Watching TV:

Here in the EU it is offensive/inappropriate to kill people.

There in the US it is offensive/inappropriate to make people.

So the difference is whether to make love or to make war. Personally I’d rather be a bononbo than a chimpanzee.

There was this weird guy around here who claimed women are 100% man - they have been made out of a man’s rib or so.

And a lot of people believed this guy.

Don’t you need a fast GPU to do so?

Batman is a rich man.

I imagine being in a date and my mind panicking and coming up with the Kamasutra first.

Tell your mechanic the indicator fluid is leaking.

What’s the difference between bud light and having sex in a canoe?

None.

Both are fucking close to water.

Tesla just needs a new slogan or a good marketing campaign.

Something like:

Tesla - power by joy

Or “Kraft durch Freude” in German.

All that would perfectly fit the brand image.

6 bits per digit, 12 bit words. Octal (8) number system.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-8

Oh wow, thanks for the tips! I’ll check them out.

It was “The Avatar” in a German translation. I read it twice or so at that time - and it’s many years since, so I have only a dim recollection of all the details, but a lot of politics, and (if I don’t mix it up now) questionable physics regarding light speed and mass, a lot of sex and some weird gaelic inspired poetry.

Maybe I’ll find a copy one day again, to have a new look with my now old eyes and different woldview.

From what I’ve seen on goodreads or so I had a bit of misfortune as The Avatar isn’t known as his best work. But beggars can’t be choosers, at that time I got my sci fi fix by browsing the one bookstand with scifi in the central station’s bookstore next to my bus stop home after school… they threw me out once or twice “This is for buying books, not for reading”

I have just read one Poul Anderson (when I was a teenager) and the most important thing I remember was people fucking each other all the time.

I always thought it was the christian brand version of Roman Saturnalia.

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

*Muskistan

ftfy

I shared the link to this to friends a week ago or so.

Thanks. I did remember that US subs used a off the shelf controller but couldn’t think of the specific example.

Additionally with an off the shelf controller it’s really easy to pack a replacement one. (And building a controller yourself - that one will always be worse and heavier than an off the shelf one plus replacement)

The crazy thing really is how they ignored everyone on warnings how not to construct a hull.

That ticket is already included for free when you order the console.

I’m living in an apartment on the 8th floor. Heating is geothermal heating (from a big geothermal plant owned by the city I live in). So no heating in winter. My second worry would be the food spoiling in the freezer. I’d probably move everything down into the car to drive to my family’s place (that’s a bit of work, 8th floor, no elevator) and then notice that my car is trapped inside the garage below our apartment block due to the electric garage doors not opening. I’d probably get some help from other people in the house opening them by hand (might involve dismounting of the electronics box).

In other words, in case of a longer city-wide outage I’m screwed.

In case it’s a shorter one and my electric window blinds in the bedroom are still closed, I wouldn’t worry and find someone to screw.

Both my kids favorite veggie was broccoli when they were small. I’d prepare it the way you’d get it in an Italian restaurant - small parts of it just bleached for a short time, so it stays firm, served with nice olive oil and salt. (And a bit of lemon, if I have it on hand)

Broccoli (like so many veggies) tastes awful when overcooked into a soft and mushy consistency (and then it also changes its taste in a bad way).

Here in Germany grandmas typically are amazing cooks, with the sole exception when they cooked veggies. That generation loved their vegs really soft and overcooked.