sadbutdru@sopuli.xyz 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

UK forestry (as far as I've seen) mostly consists of felling sitka spruce and lodgepole pine monocultures that were planted right after WW2 and never taken care of again. As a result the wood is shit quality and mostly goes for pulp/chipboard or biomass.

Higher grades of timber need to have straight grain and less knots, so that is achieved by selectively thinning out the forest maybe every 10 years, and pruning off lower branches. But this adds a lot of man-hours and cost, so I've never seen anyone doing that in UK. Tbf I haven't been around the industry at all since COVID, and the price of timber went up so much maybe things are changing.

[–] Sadbutdru@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

What do you think it shows?

[–] Sadbutdru@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The Sopranos!

[–] Sadbutdru@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 month ago

He quizzed it did he? That's a pretty serious step.

 

What would be the acceptability of this in your workplace? For context, which country and industry are you in?

I guess I'm mainly thinking about professional jobs, but interested to hear from. I think in France it would be quite common to have a glass of wine, even at a work canteen or so. But in the UK it seems like people would think that was a problem, and in a lot of cases you'd be in violation of something at work.

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I know a lot of people reccomend ThinkPads, what's a good model to get cheap at the moment? Or any other suggestions?

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Thanks for any helpful advice!

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I've been doing secret Santa with my family the last few years, but the webapps we use are always so annoying to use. You get an email every time your giftee updates their list or answers a question, but you need to sign in to the ad-riddled platform to see what is going on. You can make a wishlist, but only through links to Amazon.

Isn't there a better way?

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