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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Cerol is old story. You can do it at home. Ground glass and glue. That’s all you need.

Kite fight is almost a tradition in Brazil. The real masters of kite fighting are capable of even capturing the enemy’s kite, wrapping it their own kite’s tail (called rabiola).

Now, when they do this near a highway, the razor sharp line can fall into traffic and cut through the necks of people in bikes. I had a line crossed in front of me once. I was in a car and the line wrapped on my mirror. I didn’t stop there because I thought it was dangerous. When I finally did, the line was embedded into the mirror’s casing, having cut through the plastic.

Another thing that can cause death related to kites. Kids love running after the cut ones. And they’re usually looking up, not sideways when running. So, being struck by a car is easy.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

Just check if the other side has an X-chock between the wheels.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

I remember DirecTV in the late 90s used this model. When you wanted to watch a pay-per-view, you had access to a channel that was ~~streaming~~ broadcasting it for 24 or 48 hours.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

I wouldn’t mind a special guest appearance of a retired Chief O’Brian building gadgets for kids in a distant colony.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 5 days ago (2 children)

So, the precursor of the Pipboy?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

That’s a nice interpretation!

So, I did a simple search (autopsy vs necropsy) and the first three links gave me three different answers! First said they’re synonyms. Second simple said autopsy is for humans and necropsy is for animals. Now, the third one gave your interpretation. Autopsy is for humans because it’s the same species.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 6 days ago (7 children)

Actually, a long time ago, I was told it was supposed to be called necropsy also in humans. Necro = dead.

Autopsy would mean you’re doing the exam on yourself.

I don’t know why it stayed autopsy. Maybe it’s like “atom”, meaning “indivisible”.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Humpf…. Kids. 1996 at the university’s computer lab, playing Duke Nukem and Descent. The situation became so bad that we entered an agreement with the direction. If someone needed a computer to study, someone had to leave the game. And it worked. Everybody was happy.

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

This is beautiful, it’s poetry.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

My flight was overbooked and the airline was giving 500$ to stay one more day. The only available seat on the next day flight was in the smoking section. It was one of the most uncomfortable flights I have ever had. I don’t know if the 500$ was worth all the second hand smoke I inhaled. The corridor was cloudy.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

ECS Constant in Starfield.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

Did you give him food after midnight?

 

Why am I seeing a post about Microsoft from 9 days ago pinned as an announcement at the top of /all ?

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15027400

short-eared owl by Ian Parker

 
 
 

I'm not talking about the temples, but the traits that appear on a planet that might have a temple. They're just broken structures that we can scan and a source of caelumite. But, lore-wise, what are they? And why are they all destroyed?

 

Until now, my favorite is Shieldbreaker. I like that there are no stairs, the first gun is way too advanced and the big cargo hold. Now I have a modified version of a Crimson Fleet ship (don't remember the name). It's a class C with huge cargo space. I put some science and workshop bays, but the stairs started to pop up. The interface is terrible at this point. What the modules show outside doesn't represent the inside.

 

Could we list here the easter we found, or do you prefer a post per easter egg?

spoilerI just heard "Doc" Manning saying "please state the nature of your medical emergency", which is a phrase used by the holodoc in Star Trek Voyager (and others).

I also found a "earbug" in Pilgrim's Rest, which in my mind, is a reference to Star Trek 2.

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