After encountering blackfly in Strasbourg last year and having legs covered in blistered bites I don't have as much hatred for the tiger mosquito, at least the reaction to those bites is minimal

Not every country in Europe is in the EU

You don't have to pay tax on gifts in some countries (UK for example), no idea where this guy or his mother live though.

Play the Outer Wilds DLC, if you loved the base game, you will like the DLC too

Posting about all of my magnet fishing adventures on !magnetfishing@feddit.uk in the hope that people find it interesting and that maybe one day I won't be the only person making posts there.

I originally just wanted to join a magnet fishing community, but I found that there wasn't one so I made one myself and starting posting.

There's a first time for everything I guess

Swapping my front brake calipers for the rebuilt ones I've had sat in my kitchen side for a couple months. I've been putting because I hate bleeding brakes but I'm fairly certain the car is leaking brake fluid now so it needs to be done.

Hopefully I will be able to do some magnet fishing tomorrow since the weather is so good and I haven't been since the August bank holiday. Probably going to drive into Bristol again and see if the bridge by castle park is a good spot. If the jetty is anything to go by I should get some stuff, but hopefully fewer nos cartridges.

There is missing context for the scene from The Expanse. Alex (the pilot) gets the computer to plot a course using manoeuvring thrusters only, so it is not just a series of gravity assists, there is also manoeuvring to adjust course.

I would say that one of two things (or both) is happening:

1. Alex is leaning because of the manoeuvring thrusters firing
2. He is leaning like someone trying to steer harder in a video game.

Also, he drinks a fair few beers while hiding behind Cyllene before this, so that would support 2 I think.

PC in early 2024 for anyone wondering

Magnet fishing.

I bought a kit that included a reasonably sized 360° magnet, rope, grappling hook and protective cover for about £120 thinking that it would be good enough to keep me satisfied for a while.

After my first trip out and having to carry a load of scrap metal about a mile back to the car, I bought a cart for £80 so I could cart it all back instead. After having to use my car to pull my magnet out of the harbour on Saturday I've bought a cheap winch and a tow rope to anchor it to things for £25 for when it gets stuck somewhere I can't use my car.

And of course I wanted a bigger magnet almost immediately, but I've managed to hold off on that so far. Saying that it's fairly likely I will get an upgrade from Bondi magnets when the site launches as long as the price is competitive with Magnetar (I suspect it's a partnership and the magnets will be identical, but we'll see)

Outer Wilds has a lot of beautiful things to look at, whether it's a planet or moon soaring overhead impossibly close, or something more cosmically spectacular. The music and sound design enhances the experience a lot too.

The Epstein drive is key to making the story actually work though, without it all the travel times would be elongated and the whole thing would fall apart. Honestly I think they did an amazing job of keeping the fictional science to a minimum, including the Epstein drive (although protomolecule stuff is basically magic).