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JayleneSlide

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  • How ok would you be if teleported right now into a field in Peru in the 1300s with... (see description)?

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  • Depends on which context in which you're interested. Internet? Hm... For the refit part and thinking through/designing for all of these factors, maybe The Duracell Project (https://www.youtube.com/@TheDuracellProject/videos). Most of the people I know actually doing this stuff are... actually doing it. There's not a lot of time and bandwidth to create an accessible internet resource. And the seriously salty folk, most of them barely have email. Among my sailing peers, I'm the most technologically capable, and that's not saying much. :D We tend to eschew the high tech that invariably will let us down when we most need it. Much of seafaring knowledge and skills are born from hard experience and sitting around getting drunk with old salts, which is its own kind of hard experience. :D

    You start small, push the limits, break shit, find fixes in order get back to port, and find what works for you with what you have at hand. Anything you couldn't fix, you go to your marina neighbors or the internet to find jury-rigs for that specific failure mode. In your day-to-day life, learning some basic knots, how to make whoopie slings and soft shackles with Dyneema, wilderness first aid, wilderness first responder training, even basic disaster preparedness all help change your perspective on how you approach your day. For example, drilling for natural disaster response, at least for me, shifts my mindset into a "what could go wrong," "what are the failure modes of [this critical component]" way of thinking. These are aspects you can explore without a boat or having wilderness nearby.

    I haven't watched a lot of her stuff, but Wind Hippie Sailing (https://www.youtube.com/@WindHippieSailing/videos) is a seriously badass solo dirtbagger (not a pejorative; it's technical term cribbed from rock climbing). Solo sailors are a breed apart and a few steps above the rest of us salty dogs who have crew.

    Downloaded to my Kiwix app or installed on phone/tablet and mirrored across a bunch of backup devices:

    • 100 Rabbits
    • Ready.gov
    • Animated Knots
    • U.S. Army Ranger Handbook (hard to ignore 200 years of military refinement)
    • Survival Manual (sadly no longer available)

    Now if you're okay with books, lots of great resources there.

    • "Sailing Alone Around the World" by Joshua Slocum
    • "Sailing a Serious Ocean" by John Kretschmer
    • "Cruising in Serrafyn," "The Self Sufficient Sailor," "The Capable Cruiser" by Larry and Lyn Pardey; hell, almost all of their books are great reads; they sailed the world for decades with almost no electric and no engine
    • "Where There Is No Doctor and "Where There Is No Dentist," Hesperian Health Guides
    • "Annapolis Book of Seamanship" by John Rousmaniere
    • Just about anything by Fatty Goodlander, funny stories on the dirtbagging lifestyle

    Let me know if you any additional questions. Happy to share.

    Edit to add: Practical Sailor (https://www.practical-sailor.com/), a great internet resource . JFC, how did I forget that?!

  • How ok would you be if teleported right now into a field in Peru in the 1300s with... (see description)?

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  • The diarrhea is going to be one of the biggest challenges. The differences is food, parasite/microbiota challenges... dehydration and acclimating to the local food supply are going to present problems.

  • How ok would you be if teleported right now into a field in Peru in the 1300s with... (see description)?

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  • Sure, I'm not going to be replacing any modern consumables or modern tech. And the LiFePO4 cells are ultimately going to wear out. The solar cells will lose generation capacity. But I'll probably be long dead before that capacity becomes a concern. Hopefully the hardcopy books don't get wet, because that's where I keep the stuff I don't keep in my head.

    That said, there's very little I can't fix on my boat. I did all of the work in my complete refit. If you know any open ocean sailors or sailboat delivery captains, we are a ridiculously resourceful bunch. Prepared AF. Kinda like the Eagle Scouts of the sea. Also, our gear is robust, resilient, and fault tolerant.

    We sit around and practice this shit. There's not much else to do out in the ocean. :D "Oh, your refrigerator compressor died." I've got a brand new, spare compressor and a second refrigerator; move the most critical foods accordingly. "The second fridge died." Immediately switch to non-refrigeration food preservation techniques. "You're running critically low on salt." Use the brine rejection from the watermaker. And so on. Because of all the interlocking dependencies on sailboats, we have failover modes all the way down to tarring the hull and weaving hemp lines. Okay, not that far, but you get the idea.

