Make like a tree and fuck off

“I know how to drive, Ricky.”

“You also know how to be stupid.”

World of Warcraft. Only played for a year back in 2010 but racked up an entire month of time played on my main, not even counting my half dozen alts.

Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) - over 1000 hours logged in flight, countless hours spent learning and researching avionics, checklists, airliners, procedures, hardware, software addons, etc.

I see two problems with your assessment here.

1. The gearbox is not going to be an issue. It will be very low torque if you try to drive it from the generator side because of that reduction. You’d have to spin it very fast but it would be low torque. The gearing makes it easier, not harder, like a car in first gear. (Or, from the power generation perspective, like engine braking in first gear.)

2. The blades aren’t running in reverse. You’d rotate the shaft the same direction as when it’s generating power.

This is all to make resale easier. Future adults will never be able to look at a building and say, “Hey, that bridal boutique used to be a Pizza Hut!”

I don’t think most modern releases work offline, as in the disc is just a key or only part of the install data. You need to get online for that extra install data or required day one patch.

Shit sucks.

Tsar/Czar is also derived from Caesar.

It’s also your greatest ally. Never had a terrible hangover or comedown? Soul-crushing grief? Nothing like the passage of time to alleviate those.

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Maybe if you have a bad bank, I’ve checked mine and it’s competitive. April 17 I did a Bandcamp transaction in GBP, charged my Chase card and got <1% difference in USD compared to the mid-market exchange rate on that date. It’s $90.21 on my statement, $89.92 when I calculate it, so +0.3% off the mid-market rate.

If you’re getting anything worse than this, you’ve got a shady bank, and there’s no lack of competition.

It’s not hard to find a bank that only charges a 1% fee on the spot exchange rate. You shouldn’t be using a debit card (“cash in the account”) almost anywhere. Credit is so much better.

How often are you spending >$500 vs <$500 on a single transaction in a foreign currency?

Don’t use a bank that charges $5 for currency conversion. If it’s anything more than an additional 1% it’s a shit bank. Always charge things in the local currency and let your bank do the conversion for +1%. Need cash? Hit a real bank ATM (not a shady kiosk one) with a debit card that refunds ATM fees and withdraw local currency for +1%. Currency conversion any other way is a complete ripoff, aside from ordering money from the bank before you leave.

Someone needs to make a vibrator with aux in so you can really feel the music

Have a source within arms reach 24/7 and drink as much as you can everytime you think about it. That’s it. It’s one of the many annoying maintenance items of life, just get used to it like brushing your teeth. Eventually you’ll hate how you feel when you don’t do it, and this outweighs the annoyance.

240V vs 120V. For an equivalent amount of current, 240V supplies twice the amount of power to the heating element.

Robot vacuum. My floors are spotless except for some areas you’d never walk on and I only need to do some spot cleaning every month or two.

Dishwashers are awesome too, watch Technology Connections’ video on YouTube if you think your dishwasher doesn’t do a good job. It’s likely just how you’re using it. Priming the hot water before running, using powder detergent instead of liquid or packs (booo), and using the pre-wash and rinse aid will have even the gnarliest dishes coming out spotless.

100% I agree with taking substance use seriously. It’s like using a firearm, you gotta treat that shit with respect.

Good thing “slippery slope” is literally a logical fallacy.

Many of these are two distinct syllables, so even if you get a broken transmission, it’s still intelligible.