Just want to point out that only 2% of (presumed) heterosexuals that were polled said they would never watch a rom-com that featured a lady blacksmith.
So the notion that a lady blacksmith is “too gay” for a heterosexual audience is complete and utter garbage.
@atomicpoet There are a couple of female blacksmiths in Diablo IV. They seemed to do pretty good work. Oh, and one of the best blacksmith in Witcher III was a woman.
Copaganda is heavy around here this week after a coupla cops kicked the bucket. So here’s your regular reminder what the most dangerous professions in the US are… note what is NOT on the list
@riotmuffin Black mothers had a death rate of 69.9 deaths per 100k live births in 2021, just above logging, making it the 2nd most dangerous activity. White women, in contrast, had a death rate of 26.6, just above steel workers. But also, defund the police.
Given that the mortality rate for people who are vaccinated is substantially lower than the rate for people who aren’t… no.
End of debate. Next dumb question.
This right here is why no company, no matter how large, should be forced to subsidize the abortion of professional responsibility #Canada calls journalism.
Was out and about three times this week, but with judicious use of a mask. Thought to do a COVID test heading into the weekend, just in case.
Sinuses are a little irritated today actually, but prob allergens. Glad to still be negative. A good stretch of prob seven years since I've had any sort of respiratory bug. Hope to keep it up.
Weekend plans (after Costco): finish painting the media room! Kyle really wanted a fun geometrical wall behind the TV, so hopefully we can do it! (White, pale blue, dark blue and black).
We have baseboards and a ceiling without holes, so that's a good start!
@Dianora Possibly next year, Ottawa budget willing. But I fear that soon even a colder than average year will still be too warm. Part of the problem is that we have almost always gotten warm periods for one of the two weeks of Winterlude.
@grivettcarnac It's been 20 years since I've made that trip (RIP, Nortel) but isn't there a really narrow train underpass on the West end of Carling? I suppose that could be reworked somehow.
@ottaross@skatem My kettle takes 0.1 kWh to bring 1 L (1 kg) of 20℃ water to 100℃
0.1 kWh is 360 kJ
Specific heat of water is 4.2 kJ/kg-K
Therefore it takes 4.2 * 80K * 1 kg = 336 kJ to bring water to a boil
Therefore my kettle is 93% efficient.
I'd probably be a bit more efficient if I turned it off myself a bit sooner (I waited for the automatic shutoff). In any case, I spend about $35/year to boil water.