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I used Furlcalling Finger Remedy from the multi-player menu while standing in front of a crucifixion statue. It makes some light and then nothing else happens.

Did I miss a step?

mcpwnia posted...

above, it's my roommate's bathroom. it's fixed (for now)

also you can get a bidet for just $30

I should consider this. (probably won't)

dioxxys posted...

I feel like I'm an edgy teen throwing shade but this meme came to mind:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sRS1dwCotw

Every Walmart I have been to is just fine. I even worked at one for almost three years. Some of the nicest, least judgemental people I have ever worked with. The biggest complaint I have ever had is its too crowded on weekends and sometimes specific items are out of stock for weeks.

Walmarts also has exotics. You can never find the same thing twice but I find it worth doing a search on Walmart. For example Ethiopian Yergacheffe whole bean, 2 pounds for $25.56

I got 5 minutes in to John Woo's Red Cliff when I heard the troops marched 100 miles a day. I ran this past a friend who knows military history and learned that Zulus topped out at 50 miles a day. I read some more and learned that Cao Cao traveled by river. While it still seems like a lot, it was down stream and you could have boatmen on 2 shifts.

What route did he take and did his troups get seasick or did they get destroyed by river disease and parasites?

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https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/korea-deadliest-day-pandemic-amid-omicron-surge-83124498

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SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea saw its deadliest day of the pandemic on Saturday, reporting 112 fatalities in the latest 24-hour period, as it grapples with a wave of coronavirus infections driven by the fast-moving omicron variant.
Health workers diagnosed 166,209 new cases, which came close to Wednesdays one-day record of 171,451 and represented more than a 37-fold increase from daily levels in mid-January, when omicron first emerged as the countrys dominant strain.
Omicron has so far seemed less likely to cause serious illness or death than the delta strain that hit the country hard in December and early January. But hospitalizations and deaths are beginning to creep up amid a growing outbreak that is stretching worn-out health and public workers.
More than 640 virus patients were in serious or critical condition, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said, compared to around 200-300 in mid-February. The Health Ministry said about 44% of the countrys intensive care units designated for COVID-19 patients are occupied.
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This pandemic does not respect anyone's predictions.

Lunar_Savage posted...

1. Leave directions for the driver to do that.
2. Leave the fucking light on for the driver.

Even with instructions, if you tell me to go to the back and I can't see light, you can piss off. I'll drop your shit at the front door and leave. I'm not getting jumped/attacked in the dark just because you're fucking hungry.

This is fair but wave your hand to see if the light will go on.

People have reasons for saying deliver to the back. It can be where they live, It can be where the food is going to be eaten. There may be dogs by the front door.

Decades ago when the USA was a first world country and we owned the rest of the Western Hemisphere, people had flats. The entire floor from front windows to back windows was theirs.

Now flats are subdivided to front apartments and rear apartments and sometimes even central apartments. The more well-heeled the neighborhood, the more likely it is that your deliveree lives in the rear.

Why is it so hard to get people to deliver to the rear?

Maybe there should just be an added charge for rear deliveries?

Some robotics engineers think centipede-like robots will outperform humanoid robots.

https://www.science.org/content/article/centipedes-envy-engineers-inspire-new-generation-robots

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Goldman had long been fascinated by centipedes, but analyzing their movements was nearly impossible, because they have too many body segments and legs to track. His interest was piqued when his postdoc, electrical engineer Yasemin Ozkan-Aydin, discovered the value of having numerous body segments and legs. When Ozkan-Aydin, now a robotics scientist at the University of Notre Dame, hooked two or three four-legged robots together, the longer machines could cross wider gaps and clamber over bigger obstacles, even outside on natural terrain, she and colleagues reported last year in undefined posted... . So Goldmans lab went all in on centipede movement.
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Should they wind up in the water, centipedes can also swim to rescue themselves. When Kelimar Diaz, a graduate student at Georgia Tech, investigated the behavior, she, too, found centipedes adjusted their movements to their environment. Videos reveal the species Lithobious forficatus starts to swim by flailing its legs. But then it quickly twists its body from side to side, at which point it moves forward (see video, below). Somehow, the centipedes know that undulating their bodies generates the right forces, Diaz reported at the meeting.
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MutantJohn posted...

Wait, what?

You know what this reminds me of? Those topics that used to be here where it was quotes from CE set against beautiful shots of nature.

This one definitely belongs over a beautiful shot of nature.

If you say so. Please post more. There is not enough of you to go around.

Mistreating serial killers does not help anyone. Two wrongs do not make a right.

The_Korey posted...

You implying being 13 renders you incapable of doing anything worth being locked up for?

I assume that this 13 yo has parents and a home. I would be appropriate to tell the parents to keep the 13 year old inside an to restrict her internet privileges. Confinement in a jail is unacceptable. It is not just the kid being treated inappropriately. Her parents are being treated as non human as well.

How about locking up a 13 yo girl is wrong regardless.

Maybe they will check that out. Sounds good.

There is hardly anyone on the plaza. Do you know where the action is?

Friends of mine are in Madrid, Spain quartered in Paza Mayor. Where is the activity?

Naysaspace posted...

can i have your credentials? that is paywalled.

