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hace 6 mesesdiscuss

Well, I would say not looking at my instruments enough! Without realising, I would let my nose drift up when I was turning and I got extremely close to stalling. I'm extremely happy with my current flight sims and VR combo. It gives me enough of what I was after as I think I used to find solo gliding pretty stressful.

hace 6 mesesdiscuss

Same here. I had lots of experience playing flight sims, but in reality I taught myself a load of bad habits... I had two scary situations where I didn't realise I was about to stall relatively low to the ground. Also, combined with all of the egos at the airfield, that was enough for me to find a safer hobby.

hace 6 mesesdiscuss

I used to fly gliders although I never did any long flights, but there used to be a tube that you would wear and urinate into and it would travel out the bottom of the glider.

hace 11 mesesdiscuss

My dad had an office PC that I secretly put a sound card and graphics card in. He would have gone mad if he knew I had done that to his work machine! I had very little idea what I was doing, but firing up Carmageddon 2 and having it run buttery smooth is something that sticks in my mind still.

hace 12 mesesdiscuss

Absolutely. My DLSR almost never comes out which is a shame, but even on special trips I don't want to lug an extra camera around and have to worry about damaging that, so my phone has been my primary camera for 10+ years.

el año pasadodiscuss

Near to where I live, there are the remnants of test concrete walls that were used to assess the best way to blow them up. Apparently people snuck over, took some samples of the concrete to recreate how it was made, and then constructed lots of sections of this wall—which they would then use to test their explosives against.

https://surreyhills.org/places-to-see/atlantic-wall/

el año pasadodiscuss

Interestingly, I've noticed that when using my AirPods, it can change the sound of my tinnitus and make it sound like nothing I've ever heard. Its more of a fluttery sound.

el año pasadodiscuss

Its the same for me. Its always been there. I've also done a lot of activities over my life that make it worse, like playing the drums, attending very loud electronic music parties, and motorcycling without earplugs. It's just a low-level background sound that is part of my life, and I'm lucky enough to be able to tune it out most times. But reading this post and going through this thread has made it a lot worse.

Interestingly, my five-year-old was complaining about ringing in her ears being distracting at bed time, so I wonder if it is genetic too.

hace 3 añosdiscuss

I completely agree. A bag of pretty standard food and supplies can cost £50.

hace 3 añosdiscuss

Music production. There is always something new to learn or play with. It can be expensive but its so rewarding to me.

hace 3 añosdiscuss

I actually used to live in a flat share with the author. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing

hace 3 añosdiscuss

Agree with this. Also, the cost of the 24/7 cloud sub jumped up wildly. The event recording always misses the first crucial few seconds off of what ever caused the event to be recorded so they are next to useless. As soon as I have budget, I will scrap my cameras and move to something better.

hace 3 añosdiscuss

I use it on Mac but I'm really excited to see how much better it is, as I think its really poor compared to its competitors.

hace 3 añosdiscuss

I would have loved something like this that helped ease the boredom of commuting. I could imagine actually looking forward to getting on the train and interacting with fellow passengers in the bar rather than just seeing the same people for years and never acknowledging them

hace 3 añosdiscuss

Thanks for this recommendation. It sounds like something I'd be interested in and I just found the audiobook for free as part of my Audible membership.

hace 4 añosdiscuss

Perfectly normal I'm afraid. My 3 year old managed to go the entire summer without a cold which was great progress. As soon as the weather changed, she got sick again.

hace 4 añosdiscuss

I'm going through the audio book and it is far easier to understand than the printed version. I can only imagine how tough some of the bits are where you suddenly jump from first-person to narrator. I'm not sure if I am enjoying it or battling to get through it!

hace 4 añosdiscuss

These shortcuts were my favourite thing about moving to a Mac.

hace 4 añosdiscuss

My company did this but for the purpose of working out how to make the most of our shrinking office space. Then the pandemic came along and solved the issue for the business as we work from home 4 days a week now.

hace 4 añosdiscuss

LPOTL is now off spotify and available normally again.