Apepollo11

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[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

To be fair, I think we've been in the midst of a political crisis for some time.

Although, I agree - I think Andy Burnham winning Makerfield would be the flashpoint for the leadership contest that has been looming for the past few months.

Maybe this is the only way things will settle down.

[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Next year? Hard to say. If Starmer gets ousted, which looks more and more likely, then that'll probably mean a cabinet reshuffle. Honestly can't say I've been too impressed by Rachel Reeves' efforts, but then again I imagine it's hard to totally insulate the economy from a mad bloke who's seemingly trying his level best to destabilise the entire world.

If Burnham or Miliband do get elected, then I imagine we'll do ok.

[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Is this just like, free money? Or are there strings attached?

[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

What does a cantaloupe say when he sees an attractive honeydew?

"What a melon!"

[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Ha, it's, er, complicated. It kind of follows on from Headmasters, but is set in a world where people don't know about transformers. Optimus Prime seems to have never existed - there's a robot that looks exactly like Optimus Prime, but isn't, and nobody even bats an eyelid.

The Deceptions/Destrons are led by two powerful human sorcerers following commands from a weird glowing alien blob with tentacles called Devil Z.

The Cybertronians spend most of their time disguised as humans or monsters, and it's the actual humans that become the heads for giant robots.

Masterforce really feels like it's its own thing. I just think of it as an alternative universe, like TFA. Trying to make it fit in causes too many headaches!

[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

Absolutely! I'm currently working my way through the absolutely bonkers Transformers Super-God Masterforce for the first time right now.

A lot of the stuff from the 80s is pretty hit-and-miss on revisiting, but some of it is still gold. In general, anything produced since 2000 is much higher quality.

I like the scope for world-building and story-telling possible in animation that isn't really feasible otherwise.

I like animation for both kids and adults. I like western stuff and animé. But mostly I just love the medium - I even collected animation cels!

[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago

He needed root access.

[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 23 points 6 days ago (4 children)

In the UK, unless you're self-employed, taxes are just kind of automatic. It just gets handled by your employer.

If you're self-employed, and especially so if you're VAT-registered, it can be a bit fiddly. For most people, however, it's just handled invisibly.

[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The PS3 hit, Fat Princess.

Cool fantasy setting, much fighting, clear objectives (princess kidnapping) - perfect LARP stuff.

Plus whoever is the princess gets to be fed cake all day.

[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Is this a The Thirteenth Warrior reference?

If so, it's literally the first one I've ever encountered in the wild!

[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

FWIW, and I'm only mentioning this because of the phrasing of the question, plastic surgery isn't named after 'plastic' (the noun), but for 'plastic' (the adjective). Plastic surgery was used as a term decades before plastic (the noun) was even invented!

But anyway, to answer your question, people tend not to use silicone in implants so much nowadays, preferring saline instead (as another person said). The main reason is that it is much less problematic if there is a rupture.

Leaking silicone is not immediately dangerous, but does need to be removed - which is difficult as it can squidge about under other tissues, causing mischief as it goes. Saline, by comparison, will just get absorbed by the body, usually harmlessly.

[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

You know, this makes total sense.

I was searching online trying to work out what Ireland had done, but a typo explains everything.

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Why Ireland? (www.independent.co.uk)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Apepollo11@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
 

Donald Trump has been posting images again.

One of them shows him attacking the Earth from space with lasers. Two places are being blown up, the clearest of which is Ireland (the second might be Bulgaria).

Donald Trump attacks the Earth from space.

I'm British, so not totally up on US politics, but it surprised me that he was attacking Ireland.

I appreciate that he sometimes posts weird stuff, but it usually seems to be related to something. Attacking Ireland from space for no reason seems random even for him, so I'm guessing it's related to something.

So, please can someone with more insight explain why he'd blow up Ireland?

 

I got some of the Sunlu High Speed PLA that I've been hearing good things about. On the first print I discovered that, while it prints beautifully, it creates a ludicrous amount of dust going through the extruder.

So I open it up to clean it out, when suddenly the tensioning spring shoots out. Searched for about an hour in total, it's nowhere to be seen.

I'd been thinking of replacing the extruder for a dual gear one anyway, so I took the opportunity to order a nice one from Micro-Swiss.

The problem is, that I have an FLSun Q5, and I'd seen from videos online that it doesn't quite sit flush - you need to print a spacer.

So I needed to get the printer patched up for one last hurrah. The spring was salvaged from a broken clothes peg. And it worked perfectly - not just "well enough", but easily as good as the original.

So in summary, if it helps anyone, losing the spring doesn't mean you need a new part - a clothes peg spring works just as well.

 

I'm seeing a lot of international messages getting this wrong, so this is how you refer to the Prime Minister of the UK.

First, we normally refer to the PM just by name, like anyone else. So, "Keir Starmer" or "Mr Starmer".

"Prime Minister" is not used as a title like "President" is. He's not "Prime Minister Starmer". He's just "the Prime Minister" or "the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer".

Unusually, this new PM is also a knight. Of course, this has its own rules.

If you want to use this title, it's not quite as simple as replacing "Mr" with "Sir'. The first name is more important than the surname here. He's not "Sir Starmer". He's "Sir Keir Starmer" or "Sir Keir".

Hope it helps!

 
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