theskyisfalling @ theskyisfalling @lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I don't do it much any more but one of my favourite pass times used to be taking a load of acid and then going to a very public place or somewhere that you are forced to be around lots of people and have many interactions.

Busy shopping centres, a zoo, busy pubs, an ex girlfriends family wedding where I knew no one. I guess it was kind of masochistic in a way but I just really enjoyed putting myself into challenging situations whilst tripping. The challenge was always to try take the highest dose possible and still be able to actually keep my shit together. I'm sure plenty of people I interacted with at those times thought "this guy is blasted out of his mind, Jesus" but who gives a fuck, I'm never seeing these people again and it actually made me want to speak to people in the first place.

These days I prefer to just lay down, listen to music and drift off into the stratosphere.

I love Japan in general, have been a couple of times, but last time I went we stayed on the shore of lake Yamanaka one of the Fuji five lakes.

We rolled up in the evening and there was a heavy fog, you can only see 5m in front of you sort of heavy. Found where we were staying which was right on the shore but you could barely even see the lake still. It was a traditional futon on the floor type place, first impressions were alright.

The next day we woke up to a beautifully clear day, look out the window to a view of the lake with Fuji rising up behind it, it was fucking amazing! I can't recommend the lakes enough after this experience!

The rabbit island down near Hiroshima is awesome too :D

Fair. Bonus for you :D

But isn't your pay pro-rata? In the UK (unless it has changed, which I doubt) then they get a pro-rata wage, so yes they still get paid in those months even though they aren't working but the money they are getting paid in those months is taken from the pay cheques across the other months to make it all balance out.

So really they aren't getting paid for those months as they don't work them.

The discord community is where I was getting all my information from. I'm sure it has moved on a bit now as this was a few years ago and whilst I do still have the phone I'll probably wait to get the new one and then I'll play around.

Ive been running graphene the last 3 years now and I don't want to go back to google so once I get the titan 2 I'm going to try my best to get some form of Linux going on it. I fucking hate this touchscreen though so I can't wait!

I know there were a few custom ROMs that took advantage of some of the blackberry apps n such for the original Titan series of phones but j could never get the boot loader to unlock on my original titan so I was always stuck with what they supplied which was fairly lacklustre and was what ultimately pushed me away from the phone.

I agree. I realise it is a niche market, keyboard phones, but there are still people out there that want them and they seem to be hooking into that market.

Their software isnt the best but I'm hoping in time it will become more refined along with the keyboards getting better with each iteration. BlackBerry had a lot more practice by the time of the passport and key devices so here's hoping at least one company will fill that gap left behind.

Couldn't agree more with Skyrim, Oblivion was the same when I tried that too I just can't stand it. Easily some of the most over rated games IMO.

Also agree with Zelda but I think the same about all of the Nintendo IPs, they are just boring and the fan base makes me dislike them even more!

Same, I replaced the screen 3 times and the battery once before my keytwo finally gave in and I had to admit defeat.

There is no titan slim 2 yet, just the regular titan which is like a BB passport in form factor but chunkier, I'm just speculating that if they are continuing the line hopefully there will be a new slim in the future.

The few pre release reviews I have watched regarding the titan 2 say that the it is snappy and nice to use with a considerable improvement over the old one but it is still a $300 phone so it isnt going to be top of the range power able to run all the most taxing games. Really though the kinds of people this phone is aimed at aren't the type to be as worried about that and with a 1:1 ratio screen a lot of games and such would probably be painful to play.

I suggest you check out a couple of videos if you are interested because I don't really know the in depth details because I don't really care about the processor etc as long as it runs the phone at an acceptable rate, I'm in it for the keyboard :D

I know it isnt the same form factor but the Titan 2 is coming soon with pre-production units being sent out to people already and estimated release in October.

I had the original titan and will probably get this to try it out but that also means a Titan Slim 2 is a possibility at some point. The key2 that the slim copies is the best phone I ever owned I think!

MaM is the absolute best for audiobooks IMO. Always have what I want, a friendly and helpful community and from what I hear the most forgiving private tracker around.

Sadly I don't use any of those platforms and with a cursory view their website and etsy page don't cover the actual materials and methods used to produce them (which is a bit weird for a passion project). I may have missed it though and will look properly once I'm not working.

Have a good day!

That is fine, I didn't expect you to be as interested in the printing side but thought I would ask anyway. Thanks for the link, I'll have a look around and see what I can find. :D

Do you have any more information on those manuals in terms of how they made them? (Or a link to where I could read the info) Things like printing process, materials used etc. I work in print so that kind of interests me and from the photos they look of an OK quality so I was just curious.

All the best with your health, I enjoy reading through your posts even if I am not commenting every time but health is always more important so I hope things take a positive turn for you!

Thank god for basement flats when it is hot, I was strongly considering a jumper last night at one point......

My apologies, I didn't realise it was a joke seen as most people in this thread aren't joking when they say things like that.

I don't blame you for not chronically being online, that is a good thing rather than a bad thing, but if you were using it as a forum would you reply to a thread without actually reading through the rest of the conversation? The snide comment was mostly because I thought you were being serious and each of your points has been gone over multiple times within the tree of my original comment so I thought you were being intentionally belligerent.

Following a curated list of people on Bandcamp and SoundCloud.

Listening to mixes and hearing something I like then tracking down what it is.

You could also check things like the beatport or juno charts to see what other people are buying in specific genres, just don't buy your music from them.

Listen to radio?

Imagine replying to a comment 36 hours after the fact and not even having a cursory look at the comment chain to see what else has been said.

We don't use decimals in everyday life, you don't need to.

I mean if you want to be pedantic then;

Wheel: "a circular object connected at the centre to a bar, used for making vehicles or parts of machines move"

So a rim or alloy can and is a wheel with or without a tyre ;)