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[Spastic Hamburger]

We have some of those trash cans downtown! Don’t know if they have light strips, though. It’s been a while since I’ve been there when it’s dark 😛

Some of the heat generated may be able to be offset by the use of a water sink to absorb the excess energy. Maybe use it to help irrigate the surrounding area? Desert greening could be considered bad, though. The warm water could even be used for other tasks, too.

I really do like the solar plants! We used to have a solar bug in a jar that was pretty cool.

There’s been a lot more development with spray on panels, too. For instance, Mercedes is experimenting with using it to help power cars: https://www.motortrend.com/news/mercedes-benz-solar-paint-tech-demo/

Got a bit of a cold front the other day. Finally! So glad to have the heat gone 🙂

I hate how I had told various online stores not to email me and they respect that until Black Friday sales hit. Then they start spamming me with offers. I had already told them to unsubscribe me!

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[DeVaultSetter]

Today, you can get them out of the jar.
Spray on is brilliant, forget about putting it to use in places like Lahore or Delhi until at least the folks over there get back on their bikes/carts/rickshaws, and stop burning coal. In doing that throws up a whole new bunch of issues though. 😛
Yeah, those hounds still have your address and will not let go of that bone. Fair to say with spam from some ebay sellers, you can redirect it to spam@ebay.com.
Edit: Oh, here’s the link to the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition we spoke of years ago. 🙂

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[Spastic Hamburger]

Cool!

Santa would definitely need to find something else to give out to the naughty people. Perhaps pumice instead? 😛

Yep, redirect the ones I can. Had to do that with a school I formerly went to. They messed up something in the email system and they kept spamming me with student newsletters even though I was no longer in their system as an active student. I kept forwarding them to their IT department but never got a response. Took two years for them to stop 🙁

“Never trust anybody taller than you.”

Good advice! 😀

So I saw a keychain yesterday of the Monopoly guy wearing a prison jumpsuit. He finally got caught!

[DeVaultSetter]

Ah, Mr. Monopoly served with marching orders – go to jail, go directly to jail, do not collect $200. Good job. 🙂
Good also for Facebook airing the ills experienced by carriers of livestock with Crap Loading Ramps, boasting a growing collection of magnificent and unforgettable images we can be all proud of. 🙂

[Spastic Hamburger]

Excellent idea. Folks definitely need to be more aware of this stuff. Only was able to view the first few images without a Facebook account but definitely a good idea. It’s been a while since The Jungle came out and it should definitely be remembered today. Still quite a few tweaks to make to the industry 🙂

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There’s a guest login, only works if you get Messenger so it seems.
Most folks feel the best out of life is to get by doing just the bare minimum, until it’s holiday time at least. In many cases, the cattle truck operators are too “nice”, such pleasant demeanour brought on by threats to livelihood/well-being/life from unhinged farmers. 😛
Have not read The Jungle, the Wikipedia condensed plot synopsis is amazing in its graphic detail of Jurgis spiralling down through the gamut of all possible misfortunes that do befall, old predicaments re-emerge with a new twist and each rock-bottom is a portal to the next. But then, out of the blue, he chances upon Ostrinski, someone nice who talks to him about socialism, consequently upon which his troubles suddenly melt away and everyone lives happily ever after. Of course, the book will have a lot more to say on these events, thus surely dispelling any misconceptions acquired from the reading of the aforementioned plot summaries. 😛

[Spastic Hamburger]

Yeah, Wikipedia’s plot summaries are an interesting thing. Sometimes, they’re little more than a short blurb, other times a blow-by-blow account, and then you have the cases where they’re well done. This one looks like the latter. 🙂 Interestingly, while we discussed the book in school, we never actually read it. It’s definitely on the list, though. 🙂

Crime and Punishment had a similar ending. As soon as Rodion realizes he loves Sonya, everything changes and even goes to turn himself in to serve his sentence in the labor camp with Sonya following him to keep him company. Really good book and highly recommended 🙂

They really don’t write books like they used to!

The issue with cattle trucks is part of why lax regulations only make the issues worse. Unless told otherwise, folks don’t usually go above and beyond. Another literary example? Why not! This was discussed extensively in Airframe. I fear it’ll only get worse over here as we’ve been rolling back regulations in general for a good decade or so. And then we have the criticisms of the FDA. We actually use quite a few food products that are banned in the rest of the world, such as bromated flour. Personally, I only buy unbleached flour. There are other cases where bad substances were banned after the fact but claim that the current production was grandfathered in. Bit of a mess. 😛

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[Spastic Hamburger]

Oh, NMS is currently running this year’s expeditions again, with a new one every two weeks, for the next ten weeks or so

And I picked up a copy of Godzilla-themed Monopoly the other day. Should be a blast!

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[DeVaultSetter]

Heh, there’s also the real life Boeing MCAS saga which turned the planes into flying death traps. The FDA, like other large orgs is little more than a coterie of small fiefdoms ruled by folks who care for little more than the unbroken teflon of their backsides. These kinds of criticisms will, as you know, either be denied outright, or referred onto another departmental section, with the end result being that nothing will ever get done.
Fortunately, the use of E924 is banned in Australia, however Cyclamate is fine over here, go fig.
Trying to get my head around Godzilla’s forays into the real estate industry – could it be a Jurassic Park themed affair? 😛
Okay, now we know where to get the news from. 🙂

[Spastic Hamburger]

Yuck, yuck, yuck. Boeing is still recovering from that fiasco. They’re now talking about splitting the company up to try and recover much needed funds. And let’s not forget all of the worker strikes!

I think it involves the destruction of Tokyo but, honestly, I didn’t look closely at the box. I figured that, either way, it would be awesome enough for it to be a surprise. 😛 Everyone at the shop thought it was amazing when they saw it, though 😀

Awesome! Doesn’t look like it has a lot of articles but it does feature some of the most pressing 🙂

And NASA released an awesome virtual fireplace the other day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cgTVTwu4nw

So it looks like MoMA has an online store! They’ve got some pretty cool stuff in there!

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