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Wandern, Satisfactory, Jura, Eisenbahnen, Laufen, Bogenschießen, Early Adopting. Der rote Faden meines Lebens ist klar definiert...nicht.

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futurebird , to random
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Nothing makes a meal feel fancy like quite like featherlight flatwear. I want forks optimized for spaceflight. Titanium butterknife! The new definition of luxury!

tipjip ,
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@futurebird Long-handled titanium sporks are THE shit in the hiking community.

futurebird , (edited ) to random
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Which best describes you?

("records" in this context are shellac, vinyl or resin etc. recorded sound discs played using needle)

If you have some records you can play and others you can't choose the third option.

If you have a player but it's broken choose the first option.

You "own" a player if one is in your home and you can use it when you want.

You "own" records if you are one of the people who must be asked if they were sold or thrown away.

tipjip ,
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@futurebird I have a turntable but my amplifier is broken. 😢

luckytran , to random
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It appears that some universities are banning masks of any kind at sites where they are holding their graduation ceremony. This is ableist, exclusionary, and completely unacceptable.

(Photo: Dr. Mary Donegan)

Sign at UCONN listing prohibited items which includes masks of any kind

tipjip ,
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@luckytran Batteries like those in phones? Good luck enforcing this list.

And weapons twice?

futurebird , to random
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It's always bothered me that when people adapt Kafka's Metamorphosis they depict Gregor Samsa as a roach. Cockroaches do not undergo metamorphosis. They are born as nymphs which are just smaller wingless versions of the adult form.

Kafka writes that Gregor can only enjoy rotten food. Which also makes him not at all roach-like. Roaches strongly prefer fresh vegetables to rotten ones.

I always imagined him as a beetle. Which implies that the man Gregor was a larvae for all his pre-bug life.

tipjip ,
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@futurebird The word used in German is „Ungeziefer“ which translates to „vermin“. And he has a „carapacelike“ back.

futurebird , to random
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Last night our cable internet box randomly died. It’s totally fried and must be replaced. This happened just as my husband got home from work, waking me up to tell me the governor of NY had issued a warning about power outages during the Coronal Mass Ejection (there was a big solar storm last night) — basically I thought the world was ending and put my laptop in the oven. (it’s a faraday cage)

I may have overreacted.

tipjip ,
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@futurebird We need to! Otherwise https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightfall_(Asimov_novelette_and_novel)

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I just realized that Matthew Broderick, the kid in WarGames (1983) is also the kid in the Lion King (1994) - that's right. Simba is a hacker.

tipjip ,
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@claudius Um Charlie Sheen zu zitieren: Du kennst ihn?

futurebird , to random
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Still thinking about the concept of studying ant communication by getting down to ant level. Make a tiny robot (we don't know how to make walking robots that small, so wheels it is) the robot would have a camera, little pads to collect pheromones (which could be dropped off to be analyzed) antennae IR sensors and maybe a way to stridulate?

Then one could really find out what's going on in there.

Worst case you have made an immersive ant VR experience!

tipjip ,
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@futurebird Apparently the money issue doesn’t detract the model plane enthusiasts, if the sudden unscheduled disassembly videos on YouTube are anything to go by.

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Cars just keep coming. Evenly spaced.

I see a gap. Yes! Move quickly to walk through. The car about to pass sees; slows. Doesn’t stop. LOL Nooooo not that! just slows enough to destroy the gap.

I bet they feel so considerate!😡

Another gap. Huge gap! This time I don’t move. Don’t wanna spook ‘em. Soon as this car passes I can go! But they see me looking & slow! Desperately I wave for them to go. Confuses them more: they crawl rubbernecking at my misery. But don’t stop. Gap is gone.😖

tipjip ,
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@futurebird Predictability is the most valuable quality in any person participating in traffic.

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They are coming for IVF too. Always were.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/02/20/alabama-supreme-court-frozen-embryos-ruling-ivf/72662533007/

tipjip ,
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@futurebird What’s next? Periods are murder because you missed an opportunity for potential pregnancy?

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Are there therapists who specialize in helping children who are stressed out giving tech support to their parents?

My mom is a mathematician. She can program w/ punch cards. But, she & Dad just don't keep up with tech anymore. Drives me nuts.

Gave my dad an iPhone for Christmas. They HATE it. Probably would hate any phone. Now they say it's recording their conversations.🙄

Dad holds down the buttons on the side when he picks it up. Activates the voice assistant... they think it's a hacker.

tipjip ,
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@futurebird @kritischelezer Depending on the use case this already exists in hardware.

https://www.audilo.de/6493-large_default/seniorenhandy-mm462-bb-maxcom.jpg

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