Schwim

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[–] Schwim@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 hours ago

I know it's very popular for the doomsayers to propose but time will tell and I'm guessing we'll have another election or two. Perhaps even three.

Four's not out of the question.

[–] Schwim@lemmy.zip 8 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

I suspect you're going to get mostly sarcasm and mockery tropes but there have always been countries that have allied themselves with American interests. When you say "when help when needed", if you're thinking of an actual war on home turf, invasion or something similar, that's unlikely to ever happen due to our geographical position. If you mean financial help, we take loans from a lot of different countries. If you're asking about assistance when we engage in war elsewhere, again, that would be all the allied nations.

Militarily speaking, the US is still one of the superpowers just because of the mind-boggling amount of money we spend on it. There's not many countries that can compete with just the sheer number of US things that are designed to go boom.

Things like goodwill and assistance are currently in a downward transitional trend due to the current administration. It seems a lot of countries feel ostracized by the US due to Trump's constant foolish and often hostile actions towards them but these types of things follow an ebb and flow, the next administration to reside in office will begin the process of patching things up and relationships will improve.

[–] Schwim@lemmy.zip 15 points 12 hours ago (4 children)

Is carrying a second phone logged into a junk account an option for you?

[–] Schwim@lemmy.zip 16 points 1 day ago

I can't speak to the minutia but when I use Lemmy it just feels like a less popular Reddit to me. For me, that's not a bad thing, just the vibe I get.

[–] Schwim@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

No but mine is 23 and I feel it's too late to tell her.

[–] Schwim@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I read that Google is rolling out some ads on premium so that might need to get removed from your list.

[–] Schwim@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The only thing I can find is that it's carried over from system settings. He was running Ubu so system settings are likely your issue.

https://support.mozilla.org/da/questions/1348801

[–] Schwim@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago

Sure, I host my sites and mail. I have for three decades, roughly.

[–] Schwim@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Ahh, I see. I'll stick with Betterbird.

[–] Schwim@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago (5 children)

What's Thundermail? The site is intentionally lacking in any info and the search engines didn't help any.

[–] Schwim@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 days ago

How much shorter depends on a lot, like moisture content, ground composition, stuff like that so I couldn't say with any precision but I've seen PT wood rot to disintegration in less than a couple years. You could just kick the top of the piece and it just crumbled.

There's options for you if you're set on burying wood-type construction. Take a look at PVC or trex-style decking planks and see if you can design at least your uprights, corners and bottom boards in that material then if you want(for cost, probably) switch to wood when you're a foot off the ground.

Regarding your stone, I understand the moss is a part of your wanted design and I think you can build it in a manner that you could use it. Like I said, just do your best to keep gaps to a minimum and pack as tightly as you can.

[–] Schwim@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Can you share your schematic?

Burying wood 2x4(even GC-rated PT) will shorten it's life by a whole lot. If at all possible, I'd alter your boxes to have something like stone, concrete or synthetic for the ground contact and use cheaper wood once you've made it above ground.

Regarding the flagstone, usually there's a lot of prep that goes into laying stone, including digging down some inches, and using some substrates that are tamped/packed in before placing the stone. Then you'll usually like a sand or similar in between the stone to key or lock it all into place.

That's not to say you can't do it the way you're describing but be prepared for some challenges in maintaining afterward if they shift or sink.

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