@pony Did you expect to feel something?
@jwildeboer You mean like this? Or that?
* https://www.delta.tudelft.nl/article/farewell-spaceboxes
* https://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Europe/Netherlands/South/Utrecht/Utrecht/photo613417.htm
Just add art-deco inside, but that's a subjective choice.
@ktemkin What you write is no good, so wishes of improvement. But I wonder, what you describe as broken tendons is supposed to cause a lot of pain (methinks), so how come you did not notice? Or can it be that you get such an injury without much pain?
@markusl @jwildeboer Agreed. Though, I'd guess in such cases 2 things can happen: 1) the parties quickly realize it's an accident/misunderstanding and quickly de-escalate; or 2) the incident only reveals that at least one of the parties actually had an implicit propensity for the conflict, just was not aware of it and now realized it serves them actually well. I.e., there was at least one with and intent on conflict, just did not know it explicitly yet.
@jwildeboer How do you read all those things as US wanting to have war? All the headlines you posted say clearly that US _warns_ Russia - and everybody in NATO is adamant that war should _not_ happen. Yes, US sent now a handful of troops to Poland (ally). But in the end, it's about 15k NATO troops at the eastern border of the alliance and 130+k Russian fully equipped invasion force on the other side. Where do you see the NATO/US being "keen"?
@jwildeboer Peace is a fragile equilibrium. You need two to cooperate. For a conflict you need just one.
Me and you not wanting it, won't make it "not happen" if the other party is determined to go ahead with it.
... I know we speak the same. Just venting my own frustration about this ...
@z428 Looks very artistic and noble. ... until you closely look around 🙂
@p@raru.re @Mitsu gross
@piggo This is done more often than you'd expect. It's quite common practice also for many Czech diary products. You just need to carefully read the diary products EU-origin label next time you go to your supermarket. For instance here an example from Slovakia: https://m.smedata.sk/api-media/media/image/sme/7/16/164407/164407_1200x.jpg?rev=1
This is a product made of Slovak milk which is exported to Germany where they make butter from it, which is in turn shipped to Slovakia - it's one of the most sold brands in the country. The reason is/was the efficiency and capacity the of production line in Germany: https://ekonomika.sme.sk/c/6695153/slovenske-maslo-rajo-vyrabaju-v-nemecku.html.
@pony history ![]()
@hob First attempt at a group post. Let's see what happens.
### 3-layered apple pie, edition #2
The [first attempt](https://qoto.org/@FailForward/107628311117783248) was fine and tasted well, but there were several things which needed improvement. Primarily the size of the recipe.
So I applied some bugfixes and made the edition #2. Half ingredients, better juicier taste, a bit of a sharper touch of lemon, just fine now. I don't even know what's to be improved still.
@chiasm @adamasnemesis What always irks me are the situational details of these paintings which I just cannot "unsee": 1) she's very relaxed, as if she was sitting there since at least 5 minutes and just looks back at the painter/viewer; at the same time 2) she's completely dry, not a drop of water on her body anywhere; while 3) waves keep coming and going and splashing around like every 5 seconds or so.
So something clearly is off... 🤔
Spotify
@charlie_root@social.linux.pizza @thegibson
I guess the thing is that podcast is one of experience, while the old music just keeps giving so generates money long-term. See also a good discussion of this by Rick Beato here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYX1YFiQTDw
@pony I don't know what formats those engines can process, but there is a whole cottage industry of interior modelling software and there are plenty of 3D models of various furniture. Maybe Unreal et al. can import such files too, or there might be a straightforward conversion for them, no clue. I needed some IKEA pieces before, but a lot of those models are for money.
Anyhow, my starting point advice is SweetHome3D program which can import standard formats. A good starting point listing a number of sites with 3D models of furniture is here: http://www.sweethome3d.com/importModels.jsp
@piggo There's no "dislike/unstar" button here, so here you go 😉
@henri Not that it's fine, or something, just most people do not realize that all that money which is mentioned in this table actually does not exist. Vast majority of those figures is in company shares which are valued at that price point, but it's not real money and you cannot buy anything real for it quickly. Nor can these gentlemen freely and easily convert it all into cash at their free will. So while they indeed have access to vast amounts of money indeed, it's certainly not so that this is on their bank accounts - which is what most normal people think.
Just saying.
Exploring, failing, backtracking, just to identify the only viable path forward. And then scarred, stumbling forward into the future. Learning.
Boring and steady. Knowing little and questioning a lot. Mostly harmless.
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