BlueEther
@BlueEther@no.lastname.nz
- Comment on My password is not accepted because it is too long 1 week ago:
My bank used to do that back in the early 2000’s, I moved banks.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
no, no I’m not. I’m just pointing out correlations
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
So, what’s you point?
I have given you a list of poor democracies that are ‘republics’ and a list of strong democracies that many/most of which are a constitutional monarchy of some flavour or another.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
“…that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law; …so help me God.”
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
ok, lets look at it the other way then? Image
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
-Peoples Republic of China -Democratic Republic of the Congo -Republic of the Congo -Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste -Islamic Republic of Afghanistan -Russian Federation…
Then there is the USA
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
and the republic’s of the world are much better?
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
What’s wrong with New Zealand or Australia ot Canada or?
- Comment on Is it normal for people to ask where you are from online? 2 weeks ago:
and as internet lore of old says: that 15/F/US was either a 30 y/o living in their mum’s basement or an FBI agent
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
as the first two comments, get a test for sleep apnea. SWMBO used to snore badly until she got her c-pap
ps Sleep apnea is a recognized risk factor for stroke
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
You have had some really good replies so far.
In the mountains realty could mean anything
- I’ve done winter camping in snow - in the mountains
- I’ve done summer camping (in snow, shit can go sideways) - in the mountains
- I’ve done subtropical camping - in the mountains
- I’ve done temperate camping - in the mountains
- I’ve done 90 mph wind camping - in the mountains
- I’ve also done some absolutely drop dead breathtaking camping in the mountains
As others have said, beperpaired for it to be colder than you expect.
Are you walking / hiking in, or car?
Enjoy it
- Comment on Do British people say "brr" when they're cold? If so, how do they pronounce the R? 5 weeks ago:
ih ah bit coal oot?
at least that waht it sounded like up north yorks when I first moved there from New Zealand
- Comment on Slate Truck is a $20,000 American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, and no touchscreen 5 weeks ago:
This is one thing I don’t get for the complaints about EV’s: Drag and towing. You have the same losses in ICE, just that the ICE powerplant is so much worse ‘before’ the drive
- Comment on How do I request an inactive community on Lemmy? 1 month ago:
Yes it will work, there were issues a long time ago but I believe that they were all resolved
- Comment on How do people develop feelings for someone? 1 month ago:
My wife and I meet as a friend group some 5 years before we went out - that was almost 35 years ago… shit time flies
- Comment on What are some countries you’ve visited that shocked you with unexpected friendliness? 1 month ago:
I must say its 20 odd years ago that we went, I’m sure the world was a simpler place
- Comment on What are some countries you’ve visited that shocked you with unexpected friendliness? 1 month ago:
For me it was Russia when I spent aroubd 9 days there (in and around Moscow). The people were genuinely friendly and there we not the scammers/tourist traps like in most of Europe and Asia.
The markets were as interesting as any I’ve been to in Asia/North Africa.
- Comment on Is anyone else getting failures to generate reports when reporting the constant spam from "Nicole, the Fediverse Girl" which originates from a different, new instance every time? 2 months ago:
Sorry every one, Nicole made an account on my instance yesterday, since banned
- Comment on Emerald Water Sanctuary 2 months ago:
that is an interesting image, it reminds me of images created with ray tracing programs like Terragen
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
Probably will have a lot depending on the country and how well you know the person at the other end.
I’d be happy to (and do use) some text emoji with people I know well.
- Comment on Does the word "burger" have any extra meaning in some parts of the gay or lgbtq community? 8 months ago:
- Comment on Aether Slug 8 months ago:
Not quite a namesake, but I like it non the less
- Comment on "Quick" security check... I had to do 15 of these... 8 months ago:
It’s been nearly 35 years since I did uni level calc and I’ve not really used in the the years since - fucked if I could figure it out without a lot of <insert search engine of choice> foo these days
- Comment on How is Open Source developed paid? 8 months ago:
When I was doing a lot of custom ROMs on xda I had some guy supply a new phone to me to further develop on - this happened twice. It’s nice when it happens but it’s not why I was building ROMs
- Comment on Has anyone tried Proton VPN? 8 months ago:
I only use proton VPN for public wifi and have had no issues with it. Can select your locations and some do support torrenting if you need that.
- Comment on Where Are You Supposed To Buy Pajama Shirts? 9 months ago:
Nudity has never been a thing to worry about before, but in the last 6 months or so she wants her space (fair enough). This just happend the other week. Kids will make more of somethings than others. and it all depends on the timing.
- Comment on Where Are You Supposed To Buy Pajama Shirts? 9 months ago:
untill the 9y/o daughter says, “haha daddy, I just saw you bits…”. And then brings it up every day for the next week.
- Comment on Kim Dotcom to be extradited from New Zealand to US 9 months ago:
after illegal raids on his house.
- Comment on Jiff: A brand new Datetime library for Rust, from the author of ripgrep 10 months ago:
beat me to it
- Comment on [deleted] 10 months ago:
From the outside… I hope that the US is not as bad as it looks.
