[-] toofpic@lemmy.world 109 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I do that all the time. A thing is a thing, and it can be your thing now. I only try to ask myself two things:

  1. Do I really need that?
  2. Is it in a good condition? I have a lot of used stuff at home, so if I took something half-broken, it would look like a dumpster already.

Sidenote: I live in Denmark, where people overconsume, and then get rid of stuff which is still in good condition.

[-] toofpic@lemmy.world 86 points 1 month ago

"Fools bridge" from Saint-Petersburg saying hi!
It's just below the height of the most popular small truck, Gazelle - despite the poster saying: "It's low, Gazelle doesn't fit" (in addition to a normal sign), drivers keep checking that.

[-] toofpic@lemmy.world 85 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

We (30-40yo guys) just played soccer, and there were too few of us. So we invited some kids who were hanging around on the fields. Well, fuck...
(The ball flies away)
Kid: I'll bring it back! (sprints after the ball like I'm not sprinting during the attack, then proceeds to run like that for the next hour)
We were only better like a pickup truck is better when it collides with a motorcycle

[-] toofpic@lemmy.world 78 points 3 months ago

39 here, same shit. I'll roll right into the "how do you do, fellow kids" meme

[-] toofpic@lemmy.world 75 points 6 months ago

Could be a "You can't let John down now, we're old pals, and a few people expect the site to work by the end of the week. He just needs a site like Facebook, but for gardeners"

[-] toofpic@lemmy.world 113 points 8 months ago

Google Reader shutdown has completely changed the way I was ingesting information. It was so convenient, I always had 2-3 days worth of articles, web comics and news for reading.
Another problem was that many sites shifted to providing only parts of articles instead of full versions, and it was still the time when I wasn't always online to finish reading.

[-] toofpic@lemmy.world 73 points 8 months ago

We're maintaining and developing OpenVMS OS, and both we and our customers need Cobol, Fortran, and other half-dead languages coders.
Many large companies maintain their old systems and use them for production or data processing purposes. Sometimes it's too expensive to migrate off, but im many cases "it just works"

[-] toofpic@lemmy.world 44 points 9 months ago

Looking at the picture, I think Forbes has no idea, what a solar thermal power plant is.

[-] toofpic@lemmy.world 48 points 10 months ago

The Russians. I'm against war, not living in Russia, working and paying taxes elsewhere. It was hard to make peace with myself, as you have to rip the vision of your country into two pieces - the first is the culture, places where you lived, your friends. The second is an insane killing machine called "the state". Have to learn not to associate yourself with that second half.
The support from many people, from here and from other countries, including a couple of Ukrainian friends (takes time to prove that you're "normal"), really helped.
Sorry for everything, I hope the old man will die soon.

[-] toofpic@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago

Can confirm. The longest train I ever rode was a 44h long train. The first 12-24 hours push on your nerves: you've listened to music, read a book, eaten, slept, and haven't much left to do. But slowly you come to understanding:"you don't HAVE to do something". This is when the therapy starts.

[-] toofpic@lemmy.world 64 points 1 year ago

You just save the first 50 digits typed after some email is typed, and you have all the passwords you need!

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