DakRalter

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[–] DakRalter 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I can tolerate Mariah, the one I can't stand is the band aid one, patronising crap. Every damn year I gotta put up with those muppets telling me how nothing ever grows in Africa. Dammit, now I have it in my head!

[–] DakRalter 2 points 4 hours ago

Iowa? I hardly know 'er!

[–] DakRalter 2 points 17 hours ago

I got my ears vacuumed the other day at the ENT clinic. Unfortunately I'm one of those people that gets a lot of wax build up. Copying the grown ups using cotton buds to clear the wax just meant I was constantly getting ear infections as a kid. As an adult, I'd get wax build up, I'd try olive oil as my GPs would always recommend, only that would make it clog up more and muffle my hearing. Then the only way to get that big plug of soggy wax out was either to fish it out with a bit of screwed up tissue or a cotton bud, or to blast it with the power shower to dislodge it.

I finally perforated my ear drum in September from an infection that went to the middle ear. Anyway, I got my ears vacuum cleaned on Thursday and was told by the ENT doctor to use a pharmaceutical grade olive oil spray (not drops) every day forever to stop the wax clogging. So let's hope that works.

I think I was given peroxide based ear drops once when I was 12 or so, but it made my jaw swell so much I couldn't even eat.

[–] DakRalter 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yes! I was in Walthamstow last week and the difference between their cycle lanes and my area is like night and day. A proper delineated cycle lane, separate from both the road and the pavement. Compare that to my area where the cycle lanes abruptly cut off and are just a line of paint separating them from the pavement, therefore pedestrians walk all over it and I have to use the bus lane to cycle. Walthamstow is like cyclist heaven.

[–] DakRalter 11 points 3 days ago

It depends on where you are, of course. Here in the UK, the Murdoch press is a massive influence.

[–] DakRalter 60 points 3 days ago (7 children)

Where Rupert Murdoch? I'd put him as even worse than Bezos.

[–] DakRalter 4 points 3 days ago

I have chronic ear problems, and I'll usually get someone telling me I should try ear candling. Luckily they stop when I tell them to look up the videos of people using the candle with a jar and getting the same "wax" extracted.

[–] DakRalter 6 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Man, that sounds rough. I hope you're okay now. I suppose the rider got away?

Those delivery riders with their often illegal e-bikes are a scourge. They're like that in London too. I've seen them on pavements with their throttle modded bikes, even though we have both a bus lane and a cycle lane.

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[–] DakRalter 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I've had a black screen of death on Mint. All I was trying to do was crop a video on kdenlive. It black screened on me and somehow even messed up the boot menu so that my Mint was showing up as just Ubuntu. I went straight back to Shotcut after that. I really wanted to switch from Windows to Linux, but so far, Linux, or at least Mint, really hates me. Up till recently, I was still using Mint for my music storage, but it has trouble even moving files onto my phone now. I've pretty much given up.

[–] DakRalter 2 points 5 days ago

The throw to plate to get Stanton out was a thing of beauty! Edman is still impressive. Freeman continues to shine. The bullpen has stepped up. I thought the Dodgers would be the underdogs this series, given how we choked in post the last two years. I really hope this is our year! One more win! I hope they don't get complacent in game 4. Sweeping the Yankees would be sweet.

 

What was your favourite moment of the game?

[–] DakRalter 2 points 5 days ago

In London about 95% of the ones I see running reds are the uber eats etc riders, pretty much all the modded e-bikes don't stop at reds. My colleague saw a woman knocked down by one ignoring a red light at a crossing, the woman had kids with her.

I've also had a cyclist effing and blinding at me because I stopped at a red.

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A good budget helmet cam? (self.casual_cycle_uk)
 

Any recommendations? I don't know if I want to splash out on something expensive. I was thinking of getting some cheap tat to act more as a deterrent, but then I thought, what if I actually need the footage? My commute is pretty short, but the amount of drivers who are happy to risk my life to shave 5 seconds off their journey is a problem.

Would any £5 cheapo camera make drivers think twice before trying to run me into the kerb or am I better off getting a decent quality camera? I'm cool with refurb/second hand.

 

It seems like it might be official, but it's hard to say. The video uploads are the same 360p, so maybe it's just another fan channel.

It does have most of the episodes, as well as many songs!

 

I have a friend who's really into them, so I thought it would be a nice surprise if I could learn one of their songs for him. I'm just not familiar with their catalogue, so does anyone have any suggestions for where to start? My level is "advanced noob" :)

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Not his first attempt, but I want to do whatever I can to encourage him to stay on the wagon this time. I don't have any experience of this, so I'd appreciate any tips from those who have been there already.

Edit 02/10: he's still clean!

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Wow, the difference in quality between the Squier and the Donner is incredible. It just feels so much smoother to play, I don't get the rattle and it just sounds and feels better overall. I'm confused by the reviews comparing the Donner to a p-bass. There's no comparison. I'm so glad I finally got my hands on my mini! It looks like a doll's toy next to the standard scale though!

Oh and added bonus, the tone dial actually does something.

I'm still having trouble offloading my Donner. I can't even trade it in.

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The Rings of Jupiter (thelemmy.club)
 

From a Joinen video.

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Handsome (thelemmy.club)
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"Bye my love you are so handsome. I am a 66 years old grandma."

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Doughnuts (thelemmy.club)
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"I watched another jelly doughnut video before this and nearly cried. It was a damn peach disguised as a doughnut with fig sandwiched between the fruit."

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