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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Early polls yes. Polls just before the 2016 election showed closer to a 1/3 chance. And the final results were within the margin of error.

But, these are early polls, so, yes, don't put much stock in them, but not because polling is worthless.

[–] [email protected] 126 points 1 year ago (1 children)

May he receive the sympathy he has shown to others.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Hurry up and wait.

[–] [email protected] 83 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

The fact that we have these low frequency listening arrays has been known publicly for a long time. More closely guarded are the analytical techniques.

It's likely that the watch team flagged the implosion as artificial in real time, but could not identify the cause until other pieces of info were aggregated. The found wreckage today likely confirmed their suspicion.

source: worked at the navy's listening post watch floor years ago.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Wasn't. Died two days ago. :⁠'⁠(

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

But also, with the fediverse structure, there is no way to lock out alternative apps. Functionally, all apps are third party.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Writer of my favorite books. I am broke.

"How surely are the dead beyond dead. Death is what the living carry with them. A state of dread, like some uncanny foretaste of a bitter memory. But the dead do not remember and nothingness is not a curse. Far from it."

Cormac McCarthy, Suttree

To me, he and Camus illuminate the struggle of life. You make your own reason. The struggle is the reason.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, but what do I do to get that little rush of self-satisfaction from down voting a comment I disagree with? /s

In all seriousness, it may require a little more diligence from community mods to police comments which violate beehaw community standards since they won't fall to the bottom or be hidden as fast.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

On hot summer nights in Brazil it was routinely 27°C plus. No AC, nary a breeze. I learned to sleep with no covers and a fan pointed directly at me.

 

I want to make an inexpensive chair mat similar to the one in the picture to place on high pile carpet. I already have left over materials from other projects:

1/2" OSB sheet

1/2" Plywood sheet

20 ft^2^ vinyl plank (has a thin foam backing)

I plan on gluing the plank to one of the above sheets and then cut the mat to the desired area (56"x48") with a circular skill saw.

Questions: What glue should I use to glue the vinyl plank? Should I use the OSB or the plywood?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Hey man, it sounds like you still may be depressed. From one internet stranger to another, I want to tell you that you have value. From your post I can infer that you're an eloquent writer, that you consider the feelings of others, and that you appear to treat other with kindness. We need more people in the world like that. Please, seek out a mental health professional if you feel depressed or suicidal.

I was depressed for while in my 20s. I was stuck in a job I hated, living 1000s of miles from my family, lonely, and zero prospects for a relationship. I spent all my free time alone and distracting myself from my depression with video games. My worldview was devastated as I had been learning that I was raised in a cult. I was unnecessarily carrying shame from my childhood for normal human behavior. Also, I was still a virgin* until 30. (*Now I think the term "virgin" is a weird harmful patriarchy concept. A person's value is not indicated by whether they have had sex or not.)

Although you're a bit older now than I was at the time, we are about the same age now. We are not too old for happiness. Things can and will get better. The night after I married my wife (mid 30s), I broke down sobbing because until that moment I wasn't sure anybody would fully accept me as I was. But she does, faults and all, and goddammit I love her for it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Tell us your story. Why do you think you haven't ever been in a serious relationship?

 

New favorite band.

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