Bluewing
@Bluewing@lemmy.world
- Comment on The most unrealistic part of Odyssey is the journey taking 20 years 23 hours ago:
When I see a rally car, I see a Lancer careening through a missed curve at high speed and flying off into the forest only to get wraped around several innocent trees.
- Comment on Those of us who don't use ChatGPT will get this one ;) 2 days ago:
You can tell it’s AI because they left out the part about the majority of olive oil is aduterated with cheap vegetable oils.
- Comment on Yeah I see you... 1 week ago:
Yeah, I was a toolmaker for a while. So there is more than a little skill and knowledge. But I had issues doing that kind of work and had to find another career.
Some people love woodworking. I love working with steel and making tools.
- Comment on Yeah I see you... 1 week ago:
It is very satisfying. That’s why I was a toolmaker for a dozen years or so until I got so cranky and pissed off angry I had to find a new career before I DID skin some idiot alive and nail their hide to the wall.
But I do enjoy the process of making a good and accurate tool. The problem is, I tend to be a perfectionist. And when I realize I’m on the third iteration of a tool that really isn’t that important, it can be hard to pick up the old thread again. But I do enjoy it.
- Comment on Yeah I see you... 1 week ago:
You ain’t the only one in that boat. And there is nothing wrong with that either.
- Comment on Me this morning 1 week ago:
So why did you claim that “it’s the likely wealthy, highly educated people” that are bad? Choose your words better and don’t make blanket statements.
- Comment on Yeah I see you... 1 week ago:
I got into making and designing small tabletop model steam engines because they are cool. So I needed to buy a small lathe, a mill, a metal cutting bandsaw, and all the tooling each machine needed. So much tooling…That’s the part that will break you financially.
And then you discover you need to design and make a jig or fixture to make a special tool to make another special jig and fixture to make a tool to make that one tiny part for that engine. None of which you will probably ever use again. You end up making tools to make tools to make tools. You can spend 6 months to a year designing and building tools just to get to make that one little part.
I’ve got thousands of dollars and thousands of hours into making engines that I just give away over the years. But I can’t stop this hobby. And I have added 3D printing to my list of hobbies as well.
At least it got me away from collecting fine antique shotguns and importing hunting dogs.
- Comment on Me this morning 1 week ago:
So, what’s wrong with that? If the worst people are all highly educated people, then there should soon only be the good people left that aren’t as well educated. Right?
- Comment on Me this morning 1 week ago:
I have nothing against waiters. The world needs some waiters. I used them as an example. But yeah, a doctorate in sociology will probably improve humanity to a greater extent than being a waiter. And to be honest, even a doctorate in sociology isn’t at the top of the list like a medical doctor would be.
And when it comes to emigration, countries want the best educated people they can get so they can improve their nation and the people’s lives that live there. Like it or not, waiters, taxi drivers, and cashiers, by and large, are not on the desirable list of professions for Western nations looking for immigrants.
- Comment on Me this morning 1 week ago:
Not if Trump has his way.
But migrant workers have always been a thing. Doing the lowest paying jobs with no security or care. Things like hoeing fields or handpicking tomatoes. Are you willing to travel from one job to another doing backbreaking work for little pay?
- Comment on Me this morning 1 week ago:
Perhaps not. But a PhD is indicative of highly specialized knowledge, like mathematics, engineering, or physics. All knowledge sets that are highly prized by nations around the world.
Waiters need not apply…
- Comment on Me this morning 1 week ago:
Yeah, most of the EU prefers their immigrants to have real skills they want, like Medical Doctors, PhD holders, and be on the younger side to provide all the tax revenue they can get.
But they aren’t really in need of low skill workers. And it doesn’t matter where you come from. They got all the neurotic home-grown waiters they need.
- Comment on Old but gud 1 week ago:
The shorts should be cargo shorts, and he should be wearing sandals with socks too.
- Comment on Refer to the chart 2 weeks ago:
The Muppets are good. Very entertaining for all ages. But these remakes are nothing but a money grab. No new story line, a few rewrites, toss in a few jokes, get nostalgic movie goers to buy tickets and make a bunch of money.
The Muppets are more than good enough to deserve their own new stories and not just rehashed garbage.
- Comment on "Censorship" ☠️ 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, I find I have some confusion about drawn pictures and even photographs of naked children from back in the day.
Is that 300 year old painting of naked cherubs CP? We don’t know if the painter was a pedo or not. Or is that “cute” photo of me that my Grandmother took of me running bare-assed naked away from my Mother through the house as a toddler because I didn’t want to have a bath CP? Or maybe it’s not because the photo is now 60+ years old and that was a different time? What would the same photo taken by Grandma today be considered?
What makes the difference? And when do we apply that difference to make the determination?
