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  • navgoosenavgoose Registered User regular
    Earthquakes are more scared of you than you are of them.

  • japanjapan Registered User regular
    The coastguard are knocking on the doors of the people that refused to evacuate in Brechin

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    I kind of feel like if you aren't convinced by the people that have brought boats there's no convincing you

  • OrganichuOrganichu poops peesRegistered User regular
    Chanus wrote: »
    Nova_C wrote: »
    Chanus wrote: »
    seems like we're not far off from solar + battery being the solution to those kinds of problems

    It's dark for 16-18 hours a day in the winter in these places, and the solar panels get covered by snow and frost.

    i believe there are ones that handle frost and snow now but the cold and darkness are probably still going to be a problem

    I can fix her (the sun)

  • Havelock2.0Havelock2.0 What are you? Some kind of half-assed astronaut?Registered User regular
    Quid wrote: »
    Havelock2.0 wrote: »
    Quid wrote: »
    I want to work for none of these organizations

    I love job fairs like that

    I went to one at a nearby airbase for state and local government jobs two years ago and it was like pick between CHP, Corrections, and DMV. Oh and these other places that apparently exist.

    It was depressing

    There are a lot of great choices for the people interested in them.

    I missed Bureau of Land Management so there will be at least one place I'd be interested in.

    Ooh, I hope Costco is there.

    Technically I worked at Costco.

    Back in ‘03 I went through the interview/hiring process for one being built in a nearby city. Opening week was my finals and graduation week and I made a point to tell all the interviewers that.

    So my onboarding day I go through all the orientation and corporate stuff, and they give us our schedules. They had me working that week in the time that I had to be at school, and were absolutely not going to work with me on it. So I apologized and walked out.

    I got a check in the mail two weeks later for $45, which was for the 4.5 hours I was there.

    So, technically, I worked for Costco for half a day

    You go in the cage, cage goes in the water, you go in the water. Shark's in the water, our shark.
  • KamiroKamiro Registered User regular
    Chanus wrote: »
    Nova_C wrote: »
    Chanus wrote: »
    seems like we're not far off from solar + battery being the solution to those kinds of problems

    It's dark for 16-18 hours a day in the winter in these places, and the solar panels get covered by snow and frost.

    i believe there are ones that handle frost and snow now but the cold and darkness are probably still going to be a problem

    what about Polar Panels

  • Donkey KongDonkey Kong Putting Nintendo out of business with AI nips Registered User regular
    Cold is actually very good for solar panels (they get amazing efficiency at low temps) but the small matter of the sun not shining on them does tend to be a problem

    Thousands of hot, local singles are waiting to play at bubbulon.com.
  • ChanusChanus Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster Apocalypse The Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderator mod
    Donkey Kong wrote: »
    Cold is actually very good for solar panels (they get amazing efficiency at low temps) but the small matter of the sun not shining on them does tend to be a problem

    i was thinking more the battery wrt the cold part

    Allegedly a voice of reason.
  • HonkHonk Honk is this poster. Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    What about moon panels?

    PSN: Honkalot
  • jungleroomxjungleroomx It's never too many graves, it's always not enough shovels Registered User regular
    I'll shine a flashlight I shake up into a solar panel.

    Infinite power.

  • KrathoonKrathoon Registered User regular
    edited October 2023
    It kind of amuses me when someone demands high quality on YouTube. It is friggin' YouTube.

    Maybe you are setting your standards a little too high.

    It reminds me of dating.

    Krathoon on
  • navgoosenavgoose Registered User regular
    There's footage of people refusing to evacuate Mount St Helens prior to eruption.

    Pretty sure it was a quick death at least.

  • wazillawazilla Having a late dinner Registered User regular
    Havelock2.0 wrote: »
    Ritalin was the same kind of dragon chase-y for me. by the time I was a senior in HS I was already doing what I recognize today as self-medicating the dosage, since 15mg (pill and a half) wasn’t enough anymore. I kept that up until I was a sophomore in college when I quit and picked up booze instead

    Edit: not that I’m implying that’s what you’re doing Waz but that I identify with that “ugh this can’t be good” feeling I was picking up on that

    Yeah the nice thing about not getting on it til I was like 34 or whatever is that I kind of understood how I am and paid attention to the effects on me p carefully. I may try switching something I dunno. Maybe finally get back onto some kind of path to health we shall see we shall see

    Psn:wazukki
  • amateurhouramateurhour One day I'll be professionalhour The woods somewhere in TennesseeRegistered User regular
    Pete Holmes brought back a classic these past few months of the strike, and todays was the best

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrJhGi1vUjo

    are YOU on the beer list?
  • japanjapan Registered User regular
    edited October 2023
    navgoose wrote: »
    There's footage of people refusing to evacuate Mount St Helens prior to eruption.

    Pretty sure it was a quick death at least.