  • How ok would you be if teleported right now into a field in Peru in the 1300s with... (see description)?

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  • A) I'm very resourceful and have formal wilderness training, but naked and completely foreign environs... Probably not going to do so well, especially if the weather is harsh.

    B) Pretty well. My backpack is my bag of tricks and my daily loadout includes my multitool, an IFAK, some clothing layers, and two water bottles. But it's still going to be a challenge because of completely foreign environs.

    C) Perfectly awesome, living my best life. My home is my sailboat with solar, 40000Wh battery storage, water makers, extensive first aid, dried food and spices, and more books, movies, and video games than I could possibly finish in my remaining years.

  • What are commonly used idioms/metaphors that make no sense to anyone who knows about the topic they come from?

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  • I'm totally guilty too. I'll be right next to you in that circle of hell reserved for "SWEs who failed to optimize their code."

  • What are commonly used idioms/metaphors that make no sense to anyone who knows about the topic they come from?

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    1. Even when Moore's Law was still holding ground, it was countered by Wirth's Law: software is getting slower at a more rapid pace than hardware is getting faster.

  • The last note taking app you'll ever need

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  • I don't really get all the hate on the comments.

    Agreed. "Oh no! Not an ETL!" I wish more applications were backed by MySQL, MariaDB, Mongo, etc. Give me the option of encryption at rest, and when it's time to change apps, I have granular control over everything.

    On the other hand, the advantage of all the hate is everyone presenting their faves and providing their reasons. So ...net win for the audience?

  • Why does digital violence against LGBTI people in Thailand and Taiwan continue even after marriage equality?

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  • What you propose is simple (as in simplistic), but far from easy. Content moderation at scale is extremely difficult, if not impossible. See "Masnick's Impossibility Theorem."

    Also, deplatforming bigots is difficult and ineffective:

  • I got more than I bargained for, how do I fix? TW: suicide

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  • What games have you and your cat co-discovered thru randomness and play?

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  • Not a game per se, "Hugs and Kisses." My cat had to go on a special diet for a few months. I put down her morning food, and she balked at the change. I was leaving for work and feeling like I should stick with her for the day. So I grabbed her, gave her a kiss on the head and, in a silly voice, said "Hugs and kisses, HUGS AND KISSES!" I put her down and she ate her food.

    From that point forward, she wouldn't eat her food unless I did the hugs and kisses thing. It had to be the full dance, the same voice, or she wouldn't eat.

  • Why many Americans are unaware of the massive event in Gaza BEFORE October 7th

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  • That green ellipse is called a paragraph break. It denotes a shift in thought or conversational topic.

    My example was poorly chosen in the context of the preceding paragraph. Mea culpa. But to address your request for more information on that admittedly poorly chosen example: that was at the start at the Russian invasion, so I don't have the source readily available. It might have been Jacobin or a YT geopolitical analyst based in Europe. And bluntly, I am disinclined to dig through my histories in order to satisfy nitpicking pedantry.

    Yeah, we're definitely missing each other here. I own my role in communicating poorly here. And you are reading much more deeply into things that have not been said.

    I feel like you are digging for an argument that doesn’t exist.

    Okay, sure. Maybe that’s fair.

    I come to Lemmy for conversations that are fun, funny, thought-provoking, and helpful. So, on that note, I'm out. Enjoy your day.

  • If real-life had D&D stats, what would yours look like? Would you focus new points on any in particular?

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  • No luck stat? Because we all tend to underestimate how much luck plays into everything.

  • Why many Americans are unaware of the massive event in Gaza BEFORE October 7th

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  • That’s the exact point at which you departed from accuracy into fantasy-land, and what I was taking note of.

    That was an example I presented of my disbelief regarding that war. You are welcome to hone in on that topic, but even I said "WAT," i.e. my disbelief regarding conclusions at which some people outside the US arrived.

