Are there any girders in the picture then? Or none, or impossible to tell? I can’t see any, by that definition.

Such a great example of ‘reality is what you’re conscious of’, I feel! ‘Just throw the lure in and wait’ could for another person be ‘arrive at a beautiful waterside location, ritually prepare your tackle, cast it into the water (a skill that can be a minigame in itself, with all the associated space for practice, improvement, and intermittent positive reinforcement), then enjoy the wonders of being still in nature, but also focus on your task and be ready to react instantly.’ It takes all sorts.

It’s possible, but it can really change the type of games available to you too. I used to love Skyrim and similar, but eventually found I needed a minimum session of 2-3 hrs, otherwise I hadn’t even done any real playing, just inventory management, or getting crafting supplies. These days, with kids and work, I like rally simulator games, it can be satisfying to just do one or two stages, which can take as little as 5-20 mins. But it’s a whole different thing, no story, character development, surprises…a bit like going from watching Kurosawa films to watching the sports highlights.

I can’t remember the details, and too lazy to search it up right now, but I think it was like Greta and him were having a Twitter argument, and he maybe posted a photo with a background that accidentally disclosed his location, so authorities who were already looking to arrest him were able to act on it.

The choice is more between ‘Sally has autism’ (some people think this makes it sound more like a disease, more distancing and separate from the person), and ‘Sally is autistic’ (sounds more like a character/personality trait, a way of being).

I think when you read that article it’s important to think critically about how it’s composed. I am as anti-trump as the next European “centrist dad”, but nothing I read there made me think he went out of his way to tell that story unprompted. I imagine he was interviewed, said a bunch of stuff, and then someone cherry-picked the quotes they needed to support the narrative of the article… You can’t just take it at face value!?

To add to wewbull’s reply, as well as the change to where we’re generating power, it’s also how much we need. As transport moves from petrol/diesel to electric motors, and domestic heating from gas (currently widespread in the UK) to electric, we need vastly more power than we used to, so the transmission network needs beefed up. Hanging the conductors in the air gives you electrical insulation and heat dissipation for free, if you use buried cables you need to work a lot harder for these, ie you need to use far bigger cables, more of them. It is done a lot in built up areas, but not practical for the long distance transmission lines crossing the country.

I bring this up every time with someone who eats a panino for lunch!

I slightly hesitate to ask, but what units are we working in here? 13 mm? Or 13 … 1/64ths of an inch or something?

The local pharmacist in my parent’s village died from accidentally eating poisonous mushrooms ☹️

Regex are love; regex are life.

Is that a thing? Blowing up fully-fuelled airplanes just for fun?

A bit of strain hardening might even improve your (?toughness)?

Maybe a bit with gabber or grindcore and harder stuff like that. In the UK/EU at least.

Having a cold shower at the end is probably number 1 if I made a list of things I do right in life that most people don’t do. I feel so clean and comfortable for ages afterwards, no matter if I’m in my house or the middle of the forest, summer or winter. Best thing my dad ever taught me. (I mean he’s still alive, so technically ‘best so far’, but I’m not holding my breath).

:`-( I miss voting in the European elections! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺💪

2008 and the start of austerity was now close to 16 years ago. It went out of fashion everywhere else but we bloody stuck with it 💪🇬🇧

It’s my favourite format. I think the original was ‘stop doing math’

Does this also work the other way round, i.e. do all multiples of three have digits that sum to a multiple of 3? All the ones I’ve checked so far do, but is it proven?