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R E K

"Remember, you still gatta be you on vacation. If you are sad where you are now and get on a plane to Italy, the you in Italy, will be the same sad you from before, just... in a new place."

"Traveling can't fix deeper issues."

From an older SNL comedy sketch named Romano Tours.

Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar

@rek Is that why I hated Paris so much? Or was that just Paris 😜

ex_06

@rek travelling not much, but moving can help with a lot of issues because more often than not even with new lenses and a ''fixed'' mind if you are immersed in a system (both people and places) fully adapted to the old you they won't change instantly with you so they could lead you into going back to a previous form

sorry if i've said too much but it's often overlooked the fact that changing stuff around us forces our brain to change and so it can really help to shake things up, more than trying to find some kind of key inside ourselves

@rek travelling not much, but moving can help with a lot of issues because more often than not even with new lenses and a ''fixed'' mind if you are immersed in a system (both people and places) fully adapted to the old you they won't change instantly with you so they could lead you into going back to a previous form

R E K

Lately, while doing general research, I often land on webpages that are hosting erroneous generated content.

A site about how to fill a pillow looks legit at first, then lapses into how to make filling for food.
A site about boating uses fake people to write articles about boating, talking about how to make trips they've never done or never plan to do (obvious from the writing).

It is gonna get harder and harder to find good information out there.

Lately, while doing general research, I often land on webpages that are hosting erroneous generated content.

A site about how to fill a pillow looks legit at first, then lapses into how to make filling for food.
A site about boating uses fake people to write articles about boating, talking about how to make trips they've never done or never plan to do (obvious from the writing).

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Dakedres

@rek I guess we're discovering that the library of babel started with actually coherent texts.

Mike

@rek Yeah, time to start compiling the lists and sharing them out blogroll-style.

My site (and the posts within) may not represent 100% accurate info 😅 but it *is* 100% human-generated (me as the human).

vacuumbeef

@rek I wanted to search some ideas for DIY shower curtain rod. And well I found something, but it was on some sports and workout website, the article had photos of people working out in the gym but the text was really about curtain rods (though obviously generated nonsense). At first I'm like WTF, okay generated but why on sport website?

But then I got it - barbell rod.

R E K

When Dev & I hang out with older sailor friends(hetero married couples), it is crazy how often they bicker(edit: not in a cute way), or are rude to each other, right in front us :/.

It is SUPER uncomfortable :neofox_nervous:

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Gosha

@rek That's a miserable way to live your life. I think some people just get so used to relating to their partner this way that for them it becomes "normal"... It happened in my family, and I hate it when I notice similar tendencies in myself.

ndpi

@rek word on the street is that contempt is the leading indicator of failed marriages. It certainly seems immiserating to live in a relationship where you don’t get or give respect.

Somnius :server_tiger:

@rek As I say to my partners when we experience these things, "the straights are not okay".

The heteronormative assumption that people who are married should hate each other is really tired and stuff like this comes up all the time sadly :\

R E K

We're about to cut into a SS sheet with our grinder, then realize that the lock nut is missing... can't find it, we looked everywhere >____<! No idea what happened to it.

Gatta wait for its replacement to arrive to continue work on the galley.

Ah well, forced break :>...

#theBoatyard

R E K

Released the list of changes to the Hundred Rabbits projects for January 2024.

100r.co/site/home.html#jan2024

R E K

I trick myself into doing the dishes by playing a game. The goal of the game is to finish washing up before the process of making tea is finished (from boiling the water, to the leaves steeping in a cup).

It doesn't feel like a chore because it's 'free time', time I would have spent waiting, doing nothing.

I then walk away with a warm comforting cup of tea and the washing is finished, yay~!

Cameron

@rek this such is a great way to incorporate any habit you want to get into your routine, I've meditating regularly because I started doing it while my tea or coffee steeps

R E K

Grimgrains.com has always had a mascot, a loaf of dark bread named Kuropanman, a tribute to Anpanman (a hero with a red bean paste filled pastry for a head).
I only became very interested in cooking when moving to Japan in 2012, the site came online shortly after that.

