[-] Fashtas@aussie.zone 24 points 1 month ago

Frankly, I think that given the scenario, pre-positioning a tank in that situation probably demonstrates a considerable amount of foresight.

That sounds SUSPICIOUSLY like something a JAG defense lawyer might say

[-] Fashtas@aussie.zone 13 points 2 months ago

That plane was an art exhibit wasn't it? Something, something, the primitive versus the modern?

[-] Fashtas@aussie.zone 6 points 3 months ago

What WERE their findings though? I read that link and 80% of it was talking about the "history of Venezuela’s elections"

Only relevant bit was 5 people went to a few poling stations each and they didn't see anything odd and people seemed to be happy to vote. I didn't see them claim to have done anything that could be considered proving the elections were fair one way or another, other than no obvious fraud at the polling stations themselves.

[-] Fashtas@aussie.zone 14 points 3 months ago

I tossed it onto a old PC that was struggling with windows a few months ago. It was just a Plex machine and suddenly everything is running faster, easier to use, my wife even commented that she could browse Plex faster than before and videos loaded quickly...

Good gateway drug for Linux really.

[-] Fashtas@aussie.zone 6 points 5 months ago

Dozens, and many over the belt too!

Can't have children anymore though :/

[-] Fashtas@aussie.zone 39 points 5 months ago

Few steps missing, the squirming, the unexpected discovery it is twice the weight you thought it was, the pointy hooves and contact with various fleshy parts of your anatomy and catching the bloody thing in the first place.

Honestly from a lamb-over-the-wall perspective this is very much "draw the rest of the owl"

[-] Fashtas@aussie.zone 12 points 5 months ago

Yeah the rice is only going to get tiny particles of rice inside the device and otherwise not assist in drying out even slightly making the issue worse

[-] Fashtas@aussie.zone 16 points 7 months ago

Ok wow didn't realise it was that wide spread. These were just some locals talking about stuff and he was proud they had gotton a good deal on seconds sweets. Feeding left over stuff, bread, cakes, seemed common place.

I was horrified about the plastic but seems to be pretty normal!

[-] Fashtas@aussie.zone 35 points 7 months ago

This sort of thing still happens

I've had a chat with a farmer in Australia where they were feeding dariy cows boiled sweets (He got access to some sort container load of factory seconds, still with the plastic on, farmer wasn't going to remove the plastic from millions of boiled lollies)

[-] Fashtas@aussie.zone 12 points 9 months ago

because her hobby was Taylor Swift.

What on earth does THAT mean?

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submitted 9 months ago by Fashtas@aussie.zone to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

My wife consumes whatever media I throw at our Plex server and I'd like to stick with it (The tv's + set top boxes/remote controls are all easy for her to use and stream Plex fine)

I'd grabbed an old work PC I replaced years ago, Windows 10, and tossed a Plex server on it and it's worked for a long time but recently despite being used for NOTHING but Plex, its bloated itself like most Windows machines and I found Cortana taking 90% CPU (despite being disabled via registry) and some updates failing over and over.

I'd like to replace it (the software) but really no idea where to start, even the most helpful sites are just "use your favorite Unix then install Plex" or "Here are 56 perfect versions of Unix to install for your Plex server"

Honestly I use it for nothing except Plex, is there something easy enough I could look at?

[-] Fashtas@aussie.zone 9 points 11 months ago

I can never watch this whole video, gives me ptsd every time.

Used to work with one of those project manager types, and when we got out of the meeting afterward, and I'd tell him what we just promised was impossible.

He'd just tell me to just "draw 2 red lines" which was all they really wanted and they'd never notice the rest of the stuff wasn't there.
He was usually right, but it was still stressful, the wilfully ignorance

[-] Fashtas@aussie.zone 18 points 1 year ago

I use a technique where I play a scene out in my head. Always the same scene, always the same outcomes and the same process.

For example "Walking down a beach, see a small shell, pick it up, turn it over and notice the interesting pattern, put in pocket, go to the sea shell stored a few feet down the beach waving at a people, sell the shell, take the money and buy a small rock statue, take the statue home and place it on the window sill... etc"

The trick is make it memorable and not specifically related to your own life so you can't get side tracked subconsciously ("Oh no! I forgot to buy sea shells!!"). I find a narrative works well, and the whole thing tells a story.

The way to get started is when you are EXHAUSTED and ready to fall asleep anyway, and to repeat the same scene/steps every night from that point on. Eventually the series of images and events will tie to "sleep" in your mind and I rarely get past the first few parts of the sequence.

Essentially counting sheep! same idea really. After a while you may get bored of one story and make up another. I've gone though a half dozen over the years I guess.

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War machine battle maps (c10.patreonusercontent.com)

A couple of battle maps of a war machine on an alien planet.

There are maps inside, some overlays for multi level maps outside and grid/no grid.

Published on my (FREE) Patreon which I am misusing as some place easy to upload maps etc!

(Other stuff there too!)

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I've got a small archive of my maps here I created from a previous campaign (scifi vs fantasy theme)

Some modern (as the example) along with some scifi and fantasy maps.

All WEBP, all free for people to use in their own campaigns!

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