As much as I agree with your overall arguement, I just want to point out that the main reason why russia now has fewer troops along the finnish and norwegian border is because they needed to reinforce the donbass leather factory. If they had the resources, the manpower on the border would probably remain the same.
I have neither insight nor retorts to offer, I just wanted to congratulate you on 25 years. Hell, even 5 years with someone who’d dig in with you is worthy of praise in this world. I’m glad you found your foxhole buddy, and I wish you all the best.
I’ll start: I tried to move a bookshelf while drunk about 6 years ago and tore a tendon in my shoulder pretty damn good. It still bothers me sometimes if I move it wrong or sleep on it wrong.
When I still did karate we had these boards that were meant for kicking so they’d split. A training buddy and I were curious if they could be punched apart. I learned two things that day:
Yes
Knuckles don’t like that
While it wasn’t very painful at first beyond what I expected, it took me a few days to realize that the pain didn’t really go away. Then I happened to bump my fist/knuckles into this aluminium plate at work by accident, and it felt like my knuckles were hit with a hammer. And I didn’t even bump into it hard. This time the pain slowly went away over time until it one day was conpletely gone.
But to this day, 10 years later, if i accidentally bang my knuckles against something hard I notice very quickly that something isn’t quite how it should be.
I for one prefer brown noise. Could be a result of me working on a ship for a long while. I always found the deep engine hum with the sea against my porthole to be very soothing. Plus, the rocking motion didn’t exactly hurt either.
On my old phone I had an issue with the proximity sensor and front facing camera. This led me to holding my phone backwards to take photos and being unable to hang up phone calls....
I had a cellphone around 2004 or so, where sometimes the display would suddenly become mirrored. After a while it would also turn upside down. On the really bad days it would be both. Everything else worked fine, so I kept using it, but writing and reading SMS was a pain.
Waiting at the first airport right now. There’s no beer here though, as it’s a tiny local airport with only a vending machine. But in about two hours I’ll be landing at a larger regional one. As I’m a very frequent flier this means lounge access and free beer during my three hour wait.
We’ll have to organize a post-ww2 berlin style airlift to support and supply Austin, though. A coworker of mine from there suggested at least one daily C130 fully loaded with kombucha.
To me it was when the episode ended with Picard having been assimilated by the borg. When I was watching it it was way too late, and I had a flight that I needed to catch in the morning. I pulled an all nighter because I needed to see what happened next, despite knowing that the next 24 hours would be spent in transit.
To this day, Picard turning towards the camera all borg’ed up right before the end credits is the biggest cliffhanger I’ve ever seen.
Two laptops (one for work, one for not) + accessories
A change of clothes
A DE9-RJ45 console cable
Power bank
A bunch of access keycards
The composite-toe airport-friendly safety shoes are by the door waitingforme. I’m abnormally early in getting ready this time, because my backpack was mostly packed from my previous work trip. So now I’m sitting in my bed for the next hour, before it’s time to hop in ky car and drive to the airport.
For the next couple of days I’ll be on a short work trip, the kind I usually do once or twice a month, and thebkids and my GF know that I’ll be back on Wednesday.
I’ll be in transit most of the day, but there’s a rental car and a hotel waiting for me on the other side. Tomorrow will mostly be spent working inside shipping containers, with my laptop plugged into various network hardware and servers that will soon be lifted onboard a ship.
This is an event that will last for 26 days. The goal is for Lemmy users to choose one “thing” they hate that starts with each letter of the alphabet....
Hello! I just installed my first system using XFS filesystem, and the xfsdump utility seems interesting. I was following this guide about it, but it does not mention anything about the /media mount point: if I have a USB drive full of files mounted in /media/HDD1 and run...
Class War (lemmy.world)
You're just a kid, how would you know what you want for the rest of your life? (lemmy.world)
What songs do you like that are in a language which you don't speak?
What stupid injury left a long lasting impact on you?
I’ll start: I tried to move a bookshelf while drunk about 6 years ago and tore a tendon in my shoulder pretty damn good. It still bothers me sometimes if I move it wrong or sleep on it wrong.
What is the best style electrical outlet?
This is a debate, not an argument, let’s be adults about this. [Insert political joke]
What are the most unconventional sources of white noise you use?
I have started listening to random American city council meetings lately for white noise. Since they’re all bureaucratic-flavored boredom anyway.
What technical issues did you ignore for an extended period of time?
On my old phone I had an issue with the proximity sensor and front facing camera. This led me to holding my phone backwards to take photos and being unable to hang up phone calls....
If you were a soup, what kind would you be?
What are you drinking tonight, and is it what you really want to be drinking?
Problem Averted (i.imgur.com)
What is the worst mental state you've ever been in?
I already know the replies are gonna make me feel sad 😭
What is the best star trek moment of all time?
Besides Tuvax being eliminated in voyager
Liftoff alternative
Ok, I admit, I’ve been lazy and kept using liftoff until the last moment, but that is coming soon with lemmy.world moving to 0.19.x soon....
[Weekly thread] How is your week going? 29-01-2024
Ate an edible and can't sleep but not totally awake, what are some chill websites?
Singapore’s $200,000 Toyotas Fuel Angst Over Widening Wealth Gap (www.bloomberg.com)
[Ask Europeans] It's Sunday, is there a typical local way to spend it in your country?
Lemmy choose my hate (day 1, letter A) (lemy.lol)
This is an event that will last for 26 days. The goal is for Lemmy users to choose one “thing” they hate that starts with each letter of the alphabet....
xfsdump questions
Hello! I just installed my first system using XFS filesystem, and the xfsdump utility seems interesting. I was following this guide about it, but it does not mention anything about the /media mount point: if I have a USB drive full of files mounted in /media/HDD1 and run...