    There's been someone swept away and killed already

    The warning for Brechin is specifically that the river is going to overtop the flood defences by at least a metre, which probably means it's going to swamp the ground floors of all the houses in the area

    It's pretty bleak

    japan on
  • zepherinzepherin Russian warship, go fuck yourself Registered User regular
    Doodmann wrote: »
    knitdan wrote: »


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    I've never seen a more incorrect official public safety recommendation.
    Next on history’s mysteries.

    The Doodmann earthquake petters

  • knitdanknitdan Registered User regular
    japan wrote: »
    The coastguard are knocking on the doors of the people that refused to evacuate in Brechin

    rxctt0k3xv6j.png

    I kind of feel like if you aren't convinced by the people that have brought boats there's no convincing you

    Ok now splice this into that one drunk tableau meme picture

    “I was quick when I came in here, I’m twice as quick now”
    -Indiana Solo, runner of blades
  • KamiroKamiro Registered User regular
    We're getting a tropical storm that may or may not pass us by starting tonight or tomorrow. And as a result, trivia has been cancelled. Boooooooo. No one has had it worse

  • amateurhouramateurhour One day I'll be professionalhour The woods somewhere in TennesseeRegistered User regular
    Japan I hope you and yours are okay!

    are YOU on the beer list?
  • ChanusChanus Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster Apocalypse The Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderator mod
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    i'm not gonna sit here in front of you and Jesus and tell you the bread came out good, but for dippin in soup it coulda been worse

    Allegedly a voice of reason.
  • Havelock2.0Havelock2.0 What are you? Some kind of half-assed astronaut?Registered User regular
    Earthquakes only shake at >6 magnitude when they are in distress

    You go in the cage, cage goes in the water, you go in the water. Shark's in the water, our shark.
  • Havelock2.0Havelock2.0 What are you? Some kind of half-assed astronaut?Registered User regular
    That beef soup looks delicious

    You go in the cage, cage goes in the water, you go in the water. Shark's in the water, our shark.
  • amateurhouramateurhour One day I'll be professionalhour The woods somewhere in TennesseeRegistered User regular
    Chanus well fucking done sir.

    are YOU on the beer list?
  • HonkHonk Honk is this poster. Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    We should have shot that river when we had the chance

    PSN: Honkalot
  • TuminTumin Registered User regular
    is this ramen

  • PowerpuppiesPowerpuppies drinking coffee in the mountain cabinRegistered User regular
    Unpleasantly sick, i turned my phone onto airplane mode and managed to sleep. I got 35min before some door to door window salesmen rang my doorbell

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  • ChanusChanus Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster Apocalypse The Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderator mod
    Tumin wrote: »
    is this ramen

    basically

    Allegedly a voice of reason.
  • japanjapan Registered User regular
    amateurhour wrote: »
    Japan I hope you and yours are okay!

    Still ok for now!

    The evacuation warning is a good distance away

    We're on the edge of a big area that has no power, do we might lose that during the night, but we should be safe from flooding

  • danxdanx Registered User regular
    Powerpuppies wrote: »
    Unpleasantly sick, i turned my phone onto airplane mode and managed to sleep. I got 35min before some door to door window salesmen rang my doorbell

    this is a legal justication for murder.

  • jungleroomxjungleroomx It's never too many graves, it's always not enough shovels Registered User regular
    This winter is apparently leaning towards cold and snowy as fuck.

  • KrathoonKrathoon Registered User regular
    Ooooohh. I really hate those church people that wake you up on a Saturday morning.

    There is a special place in hell for them.

  • KamiroKamiro Registered User regular
    The Barbados Food and Rum festival started today. We're going to the local event that's in walking distance in a bit. No idea what to expect other than food and probably rum

  • Donkey KongDonkey Kong Putting Nintendo out of business with AI nips Registered User regular
    Chanus wrote: »
    Donkey Kong wrote: »
    Cold is actually very good for solar panels (they get amazing efficiency at low temps) but the small matter of the sun not shining on them does tend to be a problem

    i was thinking more the battery wrt the cold part

    oh, I see. I just assumed the telco equipment wouldn't do great below freezing either and it would be colocated with the batteries in some kind of heated enclosure

    but yeah if the batteries are outside they will be displeased

    Thousands of hot, local singles are waiting to play at bubbulon.com.
  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    Tumin wrote: »
    is this ramen

    Or are we dancers

    [Muffled sounds of gorilla violence]
  • TuminTumin Registered User regular
    Kamiro wrote: »
    The Barbados Food and Rum festival started today. We're going to the local event that's in walking distance in a bit. No idea what to expect other than food and probably rum

    Probably rum????

