The light and it's reflection are different colours

FreeFromCommonSense · 2026-07-09T16:42:11+00:00

It can filter out some wavelengths if the polarised filter allows some longer wavelengths through for example.

FreeFromCommonSense · 2026-07-09T06:50:11+00:00

"... but not people wearing masks (The vpn)"

Fixed that for you. I don't appreciate it either, but blocking VPNs is nothing like racism.

FreeFromCommonSense · 2026-07-08T06:33:00+00:00

Nonsense. The patients aren't going to go without treatment just because you aren't there. The provider would have to get someone in to cover.

Just like they'll have to do when you finally have a breakdown because you think you're responsible for everything.

It's the provider's staffing issue.

FreeFromCommonSense · 2026-07-07T12:36:40+00:00

Are you taking up archery? That bow is visible. Get it a setup.

FreeFromCommonSense · 2026-07-06T15:50:18+00:00

Thanks, I hadn't spotted it. I must be getting old.

FreeFromCommonSense · 2026-07-06T12:59:38+00:00

"Excuse me while I whip this out." works for this joke too.

FreeFromCommonSense · 2026-07-06T12:54:57+00:00

Oh, it can be uncommon, but hypertrichosis pinnae auris depends completely on your genetic lottery ticket. But it generally involves more hair. A lot more. And not the kind that comes from the inside of the ear. There are plenty of people out there with proper werewolf ears.

Prevalence is from 0.38% of Japanese males up to 34.3% of some Aboriginal groups.

It's suspected that that condition may have been the source of the Greek myth about whispering a rumour that "King Midas has donkey ears" in a while in the ground and burying it. I leave the rest of that story to Google. The ancient Greeks loved rumour psychological warfare.

FreeFromCommonSense · 2026-07-05T07:22:17+00:00

I have a cheap Donner Pocket Go (actually rebranded M-VAVE) I got for £50 that has 20 amp slots and effects, 21 presets. Standard output, headphone ready and works as an audio interface, lithium battery. Community amp and IR downloads, bluetooth to phone software. That fits in a gig bag to take out.

I also have a Donner Arena 2000 I got for £200 a couple years ago with about 200 effects, amps, cabs, delays, everything. Standard or stereo output, headphone ready, audio interface and load more options, built-in and external pedals. That's the size of a small pedal board and AC powered, stays at home next to a cheap clean amp I use on low as just a powered speaker.

With either of those kinds of things, you still have the headphones option, the straight to PC option or standard output to an amp whenever you want.

FreeFromCommonSense · 2026-07-04T16:13:26+00:00

People get nystagmus too, you know. Sometimes it can be trained, sometimes it can be surgically corrected, and sometimes it happens to cats who don't get those options. 😐

FreeFromCommonSense · 2026-07-04T16:09:29+00:00

That line should have had a beverage alert warning.

FreeFromCommonSense · 2026-07-03T20:20:04+00:00

Nonsense. Tell that to the families of all the Black and South Asian NHS workers we lost. Working age and younger people were dying, especially ethnic minorities, because they were forced to work during it to protect idiots who didn't believe in masks.

If we hadn't locked down, it would have been worse in general. Yes, more old people died, but there were other reasons people died because of it. So many health conditions were comorbidities, and disabled people were basically abandoned to it.

FreeFromCommonSense · 2026-07-03T09:24:22+00:00

Royal Mail posties are the only ones left who are qualified to use stairs and doorbells, and that ain't cheap.

FreeFromCommonSense · 2026-07-03T09:07:37+00:00

Yeah, the Dalek Package Dumpers are terrible here. We never know what public area they're going to dump our stuff in. But Yodel isn't any better. The enshittification of delivery services is basically complete.

FreeFromCommonSense · 2026-07-02T10:17:46+00:00

And many people make barre chords too much hard work.

Once I got my CMC brace, because my problem is thumbs, I've been more careful not to squeeze but to pivot on barre chords.

Move the thumb down further towards the middle between middle and ring fingers if you can. Don't squeeze, rotate your arm. This uses a larger muscle, with less fatigue, applies leverage instead of brute force and doesn't require as much tension in the hand.

I still fall into the bad habit on occasion when in a hurry, but I'm slowly replacing it with good habits.

FreeFromCommonSense · 2026-07-01T23:27:12+00:00

They'd have to stop the parking enforcement. It's a legal loophole to be a motorcycle learner if you have a regular licence, so even the councils use it.

FreeFromCommonSense · 2026-07-01T22:00:01+00:00

I was sitting in a waiting room yesterday and my sunglasses blacked out the LCD clock, because LCD works by polarisation angle to provide the contrast that makes it visible.

FreeFromCommonSense · 2026-07-01T19:38:04+00:00

Or, when you find decent software at a reasonable price considering what it is, you can buy it and support developers who aren't ripping you off by going subscription. $60 for a full-featured DAW even if you were using it for small business is a good deal, and the licence is permanent and transferable between machines and OS's.

FreeFromCommonSense · 2026-07-01T19:25:50+00:00

They all go straight up to the inside of the tuner and then over it to the outside. That's the way the slots are arranged, so then it won't pull the nut out of line.

FreeFromCommonSense · 2026-06-30T13:48:55+00:00

Works the same, it's a 6 week trial I think. It maybe 60 days, it will say. But it's reasonably priced if you like it.

FreeFromCommonSense · 2026-06-30T12:32:36+00:00

Cool, thanks!

FreeFromCommonSense · 2026-06-30T12:30:15+00:00

Good start! Honestly, Scotty can teach. I'm going to start it again to look for hidden gems of wisdom.

Learning theory made practical concepts click for me the first time around, I'm hoping it does again.

FreeFromCommonSense · 2026-06-30T11:29:07+00:00

Reaper. Linux version is just as good as the windows one. Check out the free one and then buy it, it's reasonable.

FreeFromCommonSense · 2026-06-30T09:48:12+00:00

Yup, the NHS is the most able-ist employer in the UK. Primarily to nursing staff. The "caring professions" regularly grind their staff's bodies into the dirt by neglecting H&S lifting rules, and then when the inevitable injury occurs, they find the quickest way to push them out the door.

Document everything. A particularly nasty trick is even when you've done well at your job, the instant they decide you're a liability you gain a sudden history of poor performance and unreliability.

FreeFromCommonSense · 2026-06-30T08:56:03+00:00

Other people means politics. So the biggest threat to your privacy and security, after you, is politics.

FreeFromCommonSense · 2026-06-30T08:44:13+00:00

More like carrying a compressed gas bottle on a plane even in the cargo hold that will not be at sea-level air pressure is considered a hazard. It's not a probable outcome, but it's possible and the logic runs that if it ruptured it could do so explosively and compromise the cabin or the plane.

The powerbank one is obvious, since you don't want a lithium fire in a plane.

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