I think it was a line for a 4D ride in the Futuroscope near Poitiers, France. Pretty sure I waited something close to 4 hours for a 10 min ride. It was crap.
Yup that’s me. In Latin class I was very sick and I was too shy to interrupt the teacher and go to the infirmary and puked all over some guy’s backpack. He had to leave school with a trash bag containing what he could salvage from the mess.
The “revolutionary” air-breathing engine could, in theory, lift an aircraft from a runway to more than 30km (18.6 miles) into the stratosphere and continuously accelerate it to 16 times the speed of sound....
I’ll wait until other countries validate the findings, or until someone makes a working prototype, before getting excited. Seems like it’s one of those “too good to be true” stories like the LK-99. Hype in tech and science almost always leads to disappointment.
Well to be honest, pretty much everyone going through jail ends up worse when they get out, either more violent and willing to do more crimes, or unable to integrate society after. It’s fucking useless.
I remember hearing that they have to ask them to drop their weapon when they shot someone, and they even have to handcuff them, even if they’re obviously dead or at least not a threat anymore, just to make sure they follow the procedure. Is that true? I’ve also heard that they are advised to “magdump” i.e emptying their entire magazines on their target, to make absolutely sure they won’t have a second adrenaline-fueled wind and reach for a weapon.
It’s 20 bucks to go up there, honestly the view is okay but it’s not really worth it… Here’s a tip: If you want a 360° view of the skyline, go to the Helipad Lounge, it’s a rooftop bar on top of an helipad. Same price for entry as the Petronas, but you get two drinks free! Not sponsored, by the way. But I wish I was.
“That’s when she says Nolan picked her up by her ribs, called her a homophobic slur, and threw her into the fire pit.” Yeah, let’s just not believe the girl that was fucking thrown into a fire pit, let’s trust the guy that was so hammered he allegedly do not remember any of it. Clown world.
What is something small that you do that confuses other people whenever they see you doing it?
Mine is that I pour the milk before the cereal. people are always extremely confused by that.
Can you muppets stop throwing away money on awful companies producing subpar games? (lemmy.world)
I propose 2024 is the year of early access games boycott....
What's the longest line you've ever waited in?
What's a thing that increased your power?
Doesn’t have to be a thing you bought. Just some thing you didn’t have but then once you did it expanded your scope of actions....
How many pillows under your head in bed?
I’m undecided between 2 and 3
Anon invents a new way to travel (sh.itjust.works)
23andMe is low on cash and its stock is worth pennies. The CEO wants another chance | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)
What "Great on Deck" titles have you been enjoying?
For it it has been Hollow Knight, Left 4 Dead 2, and Transport Fever 2.
My Windows 10 install broke, but I'm hesitant to switch to Linux.
As the title say’s, my Windows 10 install broke, but I’m still unsure whether or not to reinstall Windows 10 or install Linux....
A universal experience (lemmy.world)
British nuclear sub missile launch fails as Trident dramatically misfires and ‘plops’ into ocean just yards away (www.thesun.co.uk)
China invents most powerful detonation engine for hypersonic flight (www.scmp.com)
The “revolutionary” air-breathing engine could, in theory, lift an aircraft from a runway to more than 30km (18.6 miles) into the stratosphere and continuously accelerate it to 16 times the speed of sound....
Man arrested after video post showed severed head of his father, police say, amid political rant that stayed online for hours | CNN (edition.cnn.com)
Argentinian President calls for destruction of Al-Aqsa Mosque (www.jordannews.jo)
Ate an edible and can't sleep but not totally awake, what are some chill websites?
Before and after repainting and weathering this crappy $20 helmet. (lemmy.world)
Looks much better.
'White Lives Matter' member gets 18 years for firebombing church that planned drag events (www.nbcnews.com)
Aimenn Penny told the FBI that he would have felt better if his Molotov cocktails had burned an LGBT-friendly church to the ground.
Yelling at a corpse (lemmy.zip)
[dwm] simple blue-themed rice for my Latitude 7490 (sh.itjust.works)
Inside the Petronas towers, Kuala Lumpur (mander.xyz)
Guilty verdict for former correctional officer, hate crime enhancers dismissed (www.wbay.com)
A jury has convicted a former Green Bay correctional officer accused of throwing a woman into a fire pit during a party back in 2021.
‘Let’s find out’: shipwreck mysteriously appears on Newfoundland coast (www.theguardian.com)
Nice video of the shipwreck from CBC: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GApsl5_4PsE