Oops, sorr. Austria

It’s not just that, they wash and reuse the bottles (without melting them down or anything)! Amazing stuff.

They’re finally starting to put more stuff in them here opposed to plastic bottles, and I’m so glad for it.

Plague Inc. gameplay irl

I do wonder how my copy of Word 2010 at my work is going to do this.

I know what you meant, but arguably this does make them the Paint Police.

That vacuums are so terribly loud and whiny (and unnecessarily tiny space heaters). Older vacuums used to be bigger and run slower, but in my experience vacuumed as much or even better. Nowadays they put several kilowatt motors in there that somehow don’t do as much but produce immense noise and heat.

If someone vacuums with their window open I can tell from over 100m away by the whine. Fuck that.

I used to hate vaccuming because of that. I’m glad to have an actually quiet vacuum now (a Henry). They’re rare, but they do exist.

paper produce bags enter the chat

There’s an important follow-up post. https://lina.sh/blog/cuii-gives-up

I feel a strong need to point out awnings and (outside) roller blinds to stop insolation before it heats up the inside in the first place.

A bit offtopic about a pet peeve of mine, but this is why it’d be super nice if social media that end up getting screenshot had absolute timestamps. Thank you for letting us know.

Nah, I’m well aware that this is a symptom of climate change, hence my worry. I see reports that nordic countries get ridiculously hot as well. Weather everywhere is shifting around in unpredictable ways. You didn’t see me call it “global warming”, did you?

I just hate sweltering hot weather, so perversely I like the result of an autumny August, but this weather is very out of wack.

It’s funny because here in Austria right now in August I need my sweater in the morning. Very much not normal. (Not that I mind it being cool, but it’s worrying.)

Why yes my phone has both a CPU and a modem.

I didn’t know they made buses with a cargo bed.

You get a circular voltage gradient away from the strike spot. A human with their two legs doesn’t spread along that as far as a deer’s four legs do, so they catch more voltage drop across that, which also runs through their body (along their heart etc). It just depends a lot on how and where a body is affected by electricity.

I always like to put stuff back in the right spot in store shelves, and fix it if I notice something misplaced or fallen down. It’s just a small thing for me to do, but I know I take a little annoyance out of someone’s workday.

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I’ve made myself a gcode file that is just several tracks of skirt going around the bed several times. Works like a charm for leveling for me, and it’s fun to peel off after the nozzle.

I use an Open With extension in Firefox for that so it’s just an entry in the right click menu for me. Super convenient.