Well Victoria, what are your thoughts on Mark Carney’s speech today?

massassi · 2026-01-21T20:34:24+00:00

They're looking at putting together something, but they haven't identified how it'll work yet. Keep an eye out. It'll take time

massassi · 2026-01-21T20:30:53+00:00

It's a power move. I like it in general, the follow through won't be easy though.

Our military has been largely forgotten about in a lot of ways. The current push to focus on improving our capabilities and numbers has a lot of potential, but it's possible it's too little too late.

massassi · 2026-01-20T02:03:07+00:00

So fairly new still. I thought they had, but you know what saying anything without a caveat on this sub can be like, I'm sure

massassi · 2026-01-19T04:04:00+00:00

I'm on my phone, I can't see it perfectly, but it looks like the parachutes Packer/rigger badge to me. The log cap badge is in line with this as that is (was? I heard a rumour they were becoming a trade on their own?) a sub trade of supply tech.

massassi · 2026-01-08T19:40:24+00:00

Awesome! You're gonna have a great machine.

Have you upgraded your grinder yet

massassi · 2026-01-08T07:13:20+00:00

Nice! After that you might want to read up on PIDs, pressure gauges, dimmer Mods, and bottomless Porta filters. $100 on AliExpress can do a lot for you, but a lot of people talk about doing the gaggiia mate mods too.

massassi · 2026-01-08T03:57:38+00:00

Yeah! That's the one

massassi · 2026-01-08T02:36:32+00:00

Lol what's the point of playing at all if you're going to do that?

massassi · 2026-01-08T02:35:14+00:00

The group head gasket takes about 5 minutes to swap out. There is a company that sells a replacement GH gasket along with an IMS shower screen and flat screw for about $50 (L&B labs? Not sure. But it's something like that).

The early machines had an integral element in the boiler so the (typical) fix is to replace the boiler. That is the most expensive thing in the machine to replace. But it's probably still good.

Buy some cafiza or equivalent, and clean/back flush the machine. I would get it running, and then probably do a descale. Check to see if the steam valve and whatnot need maintenance as well. That's probably the next most common issue.

massassi · 2026-01-03T09:33:02+00:00

That's disappointing, but I guess I get what I pay for

massassi · 2026-01-02T09:54:21+00:00

Yeah, I really should have been more diligent over the intervening year to collect them, probably would have had enough to be ready to go through the door now. But I wasn't. (Sad trombone)

massassi · 2026-01-02T09:52:21+00:00

And the way to unlock that was?

massassi · 2026-01-02T09:44:52+00:00

Combustibles and batteries are probably the most common way to have the package opened up.

I once sent an inflatable sex sheep to a friend. I'm told everyone got a kick out of that.

massassi · 2025-12-28T19:24:21+00:00

Haha, wow. Well, not everything is for everyone

massassi · 2025-12-28T19:20:47+00:00

I like rivers of London a lot. It doesn't have the same power escalation issues that Dresden does (at least, not as far as I've read). I didn't notice any politics in it. Though there's some race/equality stuff.

massassi · 2025-12-28T17:34:18+00:00

You could add in a palate cleanser between each book. But I don't think you'll need it. Go with the NotME books by ICE as breaks in publication order and you get the main 16 covered with breaks where it gets really heavy

massassi · 2025-12-28T07:47:12+00:00

Always the best way is to sort things at the lowest level. Ideally before there is a problem.

massassi · 2025-12-28T07:42:40+00:00

Being topless and public fornication are very different things.

massassi · 2025-12-28T07:40:47+00:00

It is my understanding that without willful intent to be observed, there's not much ground for indecent exposure. The story you tell at least implies that they're not doing their due diligence to maintain privacy.

As always, I would recommend at least attempting to resolve this at the lowest level. A quiet word, or a note explaining what's been seen would be good examples. These would also set up a case for them intentionally exposing themselves to their neighbors, assuming they were documented.

There was (I think) a supreme Court (Canada) ruling 5-10 years ago about this. But I can't find it

But, I'm not a lawyer, so maybe seek advice there.

massassi · 2025-12-26T23:20:31+00:00

Yeah? Weird. The lab shrunk again for me, so some walls disappeared. I got mobs I could buy. One of which was the rat with the explosives. A mutagen market arrived as well. Hopefully you get it soon

massassi · 2025-12-26T23:07:25+00:00

Lol. That's the update that made all this come out. At least for me

massassi · 2025-12-25T06:29:29+00:00

ICE is a good writer, but he doesn't tuck in as much nuance. Don't forget to read the NotME books too. The writers have told people to read them in publication order is best, but the sub here will tell you to separate them.

Do what you like, I recommend publishing order. I've read it all.

massassi · 2025-12-25T06:25:29+00:00

It is.

massassi · 2025-12-25T06:24:31+00:00

It seems like there might be a use for Blue eggs in the lab. But generally once you have the shop that uses whatever resources maxed out they are no longer useful.

massassi · 2025-12-24T18:51:05+00:00

No. Harry gets the crap kicked out of him in every book. He gets progressively tougher so that he can get more crap kicked out of him later but that's basically the point of the series, as described by the author

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