BlueEther
@BlueEther@no.lastname.nz
- Comment on Proton shifts out of Switzerland over snooping law fears 6 days ago:
- Comment on 4chan is getting fined in the UK by the Office of Communications(Ofcom) under Online Safety Act; 4Chan Respond by appealing to Trump administration and intending to fight it in the U.S courts. 1 week ago:
I don’t know who to wish to fail more; OFCOM or 4Chan
- Comment on Where do you ask for TV Show suggestion on Lemy? 1 week ago:
Wire in the Blood Yet another linux iso to add to QBT
- Comment on I did not look up how progressive lenses really work before getting some. 2 weeks ago:
I bought a pair of reading glasses at the dollar store and just pretend I don’t need to see in the distance.
Shhh don’t let every one know
- Comment on Why is land/sky so cleanly split between mammals/birds? 2 weeks ago:
Yeah we have plenty of flightless birds here (or rather HAD), birds burrow and ground nest, bats that spend a lot of time ground foraging, insects that grow to the size of small rodents, carnivorous snails (www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubNm5M2-LAc) and more
- Comment on These captchas are getting ridiculous 2 months ago:
I had one the other day, and the english instructions were just grammatically wrong. It wasn’t until the visual hint that I figured out what they were asking
- Comment on My password is not accepted because it is too long 3 months ago:
My bank used to do that back in the early 2000’s, I moved banks.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
no, no I’m not. I’m just pointing out correlations
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months 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] 3 months ago:
“…that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law; …so help me God.”
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months ago:
ok, lets look at it the other way then? Image
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months 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] 3 months ago:
and the republic’s of the world are much better?
- Comment on [deleted] 3 months 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? 3 months 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] 3 months 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] 3 months 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? 3 months 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 3 months 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? 4 months 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? 4 months 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? 4 months 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? 4 months 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? 5 months ago:
Sorry every one, Nicole made an account on my instance yesterday, since banned
- Comment on Emerald Water Sanctuary 5 months ago:
that is an interesting image, it reminds me of images created with ray tracing programs like Terragen
- Comment on [deleted] 6 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? 10 months ago:
- Comment on Aether Slug 11 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... 11 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? 11 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
