You literally put the money + a piece of paper with your account number into an envelope and mail it to them

And don’t forget if you feel bad, donate some profits towards good causes

Nice to hear you take proper precautions. Second hand smoking gave me a chronic bronchitis and my cat asthma, so I’m more than aware of the risks.

Unless you can walk away 10m+ (depending on if kids are there) you might want to reconsider smoking at all in those places

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11869-023-01435-9

At this point we should turn Rule 5 into it’s own joke. Bad vibes? Rule 5. I don’t like you? Rule 5. I’m having a bad day? Rule 5. The great servers need a sacrifice? Rule 5. Bitching about Rule 5? Believe it or not, Rule 5.

Those who continue to do business with them will be punished

I think a big difference is how seeing it happen in real life is much more impactful than on a video.

I grew up around butchering animals, and even got to visit a nearby family-owned slaughterhouse on occasion, for me slaughtering and butchering animals is something that I’m much more aware of due to these experiences, I’ve even been taught how to slaughter animals, and though I would never advocate to have everyone who wishes to eat meat slaughter an animal themselves, I think it’s absolutely important to see the process in person and not just on video.

Something that happens a lot in my experience is that specific animal parts are considered “gross”, entrails and such are usually the most common parts considered as such. That’s probably the easiest way to figure out if someone is aware of what butchering means or not, no, considering them gross is not directly a problem, but going all “eek” and stuff is a great way of telling me that the other person is ignorant of the meat industry.

There is very much a problem with a lot of people simply refusing to accept what butchering actually entails.

There was a public experiment done by a reputable German science magazine where they asked a farmer to set up a stand for freshly butchered geese at a nearby city’s outdoor market. The catch was that the geese were still alive and they’d be killed and butchered at the location. So many people reacted with outrage, and in the end only one goose got slaughtered, because the buyers themselves were more than aware of the butchering process. The rest of the geese were rescued by an animal rights advocate who bought them all to be kept at a rescue farm.

Here’s the video, obviously fully in German, but you can see pedestrian reactions: https://youtu.be/9AXt-6mAVEo

Most AI models used Books3 as part of their dataset which is a collection of pirated books. Here are a few articles talking about it:

https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/20/24224450/anthropic-copyright-lawsuit-pirated-books-ai

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-29/australian-authors-copyright-books3-generative-i-chatgpt/102914538

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/08/books3-ai-meta-llama-pirated-books/675063/

My biggest gripe with vegan communities is that a lot of them have an “All or Nothing” mentality, going fully vegan is a luxury not everyone can afford, and yet I find mainly malice when trying to talk about reducing ones own reliance on meat and other animal products in online communities.

And veganism, if taken to the “no suffering of sentient beings” full extreme, forbids buying things (not just food) produced by slavery. And those things, especially electronics and clothes, are not financially viable for most to be bought without any slavery involved in any step whatsoever.

Small boys are the best, you can use them as an arm rest, and if need be they can be picked and held up to give you a tactical advantage for spotting potential predatory species ❤️

Networking in DC is an extreme sport

Am I the only one with adhd who’s good at and enjoys networking? Most of it is just asking specific questions based on prior information you’ve been given by the other person.

Really important is identifying a topic the other is passionate about, maybe it’s not even work related, but a hobby or a travel experience they’ve had. Then you get them to “teach” you about it by asking them to elaborate and maybe even explain specific parts of their hobby, and voila you’ve succeeded in networking.

People are passionate about their skills and hobbies, and most love to elaborate and explain the specifics of it, especially when they usually don’t get to do it.

Remember those “Joe is forcing us to see his travel pictures” joke? This is basically that but you’re actually interested in the pictures. Listening to someone being passionate about something is a lot more fun than others lead you to believe, give it a try, it’s basically nt infodumping.

We are probably going to get McGinnis’ girlfriend as a regular sheriff/law enforcer soon, and from what I’ve gathered based on her voice lines she’s going to fulfill the “regular” role quite well

Warden - I’m most comfortable with him and despite what people claim about his chaining ability being easy to escape I have yet to meet someone who manages to escape it more than once in a match. If it’s fully upgraded I can easily solo most chars except for the extremely tank ones. Ult is also incredibly dangerous once upgraded to second tier, and melts almost everyone, when upgraded with reach items it gets even worse. Also super important to buy bullet velocity, turns his weapon from an unreliable piece of junk into a beautiful mid-range weapon.

Shiv - Melee Build is terrifyingly effective, especially with lifesteal. Slap some movement speed on him as well and his Ult suddenly turns useless because everyone in insta-kill range is also insta-killed with a regular melee.

Pocket - Can’t play them for shit but I love their design and kit, and I’m trying my best.

That might have been because the account was limited, in that case i get an error too.

Where did you get that info from? I can still invite people that just got added to my friends list

Maybe it was “The Thought Emporium”? He made two vids on it, one being a follow-up

Edit: I’m always willing to invite folks unless stated otherwise

For anyone that wants beta access just add me on Steam, no need to send a message or anything. The only requirement is that you have a non-limited Steam Account, aka, you’ve spent at least 5€ on Steam.

The Invite will take up to a day to be send out by Steam, and I might not always be awake to immediately add you.

Here’s my friend code: 180260951

And my profile URL: https://steamcommunity.com/id/idiot-mit-lizenz

And here’s proof that I have access to the Beta:

Quick FAQ:

Q: Do you need to be friends for at least X days to send an Invite?

A: Nope, upon accepting a friend request the invite can be send out immediately

Q: Is there a limit to how many people can be invited?

A: Also nope, the only limit is the friends list, and if that happens I can just remove some folks

Q: Do i need to keep you in my friends list to continue playing the Beta?

A: Once again, nope, when you get the notif you’ve been invited, simply accept it and you can remove me from your friends list

The average tansport van is about 18ft long. And the standard U.S. parking space is also 18ft long, this means the average van will still slightly stick out no matter what, but by no means as much as a 22ft beast on wheels.

There are also older model vans, which are more common, only reaching 16ft in length, so those will be able to properly park in standard parking spots.