quarrk

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[–] quarrk@hexbear.net 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

From a memoir by one of Marx’s friends

“The greatest treat was a general donkey riding. That was a mad laughing and whooping! And those ludicrous scenes! And how Marx amused himself and us. Us he amused twofold: by his more than primitive art of riding and by the fanatic zeal with which he affirmed his skill in this art. The skill consisted in having once taken riding lessons while a student. Engels contended that he had not gotten beyond the third lesson, and in taking a ride once in a score of years during his visits to Manchester in company with Engels on the back of a demure Rosinante, probably the great-grandcolt of the lamblike mare that the ‘old Fritz’ had once upon a time given to the good Gellert.”

Maya Angelou also puts it well when asked what should be remembered about Malcolm X: “he had an incredible sense of humor.”

Great people are often remembered as very serious, and a piece of their humanity is lost

It’s like how

Avatar spoilerspeople who didn’t know Avatar Aang don’t realize how much of a goofball he was

[–] quarrk@hexbear.net 4 points 5 days ago

Windows was the largest and it sucked at security. It’s better today but the reputation is still well deserved.

[–] quarrk@hexbear.net 13 points 5 days ago

Annoying person manufacturing process

Step 1: Load paper into paper tray

xi-vote

Step 2: Print (Ctrl + P)

xi-button

Step 3: Receive WMDs

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[–] quarrk@hexbear.net 46 points 1 week ago (6 children)

But why nude models?

[–] quarrk@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

Oh someone already referenced that

[–] quarrk@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just like that chess robot that actually just had a grandmaster playing inside the cabinet

[–] quarrk@hexbear.net 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

If you can afford them, Shamma sandals are some of the best in the “barefoot sandal” category due to their straps. They’re repairable too, so you can buy the sandals once and just buy sole replacements

[–] quarrk@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago

For me, it was my calves that got sore. Not my feet. Zero drop means you will be working a slightly longer range of motion on your calves.

[–] quarrk@hexbear.net 1 points 1 week ago

AFAIK asbestos is not a problem at all until and unless you tear it apart. In that case it will be expensive to do it safely. But not a problem to use while the asbestos is encapsulated in the building materials.

[–] quarrk@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago

The best I could find with some research was the Dvorak Technique used to measure cyclone intensity from visible and infrared images.

Also from Wikipedia:

While typical mature storms have eyes that are a few dozen miles across, rapidly intensifyingstorms can develop an extremely small, clear, and circular eye, sometimes referred to as a pinhole eye. Storms with pinhole eyes are prone to large fluctuations in intensity, and provide difficulties and frustrations for forecasters.[7]

Lastly I would guess it has to do with plain angular momentum. A cyclone that contracts will spin faster, if angular momentum is constant, in the same way that a figure skater speeds up when they tuck in their arms.

[–] quarrk@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

If you have insurance in the US, look into Active and Fit Direct.

It lets you into a network of local gyms on a subscription model with a flat rate. It’s billed by your insurance, so when you want to cancel, you just ask your insurance. You never have to interface with the gym at all for billing matters.

I never personally used it since I moved away, but did look into it and heard good things.

 

I have nowhere better to put this

 

Not exactly an obscure song, but even 20 years later this song + anime music video still slap.

 

Pro tip: don’t not be a white man if you try this

 

This man is just fascinating to watch

When I first tuned in, he was ranting about neocons and their adventurism, and I was a bit surprised since I agree with that

Then he said Germany should stop supporting the war in Ukraine, and it doesn’t help Germany to just be a US base. Agree

… because “a strong Germany is the best defense against Russia” 🤨

Something something, Kamala is going to let BRICS happen and that’s bad

Just all over the place lol

 

tl;dw he had a “flat affect” after his daughter died because he was autistic, not because he was a murderer

 

this is going to be extremely vague. I just have this melody stuck in my head and I can't figure out what it is from.

These four notes are the primary motif for the rest of the song if I remember right.

I think these notes are approximately right, going by this virtual keyboard: https://www.onlinepianist.com/virtual-piano

C2 (half note) E5 (half note) G4 (half note) F4 (whole note) repeat.

Or on the virtual keyboard, with "max keys" turned on, it's the keys 1-f-o-i

Anyone know what this song is?

 
 
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