Sickle. Pretty much used for the same purpose, but on a much smaller scale.
Source: Grew up on a norwegian farm in the 80โs and 90โs. We had an ancient one of these hanging on the wall as decoration, presumably used by my ancestors.
I usually sort All by top 12 or 6, depending on how recently I last checked. Thatโs how I keep up with the general chatter. And I refresh my subscriptions by new once in a while to take part in the topics I enjoy as they emerge.
It was far from a life and death situation, as it was a highly controlled activity.
But it was meant to mimic a life and death situation for practice: Anyone who travel by helicopter in the North Sea are required to go through this course which includes an emergency water landing drill. It involves sitting inside this thing that is reasonably close to one of the common helicopter models used in the north sea. Same seats, same belts, and similar windows.
This โsimlatorโ hangs from a crane over a pool. So that you can practice escaping from a ditched helicopter. โBrace brace brace!โ dunk
This is done while wearing a survival suit that has a rebreather. Each passenger has a dedicated scuba frogman to make sure you donโt panic and drown.
First dunk emulates a successful water landing. Helicopter remains floating for a while, but then goes under. Release window, unclamp, and swim out.
It gradually increases in fuckery, to the poin where itโs emulating a helicopter that goes under right away and flips around as it does.
Iโm fairly light weight, so this survival suit gives me a lot of buoyancy, and this collar-like thing around my neck tended to catch on the window as I was going through. In the beginning, this was not a problem, but it became a pretty big one on the last test.
The disorientation from being flipped made it hard to compensate for the extra buoyancy, so I got stuck, upside down in the water. I immediately knew what happened, but I remained calm, moved back a little bit. With one hand to keep track of the window, I used my other hand to pretty much pack and squeeze collar as close to my neck as possible, preventing it from catching. There was no panic, but there was a slight worry that the frogman hadnโt intervened. Thanks to the rebreather I could stay pretty calm and focus on what needed to be done to get through the window.
When I reached the surface the frogman explained that he saw that I was having some problems, but decided to let me continue, as he saw that I was calm and reasonably in control. In a real scenario such as this, panic wouldโve killed me.
My pick is Five Finger Death Punch and the obvious answer is Ivan Moody. The guy radiates that alpha-male wannabe energy and it definitely rings through all of the songs he has written and performed with this band. The guy is just a prick and a self-victimizing asshole....
I also think Gunsโn Roses have soome fucking awesome riffs and songs, but I find Axl Rose to be an insufferable cunt of a diva. Slash, Izzy, Duff, and Adler should have released Appetite for Destruction with a different vocalist.
Iโm thinking that without him, maybe the rest of the band didnโt have to be so drugged up to tolerate each other long term, perhaps keeping the original lineup for longer.
From my limited understand8ng of their formation history, GnR was the result of fusing members from LA Guns with some other band named something Hollywood Rose. Axl came from the latter.
The LA Guns vocalist was Tracii Guns who took part in forming GnR as a guitarist, but left shortly after and Slash took his place. Iโm curious how things wouldโve turned out if heโd remained as only a singer.
As much as I like the concept of GDPR, i think it didnโt fo far enough. EU tried, but they shouldโve thought it through a few more times. For example I wouldโve loved for the cookie warning to have a mandated โNo to everything, get fucked, and never ask about access from this IP again.โ
The internet has made a lot of people armchair experts happy to offer their perspective with a degree of certainty, without doing the work to identify gaps in their knowledge. Often the mark of genuine expertise is knowing the limitations of your knowledge....
Yeah, Iโve found that the best thing to do when you (accidentally or intentionally) kick the tankie-hive is to block the ones who donโt realize that not everything needs to be debunked or even commented, and then move on and forget about it.
New here. Migrated from Reddit. Still trying to figure out Lemmy - whatโs everyoneโs experiences like coming from Reddit and does Lemmy serve as a good alternative? Pros and cons/differences?...
As one of the most average dudes in the world, I canโt help but feel threatened and marginalized, which of course means that the gay agenda is to blame for everthing that has gone wrong in my life.
Just to be on the safe side: That was sarcasm.
My gender: You can safely make assumptions based on appearance.
Orientation: Straight and boringly sprinkle-free
Favorite dinosaur: Triceratops
Opinion on this: Fuck Elon. Let people be people, for fucks sake. If he feels threatened by increasing specificity in language, he must have some real identity issues boiling underneath.
My refined interpretation: Heโs desperate to be liked, and as long as his Xitter-circle cheers him on, heโll continue to be a Xithead shithead. He doesnโt have a circle of friends to keep him grounded in reality.
Hallingdal - Gerhard Munthe (1890)๐ณ๐ด (upload.wikimedia.org)
I'm finally moving over to Lemmy! What are your favorite active communities on the platform?
Map of Drug Cartels in Mexico 2024 (lemmy.world)
Tesla drops Steam gaming support inside its vehicles (electrek.co)
Golden retriever are the Volvo of dogs
What's the best wax-on-wax-off-style advice you've heard that you can attest as being helpful in certain situations?
What band or music group would you not have minded if they didn't have a certain band member?
My pick is Five Finger Death Punch and the obvious answer is Ivan Moody. The guy radiates that alpha-male wannabe energy and it definitely rings through all of the songs he has written and performed with this band. The guy is just a prick and a self-victimizing asshole....
Gratulerer med dagen, godtfolk!
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sues Meta, citing chatbotโs reply as evidence of shadowban (arstechnica.com)
It could soon be illegal to publicly wear a mask for health reasons in North Carolina (arstechnica.com)
Big Tech to EU: "Drop Dead" (www.eff.org)
House passes GOP bill rebuking Biden's Israel weapons pause (www.politico.com)
Texas governor pardons ex-Army sergeant convicted of killing Black Lives Matter protester (apnews.com)
Qualified experts of Lemmy, do people believe you when you answer questions in your field?
The internet has made a lot of people armchair experts happy to offer their perspective with a degree of certainty, without doing the work to identify gaps in their knowledge. Often the mark of genuine expertise is knowing the limitations of your knowledge....
Is Lemmy a good alternative?
New here. Migrated from Reddit. Still trying to figure out Lemmy - whatโs everyoneโs experiences like coming from Reddit and does Lemmy serve as a good alternative? Pros and cons/differences?...
X now treats the term cisgender as a slur (www.engadget.com)