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qyron,

If there is a spell capable of breaking down things into its basic raw elements, that would be it.

Garbage is abundant, as well as junk.

Imagine deconstructing anything back to its basic elements and then sell it. A gigantic pile of mixed junk instantly deconstructed and turned into ingots of pure metals, carbon, and other elements.

qyron,

What are the chances this will not produce wrong doing?

qyron,

The first part. Stay with the first part. No need for that ending.

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qyron,

Why not just Simple Keyboard?

qyron,

I’ve tried this before. The build in the picture is wasteful of energy and unsafe.

This is cheap to make, can be easily taken down, and if instead of tea candles bigger candles are used it can heat the pot enough to radiate some perceptible heat. It also makes for a good conversation starter.

But would I place all my bets on this? No, not really. It should be considered a dire last resort, for a very small room, in an extreme situation.

qyron,

Extremely.

Cheetahs are the tamest of the big cats and are known for seeking refuge near humans.

Have you seen one of the numerous videos where cheetahs casually plop down on safari jeeps for escaping lions or use the cars as looking perches or for shade?

qyron,

A family member once had to resort to traditional chinese medicine so solve an issue - and it acctually worked, I will admit upfront - but I kept hearing how shark cartilage capsules was the best to reinforce joints and one day I just snapped and replied along the lines of “by that same logic, to obtain insulin we should be grinding pig pancreas into pills for insulin”.

qyron,

My exact thought.

And perhaps this will force the eyes open of many companies that use that garbage to circulate private and delicate communications.

qyron, (edited )

Slingers were a separate set of ranged troops for the roman armies.

I can’t recall precisely where I read it but what made slingers so deadly was their capacity to aim with precision on very small targets, unlike archers that would generally send arrow volleys in almost a suppression fire mode. A slinger could aim for the head, arms, eyes or joints for cripling or even deadly hits.

Slingers often used lead to create “bullets” by just smelting it over a camp fire, making holes on a patch of sand with the tip of a finger, and pouring the molten metal in. A volley of these small, extremely dense but compact and deadly projectiles would wreck havoc on enemy lines or could be used to target commanders to break the chain of command and demoralize troops.

qyron,

The same for the bow, when considering we only figured the archer’s paradox already in the XX century and demonstrated it when high speed cameras were develope.

A sling shoots forward in a straight line and it only depends on the thrower to give it centripetal force.

Slings are still used today as weapons and effectively. And hunting with one, particularly birds, is an extremely complex exercise.

qyron,

[…] get kidnapped for a forced marriage and had a character background of [checks notes] planet of rape gangs wasn’t enough of a character?

Can you add more on this please? There are too many unanswered questions there.

qyron,

One of the scariest home appliances I know of.

I prefer to go out of my way and buy a real wool blanket to gift or for myself.

qyron,

And electrocution.

qyron, (edited )

If you can ever manage to do so, get a rabbit pelt blanket. Even better if from a small home family farm.

I once got introduced to one of these blankets by a person that rears rabbits for food and at some point decided it was time to stop wasting the pelts.

After some experimentation with tanning at home, the person learned how to salt cure and never let another go to waste.

It’s extremely soft and heavier than what is expected but not in a cumbersome way and develops a lot of heat in a very short time.

qyron,

Once, some years back, I posted a topic on how could I slim down my Gnome DE.

It sparked a rather long and complex discussion and the bottom line was that Gnome integration was already at a point where so many parts depended on so many it was not an easy task.

I opted to move to a GTK compatible DE. Currently I use XFCE but spent years with Mate.

qyron, (edited )

Like black soldier flies?

-#-

Black soldier flies are prolific and when proper conditions to reproduce are met, the females do not wander far from the place they are born and because of this are already used in organic waste disposal.

Using a complex organism to treate waste, even if only plastic, requires specialized infrastructure, designed to contain any event possible to pose a threat to the environment; this is not something we want or can do at home. Specialized infrastructure would make possible ideal conditions for the flies.

