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Reading, it helps me detach from daily life. Not that daily life is hard, but at times I need the distraction. Making alcohol and distilling it in my home made still. It's a great hobby, lots of tinkering and shenanigans. And in the end you get a nice drink.

Well, I read a lot, I guess more than one book a week on average. Series I liked, recent sci-fi: the Bobiverse by Denis E. Taylor, old man's war by John Scalzi, murderbot by Martha Wells (too bad it's mostly novella's) and John Scalzi's Interdependency trilogy. Older sci-fi: Foundation series by Asimov, Lazarus Long books by Heinlein and Stainless steel rat by Harry Harrison. Basically stuff where the sci doesn't get in the way of the fi.

Finished all of the BuyMort series. All in all I'd recommend it, great series. I did skip over some of the "ad" texts though, it was a bit too much at times. Still reading the latest dungeon crawler Carl book, but slowly. About 20% in, and haven't decided if I like this one yet.

Living close to Germany, it seems to me the Germans really like to show their titles and no one seems to think it's pedantic. That said, over here in the Netherlands the Dutch titles weren't used by many, but I see quite a lot of MBA's, MSC's and even BSC's these days.

on forklift · c/lemmyshitpost · 23 pts · 14d

If a truck driver asks this at my job, there's a big chance he's asked to leave and never come back. We'll also inform his employer.

It's definitely bent, lower bar is bent just above the crank, also the two thinner tubes above the lower bar should be welded to the tube holding the saddle but are now almost touching the rear wheel. If you'd sit on this, chances are it'll break in half.