Since legislators realized that mopeds had been invented.
Since legislators realized that mopeds had been invented.
I once had a hard drive of some particular vintage that wasn’t able to start. I did actually get it running with a hammer tap. Got the remains of data out and replaced the drive. It was nothing special, a Unix system drive with nothing that wasn’t on tape, but I just had to see if I could fix a hard drive with a hammer.
I also remember one admin who would often be seen walking between computer maintenance room and workshop wing with drives and a blacksmiths hammer labelled “format”.
Psions were pretty amazing. Can’t believe they ran a whole operating system like that on a couple of batteries. Iirc, turning on the LCD backlight doubled the idle power consumption. So the whole system was as heavy as a couple of LEDs.
I think I’ve seen robot vacuums that have done just that kind of quiet quit. Non robot ones, too, when I think of it.
Some robots could steal food from the refrigerator; some could spray strong perfumes; some could chat up the management then go fuck up a staff person’s work to make them look bad.
So, like a dog.
Nothing, mostly. And nothing. Unless there was hard wind or rain or an occasional bird. Loud birds can be a bit annoying to me these days.
People certainly try with Cyrillic. And kanji?
Overkill is really the best kind of kill.
Both my own “method” and a suggestion if I can cut it down to essentials:
Watch yourself closely. Don’t fall into more traps. There’s a lot of load already and you’re not at your best. So don’t make it worse. No drugs, alcohol, bad relationships, risks, incel or other insanity etc. Keep a careful and steady life and focus on healing and getting back on your feet as they say. Deal with things as they come. Work on yourself. Do things you care about. Avoid stress and especially anger and hate as much as possible.
When you’re feeling stronger again, you might know if and what you want to get into.
Here’s one nice list which also reflects the status of their usefulness. Physical availability varies widely, though.
What I do now, except I’d have more than tiny slices of time and energy to do it
I think it’s more like a door slam without a door.
A few minutes ago maybe. She’s still asleep next to me.
Istr that there’s some genetics involved in which way your legs like to bend. I’ve always bent easily in that direction. I can sit in full lotus easily or e.g. sit on in the floor, legs ahead with heels together and bend forward and rest my forehead on my feet. And there’s many stretches that do nothing for me because I run out of motion before anything gets tight. But legs wider apart, I can almost not sit upright at all. I’m not a flexible person over all.
It’s kind of hard to describe, but anyway. Took me until I was many many years old until a yoga instructor told me it kind of varies from person to person how easy some motions are.
There’s two ways to really do two things at once. Either you find a way to make them one more complex thing in your mind, or you juggle your focus between them.
This is good for things like reading aloud, reading music, playing two rhythms with different limbs, dancing or other choreography etc.
Various horrifying things happening to animals, people, or on some occasions me and being unable to help.
Suffering animals are the worst.
Fall asleep.
Well, I guess it does technically eventually happen to me sometimes somehow. But not when it should.
Never had very bad experiences.
Once, asleep, I opened my eyes as I heard footsteps going around the room, come next to my bed, stop for a while, then walk out again. I could see nobody in the room. After the steps in the hall stopped, I could wake up and get up. It was early but I didn’t really feel like trying to sleep any more.
That’s a very optimistic wording on front engine and traction since it’s actually the worst option. It’s not quite wrong to call it good, as it’s usually good enough.
Also 4wd is just flat out unnecessary waste except for some extreme condition. I live in the land of ice and snow and 4wd would be nice, but unnecessary, for about one week a year. Rest of the time it’s just weight, cost, and ecological waste. For most passenger cars, it’s a bad compromise.
Worst possible space efficiency and somewhat tricky routing. Lots of parts and complexity. But arguably the best performance and balance if you can deal with the cost and mass. Not uncommon, see Lamborghini, Porsche.
Pretty much obsolete at the top tier, though, since electric motors can trivially distribute the weight and drive even better.
Anything less would surely be antisemitism.