R E K

I got some bamboo charcoal while in Japan and went a little cooking crazy... (I don't cook with it anymore).

R E K

Spending my evenings working on a new sequence for Hakum :>.

Young Seir and Hakazi.

efelbar

@rek awww, they're so small! I'm excited to see this as you work on it ^^

R E K

Drew out all 7 pages ^____^...

Putting it together, then I'll do a bit of shading.

R E K

Some whole wheat pancakes, with flour milled(with our onboard mill) from red wheat berries ^____^...

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rezmason

@rek Those numerals look delicious! And the bookcase heart's une œuevre d'art!

Jonas

@rek
Finally a book for me to *actually* understand Maths

R E K

Really loving Blood Rave by Voidxwitch.

voidxwitch.bandcamp.com/track/

So many good tracks on this album 🖤

Lizbeth

@rek blood rave is the song that started it all 🖤

HEX

@rek thank you so much for sharing and checking it out! 🖤

R E K

Recently we got some underliners for our cushions, to help elevate them to keep them dry. We got a sheet of a knock-off, and then today we got a sheet of the real deal to compare.

Curious to see how both will perform this winter. The knock-off is definitely not as strong structurally, but will probably still help.

100r.co/site/moisture_preventi

R E K

We installed them just in time, because it's gonna go to -10°C tonight, and temps will stay cold for a long while...
It is snowing a bit right now :>... very light though.

Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar

@rek Our boat came with something like that (from a PO) and we never had any condensation under the cushions. I concluded that it works great :)

R E K

Finished reading The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati a few days ago. T'was a very good read.
#theLibrary

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Louis Merlin

@rek I remember the passage of time blew me away, in the same way as The Magic Mountain did. Did you read it?

Z@b0\/\/

@rek yeah, very good read, but oh so sad and dark!

R E K

A long time goal aboard Pino has been to get rid of our 3-burner LPG oven(came with the boat, just sold it this morning), and to replace it with a single burner, which frees TONS of room underneath!

We plan to put drawers there for our produce. It's gonna be awesome ^___________^!

The two white bins in the photo hold our produce, they're just leaning there, but gives a good idea of what it's going to look like.

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Derek Carroll

@rek still LPG, or is the new burner induction?

elektron

@rek been considering ditching the four burner lpg stove/oven combo on our boat for a while now...

elektron

@rek was it gimbaled? will you miss having a gimbaled cooktop?

R E K

Pino's had many upgrades in 2023...

- Installed all new AC/DC wiring & breaker panels
- Installed DC adapter for laptops
- Adopted a solar cooker
- Adopted a heavy duty sewing machine
- Insulated head area, re-built cabinet
- Replaced chain locker drain(thruhull & hoses)
- New upholstery(in progress)
- Replaced lifelines with Amsteel(in progress)
- Serviced feathering propeller
- Changed bellow on dripless shaft seal
- Built new hatch screen
- New bottom paint

100r.co/site/boat_projects.htm

Pino's had many upgrades in 2023...

- Installed all new AC/DC wiring & breaker panels
- Installed DC adapter for laptops
- Adopted a solar cooker
- Adopted a heavy duty sewing machine
- Insulated head area, re-built cabinet
- Replaced chain locker drain(thruhull & hoses)
- New upholstery(in progress)
- Replaced lifelines with Amsteel(in progress)
- Serviced feathering propeller
- Changed bellow on dripless shaft seal
- Built new hatch screen
- New bottom paint

rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua

@rek

The propeller feathering mechanism has a nice steampunk look 😍

R E K

Just released the list of changes to the Hundred Rabbits projects for December!

2023 was a good year for us rabbits, see you in 2024!
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100r.co/site/home.html#dec2023

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