Brunei has oil. Australia has gold, coal, rare earths and iron ore. If they run out, they have nothing.

Malaysia refines Australian rare earth minerals. Not because the technology is secret or anything, but because we would need to pay far too much to our politicians to get permission to do it here.

Singapore... okay good point there.

Malaysian politicians might not be as good as Singapore's, but they are still not as stupid as some. At least in economic matters.

The russian prison slang meaning is close to our word "bitch", but MUCH more offensive.

Had a Russian-Australian friend when I was in the army, he tried to teach me all the swearwords :-D

Just saw your reply now sorry.

No need to store the power in a minimalist solar setup - your laptop already has a battery!

Now the voltage out of the solar panel varies a lot - the intensity of the sunlight, the temperature, and how much power you're using all affect it. This is a nuisance for most purposes, but laptop chargers designed for cars are designed to take it :)

Yes, buying the "12 volt" panel is the first step and the most expensive. Look up your laptop and find out how many watts it uses. Make sure your panel can produce more than that. Some 12 volt panels end in bare wires, these are easiest for this use.

Then you need an adaptor for the output of the panel, usually clips at one end and a car "cigarette lighter" socket at the other, these are about $2 .

Then the laptop charger. Designed for 12v, but I've used these on systems running at up to 24 volts with no trouble.

This system only works during daytime, of course, but it means you can run your laptop during the day even when the power is out.

Hope this helps you!

Vassals have rights, and honour.

Nah, #Australia might be a lot of things, but "vassal" isn't one of them.

The Russian word "петух" comes close...

Saying all the Jews at Auschwitz died of typhus and TB is exactly the same as saying Hamas is using Al-Shifa Hospital as a command node.

In both cases the genocidaires had every reason to lie, and a history of lazy efforts at fakes.

In both cases, the testimony of Europeans from neutral countries flatly contradicts the lies of the genocidaires.

A small number of Jews at Auschwitz may or may not have actually died of typhus. Hamas may or may not have deeply dug tunnels passing underneath the hospital.

In both cases, the both sides are expected to refrain from massacring civilians, and use minimum force and only when the harm would be proportionate to the military advantage gained. So, zero.

I hope to see Bibi Netanyahu and Ben Gvir swinging from ropes. Biden too if mentally fit to stand trial. May seem unlikely now, but the original Nazis thought the same in 42-43!

True that.

I don't like her - but she's maybe 4% as Communist as Nikki Haley who never gets called on it.

From what I see, they are madly popular with some girls if employed, and somewhat so even if not (!). The girls will have to tell us the reasons, but I'd guess its the whole "try before you buy" parenting I mentioned.

Reasons to date a single mother:

If You Want Kids

Most women think they'll be great mothers. Many are not! If she already has a kid, and she spoils / ignores it, you can "nope" outta there without the Child Support Agency pursuing you all the way to the grave.

Alternatively, if she IS a good mum, you can feel confident knowing kids you might have with her will be treated & raised right.

Drama, Grief and Bulls--t

Known fact, women need a steady supply of drama, grief and BS. If she works full-time, she's usually well supplied at work. Without it, the drama, grief and bulls--t are coming out of your relationship. "I'm bored", spending, cheating, tantrums. You know.

If she has a kid, that's like an additional fulltime job to keep her occupied.

"Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines"

- anonymous, demotivational poster

#gaza #palestine #israel #war #celebration #wedding

Day-um! Yes. If only transactions weren't so expensive right now!

#sats4BlackRock

Wedding dance in 1srael!

Ancient cultures are so authentic.

#dance #singing #violin

https://video.nostr.build/2754dd89f77d38ddfb7ba0584f9cd9e5a0decd147773f3cbdc31f1a59aab3e21.mp4

Calling for mass expulsions of citizens...?

There's no way normalising that could come back to bite them... :eyeroll:

I agree, download, document and store them, its the only way to be sure.

Bullish on sunsets! (for the next few weeks)

(Checks locations)

Aww man, all Northern Hemisphere only...

They usually run decent once freed by LineageOS. My backup phone is an S5, it runs fine.

Can also be used with Haven as a FOSS security camera system.

As a WiFi access point.

As a Reticulum / Sideband node.

As... well any server that runs on Android, really.

Buying BTC is easy. Obscuring the trail is an official Hard Problem.

Suggest he "repays poker game debt", " hires to advise", "purchases art" his fiat to his IRL friends who pull it out as cash. Use the cash to buy no-KYC Bitcoin.

That's not untraceable at all, but it IS deniable, and that's all your friend has time for now.

#laundromat

Yes, mostly, and yes.

Bookmark this page: https://web.archive.org/web/

10% of the time you will find doors slammed in your face when the website owner can't monetarise tracking you, but you can usually grab a recent copy of the content you needed by putting the above URL in front of the URL you want.

Like so:

https://web.archive.org/web/https://www.CNN.com

This also gets you past some nag windows and paywalls, which is a nice bonus :-D

I scored a 5. My cover is blown!

I have a couple of friends who are curious, informed and 90% on board with my views, but with most friends I talk about some topics and not others.

The median for nostr i'd guess at 88% agreement, shine on you crazy diamonds!