    This is an impressive type of sophisticated negging whereby you criticize yourself as a way to implicitly criticize the reader, and tell them they’re an idiot.

    If you choose to read it that way, you are welcome to that view. I do think US news consumers are propagandized. The more I learn, the more I realize I have been stumbling around blindfolded with regards to US actions, domestically and abroad. My ignorance is mine alone. I was aiming for light and humorous at the depth and breadth of my ignorance. If you would like more clarification or elaboration, rather than making assumptions, I'm happy to discuss.

    I would really urge you to re-examine that leap you took from “most US readers are misinformed” to “most of the people in these comments are misinformed”

    That's quite the leap yourself. Would you care to elaborate on how I called commenters here misinformed?

    I think we might be missing each other's points, and I think we probably agree more than this topic/thread would indicate. I feel like you are digging for an argument that doesn't exist. I would rather find where we agree; putting me down and making extrapolations I didn't intend nor feel doesn't help anything, except maybe our egos. But I suppose agreement doesn't make for compelling Lemmy comments.

  • Why many Americans are unaware of the massive event in Gaza BEFORE October 7th

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  • Lolwut

    Exactly, hence, my "WAT." Let's set aside the veracity of the US manipulating geopolitics in the UA/RU war; that was an example, but not the point I'm trying to make. Can we all agree that the US has a long history of fuckery when it comes to stomping out anything it doesn't like or isn't in line with corporate interests? Bananas, oil, crack cocaine in US inner cities, and democratically elected South American socialists leap to mind.

    When my non-US friends tell me some of this stuff from their perspective, it absolutely stuns me that it's an angle almost completely unavailable in US media. Maybe it's covered by niche independent journalists, but then there is a credibility gap. Even if the independent journalist were absolutely presenting the truth, it's still feels like tinfoil hat shit because of how severely we're inculcated by "trustworthy" news sources in the US.

    I like to think I'm a teeny bit media- and news-savvy, but damn... most days I really feel like a blithering idiot.

  • Why many Americans are unaware of the massive event in Gaza BEFORE October 7th

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  • When even the "more trustworthy" US news outlets (HAHAHAHAHA!) are manufacturing consent, it becomes very difficult for us to be anything other than idiots. Talking with my longtime acquaintances and friends in CA, DE, VN, and JP, the conversations invariably become "Did you hear about [current event causal factors]? This is super obvious, and here is [their reliable news sources]." Well, shit.

    For example, the one that really blew me away was the US manipulating geopolitics with UA and RU so as to bring the EU to heel. WAT. "Oh yeah. I think US citizens are the only ones to whom that isn't obvious. Y'all can't stand having a true, strong democracy around. That's why y'all are pushing the right-wing shit here too."

    I consider myself well-read (30+ non-fiction books per year, plus investigative journalism), but damn... some days I feel truly, completely out of the loop.

  • My dearest Lemmy, what is the appliance you have the most beef with?

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  • Microwaves are the penultimate Norman Object (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Design_of_Everyday_Things). They could have a standardized UI (cue up obligatory XKCD "Standards"). Instead, every manufacturer does it differently and usually in obscure, unintuitive fashion, often differently from the same manufacturer. Do you enter the time or power setting first? Oh wait, pressing a number launches it straight into running. That part that looks like a door handle is not how one actually opens the door; press the door button first. So. Much. Hate.

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  • Go for a saunter, even if it's just out the front door.

  • For this hardworking chef? Always

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  • That looks a lot like fugu. But I'm sure that shokunin prepared it properly!

  • Your Phone Isn’t Eavesdropping on You to Show You Ads (It’s Worse Than That)

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  • The relationship correlation data makes a lot of sense if only from a bandwidth perspective.

  • Your Phone Isn’t Eavesdropping on You to Show You Ads (It’s Worse Than That)

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  • Correct. I can definitively say "I don't know how this happened." But I do know it creeps me out and spurs me to speed up my privacy efforts.

    @Marty_Man_X@lemmy.world and @TORFdot0@lemmy.world both make great points, both of which can certainly explain the sudden change in suggestions.