Looks like he throws his gun down first, then picks up an RPG and throws it down, causing it to discharge into the ground. We might be seeing one of the many disgruntled Russian conscripts throwing a fatal temper tantrum.
All fireworks are banned where I live, and this past 4th and New Year’s Day folks found out the hard way that law enforcement is using drones to identify violations, routing officers to hand out fines and confiscate people’s caches (and sometimes make arrests depending on what’s in their possession). Living in a forest, we have zero tolerance. Nobody wants to get burned out.
Do we have a sentient soul? I would say no, and as proof I point to those suffering from Alzheimer’s. That disease robs a person of their memory, so by the time of death they have lost much of who they were. If the sentient soul exists, it must be able to remember, otherwise it cannot retain the traits that make the individual unique. It should retain all the memories of our life. Yet those with Alzheimer’s forget who they are. How is this possible if we possess a sentient soul? If we cannot retain memories in this life, how will we do so in the next?
What about those with major brain damage from stroke or mishap? Part of their brain died, and whatever that part contained, it’s now gone. Is their soul now split? Did part of it “move on” with the dead part of the brain?
It’s funny, huh? Everyone is here, but people are here. It’s because “everyone” is a singular collective noun referring to a group. The same is true of “family”, and it’s proper use is, “My family is at Disneyland.” The plural of family is “families”, and “Families are at Disneyland.”
“People” is the plural of person, so it’s “People are…” and not “People is…” - unless you’re referring to the word “people”, like this sentence.
I see posts talking about good BIFL items but I don’t hear much about the other side of products that are bad or products you bought but don’t even use.
Probably because in a real racing seat there’s a harness to keep you from slouching. I used to have terrible lower back issues with a Recaro bucket seat I converted for a desk chair. Never had a problem with it driving for hours when it was in my car (may it rest in pieces). Then it dawned on me that the seatbelt was maintaining my posture. Added a lap belt and the back problems abated.
I was thinking of Buddhists who worship no god but believe in reincarnation. I also have friends who claim to be atheists yet believe there is an afterlife in a higher dimension.
My personal belief is that the last state of the biological computer we call a brain becomes our eternity. Religion is designed to make that last thought a hopeful one.
IDK if this is going to get any responses, but if you have any experience with using propane with a portable generator maybe you can explain what’s going on....
I bought a 22KW propane generator. It’s supposed to be plumbed to a large tank, but due to the pandemic I could not get the 500 gallon tank plumbing installed (county permit office was issuing for “emergencies only”). So I tried a 20# cylinder. It iced up after 6 minutes and the generator stalled shortly after. So I bought a 100# tank. That ran for 5 hours until the generator stalled. The tank was still 1/3 full.
What’s happening is that there’s insufficient area for heat transfer. The propane has to vaporize, so it draws heat from the part of the tank in contact with the liquid. The environment provides that heat, but in a small 20# tank there’s not enough surface area to transfer the amount of heat needed to vaporize the quantity of propane required by the generator. The propane stops vaporizing once its temperature drops below the boiling point, and the generator starves. The 100# tank has the same problem when the propane level drops, reducing the surface area in contact with the liquid propane. In the large horizontal tanks, the propane is in contact with a large surface area, and the tank is supported off the ground to provide good air circulation.
Your options are to buy a bigger tank or provide more heat to the small tank. What worked for me was an old washtub filled with water. I put the tank in it, then left the garden hose trickling water into the tub to keep the water from freezing.
If you do opt for a large tank, buy a reconditioned one. They’re half the price of new and last about as long because older tanks were made with thicker steel. Buying will save you money because you’re free to buy from the cheapest supplier. Buy your propane in the summer when the price is low. Get a tank big enough enough to last the whole year. When you lease a tank, the leasing company is the only one that can fill it, so you won’t be able to shop around for the cheapest price. Mine paid for itself in 2 fills (compared my bills with my neighbor who leases their tank).
Using generator exhaust is inviting overheating the tank. I’ve been around one when the relief valve pops, and that’s a big fire waiting for a spark. It doesn’t take a lot of heat - maybe 30 watts - to keep the pressure up. They make tank wrap heaters specifically for this purpose. But I needed power (this was during one of California’s infamous “Public Safety Power Shutoffs” used to avoid wildfires). So I used what I had; a washtub and water.
