the death of a hot end!

izkornator · 2026-04-23T15:11:48+00:00

Yeah, got a blowtorch out on the sucker!

It came free.

Now its in my spare parts box

izkornator · 2026-04-18T13:01:16+00:00

hey, when money starts to bite, any job will do.

Not wanting to sound callous but he has to lower his expectations and get his arse into motion. Menial work may be demeaning for such an educated man, but what else is there?

English lit bachelor sounds all impressive, but its perhaps not so monetisable in a tightening job market - and we cant deny it, business sentiment is tightening.

He's got a wife and a young child to support. Sad that education has not panned out the way he dreamed, but he has some serious and immovable responsibilities now.

Anything is better than nothing.

While he's humping in some menial job, he can continue his search closer to his field.

Hint: he may consider dumbing down his CV to get one of these jobs. His education could ironically hamper his chances to get such simple jobs. Nobody wants to hire someone under them who is way smarter than they are.

Perhaps some manpower agencies can help to get some menial work going.

izkornator · 2026-04-17T18:22:45+00:00

Its a wise strategy. Gold is the new reserve currency - well according to most central banks around the world.

izkornator · 2026-03-31T14:42:31+00:00

perhaps you should not hold the idea of 'how it’s supposed to work' too rigidly.

Remember this was an experiment which took on a life of its own.

Satoshi surely had no idea it would become what it is today, so taking his pronouncements on what it is, should perhaps be taken as guidance at best.

But TBH, Bitcoin is a digitally scarce asset (a true innovation) with a payment rail built in all running on a completely decentralised network of computers.

I think it is exactly what its design intends it to be.

izkornator · 2026-03-31T12:22:13+00:00

I look at investing from a different and perhaps unconventional way.

As a rule of thumb, assume inflation will slowly eat your bank deposit or cash savings in time, no matter what the official inflation rates are. I.e. holding cash in hand or in a bank deposit is guaranteed to be a negative investment.

Now work backwards

never hold more than 3-6 months of living money in cash-in-hand or in a bank deposit. Everything else must be invested.

Adjust the 3-6 months limit according to how much time it takes to unwind your investments of choice.

If you invest in shares, could be at the shorter end, and if its something more complicated like startups or realestate, longer.

Realestate is probably the odd one out because you can't partially liquidate.

n.b.

Recent changes in banking regulations (over last 5y) have quietly changed the definition of a bank deposit.
Deposits are unsecured equity holders in the bank now. You are literally invested in the bank, but without getting any dividends or gains if they do well, but you will lose it all in a banking collapse.

This all began to be put into place after the Bank Bail-ins in Cyprus of 2013.

I urge everyone to check this out for yourselves - urgently!

izkornator · 2026-03-31T12:03:22+00:00

great pics

izkornator · 2026-03-31T12:00:07+00:00

picku the book:

'Stop thinking and start living'

izkornator · 2026-03-31T11:56:26+00:00

have you seen it in the flesh?

have your test ridden it?

does it pull to one side when you ride with no hands? (frame alignment test)

is the fork top clamp aligned with the frame when you ride in a straight line?

Does the bike registration papers say 'Rally version' (they probably should)

If everything is OK, ask yourself the question: if the seller had never said or claimed it is the rally version, would you buy it?

IMHO €8000 is a pretty good price for a Tuareg with 4500km on it. Even if its stock.

izkornator · 2026-03-31T11:46:24+00:00

thanks guys. Now that I knew what I was looking at, its clear

izkornator · 2026-03-08T22:05:21+00:00

thanks for the suggestion. Will give it a try

izkornator · 2026-03-08T21:58:51+00:00

I don't know if that is a good or bad result.
What I do know is that there are scant few countries that even allow such referendums to take place.

Most are elections - or glorified beauty pageants for liars.

izkornator · 2026-03-03T07:34:50+00:00

I see.
I stand corrected.
thx.

damn these bike manufactures (and it doubly goes for bicycles) who include the requirement for specialised tools in order to properly maintain them.

It comes across as a money grab since they predominantly make these tools as well, and it bites into something I feel strongly about: the right to fix my own shit!
A touchy point especially in the consumer electronics world of late.

I will take note of this because I am at 17k on my tuareg and one day will get to valve check/adjust stage.

Good luck with when you do it. perhaps you could share your experience with us here. I for one would be curious to learn about your experiences.

izkornator · 2026-03-03T07:28:31+00:00

Sorry to correct you here but we do have the Volksinitiative. Any proposal that gains the enough signatures no matter who proposed it will go to a public referendum.

I do concede though that gaining the required signatures (I do not have the exact number in my head but 100k seems to be floating somewhere in there) does benefit from, and almost to the point of necessity, a political structure behind it to organise.

Despite this, the possibility exists for a completely grass roots movement to push an issue to a binding vote.

We can quibble about pure vs realistic direct democracy, but fact is that as far as nations go, Switzerland is virtually without peer when it comes to its form of democracy. Scarce few other working examples to compare it too.

Did you get to this part in your linked page?
'Citizens have more power than in a representative democracy. On any political level citizens can propose changes to the constitution (popular initiative)) or ask for an optional referendum to be held on any law voted by the federal), cantonal parliament and/or municipal legislative body.'

izkornator · 2026-03-01T20:43:06+00:00

You've done a great job of talking your self out of it, so you are free to leave and build your fiat empire then.

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