[–] 4 points 2 weeks ago

I lost my mum 19 years ago. I've learned that the pain is a signal that I truly loved her, and I still do but time diminishes the hurt. I've learned that she still lives on in my thoughts, "what would mum do?", I reflect on tricky issues, and she's back in my world, just not physically. I notice I've inherited some of her mannerisms the more I age, so she's never far away and continuing to persist through me. It sounds as if your dad raised you to be a caring, loving thinker. He's succeeded, he'd be proud. Now take a deep breath and carry his legacy forward.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    If the symptoms are connected, such as sinus infection and bad cough, tell the doctor. If unrelated, such as sinus infection and knee pain, book another appointment.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I salute the student's morality and character. I recently had the displeasure of having a chapter published in an academic book. The entire process was badly orchestrated on proprietary software, about which i whined incessantly. Thankfully my contribution was all undertaken on foss. I took the opportunity to introduce and explain foss and the ethical merits, but don't expect any enlightenment. Education sector/industry is rotten to the core. Typically they justify their immorality with "we must teach and prepare the students on the software they will use in industry." Feckless clowns.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I grew up there in the sixties. Regular ingredients came from the local market (this was before supermarkets) who typically sold regionally grown produce. We supplemented with home and allotment grown vegetables which were shared around the neighborhood. The food was great. Tinned food was quite expensive and generally considered an unhealthy novelty best used on camping trips - I'm looking at you fray bentos, you and your weird deliciousness.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    can you still get the fabulous Marmite Twiglets in the UK? I live in SE Asia now, and marmite spare ribs are widely available and absolutely delicious, and cheap, so all good.

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    “There are still so many things we don’t know about [a milky sea] beyond that it must be caused by bacteria,” says Steven Haddock, a marine biologist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in Moss Landing, Calif., who collaborates with Hudson on milky seas research. “What are the substrates that fuel the growth of these massive numbers of bacteria, and what are the environmental factors that keep them from getting diluted into the water column?”

    https://www.sciencenews.org/article/bioluminescent-milky-seas-predicted

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