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by vlachen 3y ago
The forest around my house has be minimally cleared to include about a 30' gravel "yard" and there's no where to be safe from the damned ticks and chiggers. It always requires an application of something. Given the incr
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by vlachen 3y ago
As someone who lives in the woods of the Ozarks: Every couple of days is not enough. If you're outside from April to November, you check.
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by vlachen 4y ago
I did it back enough in the day that I used a negative from getting pictures developed. I think I got the idea in Hardware Hacking Projects.
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by vlachen 4y ago
I'm often found in the back lot, walking around and yelling/gesturing to no one at all about the problem I am trying to solve.
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by vlachen 4y ago
While the objects on their own aren't exactly "cyberpunk," they are very much a digital-dystopia kind of thing. A seemingly innocuous use of tech that could very easily be used to shatter the privacy of any individuals that
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by vlachen 4y ago
Ours has a rep of being a little lawyer. They can be quite persuasive. We used to say "We don't negotiate with terrorists" until that started getting screamed out at daycare, then we had to put it away.
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by vlachen 4y ago
Then the Fournado. After that, the Fuck-You-I'm-Five.
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by vlachen 4y ago
Color me curious. Why/How is this the case?
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by vlachen 4y ago
The concept of technology being unable to handle some input as an "allergy" for some reason makes me giggle.
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by vlachen 4y ago
Yeah. Given the propensity for people to be as shitty as possible (Kids, teenagers and adults all apply here) I always try to design with regard for a high base level "people being malicious and / or stupid." It's accide
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by vlachen 4y ago
For me it was trauma from long past. I didn't get existential so much beforehand, because I had learned that looking too hard wasn't awesome. The complete life-upending force that is a slug in a onesie forced me to look at a lot
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by vlachen 4y ago
I've designed a lot of dumb things in my life, but that beats me, hands freaking down. Can you imagine the complete clusterfuck a crashed semi trailer full of these things would cause?
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by vlachen 4y ago
This is the truth. The advice I give to expectant friends is this: get your shit together, mental health wise, before that tiny human shows up in your life. My partner and I found that the stress of having a child brings all that shit up.
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by vlachen 4y ago
I would take those node recommendations. I've dipped my toes in, but don't have the wherewithal right now to really figure out how to find what's worth following.
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by vlachen 4y ago
In partnership with the murder-ball of burning hate that bakes the day.
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Tropical forests post-logging are a persistent net carbon source(pnas.org)
3 points by vlachen 4y ago|0 comments
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by vlachen 4y ago
Just a note: I had faltering volume on my Jabra Elite earbuds and I found an unauthorized repair [0] that brought it back to life. It requires some delicate cleaning of build up in the vent hole. [1] < https://crt.the-mori.co
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Examining the Epidemic of Working Parental Burnout and Strategies to Help [pdf](wellness.osu.edu)
2 points by vlachen 4y ago|0 comments
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by vlachen 5y ago
Drinkwine Mortuary, You stab 'em, we slab 'em!
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by vlachen 6y ago
"Adapt and overcome." Motto/mantra from my time in the Marine Corps. I think, officially, it was "Improvise, Adapt and Overcome." but rarely was the first word included in my exposure. Related to that mantra's