BigDanishGuy @ BigDanishGuy @sh.itjust.works

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Looking at this map and its indecipherable piecharts made me go "huh most of the capitals are actually livable" ... then I compared them with the only place where I have an idea of the rent, Copenhagen, and WTF?

I wouldn't even move to Copenhagen, how the fuck are y'all affording these other prices? Undisclosed income? WTF?!?

Nope, but she might if the offer in the table with Trump was "resign now so we can have a special election and you don't have a voice, or we'll destroy you so hard that you'll never even win an election for town cryer of Bumfuck, Arizona"

Or maybe whoever pressured MTG actually threatened physical damage like "you know Marge, you have seemed more and more erratic lately, even for a Jewish space laser weirdo. You better resign now so you don't risk committing suicide"

I don't think that any language is generally worse for emotions than others.

Ruling something out though, without having anything but your own opinions to justify it, seems like scientific misconduct.

But in writing that, I had to search my vocabulary for 15 seconds for "opinion", and I spend considerably longer to translate "scientific misconduct" without being satisfied.

So I will maintain my hypothesis that speaking a second language, adds an emotional shield by distancing the speaker.

Jokes on you, they're hiring for "World's sexiest Lemmy user"

I found myself writing an email to a Norwegian recipient the other day. I wrote in English, despite Danish and Norwegian bokmål being >95% the same.

It waters out our native languages when we do this, and it is, as you say, in favour of bad English. I find even the most English proficient Danish teens lacking in their vocabulary. Pronunciation is good, but they can express themselves.

I've given it a fair bit of thought. I think that the kids choose English, because it's emotionally distancing. Saying something in English doesn't carry the same weight, as using their mother's tongue. Simply because they don't feel the words the same. Occasionally I will catch myself using English for my internal dialogue, especially when I'm thinking about something that causes me emotional distress.

Is this officially the first bad thing to happen to Iceland that isn't attributed to Denmark? I knew AI was coming to takes all of our jobs, but this is some black mirror level stuff.

Don't lick, that's dangerous, but nobody said "don't eat 60/40 solder". So go for it. Just remember to put a few sheets of paper in the bowl before taking a dump, otherwise you might break it.

I whole heartedly agree with you on the virtue of simplicity in design, and this heater is a bit over the top for its basic function. But we wanted something that

1. Could do 400V
2. We could control remotely
3. Was available for sale in Denmark in case if an RMA

and at the time that narrowed it down to either the Clea or neo series from adax, and I believe one other product line from a second manufacturer. The remote control part was really hard to find in 400V.

A relay would do the job, but they also wear out faster and the sound is noticeable.

While writing that, I found myself thinking about how significant the life span difference is. So I did some back-of-the-envelope calculations.

The defective heater had been installed for roughly 2100 days. Sometime during April we shut the heaters off, and they're not powered up again until October, so let's call it 50% of the year. The schedule for the heaters is usually two power on cycles daily. Again let's call it 50% of the time. The house is pretty OK insulated, but let's say that the heating element is powering up 4 times each hour. In reality it's probably closer to 25-30% and twice an hour, so I'll use that as the lower bounds for this calculation.

1050 days is 25200 hours, meaning that the heaters will have done between 12k and 50k power cycles in the almost 6 years of operation. I've seen relays weld shut before 10k, but MTBF for suitably rated relays on RS starts at 50k power cycles.

So maybe a relay could actually do the job. But then there'd still be the issue of the noise, which, while negligible, could still be annoying for some, especially in a bedroom.

I could rewire the heating circuit, but doing so without the backing of an authorized electrician would be illegal. I'm already on thin ice just installing the heater by self.

But the thought has crossed my mind, as I have noticed there being an order of magnitude more 230V heaters on the market than 400V. On top of having to rewire everything, I'd have to put in a new 3 phased breaker, otherwise I'd be pulling way too much current... Let's just say that this 1200W heater isn't the only one we have in operation in my house.

But you managed to pack my thoughts into 3 sentences. Unfortunately that means a new heater, because I don't have a source for the board.

I was thinking about contacting the manufacturer, but they don't really have any post sale customer support. That's all on the stores, and besides the heater has been in operation for almost 6 years now. So I'd they'd tell me to go away at best.

I don't know what stopped it. I wrote the occupant, but it was really just me. Neither RCD or fuses were blown. There's a fuse (bimetal in a plastic box positioned above the heating element inside the heater) in series with the heating element, but that's 400mm from the short, and its probably only there to prevent overheating and setting clothing coverie the heater on fire.

A new heater is 200€, because it has to be 400V as there's no neutral wire available. That's why I'd even entertain the idea of repairing the board.

And while you're at it, put handles on pudding cups so I can steer and hold my snack. I need my right hand for the spoon and scrolling Youtube,

I thought the updated standard was adjusted for daylight savings time, making it 2100 and 0300.

Urban legend https://m.youtube.com/results?search_query=MythBusters+airbag+thumbs

So there you are, an orc in mordor, on guard duty while sauron makes the rest of the army. It's pretty great being on guard duty, nobody bothers you and you've just caught a rabbit that you're now roasting on a small fire.

In the horizon a weird dude with a beard and a grey cape appears, he has several smaller humanoids with him ... and a trebuchet.

The trebuchet is launched and a small dude is flung above you. The projectile/dude is manically trying to open the box that he's apparently wearing as a hat?!?

You turn the rabbit, and when you look up again the guy has opened the box... Where did he go? You follow his path, and suddenly, next to the entrance to some random cave, you notice what could be the result of a small dude, with a metal box for a hat, hitting the side of the mountain. The sound hits your ears 2 seconds later. It's like both a thud, a clang, and a squish all at once.

Even at this distance you can see something in the mess. Something shiny that you for some reason just know isn't part of the box. You set off for the impact site.

What do you do now? If you want to investigate goto page 56 and if you want to alert the chain of command go to page 182.

If a dude's gotta go, then he's gotta go, so he'll need his dick back.

I've got admit, that I know nothing about the practicalities of being trans. Can pre-op trans guys piss at a stall? Like how do they aim? Apparently they can, and all the power to them, but how do they get it that far? I'm not saying that my dick extends a meter, but if I point it forward that's where the stream goes... Most of the time anyway. But can a person with female genitalia really get it to go that much forward?

Er det sådan en hobby du har, det der med at stille spørgsmål med svaret indlejret? /s

Og nu uden "/s" hvis man bor samme sted som dem der bestemmer, eller man kender dem, så bliver der taget hensyn.

Nebula as well

Only because Arch Linux was too much of a hassle