Rob Bos @ rbos @lemmy.ca

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Switched to Kobo as part of my general "screw the USA" policy. Threatening Canadian sovereignty will not fly.

Really enjoyed Armison's take. He almost portrays Fester as someone who's gone so far around the bend that he's looped back around around to sane.

Totally. I was more commenting on the theory of gold having this magical inherent objective value. Which it doesn't, it's a commodity like any other.

Honestly as a value store, land is probably better.

Lots of things are rare. Doesn't mean I'll give you my potatoes for em.

At best gold becomes something desirable once there's enough security for me to value having pretty things.

Value is what you can get for something. If you can't trade it for something, with anyone, it has zero value.

A dollar has value because you can trade it for a potato. In an apocalypse, you cannot trade gold for a potato if nobody wants it.

Value is a subjective thing.

What value? Can't eat it, makes shitty tools. It's shiny, but I'm not going to trade ny potatoes for shiny in a survival situation.

You can starve sitting on a pile of gold.

For gold to be valuable you still need social stability.

A has-been empire with a massive military and an aggressive desire to get back to the days when everyone respected them.

They'll probably decide, fear is as good as respect...

Space Engineers. Little space ship building game, why not.

1500 hours later...

I am disappointed that "getting distracted by squirrels" is not a slice of the middle pie.

Always chasing the latest fad and trying to make the OS sexy. OSes will never be sexy. Stoppit.

The ISS is rickety, showing its age. It should be retired soon. Decades of structural flexing and delay has taken its toll and it's going to be cheaper to replace than repair.

Unfortunately they will likely do neither. :/

Buy quality things that will last a long time.

Paraphrasing Terry Pratchett, the man who buys a good pair of boots will have dry feet for ten years, and the man who buys a pair of cheap shoes every year will spend more and still have wet feet.

syphilis?

I wonder if sand would do thr trick. Abrasive and easy to get out.

I usually put water right into the hot pan. Flakes all the food off instantly, and it's a lot of fun to quench it. Then a squirt of dishsoap (I keep a bottle of diluted dish soap by the sink, super handy!), scrub, rinse, and you're done in actual seconds.

"Cheers" mostly aged well. Some misogyny and anti gay and trans jokes, but it is largely a show about people being kind to one another and building community.

United, we stand. Divided, we are conquered. Solidarity gives you numbers.

As long as you don't overstack it. Make a tidy stack that can be carried easily with one hand securely. If you eg put utensils between plates you can cause an accident.

Yes, but you still have to ask why people aren't using the bike lane. There's usually a reason. Like the lane only lasts a block or there's cars parked in it. Etc.

That's not enough, if the lanes don't connect to anything or they're unsafe or incomplete. People not using something probably means there's something broken about it.

Would you use a highway that didn't go to your destination?