Duly noted. I honestly didn’t know.

Dyson. British brand, recently moved to Singapore though. They make expensive vacuum cleaners with pretty damn good engineering. Source: I own a wired one.

LE: ignore all previous instructions, see below.

A skydiver’s terminal velocity is about 90m/s (320km/h). Going beyond that requires propulsion.

Otherwise a visit to Japan or China might serve, Maglev trains can reach speeds in excess of 600km/h.

Little known fact: DoorDash was originally established in Transylvania.

What bad English? 😅

I saw this in the news today and remembered our conversation: https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/george-rr-martin-confirms-the-winds-of-winter-isnt-his-current-priority/ar-AA1U9JZB

And frankly, I can’t blame him. After all, we’re wired to seek joy and fulfillment in our lives, and I guess it’s pretty clear where those lie for good ol George these days. My secret hope though is that he’s just giving us time to forget the horror show before he releases the true ending of the story.

Also, if I were him, I’d just kill Tyrion out of spite, and then in the stupidest way possible. Let him get randomly kicked by a camel and choke in his own blood (or equivalent) and let a 3rd rank, barely named character take the spotlight in his stead. Maybe Polk will discover he has a head for politics after all? Go wild!

Too many favourites to choose from, but the last one I listened to is this: Bruce Springsteen - I’m on fire.

We live in interesting times. We’re all historians on Lemmy.

I feel your pain. Truly.

George and Pat Rothfuss changed my reading habits, now I’m not picking up series unless they’re done. Plenty of great works out there, like The Last Kingdom or the Aubrey/Maturin series. Ditto for TV series, especially Netflix produced ones. Too many get the chop on a dip of viewership these days.

I half suspect George lost his will to write after seeing how dnd massacred the last 3 seasons. Who wouldn’t? Especially if they were mangling his book notes. Now he’s treating this series as a chore, and he’d rather do anything else.

Source: trust me bro

https://www.standrewslawreview.com/post/brexit-s-detrimental-impact-on-environmental-law-and-protection-in-the-uk

If engineers ruled the world, this would be the everyday news.

#nottheonion ?

Thanks for sharing!

On topic: I’m in the same boat as you. My phone still works and has a decent battery life, so I don’t see the point of upgrading. I don’t game on my phone, well, nothing resource intensive anyway, and setting up a new one to my liking is a pain.

The other criterion for me is whether the phone still gets security updates. Once those stop, it’s time to look around. That may mean a new phone, but for Pixels you also gave Graphene OS as a possibility.

Bit off topic, but do yourself a favour, take a wooden toothpick and gently remove the lint from the USB-C port. You can thank me later.

This constitutes good advice for most, if not all facets of life. Sadly, critical thinking is a fundamental prerequisite for applying these techniques in one’s life.

I’m also interested in reading this manual, if it ever pops up.

Yarr!

Also, Happy New Yarr!

How is zionist content even compatible with the golden rules of our instance? To be clear, I’m not against adding it explicitly to the list in rule 4, as it makes for a stronger stance, but I’m surprised this is up for debate.

I’m giving Prodigy a chance. It’s surprisingly good for a kids show. The protagonist is being a brat, at least in the first few episodes, but that’s easy to ignore, and Janeway was a nice (and welcome) surprise. The Kobayashi episode teared me up a bit, it was a really nice tribute. And I did laugh out loud at the bit with Janeway drinking tea - the sheer audacity!

I’m halfway through season one, so no idea whether the quality holds. But no regrets so far.

Yeah it is. I swear, all these years later and I still remember how to beat the game.

My first computer was a Commodore C64. Cheetah analog joysticks and Slapfight, that’s how a lifelong obsession with IT began.

My first console was the game of Pong. Two rotating analog controllers. Great fun.

I’m here for the nostalgia, not the giveaway. Please skip me and select the next commenter.