None of the above, I think? I deal with boaty things. Computery stuff regarding survey boaty things, to be precise.

If I absolutely had to choose, I’d say internal support for a trade, although I think a trade would involve trade school.

Actually, on paper I’m considered office personnel, although my “office” is my bedroom, and 20% of the time I’m on the far side of the world.

A couple of times I’ve reoriented meetings and discussion by stating something akin to “We’re getting away from the core of the issue here, let’s take a few steps back to ensure we’re evaluating this with the same objective facts in mind”

I’ve found that this is pretty effective at aligning the conversation with the actual issue at hand. And by listing the relevant objective facts, I make sure that everyone in the room has the same foundation as I. If anyone wants to play office politics and/or have an agenda beyond what’s in front of us, it’s harder for them to maneuver around the objectivity I try to stick to. It also ensures that any misunderstandings about the underlying facts can be cleared up or otherwise addressed

In Norwegian, Grouse (Rype. Don’t bother trying, you’re definitely pronouncing it incorrectly) somehow became slang for an attractive woman. Not used that often anymore, though.

Caged owl (Burugle) is slang for an unattractive woman.

Dream Theater - Metropolis.
Alternatively, Metropolis pt II - Scenes from a Memory, if you find an ambitious producer.

Always wear cool sunglasses.

Oh, you meant temperature wise? Silly me…

Clothes that leave plenty of breathing room, and avoid wearing clothes that are too dark.

As water is abundant where I live, I sometimes leave the tap running into a bucket in the sink and let any excess drain the normal way. That way I always have 10L of fresh mountain water as a heat sink. It’s not as effective as ice, but it does work.

I think it’s a “glitch”. Our brains are wired towards pattern recognitions, and this often manifests itself in recognizing seemingly random shapes as faces because of a vague resemblance.

It is my belief that music is a similar trait where we recognize patterns in rhythm, sound, and motifs as something pleasant because we are built to recognize and categorize so many things to the point where a series of sounds can give a pleasant feeling once we’re able to “parse” it.

Source: None, really. Just me having given this a lot of thought in the past, as I’m very musically interested myself.

I don’t think we’ll be able to upload knowledge any time soon, as we’re a long way from properly mapping how the brain handles this.

But visual inputs for VR/AR is much closer, as there is already some functional implants for something similar: having cameras produce neural stimuli has been a thing for a few decades now, and it’s now at the stage where some blind people have been able to regain a limited form of vision despite not having functioning eyes. The tech is only going to get better, so at some point it can be used to augment normal vision.

Hearing it in a YouTube short linked by a one day old account

Pakistan: No opinion really. I used to know a guy from there - a real hoopy frood.

Qatar: No opinion there either. My only connection to the country have been quite a few layovers in Doha.

Due to DOGE cutbacks there hasn’t been an available crypt keeper for a while. Don’t worry, the ghoul in question will make an appearance once the next crypt keeper is available for leading him to the senate floor.

Seriously, I think Mitch is laying low. Too much toxic BS going on these days, even by his standards, and he has nothing to gain by getting in the middle of it. I think he just wants to ride out his term unless explicitly needed on the senate floor, since he’s not seeking reelection.

Do nothing: Preserve status quo.
Do something: Risk angering the clown car he helped start

Checks roof shingles.

Nope, all my slate is where it is supposed to be. For a second there I was worried that I lived next door to some terminally online Lemmy dork. This town only needs one.

I’m curious about how CO2 emissions from road construction in the US compares to that of Europe (adjusted for scale, obviously).

Concrete creates A LOT of CO2, and after driving a lot in both US and EU roads I can say that US roads involve a lot more concrete.

EDIT: Autocomplete and autocorrect is even worse at this than I am…

1996, It was magnificent in its simplicity. Very few walled gardens, no cookie-pop-ups, and very few ads.

And the best search engine was HotBot. Fight me.

It took until early 1998 before I got my own modem and could start to really enjoy it. For those of us who enjoyed “testing stuff with telnet”, it was scary how much sensitive stuff was unencrypted and openly available. Anyone who knew how CGI worked could bypass a lot of stuff and craft custom headers to retrieve things they weren’t supposed to.

Winamp. Because it really whips the llamas ass.

Same, but for irssi

Brutal 6 - Todo en mis Manos.

Olivia Lufkin - Stars Shining Out.

Anna Tsuchya - Kuroi Namida

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I have to admit up front that I’ve only heard a couple of their songs. They’re for the most part pretty simple, but This Love does have an interesting and somewhat unusual chord progression for the verse, which is more than what can be said for most pop songs of the same era.

I’m shamelessly stealing that for later use