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  1. Comment on What did you do this week (and weekend)? in ~talk

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    Returning from a training course in Norway, and generally really impressed by how beautiful the place is, from what little I've seen of it. It's definitely worth a return journey at some point, on...

    Returning from a training course in Norway, and generally really impressed by how beautiful the place is, from what little I've seen of it.
    It's definitely worth a return journey at some point, on my own time and under my own steam.

    4 votes

  2. Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies

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    Extended Universe! Haha. That took a second. Couldn't understand what Europe had to do with it. Yep, I think that's what I don't like about fan bases. They really cling to the minutae and make it...

    Extended Universe! Haha. That took a second. Couldn't understand what Europe had to do with it.

    Yep, I think that's what I don't like about fan bases. They really cling to the minutae and make it work.

    To be fair, I'm fairly sure not even the ticking clock of the death star destroying the rebel's last base was in the script.
    It's the go-to case study when discussing being "saved by the edit".

    1 vote

  3. Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies

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    Ah, thank you for this. I appreciate your trudging through to find explanations. I guess this fulfils everything, but it feels like it's information that's been filled in after the fact....

    Ah, thank you for this.
    I appreciate your trudging through to find explanations.

    I guess this fulfils everything, but it feels like it's information that's been filled in after the fact.
    Admittedly, it's been a good while since I've seen A New Hope, I just don't recall anyone talking about magnetic shielding.

    Never mind, they were just film thoughts that pop into my head every now and then.

    Thanks again

    3 votes

  4. Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies

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    How does Luke Skywalker fall down a vertically sided shaft and end up going into a vent on the side of it? Is it supposed to be pulling a suction? Is he using his powers? He doesn't seem in...

    How does Luke Skywalker fall down a vertically sided shaft and end up going into a vent on the side of it? Is it supposed to be pulling a suction? Is he using his powers? He doesn't seem in control when he comes to a stop.

    What about the weakspot at the end of the trench on the first death star. Why do the two missiles suddenly right angle turn down the shaft? Are they guided? It can't be pulling a suction against the vacuum of space.
    If they are guided, why couldn't they be fired from significantly further away?

    4 votes

  5. Comment on Red Dead Redemption 1 finally gets a PC release date - October 29th, 2024 in ~games

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    Nah, that's the wrong one. Surely you'll die outside this barn.

    Nah, that's the wrong one. Surely you'll die outside this barn.

    6 votes

  6. Comment on What do you actually do at work? in ~life

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    Meals are cafeteria, bain marie service type set ups. Breakfast from 7-8 Dinner from 12-1 Tea from 5-6 Coffee break/morning meeting is 8am ½hr Coffee break at 10am ½hr Coffee break at 3pm...

    Meals are cafeteria, bain marie service type set ups. Breakfast from 7-8
    Dinner from 12-1
    Tea from 5-6

    Coffee break/morning meeting is 8am
    ½hr Coffee break at 10am
    ½hr Coffee break at 3pm

    Sometimes get half days off on Sundays, depending on the workload.
    My cabin is bigger than my current bedroom (back living with parents because the three year college training dragged me back into the county I'm from originally)
    I've got a single bed, a desk, a sofa, and a wet room with sink, shower, and vacuum toilet; like the sort you get in an aeroplane.

    Yes, those pumps are pretty straightforward (from what the engineers tell me). You can put them out on deck or pull a hose down into a pocket of bilge that won't drain, and they will just suck. They can be ran without priming and don't suffer from a bit of running dry if you leave it going and the puddle gets cleared up.
    But obviously, they're only a godsend if you're in a place that just has service air throughout. So, taps you can connect to and run an airline from.

    2 votes

  7. Comment on What do you actually do at work? in ~life

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    I retrained and passed in 2022 as a ship's ETO (electro-technical officer). Basically, I just go about fixing things; a lot of lights. I do preventative maintenance and inspections. The job is...

    I retrained and passed in 2022 as a ship's ETO (electro-technical officer).
    Basically, I just go about fixing things; a lot of lights.

    I do preventative maintenance and inspections. The job is vast and there are a lot of interconnected disciplines, so it can be challenging. But I work 7 weeks straight and then get 7 weeks off, specifically with my current company, but there's leeway there. My next trip I think will be 10 weeks, and then I think I get 10 weeks off, maybe.

    Others in the industry can do huge trips. Filipino crew members can do 10+ month trips for not much time off, which is wild, especially during covid when they would maybe be off for 2 or 3 months but they were having to do 2 weeks isolation either side.

    One of my most favorite bits of my role is that I'm not important enough to care about budgets and constraints.
    I was stood in line for tea one evening and someone from another department asked me what I'd been up to, and I said, "I've just sat in front of the computer for a few hours making up stores requisitions. I ordered x, and y, and z."
    They said, "That's loads! What is your budget??"
    I said, "Oh, erm, I've no clue. I just put in orders, and if someone pushes back and tells me I can't have it, I can tell them what systems they won't have working."
    Honestly, if I have to power something down, it means it can't break.