The standard 20# tank has only one safety device - an overfill protection mechanism that prevents filling the tank more than 80%. The propane regulator for portable propane appliances is where the flow limiting device is located. That heavily limits the flow of propane if it detects insufficient backpressure on the outlet side of the regulator when initially pressurizing it (turning on the tank valve).
I have no issue with the 500 gallon tank. It has plenty of surface area in contact with the propane and good air circulation around the entire tank.
I enjoy making noodles but I often have trouble developing the gluten. Anyone have thoughts on how to do this without spending an hour working/resting the dough?
You could try substituting bread flour. It has more protein than all-purpose flour, therefore develops gluten faster with less working and resting. But I make hand-pulled noodles from all-purpose flour with 15 minutes of working. I can tell when the dough is ready by how it stretches when I twist it.
Don’t use cake flour. It’s a lower protein flour that is designed to not make much gluten.
It’s all about presentation. I can prep crickets in a way that almost anyone will eat them. Feed them oatmeal for a few days, then slow roast, powder in a blender, combine with sesame oil, salt, and spices, stuff it into wonton wrappers and steam. If nobody knows what’s in them they disappear. But if I do fried crickets like the ones the Korean street vendors sell, very few non-Asians would touch them.
A lot of insects can be prepared using familiar presentations and the unsuspecting will devour them. I found ant cookies delicious - like a molasses cookie. And ground rolly-pollies (sowbug/pillbug/armadillium) could be used to make shrimp shumai and nobody would be the wiser.
This video makes me not want to buy anything from Nichia. Nakamura invented a commercially successful product they made billions from, and Nichia rewarded him with nothing.
Balut - partially developed chicken or duck embryos. It’s served a number of ways, but the one that turned my stomach was boiled in the shell and served like a soft-boiled egg. Watched my Filipino friend eat it. He scooped the whole thing into his mouth and when he bit down, the body cavity of the embryo ruptured, causing the entrails to pop out of his mouth. Then he slurped them back in like spaghetti. That’s about when I refilled the beer pitcher with my puke.
Surströmming - fermented herring. Looks like rotten fish. Smells like rotten fish. Tastes like…well I don’t know. All I can tell you is it was salty, but beyond that all I tasted was vomit. Watching a neophyte eating it will usually treat you to the sound of gagging, followed by vomiting. Maybe your own, since the smell is truly pervasive.
This one reminds me of a story floating around in the '80s that went like this: A guy picks up a hot girl at the bar. She even has a room at a hotel nearby! She’s into bondage, and wants to strap him to the bed. He agrees, and once he’s tied up on the bed, face down - out of the closet pops a guy in a crotchless Batman costume.
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Fireworks should be banned on the 4th of July in America
What is a dish whose component parts you all like individually, but put together as a dish you think is nasty?
The Ksar Draa in Timimoun, Algeria (sh.itjust.works)
Trump memes explode as deadline approaches for $464m bond payment: ‘Don Poorleone’ (www.independent.co.uk)
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Do you believe the that you have a soul?
And do believe that I, this random guy on the internet has a soul...
Grammatically correct "Everyone else is walking around," but I feel like it should be "Everyone else ARE walking around," because everyone implies many people. Plural.
I know we would never say things like “Everyone else are walking around,”...
What Are Some Things You Regret Buying or Bought but Never Used?
I see posts talking about good BIFL items but I don’t hear much about the other side of products that are bad or products you bought but don’t even use.
Atheists of lemmy what is a stereotype about us that is just not true?
Portable Generators using 20lb propane tanks
IDK if this is going to get any responses, but if you have any experience with using propane with a portable generator maybe you can explain what’s going on....
Why is it so satusfying when you pluck a hair out and you get the whole waxxy follicle/root?
[Question] How to make stretchy flour dough that won't tear
I enjoy making noodles but I often have trouble developing the gluten. Anyone have thoughts on how to do this without spending an hour working/resting the dough?
I don't get it and I'm from a fishing family (lemmy.world)
Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED (youtu.be)
What’s the grossest food to watch someone eat?
The 3rd Assault Brigade tests and demonstrates the effectiveness of demining UGVs. (streamable.com)
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To what joke are they laughing? Post your version as a comment! Best wins (lemmy.world)