datendefekt

Slogging through FFXIII here. It’s super linear and repetitive, but just what I need right now.

Just stop!

But what helped me: often smoking is part of a daily routine or ritual, so mix up your routine. Take up a new hobby or take the bus instead of the car. Go for a walk after lunch. Giving up smoking is a big change, so don’t be afraid to make big changes. Get new clothes. Make new friends. You have discarded your old identity as a smoker. Still smoking? Doesn’t matter! You already want to stop - you’re becoming that person already.

And don’t be so hard on yourself if you have a smoke now and then. Be conscious of what situation or routine triggered the reflex, and change it in future. If you have a smoke every few days or weeks, don’t sweat it, you’ve broken addiction as far as I’m concerned!

It’s a character from German kid’s books.A witch called Bibi Blocksberg.

Dumbledore!

It’s so depressing. Recently there was a scandal that some members of the AfD met to discuss forced deportation of German of foreign descent. 1939 Nazi-level stuff.

Many demonstrations followed and the quiet majority thought that was the end of it. But all those followers just lapped up that remigration-cool-aid like it was nothing. A mass stabbing incident shortly before the vote didn’t help either.

And everyone knows that they’re Nazis being funded by Russia and nobody cares. The public with half a brain is teetering between not taking them seriously and being paralyzed by shock.

I’m not an expert on missiles, but this image made me wonder

That looks like a spline with a groove for ball bearings. OK, maybe the explosion forcibly removed all ball bearings but one, but the real question is: shouldn’t that better be lubricated and not all rusted?

Here’s the link in English https://en.defence-ua.com/news/russia_used_kn_23_ballistic_missile_from_north_korea_in_ukraine_strike_missile_missed_target-11420.html

Ukrainians are dying daily and have been for 2 years…

You mean since 10 years, when Russia invaded Crimea.

Can’t recommended DE enough, and for that price it’s a must buy.

My backlog has reached that point where I need to be a responsible adult and finally beat some games, so this time I’ll pass.

But the PS games like Horizon: Zero Dawn are tempting.

The roof is on fire

David Cage understandably gets a lot of flak, but the Quantic Dreams games aren’t actually bad at all. I’ve played Fahrenheit, Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls and Detroit. And while they aren’t top-tier excellent, they were all memorable.

Russia’s reaction will be extremely interesting. I read somewhere that they said that an attack on their early warning systems will be countered with nuclear force.

I’d like to know how many of the poor souls on the frontline aren’t Russian but Indians, Syrians, etc… that got shanghaied into service.

How do they fly without the recoil flipping them over?

This whole thing is just bizarre.

Is that tank flying the flag of the EU?

Wow if it’s really that high, then organizing an attack with 10 drones is extremely impressive!

I’d have hoped that the lag would be lower, because Starlink has a lower orbit than geosync satellites. My hunch would’ve been 100ms one way, for a complete round-trip delay of 0.5s at most.

Akschually air force would literally be Luftmacht, but that would sound too much like the Defense Force, or Wehrmacht, that they had during a certain period of time.

It is rumored that the Luftwaffe can even scrounge an operative helicopter or fighter or two. And if the German ministers traveling are really lucky, they might even have an Airbus out of repairs so that the poor diplomats don’t need to fly business class.

There are actually a few cargo ships using Flettner Rotors. They can’t completely power the ship - they require a bit of power themselves for the rotation - but they can noticeably offset fuel consumption.