My pet peeve is the Finnish name “Yrjö”. It comes from the Greek name “Geôrgios”, which means farmer, but nowadays the word “yrjö” means vomit. ‘Unique spellings’ like some “Everleigh” also drive me crazy.
My own first name Mark, Firstly it is supposed to be spelled Marc as according to my mother I was named after Marc Bolan but they wrote it with a K on the birth certificate. Secondly it just doesn’t feel like it suits me, I have no idea what alternative I would pick though. Maybe I just don’t feel comfortable being called by my name no matter what it is :)
I’m 47 and without kids, I was always indifferent to them and decided if I got with somebody who wanted one then it would happen, Once my sisters had kids I lost any remaining interest in the idea, I don’t think I would be a good dad as a result of my indifference. My Mrs is very much not interested in them either, Not a good environment for a kid to grow up in I feel. Sometimes people think it’s ok to ask why not, For me that question isn’t a problem but I can understand how it might be a massive problem for those who wanted them and for whatever reason didn’t get any.
I am slightly surprised by a quarter though, Had you asked me before I would have said a few percent tops…
Purcell Police Chief David Tompkins stated that Bolin’s murder was the culmination of Underwood’s fantasy to “kidnap a person, rape them, torture them, kill them, cut off their head, drain the body of blood, rape the corpse, eat the corpse then dispose of the organs and bones.”
I am unsure of the best wording here but is it possible already (ie toggle in settings I missed) to have a ‘block community’ option on each post in the All window without having to enter each post then select and confirm I want to block it?
I would also like to see this, Browsing ALL exposes me to new stuff but I have a few things I just don’t want to see, Like Sports, US Politics and foreign language ones that I can’t read, A button would be great :)
British, Yes, Most people here can, In fact in my 47 years I have only met 2 people who had automatic only licences. And I ran a garage for 7 years so met a lot of drivers. I have personally only owned manuals and haven’t done more than 100 miles in Automatics.
I’m in the UK and I am currently buying a house, I looked at hundreds and the one I am buying is the only one with built in AirCon, Only to 1 room though. It really is rare here, I have a portable unit but it isn’t that good, I think these are what many people have but actual built in air conditioning is in my experience very rare.
The older ones (Like the one I am selling) are built like big heat sinks, The intention is that you always have the coal fire burning in the day I think and the whole building stays warm over night. However in the very warm weather we get now these houses are not so great.
I actually stopped using google search all together last night, I was searching for something and the result where just abysmal and mostly irrelevant, I searched on DuckDuckGo and found much better results. I was using both, Google used to be so good and now it’s just a mess.
Similar thing happened in the village I grew up in, Big pub/carpark bought by somebody, burns down, now has about 10 houses on the site. It was recent enough that you can see the progression on google earth using the timeline tool. Nobody did anything as it was just a pub in a small village with no special significance.
It’s the reason I am keen to see some kind of justice on this one.
I have to change annually as I don’t do the mileage, If I did a 6k change on my Skyline it would be every 10 years… LOL. I use my T3 a lot more but still can’t get anywhere near the distance, So once a year at some point (Usually just after an MOT) I just service them.
Firefox, DuckDuckGo, Protonmail is my setup. I am slowy getting away from Google and all massive corps tbh, I’m spending more time on my Linux partition too.
Here in the UK parts for these old VW’s are very easy to find quite often, I got evenything I needed for this project including some rather good aftremarket body panels. Even my T2 which is a changeover year 72 I was able to get everything for. I would rate VW parts as being resonable price. The Skyline is the one that can get expensive but is also well supported by the aftermarket.
Keir Starmer set to reject EU overtures to join revamped bloc as 'non-starter' (inews.co.uk)
18+ [NSFL] Fighters from the "Sumy Defense" unit sink an invader with drone grenades (streamable.com)
What first name do you hate the most and why?
My pet peeve is the Finnish name “Yrjö”. It comes from the Greek name “Geôrgios”, which means farmer, but nowadays the word “yrjö” means vomit. ‘Unique spellings’ like some “Everleigh” also drive me crazy.
Nissan Frontier Hardbody debuts loaded retro 1980s nods (japanesenostalgiccar.com)
How the Pentagon assesses Ukraine’s progress (www.economist.com) Ukrainian
‘I just assumed it would happen’: the unspoken grief of childless men (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: radiation.party/post/98607...
Kevin Underwood - Put his “dangerously weird” thoughts on the internet into reality by murdering his 10-year-old neighbor with a cutting board (en.wikipedia.org)
Ideas for programming rizz? (i.imgur.com)
Feature request - button to block community from 'all' scrolling panel
I am unsure of the best wording here but is it possible already (ie toggle in settings I missed) to have a ‘block community’ option on each post in the All window without having to enter each post then select and confirm I want to block it?
Can you drive a manual transmission?
And where are you from? And how old? Not “do you” but just if you know how....
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin feared dead after Russia plane crash (www.bbc.co.uk)
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was on the passenger list of a jet which crashed killing all on board, Russia’s civil aviation authority has said....
Live Coverage: India’s Chandrayaan 3 probe heads for lunar landing - They have stuck the landing (spaceflightnow.com)
Soft landing achieved.
TIL just 20% of European homes have air conditioning compared to 88% in US (www.nbcnews.com)
Google search is over (mastodon.social)
Via @rodhilton...
The Crooked House scandal 'must be catalyst for change' (www.bbc.com)
Archived version: archive.ph/tid79...
Microsoft accidentally leaks internal tool that can enable hidden Windows 11 features (www.windowscentral.com)
How often do you change your oil 🛢️? (strawpoll.com)
Just a poll to get some interaction in! Everyone has an opinion on this…what’s yours?
NASA is launching its own streaming service and vows to keep it free (www.t3.com)
My '97 Prelude crossed 252,000 miles today. (lemmy.world)
I’ve worked up the bravery to get it into VTEC a few times, and it hasn’t punished me…...
Some pics of my 80 MGB
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/a6fa395f-7559-41de-81c8-d1cea7e6fda5.jpeghttps://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/aa6eb9c4-611d-4741-8fd9-44c78052d7f4.jpeghttps://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/b986e706-0750-4937-83f9-205a85889859.jpeg
Google engineers want to make ad-blocking (near) impossible (stackdiary.com)
Musk's new idea (slrpnk.net)
My VW T3 project (i.imgur.com)
This was another bare shell restoration, I did this one during lockdown.
What distro(s) do you use?
What Linux distribution or distributions do you personally use?...