    There's such things as a pneumatic pump that you just stick anywhere to suck up water and dump it somewhere else, called a Wilden pump. I love them because they are absolute work horses, and there's not a single volt in them.
    (Sshhh, yes the supply air has an electric motor powered compressor! Quiet)

    Bit of a ramble. Sorry.
    I'm back in work next week.

    6 votes

  8. Comment on Everything announced at the Disney D23 entertainment showcase in ~movies

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    That isn't so subversive. Luke Skywalker was a terrorist.

    That isn't so subversive.
    Luke Skywalker was a terrorist.

  9. Comment on United Kingdom's new Prisons Minister, James Timpson, thinks 'two thirds of inmates shouldn't be there' in ~society

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    Ooooh! Now this is exciting to hear! (As a brit. Who is not in prison) Disposing of the 12 month and lower prison sentences would be fantastic.

    Ooooh! Now this is exciting to hear!

    (As a brit. Who is not in prison)

    Disposing of the 12 month and lower prison sentences would be fantastic.

    6 votes

  10. Comment on I am a witch. Well, a well witcher... in ~talk

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    I have a friend that swears down that automatic doors just ignore her sometimes, and she has been locked into parts of airports before, banging on windows to be let out. You know, just if you want...

    I have a friend that swears down that automatic doors just ignore her sometimes, and she has been locked into parts of airports before, banging on windows to be let out.

    You know, just if you want more weird quirks of the human experience.

  11. Comment on Alan Wake 2 still hasn't earned back its budget in ~games

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    Does anyone know if they will ever be releasing Alan Wake 2 to Steam?

    Does anyone know if they will ever be releasing Alan Wake 2 to Steam?

    3 votes

  12. Comment on Best "dad" jokes and puns! in ~talk

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    What's about a foot long and slippery? A slipper.
    What's about a foot long and slippery?

    A slipper.

    4 votes

  13. Comment on Cattle are drinking the Colorado River dry in ~enviro

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    The thing that would have to give, in my mind, would be to stop the insane yields of crops that would otherwise not survive there. Like california growing rice and almonds. Which seems wild to...

    The thing that would have to give, in my mind, would be to stop the insane yields of crops that would otherwise not survive there.
    Like california growing rice and almonds. Which seems wild to someone not from the US.

    13 votes

  14. Comment on TV shows or movies like 1883 or The Last of Us? in ~tv

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    The end of the fucking world. Is not actually post-apocalyptic, it is darkly funny, but there are some strong emotional beats. The images I remember of the final episode are strong. Two series and...

    The end of the fucking world.

    Is not actually post-apocalyptic, it is darkly funny, but there are some strong emotional beats.
    The images I remember of the final episode are strong.

    Two series and done.

    3 votes

  15. Comment on ‘Dune: Part Two’ crosses $500m global box office; ‘Kung Fu Panda’ franchise tops $2bn worldwide in ~movies

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    "Woah! Dune is doing great but the newest kung-fu panda is doing way better! I best check that out too!" Is how I imagine they expect that to go.

    "Woah! Dune is doing great but the newest kung-fu panda is doing way better! I best check that out too!"

    Is how I imagine they expect that to go.

    9 votes

  16. Comment on Democrats go on offense as IVF leaves Republicans vulnerable in ~society

  17. Comment on Polyamory, the ruling class’s latest fad in ~life

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    Aahh thank you very much! :)

    Aahh thank you very much! :)

    2 votes

  18. Comment on Polyamory, the ruling class’s latest fad in ~life

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    As an aside to anything else. How do folks on here acquire archive links to articles that are otherwise paywalled?

    As an aside to anything else. How do folks on here acquire archive links to articles that are otherwise paywalled?

    7 votes

  19. Comment on Researchers were able to isolate the brain from the rest of the body of a pig, and kept it alive and functioning for five hours in ~science

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    Wasn't there a very upsetting experiment done by soviet scientists that disembodied a head from a dog and attempted to feed it oxygenated blood in a rudimentary ECMO method in like the fifties or...

    Wasn't there a very upsetting experiment done by soviet scientists that disembodied a head from a dog and attempted to feed it oxygenated blood in a rudimentary ECMO method in like the fifties or something?
    Claiming the head was, if not responsive, at least independently motile?

    I could be chatting out me arse like.

    20 votes

  20. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    Haha. I can see it. We are probably only a few years off of actual 90s retro nostalgia anyway.

    Haha. I can see it.
    We are probably only a few years off of actual 90s retro nostalgia anyway.

    2 votes