- Comment on "Censorship" ☠️ 2 weeks ago:
Huh, I just learned something new, “lolicon”, thanks to your explanation. I don’t get the attraction to it and I will need to consider what I think about the term, and it’s meaning. But at first exposure, I don’t think I like the idea.
- Comment on Valid point 3 weeks ago:
Or if you live in the middle of nowhere like I do, stores just don’t turn that feature on.
- Comment on The end of civilization costs $5 3 weeks ago:
I got square ice cubes if I want them. They might not be as pretty as these clear cubes, but they do the same thing, cool and dilute whatever you are drinking.
The argument can be made, (and I wouldn’t fight you too hard on it), that I’m an uncouth barbarian, and I will never understand. But I just don’t think it’s something people really need, and they can easily live without.
- Comment on The end of civilization costs $5 3 weeks ago:
Because doing things a scale every day makes it way harder than your 4 cubes. I while I would never buy their ice cubes, I can see why they charge the ridiculous price they do.
- Comment on The end of civilization costs $5 3 weeks ago:
I was being a bit tongue in cheek there. After all, it’s your whisk(e)y and not mine. So have it as you want it. But just don’t be a snob about it. It’s just the Water of Life.
- Comment on The end of civilization costs $5 3 weeks ago:
Now do it at a commercial scale.
- Comment on The end of civilization costs $5 3 weeks ago:
Yes, a few drops, and I mean drops, of water can change the flavors of the whisk(e)y. It really doesn’t matter to me. Depending on the water you might use can matter also. “Branch water” is historically the water used by bourbon drinkers. Branch water refers to using the same water that was used to make the bourbon to add to your glass. I have no idea if it matters or not. But that’s folktale.
Adding ice can do the same thing along with dulling flavors due to the chilling of the bourbon, except melting ice is not under control. It goes from perfect to just a bad glass of water as it melts over time.
- Comment on The end of civilization costs $5 3 weeks ago:
You need proper water to start. The high iron and calcium laden water that comes out of my well won’t ever make clear ice without some serious filtration. And the proper freezing it is a slow process that takes extra time and effort.
Personally, I can’t be bothered. My cloudy ice cools my iced tea just fine without any extra effort.
- Comment on The end of civilization costs $5 3 weeks ago:
I would agree about those cubes. The problem with them is you often only get 2 in a set. Making it hard to share with friends.
Bourbon is a different drinking experience than Scotch. Bourbon is generally bottled between 2 and 6 years giving it more ‘bite’. This is due to the new oak barrels that must be used and the warmer climate. Scotch is barely getting started by that point. Since they mostly use used bourbon barrels that coupled with a cooler overall climate, imparts a ‘smoother’ flavor.
Using ice dulls some of the flavors and as it melts dilutes the whisk(e)y to take the edges off the bourbon. A decent scotch or Irish doesn’t need ice.
- Comment on The end of civilization costs $5 3 weeks ago:
Putting aside for now, the fact that making crystal clear ice requires specially filtered water that is very carefully and slowly frozen with fancy equipment.
The real question is why does anyone think this is what they need in life. They only people I have seen that insist on such things are whisk(e)y snobs that drink their whisk(e)y on the rocks. They claim that cloudy ice has impurities in it that affects the flavor of the drink.
While technically they are maybe correct, my reply is-- “Shut up and drink your whisk(e)y neat like God and the Irish meant it to be consumed. The water is already in it.”
- Comment on my own personal Chatgpt 3 weeks ago:
Is this that brain implant from Musk-melon’s experimental company? Imagine the profit margins if AI could bill your brain for every thought! It’s staggering!
- Comment on Newsflash pal 4 weeks ago:
Wild salmons are flash frozen to kill parasites. But I don’t think farmed salmons require that.
- Comment on I've been using this simple trick to keep cool in the heat wave (UK) 4 weeks ago:
If that’s how your home was designed to be that tight, it was poorly designed.
Back in the 1980s or 90s, architects and engineers tried to design and build buildings as tight and efficient as possible. They quickly discovered that such buildings made people sick. They now design buildings to exchange a proscribed amount of air every hour to prevent what you are describing from happening.
So, if your home is properly designed and built, then it’s going to “leak” enough air per hour to keep the air heathy for habitation.
- Comment on I've been using this simple trick to keep cool in the heat wave (UK) 4 weeks ago:
That would depend on just how many zones you want to control. If you have multiple rooms then you will need multiple mini splits. That adds up real fast. And multiple minis are more expensive to operate and maintain than one central HVAC system. Plus doors can be closed and duct vents can be adjusted easily.
- Comment on I've been using this simple trick to keep cool in the heat wave (UK) 4 weeks ago:
Yes, that’s called death…