I do not have a subscription
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Feb 23rd 2022

Russian missiles slammed into Kyiv on the morning of February 24th. But its computer networks were already long under attack. On February 23rd, as the country was still bracing for an invasion that was expected to be imminent, the websites of Ukraines parliament and several government agencies were put out of action. A similar digital assault on Ukrainian government websites and banks on February 15th and 16th was quickly attributed by America, Britain and other governments to the gru, Russias military-intelligence agency. Last month the websites of several government ministries were defaced with the message, Be afraid and expect the worst.
How bad could a modern cyberwar be, and will other countries be affected? Ukraine, sadly, has been Russias cyber playground for years, notes Ciaran Martin, the founding chief executive of the National Cyber Security Centre, the defensive arm of gchq, Britains signals-intelligence agency. In 2016 suspected Russian malware disrupted Ukraines electricity grid and cut power to a fifth of Kyiv in the middle of a bitter winter. Inspired partly by Stuxnet, a suspected American-Israeli worm that disrupted Irans uranium-enrichment centrifuges, the attack was aimed at the protective relays which shut down electrical systems in abnormal conditions. Two years later Ukraine said it had halted a suspected Russian attempt to disrupt a chlorine plant.
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(It is possible that I donated money tho).

Parliament's website shut down along with other government agencies by hackers.

https://www.economist.com/europe/2022/02/23/will-a-war-in-ukraine-lead-to-a-wider-cyber-conflict

MrMallard posted...

Because in other countries, McDonalds is considered an actual job with a decent wage and vacation time, and workers have organisations that seek to educate them of their rights and to act as a disciplinary body that fucks companies like McDonalds in the ass if they infringe on those rights.

Uber may be similar, where outside of the US they can't pull the same "contractor" loophole stuff to avoid treating their drivers however they want. I'm pretty sure in some countries, Uber drivers are legally recognised as employees of Uber, meaning that Uber have to act in accordance with labor laws and worker's rights.

It also helps that because corporations aren't entirely fucking working class people in the ass the way they do in America - at least, not yet - people are more in a position to save money due to reasonable rent and healthcare services that don't bankrupt them. They also tend to get vacation days, meaning that they can get paid while they're visiting the USA.

This idea that America is the greatest and most free nation on Earth doesn't mean jack shit when your working class are working to make rent for 60 years before they retire with pennies in their pocket, while anything above middle class is sitting on a warchest of generational wealth, cushy jobs and more political influence than they should have. For most of the US, you're free to eat shit and die, and that's about it. At least in countries with "socialism" like affordable healthcare, labor unions and worker's rights, we get weeks of paid vacation leave at a time and the freedom to go wherever and do whatever we want.

We are told by our teachers in elementary school how free we are and how lucky we are to live in the USA. I remember being really puzzled in 4th grade when I learned how countries are ranked by quality of life. I was trying to figure out what quality of life is.

AsucaHayashi posted...

as somebody living 2 hours away from paris, i wouldn't pay nearly close to that amount just for ticket and hotel over there.

Point.

You know how the desperadoes of the late 1800's were given the title "Kid"? Do you suppose it is because of the badassery associated with Captain Kidd?

I was applying for Illinois Vax Verify and they use credit check info to verify identify. I passed.

I did not see an option to print out a passport. You can print out your vaccination record. I would rather have a passport because data confuses people.

Suolevram posted...

Identity theft, maybe?

Maybe they are contributing to my rating and I should not complain?

You know those identity questions? "About July 2021 you took out a mortgage ... "

Well I never and I have gotten this at least twice. Do they use this even if you have never taken out a mortgage?

Some months ago I mentioned the fumes which do not set off a carbon monoxide detector. I just noticed today when I changed the furnace filter that the metal flex pipe leads into the outer wall but there is no corresponding hole. There are three one inch pvc pipes coming out of the building somewhere else but they seem to be for condensation.

My conclusion is add in the hot water heater, stove and multiply by 6.

Coming from a state where parents can marry off a kid at 14

darkprince45 posted...

Donuts are not vegan

Actually, Beacon donuts.

https://www.wired.com/2014/05/absurd-creature-horsehair-worm/

This parasite lives in crickets which look normal but do not chirp. When the parasite is ready to mate, its host jumps into water. Pic in article.

Can she explain why cats drink from the toilet?

https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/inflation-federal-reserve/

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In stating recently that inflation is the Feds job, President Biden gave compact expression to three radically false and politically suicidal propositions: 1. The past years price increases are part of a process that must be suppressed. 2. Anti-inflation policies are the preserve of the central bank. 3. The Federal Reserve can suppress inflation without also wrecking the economy, the presidents own program, his party, and his political prospects.
Let me offer three counter-propositions: 1. There is no compelling reason to raise interest rates, now or later. 2. Nevertheless, future price pressures are inevitable. 3. A progressive anti-inflation strategy is possible and necessaryone that supports jobs and living standards and doesnt involve the Federal Reserve.
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If HOA lets you, put your address on the garage door.

PRO diet tip.

If you are not getting much exercise, a small portion of tabbouleh each day helps the digestive tract cope and you can make it from the mix by adding vegetable juice instead of water.

Beef has the danger of prions.

Unless your job or life has you exerting your body, lots of meat is detrimental to your health.

Meat requires more resources.

Meat used to be eaten by the aristocracy. Even poachers sold what they caught. In many economies people do not even eat the eggs their chickens produce because they can sell them.

Eating meat is like eating cream puffs or caviar. It is a treat.

I would say park your powerchair on the driveway. Or buy a cheap spare to park there.