adhocfungus

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[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 2 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Most have disabled that now. I have only found one pump around here that I can still mute. I used to put tape over the speakers to muffle it, but most play out of the screen like a phone now.

[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Hatchet was such a powerful book when I was a kid. I bet it still holds up, so maybe I should reread it soon.

[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This is universally the phone your teen sister has when you visit home over the holiday.

[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 4 points 1 week ago

He narrates the Minecraft audiobooks my kid listens to as well.

[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 10 points 2 weeks ago

Put it in VR and it reminds me of the Community episode:

"Jesus wept!"

[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

My grandparents had one too. I never once saw them sharpen anything, but it moved around the front yard every once in a while, so they must have been keeping it out for something.

[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Any mod recommendations for a 5 year old? He's got a laptop with Debian on it and I'd like to set him up with MineTest, but I'm not sure he can handle the full MineClonia experience.

[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I have not. Is it worth watching?

[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

I used to think like the OP/image, but now I'm in your camp. You should absolutely eat things you don't enjoy if they are good for you. But bad pizza crust is just punishing your mouth while gaining weight.

I understand the food waste argument, but it's wasted whether you eat it or not. You're wasting just as much if you don't eat the peel of the banana.

[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 3 points 4 weeks ago

I am personally familiar with that kind of pirate and I definitely appreciate what they do.

Maybe I should cross-post to AskHistory? I'm not looking for anything specific, really more hoping to learn some things while giving Lemmy users a chance to dump info they find interesting.

[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 3 points 4 weeks ago

I will watch all of these. Thanks!

[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

How much evidence do we have for this? I want to believe it since it's my favorite fact so far, which means I should be extra cautious before believing it.

 

I saw an article about keelhauling and realized I don't know much about pirates (those on the sea, not the internet) beyond what I've seen in movies. Tell me your most interesting pirate facts. Mythical or historical.

 

My son is obsessed with Mario LEGO and had his own little table in the corner of the LEGO room. It was overflowing and my wife hated how messy it looked. While she was away for a few days I made this.

Two partial sheets of 3/4" birch plywood with French cleats attached, painted white, were mounted on the walls. Then the desk just slots into the second-lowest cleat, using the bottom cleat as support.

As he grows we can raise the desk a couple times, eventually bringing it up to 29" from the ground which is about regular desk height.

I also made a few shelves and a box for him to organize with out of the plywood scrap.

He likes that he can rearrange his storage as he pleases. I made a couple more medium-sized shelves that aren't pictured, and I may someday make a corner triangular shelf for Bowser to sit on.

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