Whelks_chance

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[–] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

I had a mate back in uni who would pour lager from a pint glass straight into his eyes if his daily contacts started to dry up. Somehow nothing bad ever came of it, I have no idea how. Inexplicable behaviour and zero repercussions.

[–] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (5 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frets_on_Fire

It's been available since 2006, works very well

[–] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago

For formula one races they weld them down to stop the cars incredible downforce from sucking them up into the air. Even then they sometimes get torn up and thrown around.

Very important to take them seriously.

[–] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

As a programmer who works with people on both side of the pond, it often doesn't matter what time it is there, as they're not necessarily working standard hours anyway. They have families and errands and choose to work overnight essentially at random, so we've adapted to communicating asynchronously for 90% of our work.

[–] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (15 children)

I'd be happy if the whole planet had the same timezone. Just adjust your personal life to global time, rather than expecting time to adjust to anyone's work/school timetable.

[–] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Rtf is far more lightweight than docx. It's closer to markdown.

[–] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 39 points 1 month ago (4 children)

It's their land. What more should be required to stop people from dumping their crap on it?

By which I mean, not "what would have stopped them?", as fences, armed guards and tanks may have stopped them.

I mean, "what is the minimum requirement to ensure land isn't filled with other people's, or companies, stuff?"

For me, if they want to store stuff on some land, they should make sure they own it first.

[–] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Half expected this to be a loss meme

[–] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

This is interesting to me. Drive through isn't very popular in the UK, I think there's a few KFCs and maybe McDonald's/burger king.

But driving is such a pita I might as well cook or buy something from a supermarket if I'm going to do anything active.

Unless I'm on the way back home from a commute perhaps? I don't really understand the business model. Also, what's wrong with parking and walking in to get it? Leaving the engine running and crawling forwards to a window and then waiting anyway, I don't get it.

[–] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Honestly in my younger years I had the time to hunt around for the right streams, rips, subtitle files etc, but it does take time and effort. For the price of a few sandwiches or a handful of coffees I don't have to spend the time doing that anymore.

What's annoying is that it's not a single subscription anymore, it's 4-5 subscriptions which really adds up over the month.

[–] Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

A lot of their constituency want the properties they own to go up in value. Or at least not down, which risks negative equity.

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