Black soldier flies also have the advantage that adults do not live for very long, do not feed, do not pose threat to human beings and the larvas die quickly if no food is available.

These flies also are vulnerable to cold and extreme heat conditions.

qyron,

Can only get worse for Tesla from this point forward.

The unions will break them.

qyron,

Ranger Warforged.

Is that even feasible?

qyron,

This officially removes ants from the vegans friendly list.

qyron,

As a general recommendation: whatever you get, try your best to have an AMD core.

Not a tech guru in any way but any AMD machine is just more friendly for linux

qyron,

As anecdotal as this may be, out of several machines I owned and installed and reinstalled over the years, AMD centric were always easier to install, while installing Intel based machines from friends and family always got me grinding my teeth out of frustation.

I vouch for AMD based on my history with working it - and I repeat: I am not a tech guru - even without putting linux support on the table. I’ve ran AMD machines for over a decade, with no hardware problems, while I had Intel based hardware fail me in three or four years.

qyron,

My personal experience comes from running several machines over the years and AMD always returned the best results, from laptops to desktops.

My current desktop is reachin 11 years of service and still reliable.

qyron,

My first laptop was a MSI AMD+Nvidia, circa 2005. It was a low spec machine yet it outperformed and outlived laptops coworkers had with higher specs. Back then I used Ubuntu and drivers were available out of the box. It managed cpu better and the machine ran smoother than under windows, which would stress the cpu more. Ran it for almost 9 years and I retired it because it made no sense spending the €100+ to have the graphics card repaired.

From that point forward, all my AMD machines were always responsive and reliable.

My current desktop is already 10 years (Sempron based) old and it outperforms my laptop, which is 5 years younger (AMD as well).

I am a bit of a Linux missionary and every single machine I ever managed to bring to the dark side always ran smoother under Linux, regardless the core, but Intel often posed some extra hurdle to install. One particular case I still remember today was a laptop that required to manually install network card drivers, both wired and wireless. The required driver was available in the installer but it always failed to load.

I’ll risk anything from the last 10 years will be good. I’d personally recommend a minimum of 8GB of ram, DDR3. The technology is really cheap and mature at this point.

qyron,

Enjoy

qyron,

The best thing I ever read on this subject in a zombie book:

“Why are you taking the jeans off that zombie?” “100% cotton; after boiled and washed, I can cut it up for pads.”

Can’t remember the rest of the book but this stuck.

qyron,

Unrelated, but it’s been recorded that some tribes, to avoid body lice, actively plucked body hair. Some south american indigenous even used oitments and other concoctions made from plants to delay hair growth.

qyron,

Rags and water, my friend.

qyron,

Zombies are not that much of a concern; common house flies would deal those quickly.

What should concern you should be the arise of new predators capable of smelling that blood, like feral dogs.

qyron,

Most sanitary are made to be single use. Cutting one and breaking it apart to understand how those are made is an interesting experience.

Reusable, washable pads exist but, to my knowledge, are not that main stream. But should.

I grew up surrounded by women recalling the time before discardable sanitary pads were a thing and every single one remembered using home made cloths made of thick and absorbent cotton, capable of being washed again and again, even for a lifetime.

Soft leather would also be an alternative, being absorbent, durable and washable.

qyron,

There is no such thing as too many pads, even more if we consider the setting of the story. I can even imagine being used as a barter item.

qyron,

Here’s my take: we already know wolves, coyotes, bears, leopards, lions and tigers, along with everyother land carnivore will gladly add a human to the dinner menu of the chance poses itself. In the event of an apocaliptyc event, those would be already accounted for as dangers.

Dogs, I’d risk even domestic pigs, once cut off from human care, would become predatorial. Dogs, even today, can spontaneously form wild packs, capable of predatorial behaviour and aggressive towards humans. Pigs, on the other hand, have a scary capacity to regress and become feral when let loose on the wild; there are records of domestic pigs escaping from farms only to be taken down months or years later by hunters, turned into gigantic animals, covered in thick air and boasting long and sharp, tusk-like, teeth and a very mean and aggressive temper, not like the common wild boar that will actively avoid humans if possible.

