Oh look, it came around.

The local dating branch would like a word with you.

Rest assured, fellow humans, you are my #1 priority when the day comes.

I don’t know Romanian politics.

I stopped after you’ve shown your ignorance in the first sentence. The fucking gall. Not everything is about your navel gazing needle-eyed world view. At least have the decency not to spew opinions about shit you don’t understand.

Want to talk of colonialism? Read up on Stalin and the Iron Curtain, and then fuck right off. I know how Russian freedom looks like.

He’s a fucking nutcase that would have taken the country back to the stone age. A messiah wannabe fascist sympathiser that denies historical facts, doesn’t believe in viruses because he can’t see them, an admirer of Putin and almost 100% old guard of the communist secret police, he got where he is by lying and manipulating on Chinese social media, and investing millions in publicity campaigns from “volunteers” whilst declaring he didn’t put any money in. Which even in NATOs poorest bumpkin country it happens to be illegal.

And from all that glorious shit cocktail you pick ‘NATO sceptic’? It’s like saying Hitler was bad because his paintings suck.

The left minorities getting guns is the fastest way to get the right to approve gun control.

But we’re the biggest leopard fans! Surely he won’t feast on our faces?

Swipe left on the TV screen 😂

Get your kid a smartphone, then there’s no need for a library pass.

Dammit Jim!

Hero.

Don is an addict. No matter how much money, women or success he gets, it will never be enough. He’ll chase that next high to the end of the earth.

The solar panel technology has evolved in leaps and bounds in the past 20 years. Current panels are more efficient and resilient than old ones. I’d recommend saving for a new installation if you can.

In some places you can get a loan against your house equity for things like a solar panel installation if you install it on the roof. The thinking there bejng that the value of the house increases as a result. There may also be subsidies you can access.

That being said, you can test an used solar panel with a decent multimeter, by measuring the voltage (DC volts), short circuit current (DC ampers) and operating current if you can (this one is easier with a clamp meter, but you have to measure it on a live installation). As long as the values are reasonably close to the panel spec, you should be fine. There are tutorials out there on how to actually do it without blowing the fuse on your tools.

God Save The King

kid rock :[

They: “I don’t even.”

You:“… lift, bro?”

I should care less.

Perfect human beings don’t exist. Apparently there’s a religion positing there was one perfect human, but we nailed him to a cross for interfering with business.

Here’s a thought. If you were able to get away with Almost Anything ™ and were surrounded by people praising your genius, dashing good looks and boundless generosity towards their persons, how long would it take for you to lose your moral compass, you think? You would pretty soon lose your frame of reference to the normal people, and your empathy would follow. And that’s assuming you’re not 2nd or 3rd generation ultra rich, in which case you never had it to begin with.

Succession is a very good TV series exploring the mindset of such people, if you want to see it in action. Otherwise, history is full of examples - such as Nero, the greatest poet to ever set fire to Rome.

I know there are exceptions, like everywhere else in life. But those tend to cultivate humility as a habit, like other people go to the gym.

I second the suggestion of a Kobo. I have the Libra 2, bought after the charging port of my paperwhite gave up the ghost, and it’s perfect for my needs:

• usb-c charging port
• native support for epub
• hardware page turning buttons
• water proof (not tested, but nice to know it’s there)

Support from Rakuten has been stellar as well.

Old Man’s War by John Scalzi was made for this, I swear. His latest books also read a lot like movie scripts are contained therein.

Charles Stross’ Laundry series has a ton of potential too, if less Chtullu is required, I wouldn’t mind a Merchant Princes series either.

I heard rumours about Forever War being optioned at some point, but nothing came of it.