Recently rebuilt my computer, so as soon as I get a spare case I’ll finally have a full spare PC tucked in the closet to serve as a backup in case of a primary system failure. That’s a step forward!
But a lot of the auxiliary devices, I don’t have (e.g., no spare modem or router). Fortunately, I learned how to tether my phone to use it as an emergency backup internet source for the PC (also useful for internet service outages).
Well, I mean I guess after a long day or working really hard it can get a little achey and-
But my lower back will randomly act up, sometimes it gets so bad that I about black out from the pain.
No. Holy shit, no. Not normal at all. Go see a doctor ASAP. If you’re ever in debilitating pain for no obvious reason, that is a colossal flashing “go see a doctor now” sign.
Ehhh, I don’t see how that proves intention. Neither Fuji TV nor ADV films meant for their slapdash dubbing effort to become a cornerstone of anime comedy; in fact, that both ADV and the voice actors hired by ADV were individually given free reign pretty clearly shows lack of intent.
Ghost Stories
This one is an unintentional classic. My D&D group still has “Run, she’s a ghost and a bitch!” as a catchphrase for nasty monster encounters.
Bought a “gaming laptop” (needed it at the time. Not the best call in retrospect). Bought an extended warranty for 5 years, at it was fairly expensive.
Mere days after the manufacturer warranty ran out, one of the keyboard keys stopped working. I sent it in for repairs. They estimated 2 weeks, including shipping both ways.
Weeks later, they finally claimed they couldn’t find replacement parts (for a laptop less than 1 year old?) and refunded me the entire cost of the laptop. The warranty itself cost roughly ~20% of the laptop cost, so I figure I effectively “leased” a laptop for a year instead of buying it.
Hey, they also sent me back the HDD, which went on to serve for another few years in the desktop I built with the returned funds.
(Engineering)
According to movies:
We spend our entire workdays in the lab.
Whenever anything is turned on, there’s a loud whirring and a big shower of sparks. Computer screens with big flashing “WARNING!” signs are optional.
Something is inevitably spinning on the lab bench. It’s unclear if it does anything.
Fixing a major problem is solved when someone has an “Ah-hah!” brainstorm moment, wires up something on the spot, and it magically works perfectly.
Assembling a new thingymajig involves lots of power tools and pieces which fit together seamlessly. If they don’t fit, they can be made to fit with some elbow grease and definitely won’t fail horribly the first time you turn them on.
Labs are festooned in such random pieces of hazardous equipment as high-voltage power lines, random chemicals, blowtorches, and radioactive materials.
In reality, we spend a lot of our days at our desks, the equipment is surprisingly quiet (and that which isn’t, you stay well away from while it is operating), and spinny stuff largely went away in the 1980s. Assembling a new thing is 30 minutes of grumbling, 3 hours of pulling your hair out, and day(s) of waiting for a new part because someone screwed up tolerances or signal polarity. The most dangerous thing in the lab is stuff sloppily left laying on the floor, which I have tripped over and nearly cracked my skull before.
In fairness, #4 happens sometimes. It’s extremely rare, but occasionally you do get those moments where you figure out what the bug in the system is and can rectify it in an hour or two. Most of the time, a fast fix for one problem causes another.
The only problem with reading the Manga is that after you finish it, the film seems so simplistic and flat in comparison. The Manga has so much greater nuance, tragedy, and depth to it.
This. I don’t understand why murdering your alt-self is “necessary”. Wouldn’t you actually want to preserve your alternate-self at all costs, to ensure you can continue to make return trips?
The real issue here is that - if your home reality works by the same rules - once you leave it, you can never return home ever, because no alternate version of yourself exists in the one you originated from after you leave it.
Before you say “hey, that sounds awesome, this place sucks!”, consider that finding a better reality is not guaranteed.
Finally, another “No magic zombies” person!
What are your thoughts on a “28 X Later” style scenario? Where the they’re still subject to injuries/starvation/etc, and the risk is more due to the sheer speed of the infected, ability to ignore pain in the short term, and asymptomatic carriers of the disease?
CAD options also flow over to the whole GPU debate as well. Yes, Nvidia’s company practices are awful. Yes, I’d love to have more options. But this doesn’t change that most of the heavyweight CAD options out there don’t play well with non-Nvidia GPUs.
I’d love it if there were FOSS / GPU-agnostic CAD options. But until then, focusing on what works is important, y’know?
You know those people who restore old machinery and equipment? Locomotives, historic warships, industrial sites and so on? I’d absolutely be dedicating my day to that. There’s something so satisfying about seeing that old stuff work, but they’re always chronically understaffed and struggling to keep up with everything.
Oh, and write a novel.
From your comments it sounds like this is Europe? In the US, 3-phase residential is rare - usually limited to large apartment buildings.
Usually what we have is a “split phase” system, where it comes in at 240v and a local ground is used to divide it into two 120v legs.
BTW if you ever move into a house where someone has put outdoors on the same rcd as the rest of the house, then do yourself a favor and get a separate combo rcd/fuse for outdoors.
It varies by state, but some states have requiring outdoor outlets to be on a separate breaker or GFCI (RCD) outlet already, for just this reason.
Okay -
Before my time, but they tell tales of the “Phantom Shitter”. Someone had… issues, physical and/or mental, and would leave streaks of waste both going to and from the bathroom. Very liquid waste. Sometimes stepped in. “Phantom” because initially no one knew who was doing it. They just found the results. Eventually he was found out, sent home for a bit, and then fired when it happened again after he came back.
Since I worked there: Guy came in for an interview. I don’t know if he was already having a bad day or what, but he got upset that his first interviewer wasn’t there to greet him at the front door. It escalated, rapidly, leading to threats of violence, an arrest, and a couple of cops searching his car.
…get out of here, Sarkic scum! The Machine endures forever!
It doesn’t look like they’re carrying any weight. If you look at this video of the opening ceremonies, right at the beginning you can see the athletes in the torch not actually touching the level above them.
Longer versions of the ceremony seem to show moments where the acrobats on lower levels both have their hands out into the air, or are even hanging from the level above them - suggesting any given level is capable of supporting both the weight of those below and above it.
Also, people who are just going, “eh, fuck the commerce clause, the states should just do their own thing!” totally forgetting the absolute shitshow this would unleash, both from private companies and conservative states.
Wait, so like, do we just play the game forever? Or are we actually going into the game world?
Can we break the boundaries of the game mechanics since we’re now “inside” it? Or are we still limited to what the game lets us do?
So, if the meter has one of those old displays with all the little dials, it has some kind of a sensor that reads that and transmits it? Convoluted, but probably much reduces the price compared to retrofitting the actual meter itself.