These new predator would pose more of a threat than those we already account as such.

qyron,

Good point

qyron,

I’m going to remind this for when I write my own zombie book.

I’m not in the US, but linen is hard to find here as well. It’s expensive and to my knowledge the process is harder to mechanize than other fabrics. But the end product is a lot more durable. I’ve held an heirloom bed set made of linen and with years of use it was still very much new. And the feel…

qyron,

I wish they carry those here as well

qyron,

Considering the high probability the djinn has spent centuries locked inside a small vessel, completely alone, the chances roll towards harboring sadistic wishes of revenge.

qyron,

Why would I even consider hand over my child to another person?

qyron,

Have you asked why?

qyron,

You’re family, nothing against it, but asking if someone wants to hold the baby doesn’t hurt. And watching the baby’s reaction if changing hands is welcome is always a good idea.

qyron, (edited )

This is the same Capcom that published Neverwinter Nights? The game that still lives on because of mods and fan made expansions?

Atari.

Just checked the box. I’ll see myself out.

qyron,

Meanwhile, before mass shootings, murder was a lot more common and society was more prone to violence.

Violence has been in a downwards spiral, regardless what is pushed to public forum.

qyron,

Perhaps this?

I’m not in the US but just a few weeks back I was listening to a podcast where, in my country, although violence against women still occurs (their were focusing on murder) while this year there had already been around 16 cases, thirty years back that would be the number for a single quarter. And from that point on, it was a general talk about violence in society.

qyron, (edited )

What troubles me is not the fact more and more people are requiring medication to sleep is the normalization of advertising sleep medication/supplements.

It’s a serious disorder. Taken to extremes, it can kill. It’s not something to be trivially dealt with.

I’m in Europe and I see melatonin gummy bears being advertised on cartoon channels. Straight to kids. Where are the toys commercials? Need to start hooking children to medication as early as possible?

qyron,

That doesn’t happen in my country, as real medications are completely prohibited to be advertised; only over the counter and nutritional supplements are allowed. We have a very harsh and punitive supervisor on that front. Fines are high and hurt.

This late laxing on allowing the melatonin gummies and similars airing to children is worrisome but it can be put down at any moment. Nonetheless, it should never had begun.

qyron,

My current desktop outperforms many windows machines and has been doing so for nearly ten years because Linux.

For current standards it’s borderline a potatoe. And the damn thing won’t call it quits.

qyron,

Debian sometimes feels like the system that will run on a salad bowl powered by two potatoes and a pickled cucumber.

The range of architectures it supports is mindboggling.

qyron,

Luckily, it is not the other way around. That would be disturbing.

qyron,

Never apologize for questioning.

When I replied your question directly I did it after reading the entire thread and every interaction you already had.

Neither me nor anyone is in a place to tell you what to do or think, so my answer was cut down to tangible facts.

Your child depends on you, solely, for food, warmth and protection. If you do not feel at ease with breast feeding, that is up to you. Why I do not need to know nor anyone else. What you should keep in mind is that your child does not judge you nor it pays any consideration to trivialities like you posed in your question. Your baby trusts you fully and absolutely.

If breast milk is vegan or not, as a question, to my understanding, is an exercise in stupidity.

You, as an individual, a person, a human being, are not stupid.

Personally speaking, breast feeding will always be better than providing synthetic formula. Unless a mother has any impedement to do so, it’s the best source of nourishment for a child. Formula is normally produced from cow milk, highly processed, and “fortified” with so much additives it should be considered a chemical product, not food stuff.

qyron,

Brawn, not brains.

It’s a strange concept to approach but there are worst things in the world.

Unless the drinker is allergic to milk, it’s safe. For a lactating woman it is also safe.

I can’t see any harm coming to the world by this practice.

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