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[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 hours ago

If only I could do that to rsync mine :(

[–] [email protected] 0 points 15 hours ago

This is such an interesting story! What does Amida's quote mean though?

Eikan, stop dawdling

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago

Maybe it’s a quick game. They gotta get back on the field

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Many Vietnamese are actually Christian and may be in a multi religious family. So they may know a lord or two

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Found an article here:

Norton, Louis A. "RUM: The Spirit of the Sea."Naval History, vol. 31, no. 2, Apr., 2017, pp. 20-23.

On higher alcohol content for the navy:

The naval tradition of consuming alcohol at sea has a long history. In the beginning, this attempt to reduce some of the boredom of shipboard duty was a public-health measure. Potable water stowed on board a ship at sea for any length of time became stagnant, with algae blooming within the storage casks, so mariners quenched their thirst with beer. Its alcoholic content and hops helped control the growth of microorganisms, and a daily allowance of beer helped take sailors' minds off shipboard difficulties. In more southerly latitudes, however, beer would spoil before the vessel reached her destination. Officers often sailed with a stash of whiskey, and it was noted that this spirit, with a higher alcoholic content, did not have a spoilage problem.

On rum and percentage, it seems it was much higher!

During the 17th century, an inexpensive, plentiful, and nonperishable spirit became available for the lower ranks on board ships in the Caribbean. As European countries colonized the islands, the newcomers established sugarcane plantations. Local sugarcane could be made into molasses that when fermented and distilled yielded a 140 proof (70 percent) alcoholic beverage that became known as rum. Before long it began to be used as an economical reward for the efforts of sailors on board naval vessels sent to defend the island outposts from pirates and invasion from hostile nations.

Rum and the navy

When demand for sugar increased, sugarcane plantations spread rapidly, and the planters found themselves with more rum than they could sell locally. Because a large inventory of the spirit in Caribbean warehouses was an open invitation for trouble from pirates, plantation managers sought and found another ready market-Royal Navy pursers. Ironically, British colonies initiallly were forbidden from exporting sugarcane distillates, but the Royal Navy's purchase of spirits as a victual was deemed permissible because it enhanced the life of the king's sailors as well as provided a windfall for the plantation owners. In 1687 the Royal Navy officially adopted rum from British Caribbean islands as part of a crew's daily ration. This act was the genesis of a naval tradition that has lasted almost 300 years.

I think this is much clearer for the navy and also shows I may be wrong about gin. They were drinking either 70% rum or grog. It seems as time went on the navy would weaken the rum so that the sailors weren’t drunk all the time.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Gin came from the British military in South Asia. I think we can then assume that if pirates had any gin that would steal it from British ships would maintained a naval strength standard.

Otherwise rum was the drink of the Caribbean formed out of the sugar triangle. Slaves were brought from Western Africa to the new world and used on sugar plantations. That sugar was then used to make rum and played a large role in the founding of America.

I think this question deserves some sources so let’s look into it further.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

It Star Wars crap was as good as andor they would have more

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

If you’re putting pirated content on peertube you’re putting that server in danger. What is your goal? Just put it on some trackers.

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

That’s an awesome story :)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (6 children)

What do you mean could would you? What is that type?

Distilled spirits are distilled spirits. They would more likely have rum or gin than whiskey. You can search the gin strength because there was a naval standard strength that easily exists today. I’m sure rum was about the same.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That title was rough

 

I found Adobe acrobat was good at ocr but I’m on Linux now.

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In the past I’ve mostly done Anki for Chinese and Japanese but am looking for something else since I’ve fallen off Anki.

For Chinese I really need a service that I can read and OCR words to easily identify in a dictionary. I’m at a high intermediate or low advanced level but looking up words is annoying.

For Japanese I just need input for an intermediate level.

  • Clozemaster?
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Listing services I’ve found

  • Clozemaster (but has a bad model now)
  • tutor with something like italki
  • Anki
  • busuu
  • librelingo
 

I run one huge media server, one backup, three mini optiplex server (one public, private, and local), and one off site.

  • Is there a cheap Pi or something similar I could bring for the optiplex servers and then just let go of the others until I'm back?
  • Do I just throw everything in a VPS except for local stuff?
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Just made it again this morning and it’s so good on a BLT :)

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.selfhostcat.com/post/432780

I’m writing my PhD and sometimes feel like I’m losing my mind trying to balance home and work tasks, thesis tasks, personal and household habits, and potential connecting these to notes. I really struggle if everything isn’t in one place I can’t keep track of it.

I’ve been using Beaverhabits for habits, Baikal for Caldav connected to iPhone reminders and Thunderbird tasks, and memos and trilium for notes. I also, use a notebook for daily stuff and move it over to digital if it isn’t finished by 5.

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I’m writing my PhD and sometimes feel like I’m losing my mind trying to balance home and work tasks, thesis tasks, personal and household habits, and potential connecting these to notes. I really struggle if everything isn’t in one place I can’t keep track of it.

I’ve been using Beaverhabits for habits, Baikal for Caldav connected to iPhone reminders and Thunderbird tasks, and memos and trilium for notes. I also, use a notebook for daily stuff and move it over to digital if it isn’t finished by 5.

Any recommendations? I would really appreciate it. I enjoy thinking about how to do and manage work efficiently but also need a firm system.

 
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