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After encountering blackfly in Strasbourg last year and having legs covered in blistered bites I don’t have as much hatred for the tiger mosquito, at least the reaction to those bites is minimal

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It got rejected when I suggested it as a name for a Corvette class light frigate, despite it sounding awesome

It’s because it’s come from Mastodon with hashtag spam

Why do Skodas have a heated rear windscreeen? To keep your hands warm while you push it.

(I’ve owned a few Skodas, they’ve all been good cars)

This guy’s ping is terrible

Angering the USB-IF

Posting about all of my magnet fishing adventures on !magnetfishing@feddit.uk in the hope that people find it interesting and that maybe one day I won’t be the only person making posts there.

I originally just wanted to join a magnet fishing community, but I found that there wasn’t one so I made one myself and starting posting.

There’s a first time for everything I guess

It doesn’t trigger the horn on UK cars, which I definitely appreciate. Although it was amusing to watch my partner jump every time I locked our hire car in the USA, the noise pollution is unnecessary.

Are a really easy way to accidentally give yourself heart palpitations and be awake for the next 36 hours?

Seriously those things are really good and before you know it the packet is empty and you are afraid for your life.

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There is missing context for the scene from The Expanse. Alex (the pilot) gets the computer to plot a course using manoeuvring thrusters only, so it is not just a series of gravity assists, there is also manoeuvring to adjust course.

I would say that one of two things (or both) is happening:

1. Alex is leaning because of the manoeuvring thrusters firing
2. He is leaning like someone trying to steer harder in a video game.

Also, he drinks a fair few beers while hiding behind Cyllene before this, so that would support 2 I think.

PC in early 2024 for anyone wondering

I have a Vodafone router, and disabling the firewall is neither required or a sensible thing to do

9.30, which works well for me because I’m not awake enough/caffeinated enough before that to be able to be coherent or have much idea what I am doing that day. Although often I don’t really see the point in them when our team is so fragmented and working on loads of different projects.

I have prime until they bring in ads, and I’m using Apple TV+ but I have near enough a year of free trials through a credit card, buying an LG TV and my phone network provider. I use my cousin’s Disney+, my partner pays for crunchy roll but I don’t know how much that gets used.

Apple TV+ is definitely worth it, even paying the subscription. I use Amazon enough that the free delivery is sort of worth it, but I can usually get things cheaper elsewhere now.

I use Plex and sail the seven seas for everything I currently can’t get on one of the services available to me, and I expect to go more this way in future as streaming services start taking the piss