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Except for Animal, who's playing the drums

Don't forget the pro wall mount is $599

How someone is pronouncing W is actually a good way to guess where the speaker is from, or where the person that taurht them learned english.

double you for british/american accents

dubba you for some american accents

Dablu or dabloo is a clear indication that the speaker is not a naitive western english speaker, usually indicating indian for the speaker.

double v (often pronounced as double we) usually points towards somewhere near germany/holland/belgium

I've never heard anyone say just dub, curious if anyone has?

Edit: I lied. W pronounced 'dub' is only ever used to indicate a 'win'. e.g. 'Took the dub'

Imagine if in America, corporations were subject to the three strike rule

Doesn't help the microsoft was playing chicken with the upcoming EOL for supported on-prem exchange. What are people even going to run on their vmware? /s

Maybe this is explained somewhere if I could be bothered to research it, but how can he be actually illiterate?

He has an instagram account. How is he reading anything to do with it if he's illiterate? Sub numbers, password resets, comments? How would he even know people are watching if he can't read numbers?

It also sounds like clearing your throat, then spitting!

Haugck - Tooie!

Edit: and now I see that was the joke

It's the solution on the user experience side, but not the backend/server side. For both infrastructure and idealogical reasons. These two things don't have to be the same.

Disney parks wants park visitors to feel like their exploring, but design in such a way that thepy don't actually stray that far from the preferred paths. Also they have clear sign posting.

There's no reason the fediverse can't design the opposite. Helping users into feeling like there's a set path, and that they're doing the right thing, while subtly encouraging exploration.

It's just the opposite of where all talent and techniques of internet software design are right now, so it's going to take some work.

Edit: Most people don't jump into a hedge to get off the main road, they find a small, unplanned trail or desire path, then learn to navigate the jungle when that path ends.

There is no trick. This will require active repragramming from you for months.

I couldn't find a quit method that took the fight out of my addiction. You have to want to quit more than your addiction. That's nice but doesn't mean much.

I found in practice, this equates to action in meeting cravings with determination. Even if you don't really feel it. You're used to feeling anxious/angry/sad/sorry for yourself when you can't have a cigarette. Take back that moment, that feeling. Redefine it. It's a battle you're choosing, and the best thing you can do is practice fighting it.

The plus side is, the battle will change as you fight it. So you won't get bored!

The first two weeks are the hardest.

You already know the first fight, if you've ever had to wait for the shops to open to buy some cigarettes or tobacco. You've just got to raw dog that. It's going to suck, but it will at least suck with purpose.

After about 4 days, I started getting spiky, intense cravings that passed after about 30 mins to an hour. Several times a day.

By week two, I only struggled when I was around smokers, saw it on tv, read about it, had a drink (it's still hard).

There was a resurgence in cravings in month two. I felt I'd earned a puff or two. This is a trap. Notice it, it's a useful trigger to double down on deciding not to smoke

I'm now a year in off of vaping and cigarettes. It's still sometimes hard, but mostly I don't think about it, except to be glad I don't need to go for a smoke. I don't miss things at parties anymore. I don't miss moments with my daughter. Plane rides are way easier.

Yeah, and the toys sold at bad-dragon.com are plenty firm

Amen!

The future is getting a QR code tattooed on your forehead so the link bubble blocks your face, and machine learning thinks you're an avocado. I'm getting mine done tomorrow.