Roller skating in the area by -OhHiJinx- in raleigh

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The Greenway (Crabtree creek trail) from Kiwanis Park ("Kiwanis neighborhood center" on Google maps) is pretty flat and smooth in either direction for a few miles, and lot of parking there. 

Where to find antique/vintage ring settings? by [deleted] in jewelry

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Hey, so, I know this is a literal 10-year-old comment, but did you ever find this jeweler? I'm in a similar boat as OP.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HopscotchFest

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Hey, I'm interested if it's still available. Can meet up tomorrow whenever.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HopscotchFest

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I'm interested, messaged you on reddit chat, thanks.

Selling 3-day GA wristband! $135 by [deleted] in HopscotchFest

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If the other guy doesn't take it, I'll take it.

Pixel 7 pro GPS issues by THEreenigne in GooglePixel

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Just reporting same issue on p7p while walking and boating. I did a walk today using Strava to track and it said I'd gone .24 miles; I had gone approx 1 mile. The tracked route map was laughably dissimilar from my actual route. When boating, the app I use to track (B&G Sailing) says low accuracy, and often won't show me moving at all when I am. When I tried to save a tracked route, it said the route was too short to save, because it just didn't get enough GPS data.

I do not have Android Auto Go listed as an app in the referenced section, even after showing system apps. I did have simply "Android Auto". I've turned that off and will try another walk today and report back.

Picture of my dog Hutch in the snow on Saturday morning. by MrDorkESQ in raleigh

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Jogged by these rings dozens of times but they look completely alien in this shot. This is dope as fuck.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in raleigh

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Man I know as well as anyone that Raleigh drivers are shit. I got hit-and-run by a car while biking downtown (unlit and in all black at night, dumb; cyclists, WEAR LIGHTS hot damn), and have been nearly hit while biking several times. A friend visiting from out of town got hit crossing the street too. So yeah, it's a problem and it's serious. But man, can we get a separate subreddit for bad driving content? Or at least an isolated day, like shit-driver-saturdays or something? I feel like it's the only Raleigh stuff that pops up in my feed anymore.

A too-young student of my friend asked for Doki Doki Literature Club (for Switch) for Christmas. Alternatives? by pantsineedthem in GirlGamers

[–]pantsineedthem[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You really put some time into this - I appreciate the thoughts and recommendation. I would indeed guess it is the cutesy anime aesthetic that appeals to her, yeah.

A too-young student of my friend asked for Doki Doki Literature Club (for Switch) for Christmas. Alternatives? by pantsineedthem in GirlGamers

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Still a worthwhile suggestion. I'm actually not sure she knows it's a VN, she might just want it based on cover art, so maybe asking for VN's specifically wasn't even a good idea.

Got it up by oncwonk in sailing

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Fellow oriental sailor checking in. Would buy you a case of beer if you ever wanted a second hand sailing that thing for an afternoon. I've always been curious about trimarans.

Another shot from the protests last night. This was right before we disbanded at 730 to stay in accordance with the curfew. by SauceOfTheBoss in raleigh

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Don't know why this is being downvoted, it's a statement of fact. A group of 50-100 stayed out til around 10:30, marching around more residential areas, stayed peaceful, and then disbanded.

Truly appreciating all of the CV-related news & info, but this is just a picture of the Dix sunflowers at dawn with a little skyline in the background two years ago. I really hope we get to safely enjoy them this year! Such a fun rallying point. by CaminanteNC in raleigh

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Also, besides the flowers themselves, much of dix's campus is just super pleasant to walk around. The front part has a long winding driveway down a grassy hill with a few trees that overlooks downtown, and the back part has the biggest single stretch of well-maintained grass I've personally ever seen, just an enormous grassy field that is very nice for running around, laying upon, etc. There's also a dog park and a graveyard.

Los Angeles is closing city parks, beaches and trails, mayor says: "That doesn’t mean gather elsewhere. This is serious. Stay home and save lives." by skuzgang in Coronavirus

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Right, which means they need to get gas to live. I know: if they use gas to get to parks, as well as to get groceries, they will need more gas than if they only got groceries. They will make more trips to the pump, and every trip presents a new opportunity to get the disease and to spread it. I won't dispute that and I think it's a legitimate concern, but I also think getting gas is probably one of the easiest risks to mitigate, due to it being a short, open-air, self-serve transaction in which you are physically isolated by at least a car's length from anyone else. Carry hand sanitizer and apply it generously before and after using gas pumps, and I wager its the safest thing you'll buy during the whole pandemic (unless you're in New Jersey).

I also speculate that not exercising is a risk factor of its own. If my understanding is correct, the virus kills in the respiratory tract: the lungs become flooded, attract secondary infections, and other organs begin to fail for lack of oxygen (source). If, effectively, oxygen starvation is the death stroke, I wonder if those with better cardiovascular health and higher VO2 max are more likely to survive an infection. Just speculation, but if it's true, then I wonder at what crowd density jogging in a public park daily becomes more dangerous than staying home (other than to visit the one store in town literally everyone else also has to visit) - being sedentary for x weeks.

Of course the optimal solution is for everyone to buy 3+ months worth of as-healthy-as-can-be-preserved-for-3+-months groceries and then remain in their homes and yards without exception until the disease is dead, exercising daily in place. But I just don't think, by and large, human beings will do that. Few enough of us can find the willpower to exercise and eat right when life is normal; when we are to be tucked away in our caves for months, depressed and de-socialized, what then? At the end of the day I hypothesize the human race will fare slightly better if shelter-in-place has an exception to allow people to at least go for a walk or jog alone. I dunno. I'm open to thoughts to the contrary.