SolarMonkey

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[–] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

If nuclear or other bomb testing (to say nothing of their stupid war) hasn't set it off, i doubt this would. Its not that close. The map looks small but its not at all. The distance from Iran to Russia is some 3,000 miles or 4,800 some odd km. Thats roughly the same distance from California to Maine. An entire continent between them.

None of those signals are remotely likely to make it that far. If they do, they’d be hard to distinguish from background noise.

[–] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 4 points 12 hours ago
[–] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

You could have pulled it almost immediately because we worked to digitize everything, i was part of that process, yeah.

But that’s not at all the case for someone processing out in 2006, or 2007, and beyond that i don't know.

[–] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

I just got downgraded for a problem that has gotten substantially worse while being upgraded for another thing I wanted assessed in tandem, because they feed each other.

The whole process must not have even glanced at my medical records nor the statements in support of my claim, else they'd have been like yeah ok, that is worse.

I talked to an acquaintance who helps vets with claims in an unofficial capacity, and he said they regularity downgrade people for things they think the veteran wont notice. In my case the downgrade doesn’t actually make a financial difference (if it stayed the same), because of secondary issues being half-valued, but its so much worse i hardly drive anymore because I cant, i get trigger point injections now, and so on. Ive been unemployed for three years because I cant find anything that works with my problems, and my rating was low enough that I've just been living off savings from when i was employed, and never going anywhere ever (incredibly isolating..). I wouldn't have had it reassessed if it was better, I'm not stupid. It should have gone up, as it prevents me from working any job with a physical component. But the assessment didnt’t even look at the right place, and i had a migraine hangover and wasn’t in a good position to advocate for myself.

Dehumanizing. The entire thing.

[–] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 0 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Nah dude, I worked in admin while I was processing out in 2007 and they for sure lost shit enough to prompt me to make a copy of my entire record while working there. The people who worked admin full-time told me to do it for my own sake because that was pretty common.

That was before everything was digital by default. Lots of records went missing for no good reason.

[–] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 20 points 1 day ago (4 children)

The way that makes the most sense for me is intelligence is related to external learning (books, from others, from detailed observation, etc) whereas wisdom comes primarily from internal observation (self-reflection, personal experience, situational awareness, etc.)

[–] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

From doctor who, a species that was in stasis underground for eons.

[–] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

But my pucker pattern is MINE!!! It unlocks my phone!

[–] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Clara is a brunette, I just want to clarify that in case people get confused about which meme. :) (It took me a sec)

[–] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Made the mistake of watching the other one.

Don't be like me. There is no sequel.

But also, I’m still mad they left that kid to die in the mineshaft because they couldn’t be bothered with continuity.. that would have almost maybe sort of possibly redeemed some of the movie.. a tiny bit.

[–] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Yeah, maybe thats the case. Idk. I haven't given it a lot of direct thought, tbh. I’ve always had a curiosity about having male organs (masturbation seems a lot easier for one..), but I don't want to be a man and wouldn't be able to identify as one, certainly. My hobbies and interests tend to be things people associate with men, but I think it’s just stuff cool people are into in general.

The reason I say I’d like to be fully androgynous is that I'm ace/aro, which took me a solid chunk of my life and a great deal of misery to figure out, and just don't want sex organs or secondary sex characteristics (including all the hair, yuck) at all. I want to be the sex/genderless baseline generic human bodyprint that I feel like. I’m not using them (genuinely don’t think my vag even works anymore, haven't tried in years), don't need them, so don't really want them. Tried to get a hysterectomy so at least I wouldn't have to deal with anything related to that, but I'm healthy and have no offspring so they wont go for it.

Im not sure it rises to the level of dysphoria, though, more like a preference, and one nobody would likely take particularly seriously.

 

I’ve found a 2023 leaf for some $10k, and with selling my ICE car, which is starting to cost more to maintain than it’s worth, it’ll realistically only cost me about $5k, maybe less. It’s got 33k miles on it, or about 10k/yr which is kinda high-average, but meh. The range in it is far enough to go all the places I’d realistically be going. (If not for making regular trips over 100 miles I’d get one of the ultra-cheap 2015 era EVs that can handle 60-80 miles..)

I probably want it even tho I’ve never test driven one. I’d obviously still do that but I think I kinda want it anyway. This one is located about 3 hours away, but it sounds like they may do inter-dealership trades up to this area, so maybe not a concern.

So what do I need to know? Can the tracking modem be disconnected? Do the batteries fail a lot? Does this model have a ton of quirks? Is it just cheap because people don’t want used EVs? Is this a horrible idea?

 

I hatched some quail and made sure they imprinted on me (why not, I was thrilled to watch anyway!) but my cats were also there and the brooder is a 55 gallon aquarium on my living room floor, so I think it’s safe to say my birds see them as the adults of the covey because they do this leg splay thing a lot, and lay on their backs all comfy-like.

I’ve seen owl babies lay down on their tummies but never rolling over like this. And they are a bit over 2 weeks in age, but they’ve been doing it for well over a week already.

I’m super pumped for this behavior, I hope it lasts. I can’t wait to see what weird shit the next generation I hatch picks up!

(Sorry for potato quality, I actually took this with an iPhone… really hard to capture this from across the room without disturbing them..)

 

Curious of the ways you are avoiding buying mass-produced junk as gifts for people this holiday season. Share your ideas and tips, what you make or do, or how you otherwise partake of the joys of togetherness this time of year, without consuming for the sake of consumption.

 

Basically, when the app crashes while commenting, it recovers the text you had written out.. but then dumps you back to the main feed with that just in your clipboard, waiting for you to comment on the next post and go “oh yeah, crap” because you can’t find the post and go back to browsing.

When hide read posts is functioning as intended (which it hasn’t been for a while and may be related to version..? Idk how it works, and that’s not the point of this anyway), you shouldn’t even be able to find the post you would have replied to, and unless it’s from a community you follow, you’ll never find it again.

Maybe this is too much to ask; I’m not a programmer so I don’t know what I’m asking, but it would be super great when the app crashes to not only preserve the text, but maybe provide a link back to the post it was being made under (not necessarily the exact comment, but the parent post would help a ton). I’ve just sort of given up on long comments I spent a lot of time formatting because the app crashed and I couldn’t find the post I was replying to. And that’s really frustrating.

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net to c/woodworking@lemmy.ca
 

I have very very old power tools. I cannot afford new ones. The problem is, if I’m being totally honest, I’m largely afraid of the tools I have. I’d like to get over this. How does one do that without direct supervision?

More info: I inherited tools from my parents and grandparents. Things I could afford to replace, like drills and drivers, I did. What I have left are big bladed things (chop saw, table saw, tile saw, etc. no lathe sadly :( ) None of the users of these specific tools are still alive. They are all probably 30+ years old, and work fine, probably, but… are just super intimidating (tho my grandfather had a lot of pre-electrification manual tools and I love those - So nice to take a manual plane to a solid door and end up with something that closes properly!). Some of them have plugs that screw together so you can repair them and everything (those I probably won’t use, absolutely terrifying if you fuck up). I’m mid 30s so I remember most of these things being used but I also remember the table saw I have in my garage taking off half my step-dads thumb..

I know power tools today are built to be a lot safer, but I definitely can’t afford those (I wouldn’t even be able to afford these but they were free for me), and I don’t know anyone with power tool skills (last learning I got was in hs shop class almost 20 years back) so how do I get comfortable with them enough to actually use them for the little projects I need them for? I don’t live in a big metro area, so there aren’t clubs afaik.

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