bus_factor

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[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

I actually used to learn names by associating the face with the faces of other people I knew with the same name. In the area I lived at the time, it wasn't uncommon to know multiple people with the same given name, so this helped quite often. Now I live in an area where there is very little overlap, and my brain seems to have fully abandoned that approach, even when I meet someone sharing a name with someone I know.

Thankfully, hearing someone's given name often jolts my memory and I suddenly remember the full name. That's at least somewhat redeeming after the initial awkwardness.

[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

TIL I'm helping out by never changing my wardrobe.

Sidenote: I'm not face blind (I struggle with names instead), but I also sometimes struggle with recognizing people I only met once if I see them in a new context. Possibly because my brain doesn't fully commit people to memory unless I meet them at least twice. This is a problem, because people recognize me after meeting me once, and it makes for awkward second interactions.

[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

That helps against sparks jumping between the balloon and the ground, but things could still get zappy between the individual components of the balloon.

[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 31 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

No worries, that only happens if there's a spark, like for instance some static electricity. Shouldn't be a problem here, surely this thing won't generate any of that.

[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago

Watch out, Linux! Is this the year of GNU/Hurd on the desktop?

[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago

I'm guessing this is next to a golf course, and people try to keep playing the ball after it lands in the cemetery.

[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

This article says the director was a friend of a friend, and "the first animated film made in Scotland" played on his national pride.

It also says I got the order wrong, and that he declined all those roles after The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/bizarre-story-sean-connerys-final-film/

[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Probably more muscular than the stalks pictured, though? Those are the legs of a skinny man.

[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I agree. If it looks like that on the inside, why show the cross section?

[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 55 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

It always meant manchild.

[–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Not handing them money and weapons to continue their genocide is meddling in their affairs?

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