fakeman_pretendname @ fakeman_pretendname @feddit.uk

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I'd like to like Snaps, but the main thing that put me off them was their inability to see: • Fonts • Printers/Scanners • Other Internal Hard Drives (other than Home) • Cameras • USB Sticks • Anything in system folders • Other software, or plugins

This was when they were a pretty new thing though - so, fingers crossed, have they managed to deal with this permissions thing yet? Something like Flatseal, or Android's "This program would like to access this folder and your camera - Allow/Deny"?

There's a 3 to 5 year waiting list for dental appointments where I live, and I bet there's at least a few dentists stuck in limbo there.

Andrew Tate: "I make people hang out with me with fear, trickery or coercion. I consider women to be property. I have never known actual friendship or love."

It seems purposefully vague about exactly what the problem apparently is.

In fact, reading it again, it sort of feels like you're listening to the old drunk chap in the pub, who taps you on the shoulder and with great importance says:

"Ah well, but red tape you see, and umm, couldn't even put a plug in you know... you're not allowed to... haha... yes, but oh America, yes they keep asking and yes, but you can't speak to them in Wales now, can you?"

You're right about the rebuildables actually, in terms of they're not for everyone - if you can't rewire a plug, maybe don't try and rewire an atomiser, but I'm pretty sure most people can at the very least screw a "top bit" onto a "bottom bit".

We did have ~8-10 years without disposable ones existing. Even if they need disposable atomisers and tanks to make things simple, there's no reason to throw the rechargeable battery in the bin.

Yes - I was upset enough by throwing away the whole atomiser, never mind the whole device, battery, circuit boards and everything.

I use rebuildable atomisers now, so my e-cig waste is down to a 5cm bit of metal wire and a 4cm bit of cotton fluff every few weeks.

There was no reason for the disposable ones to ever exist.

I like the way you think. I'm on board with all of these.

Gruel! Three spoons of oatmeal in a bowl, pour about 500ml (~1 pint) of boiling water on it. You can put a bit more oatmeal in, but if you go too far you get porridge. You're aiming for thin or miserly porridge.

For a mild seasoning, you can cry over the bowl, and let the salt from your tears enhance the subtle flavours. If you're feeling rich, salt can be purchased from shops and used instead.

For optional nutrients beyond simple survival, you can then throw any leftover or past-best veg, precooked meat or edible garden plants in the bowl. For deliciousness, you can add a bit of butter, or even cheese.

Heat it in a pan on the hob, whilst stirring, for as long as you can be bothered waiting. Cooking for longer tends to make it taste better. Alternately, microwave it for a few minutes.

You're ultimately going to end up with something like a thick soup (or a luxurious cheese sauce, depending on ingredients) that's surprisingly filling, and significantly nicer tasting than you might expect from the description.

Gruel. It sounds shit, but it's ace.

There's obviously a lot of crossover between musk-dislikers and z-worshippers.

Don't worry - that definitely will have happened (the photo is a few months old).

They are all really lovely, and hopefully happy, cats. They're still quite young (just under 1.5 years now), so still very playful, so there's plenty of playtime with the humans and with each other. They're brothers, and most of the time best friends, so they normally all hang out together.

They all get a good amount fussing if they're in the mood for it, especially the silver one, who's really into his "tummy tickles" or "belly rubs", and likes to demand them quite frequently.

I'm sure that not everyone will agree, but it's a little bit sparse for content at the moment, so I'd be inclined to "just churn it out for a while", reposts and all, and maybe make that rule in six months.

As this is a Dad jokes post, I was going to tell a bad joke about chemistry, but I didn’t think it would get a reaction.

So any time someone posts the "I'd just like to interject for a moment..." speech, we should now copy and paste the "First of all, this copypasta has never been said..." speech in response, thus making the meme a) longer, b) interactive, c) technically correct?

Brilliant, thanks for the heads up! I wasn't too far in either one, so a restart would be no issue. I'll have a good look into that :)

Yeah, I'm going to look for more footage, and I think it's on my "wait for a year" sort of list, I guess. I mean, I never actually finished Fallout 3, NV or 4 - maybe I should finish those first before getting another similar thing.

That's a very comprehensive answer, thanks! It sounds very positive. I'll definitely try and find a few longer gameplay videos. On the other hand, I'll probably wait for the discount and bugfixes a year down the line.

I quite liked the Starship Troopers film, though I only read the book years later - but I remember people being cross about it not being like the book.

The Foundation books I've read a few times each over the years, but I suppose it depends on the extent of changes - the books cover a huge period of time, and from such a "macro" view, so there's plenty of stories that can fit in those universes without contradicting the original material.

I liked the recent Handmaid's tale TV series, having read the book at school (and for fun, some years later) - that totally did its own thing after the end of the book, but I thought it followed a pretty realistic path, and carried the spirit of the original.

I'll definitely give the Foundation series a try if they show it on something else at some point :)

What's the game actually like? I was sort of expecting a mind-blowing science fiction exploration rpg space opera, but after the initial mining bit, it sort of just looked like another boring (I understand that might be a bit of a minority opinion) first/third person shooter game.

I did look it up, and you're right, it was absolutely worth it :)

That deserved its own post.

I don't doubt some of the "Blackletter font" and "red top" newspapers are reporting it as something more along the lines of "Looney Liberal Lefty Whitehall Word Witch-hunt", "It's political correctness, gone mad", or "woke propaganda militia bans British words from documents".