rags2riches

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by rags2riches 5d ago
That's due to shutting down reactors in the south. Turns out "transmission capacity" is more complicated than having fat wires...
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by rags2riches 20d ago
My favorite reviewers are those that say "I'm not sure I see the whole picture, can you walk me through this?"
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by rags2riches 26d ago
I recognize this to some extent, but not to the same degree as some others in this thread. School and all other forms of obligations were just annoyances to avoid with minimal effort. Took me many years before I could find my own motivation
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by rags2riches 26d ago
I played some of the Patrician games. Loved the start of every game, then became bogged down in managing my growing fleet. I wanted to do so much more but I found the UI lacking.
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by rags2riches 2mo ago
This is what the shape of the flower and its placement of the stamen and pistils are all about.
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by rags2riches 3mo ago
Just above your comment is one lamenting the situation in New York City. That's roughly the same population as Switzerland in a not quite as massive area.
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by rags2riches 4mo ago
If there were reliable statistics, I'd much rather have the methods used to produce those statistics than the numbers.
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by rags2riches 5mo ago
Is the stove radiating too much heat? You want it to heat the air, not fry your skin! I once got a stove glowing hot because I had failed to get a high enough temperature going on the day before. It was the first time I tried a wood fired s
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by rags2riches 6mo ago
Some Swedes will be delighted to learn that not only was there a historical d'Artagnan, but also a real life cardinal named Mazarin. But I have yet to find a historical person named Loranga. https://en.wikipedia.org/wik
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by rags2riches 6mo ago
Interesting. I was really impressed by the art at first, taking joy in exploring that as much as the scenes themselves. But it soon faded out of focus as I was engrossed in the story and gameplay.
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by rags2riches 7mo ago
If you let people walk on snow, it turns to ice. Shovel that snow asap. Also keep a brush on your doorstep and always use it to clear off the small patches of snow that falls off your shoes, lest you soon have patches of ice there.
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by rags2riches 7mo ago
> “When I close my eyes, there’s absolutely nothing there,” Shine recalls telling his colleagues. They immediately asked him what he was talking about. “Whoa. What’s going on?” Shine thought. Neither he nor his colleagues had realized ho
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by rags2riches 8mo ago
> "Schultz" is German for "brown". Beleg fehlt.
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by rags2riches 8mo ago
The 5 grams per sheet of common printer paper has certainly proven handy once or twice in some of my interactions in the informal economy.
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by rags2riches 9mo ago
The bottle wouldn't be empty though.
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by rags2riches 9mo ago
Try making it through a few northern European winters as a pre-modern farmer. I'm sure you will develop a keener interest in measuring these things.
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by rags2riches 11mo ago
Sweden didn't have an "official" language before the Language Law of 2009. Five minority languages (Finnish, Meänkieli, Romani, Sámi, Yiddish) were officially recognized as such since 1999.
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by rags2riches 11mo ago
Malta has Maltese and English as official languages. I don't know what they bring to the EU list of official languages.
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by rags2riches 11mo ago
> I've first hand seen lockers destroyed to remove the lock. A neighbor secured his expensive bike with a hefty lock and chain around a tree in our courtyard. Bad guys brought a saw. I still miss that tree.
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by rags2riches 11mo ago
> LOT Just capitalised for emphasis, right? > COE Center of Excellence? Council of Europe? Still wondering even after Googling. > SLA Service Level Agreement. This I knew beforehand. > SDM Service Delivery Manager?
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by rags2riches 11mo ago
This makes me think of the Barbary Wars where piracy out of the Barbary states was a huge issue. There's also the connection with the slave trade then and the human trafficking for the scam centers now. https://en.wikipedia.
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by rags2riches 11mo ago
Hold on, are those pebbles Imperial or Troy?
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by rags2riches 1y ago
Still it skips over weirdness like the same person being both a sovereign king and vassal of another king. See for example King Henry II of England and Duke of Normandy etc.
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by rags2riches 1y ago
There's even "West Indian Grog" to be found! Surely, that must be the rum based drink? https://www.alltext.nyc/panorama/63DKJbMdVQY8ah6jgobU9g?o=85...
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by rags2riches 1y ago
At first glance, there's plenty of grog to be had in NYC. But sailors will be disappointed. It all seems to be OCR errors of "Groceries" or the "Google" watermarks.
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by rags2riches 1y ago
Turn your handlebar all the way to the right side (assuming the stand is on the left) and it will be much more stable.
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by rags2riches 1y ago
I hit a link labeled "reply" to write this comment. A good translation requires context to tell if that is a verb or a noun. Providing that context is the hard and expensive part. Skip it and you get a terrible result.
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by rags2riches 1y ago
> Since there's no salvation, farts are also meaningless That's begging the question. I'd argue that all meaning is in how we fart around.
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by rags2riches 1y ago
A panel door is basically designed to minimize warping as the wood expands and contracts. There is leeway for the panels to move inside the edge pieces (sorry, not sure about the terminology here) and the edge pieces have the grain along th
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by rags2riches 1y ago
Just one example I'm familiar with. Drywall typically comes in widths of 1200 mm and are mounted on studs 600 mm c/c.

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