Nolvamia

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[–] Nolvamia@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago (1 children)

My son went for his driver's licence a little over a year ago. The examiner recorded the test on an iPad and showed me snippets afterwards of things he had to work on for his next attempt.

[–] Nolvamia@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

"Going in for a closer look."

[–] Nolvamia@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

Yep, I'm well aware that I'm privileged. I'm concerned about the world my kids will live in as they grow up.

[–] Nolvamia@lemmy.world 54 points 4 months ago (2 children)

This sounds like retirement.

Source: am retired

[–] Nolvamia@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

The YouTube channel The Tim Traveller has covered a few (along with a bunch of other esoteric sights, I really enjoy his stuff).

Example: https://youtu.be/iXSkjw0Kytk?si=J_X-3rbCluOcXRyz

[–] Nolvamia@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

When we built this house we specified power outlets in each toilet for exactly this reason. The low light levels from the motion sensor lamps we have don't sear your eyeballs when you get up in the middle of the night to pee.

[–] Nolvamia@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (5 children)

I am choosing to interpret the instructions as dumping a full bottle of pancake mix into the rice cooker, cook twice, then tip out the resulting pancake-cake and slice it up thinly like a pressed ham. I guess slice extra thinly for crepes?

[–] Nolvamia@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

I was in Singapore just last week and I swear it wasn't so perfectly round then. Did I miss an earthquake or something?

[–] Nolvamia@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

IIRC, the Mandarin for "four" sounds similar to "death", so it is considered unlucky/inauspicious. I think OP was subtly suggesting that the CCP would rather do something to avoid the consequences of climate change than not. Those consequences including social upheaval, resulting in an unhappy populace, resulting in their possible removal from power.

[–] Nolvamia@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Different models, not a straight badge swap. Loads of platform & parts sharing between the companies though.

[–] Nolvamia@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I always lean towards Bosch where possible, mainly because of their charitable work. The founder set things up so that it's perpetually funded from the company profits. That just appeals to me as the tiebreaker when deciding between a bunch of similarly priced tools that will otherwise do the job well enough.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bosch_Stiftung

That said, I tend to go for corded options where practical. I have some corded tools that I've owned for over thirty years now that still get occasional use. Battery tools are convenient for their portability, but they do have a limit to their useful life.

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