    At the rum festival

    Located in Barbados

  • SummaryJudgmentSummaryJudgment Grab the hottest iron you can find, stride in the Tower’s front door Registered User regular
    I have a dilemma. Sorry it’s long.
    I have a friend who counted his Scampi fries each time we bought a bag, which average 15 - 18 whole Scampi cushions.
    As a bit of humour, thought I would doctor a packet or two, by upping the numbers, so took 2 bags of Scampi fries and a bag of bacon fries. Built up 1 bag of Scampi fries to contain more than the max 18 cushions and added the left over to 1/2 bag of bacon fries and re sealed the bags. I put both bags behind the bar back on the card waiting to be served.
    Came the time when the said bag of Scampi fries gets purchased by the intended victim. He opens the bag and as usual counts his purchase, to my surprise he got very very excited! It was 29!!!
    Unbeknown to me he contacted Smiths with his new found record.
    I subsequently built another bag in the same way and put behind the bar, but containing 30, as he informed me as I walked this evening in an excited voice…. 30!!! Again he has contacted Smith with his new found record.
    Then comes I ordered a bag of Scampi fries, opened the bag….. alas my bag contains some bacon fries (not seen by the victim) but only 9 scampi fries.
    Being only 9 Scampi fries, the victim has again contacted Smiths complaint about the short order.
    Oh no! He has just said he is going to call them directly tomorrow.
    The dilemma is…. Do I tell victim of the prank on what’s going on and crush his dream record, or keep going increasing the numbers of Scampi fries and let Smiths take the flack?

  • TuminTumin Registered User regular
    SummaryJudgment wrote: »
    I have a dilemma. Sorry it’s long.
    I have a friend who counted his Scampi fries each time we bought a bag, which average 15 - 18 whole Scampi cushions.
    As a bit of humour, thought I would doctor a packet or two, by upping the numbers, so took 2 bags of Scampi fries and a bag of bacon fries. Built up 1 bag of Scampi fries to contain more than the max 18 cushions and added the left over to 1/2 bag of bacon fries and re sealed the bags. I put both bags behind the bar back on the card waiting to be served.
    Came the time when the said bag of Scampi fries gets purchased by the intended victim. He opens the bag and as usual counts his purchase, to my surprise he got very very excited! It was 29!!!
    Unbeknown to me he contacted Smiths with his new found record.
    I subsequently built another bag in the same way and put behind the bar, but containing 30, as he informed me as I walked this evening in an excited voice…. 30!!! Again he has contacted Smith with his new found record.
    Then comes I ordered a bag of Scampi fries, opened the bag….. alas my bag contains some bacon fries (not seen by the victim) but only 9 scampi fries.
    Being only 9 Scampi fries, the victim has again contacted Smiths complaint about the short order.
    Oh no! He has just said he is going to call them directly tomorrow.
    The dilemma is…. Do I tell victim of the prank on what’s going on and crush his dream record, or keep going increasing the numbers of Scampi fries and let Smiths take the flack?

    What the fuck is this

  • ChanusChanus Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster Apocalypse The Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderator mod
    SummaryJudgment wrote: »
    I have a dilemma. Sorry it’s long.
    I have a friend who counted his Scampi fries each time we bought a bag, which average 15 - 18 whole Scampi cushions.
    As a bit of humour, thought I would doctor a packet or two, by upping the numbers, so took 2 bags of Scampi fries and a bag of bacon fries. Built up 1 bag of Scampi fries to contain more than the max 18 cushions and added the left over to 1/2 bag of bacon fries and re sealed the bags. I put both bags behind the bar back on the card waiting to be served.
    Came the time when the said bag of Scampi fries gets purchased by the intended victim. He opens the bag and as usual counts his purchase, to my surprise he got very very excited! It was 29!!!
    Unbeknown to me he contacted Smiths with his new found record.
    I subsequently built another bag in the same way and put behind the bar, but containing 30, as he informed me as I walked this evening in an excited voice…. 30!!! Again he has contacted Smith with his new found record.
    Then comes I ordered a bag of Scampi fries, opened the bag….. alas my bag contains some bacon fries (not seen by the victim) but only 9 scampi fries.
    Being only 9 Scampi fries, the victim has again contacted Smiths complaint about the short order.
    Oh no! He has just said he is going to call them directly tomorrow.
    The dilemma is…. Do I tell victim of the prank on what’s going on and crush his dream record, or keep going increasing the numbers of Scampi fries and let Smiths take the flack?

    this feels like fucking with an autistic kid for the luls

    Allegedly a voice of reason.
  • TavTav Irish Minister for DefenceRegistered User regular
    trying to decide where to eat near a venue is literally impossible

    good fucking god

  • japanjapan Registered User regular
    Kamiro wrote: »
    The Barbados Food and Rum festival started today. We're going to the local event that's in walking distance in a bit. No idea what to expect other than food and probably rum

    I feel like you should manage your expectations a little

    Rum and possibly food

  • Donkey KongDonkey Kong Putting Nintendo out of business with AI nips Registered User regular
    edited October 2023
    Tav wrote: »
    trying to decide where to eat near a venue is literally impossible

    good fucking god

    Give me the venue and I'll see if I can give you a solid rec.

    I assume you want mid price, casual, mildly babymouth, big brassy american fare (if not just say what you want)

    Donkey Kong on
    Thousands of hot, local singles are waiting to play at bubbulon.com.
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