cabhan

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[–] cabhan@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 weeks ago

Germany.

I had a nasty fall off my bike about five weeks ago, but nothing seemed immediately broken. I went to the orthopedist the next day. Hand X-ray, then CT. Got a splint prescribed. I had to pay a 10€ fee for the splint, and might need to pay for the CT (we did it directly there instead of referring to a radiologist), but the insurance might cover it, as the reason for not transferring was due to a holiday and long weekend starting the next day.

Then I realized my other hand was having issues. Back to orthopedist. X-ray, referral to MRI, elbow splint prescribed. 10€ fee for the splint.

I also had some magnet field therapy, which I had to pay out of pocket: 40€ per session.

So the total out-of-pocket cost, assuming my insurance covers the CT: 300€ for three orthopedist visits, CT, MRI, two splints, and seven sessions of magnet therapy.

Germany does allow certain high earners to opt out of the public insurance and go private, ans the experience for privately insured people tends to be better, which I think sucks a lot. I personally am on the public plan and am overall very happy with it, but I can also easily afford the things that are out of pocket.

[–] cabhan@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

As a former Morris dancer, I would absolutely attend a festival where the headliner is a Morris side.

[–] cabhan@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago

I got it out today, and ended up doing essentially this. Was a pain, but I'm very happy now.

[–] cabhan@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well, I kept at it, ans got it out today! 🎉

I was able to use a screwdriver to get a grip and twist out the part that was stuck, and then use my electronics pliers to get the plastic ring out.

[–] cabhan@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago

Yes, this is a rental flat, but we will never buy such a faucet for ourselves. Massive pain.

[–] cabhan@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I did that and broke off another piece, but I'm having trouble getting that piece out now. We're getting ever closer to calling a plumber :).

[–] cabhan@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago

It might be lime or calcium. The German word is Kalk, but it's basically the hard water, as you say. Yes, we were doing exactly that (the water is very hard here), and tried to remove the aerator in order to clean that too, which we hadn't done before, and that's how it all broke.

I've now made progress in breaking off another piece, but we're getting closer to just calling a plumber.

 

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Hello! My bathroom faucet has an insert aerator. We attempted to remove it in order to remove the chalk in the faucet, and broke the bottom part off as a result. The keys we have to remove the aerator are now not working, and we can't quite get it out.

Does anybody have any suggestions? We've tried using thin pliers for electronics to grab it and twist, but we can't get a good enough grip. A few photos attached: the remaining part inside the faucet, the broken off bottom part, and the keys that we have.

 

Hello! My bathroom faucet has an insert aerator. We attempted to remove it in order to remove the chalk in the faucet, and broke the bottom part off as a result. The keys we have to remove the aerator are now not working, and we can't quite get it out.

Does anybody have any suggestions? We've tried using thin pliers for electronics to grab it and twist, but we can't get a good enough grip. A few photos attached: the remaining part inside the faucet, the broken off bottom part, and the keys that we have.

[–] cabhan@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 months ago

I just started Cult of the Lamb. I've tried so many roguelikes and struggled to enjoy them, but this one hits right. It's not too too hard, and I like the style a lot.

I've beaten the first two bishops already, and am working my way towards the third.

[–] cabhan@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 months ago

I'm a huge fan of soda bread, which does not require sourdough (or yeast). You can go from "I have no bread" to "I am eating bread" in about 40 minutes.

The rising is done via buttermilk and baking soda.

[–] cabhan@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Schau bitte dieses schöne Exemplar an

[–] cabhan@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 months ago

I purchased my current phone (Fairphone 4) in January 2022. And that was because my last phone's battery was dying, and the screen was very cracked.

I decided for a Fairphone because you can easily replace the battery (already done once) and the screen (not yet broken).

As of now, I still have no plans to buy a new phone.

[–] cabhan@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 5 months ago

I really enjoyed The Will of the Many, but it was mostly because of thr world and thr mysteries, I think. I agree that the YA-y relationship stuff was less my thing, but it didn't bother me too much.

I binged the whole Gideon series when I was sick once. I found it enjoyable to read, but I agree that I do not get the hype around it.

 

Hi folks! On Friday, some friends are coming over to play Unfathomable, a board game set on a boat in the Cthulhu mythos, so I thought it would be fun to cook something with a bit of a seafood / ocean taste. Only catch: I'm vegetarian, so no fish.

I'm looking for inspiration for something that might have this sort of flavor. So far, I've thought about something using wakame or nori sheets, but although I do have experience cooking Chinese and Japanese dishes, I couldn't think of any sort of full dish that might have the right taste.

I'm aware that there are vegan "fake salmon" or "fake tuna" things that you can buy, but I haven't been too impressed with those so far.

Any thoughts?

 

Hallo Leute! Ich fange an, ein wenig mit Arduino zu spielen. Ich habe ein paar Ardunios, die ich über die Jahre gesammelt habe, aber ich merke, dass viele andere Teile fehlen (zB Displays, LEDs, usw).

Ich kann diese Teile sicher im Internet kaufen, aber wisst ihr, ob es irgendeinen Laden hier in München gibt, der sie verkauft? Früher gab's ein Conrad, aber das hat vor ein paar Jahren geschlossen.

Vielen Dank!

 

Hi all! We'd like to stop using our plastic cutting boards due to cutting little bits of plastic into our food. Unfortunately, the most obvious alternative, wooden cutting boards, are more of a pain to clean.

I'd love suggestions on what I could use instead. I saw there's a brand called Epicurean that uses some sort of other material that can be machine washed. Has anyone used them before?

I'd especially love something made in Germany or in the EU, but I'm open to looking farther afield if necessary.

Thank you!

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Hallo alle! Am Wochenende habe ich ein Brettspiel (Cthulhu: Death May Die) gespielt, wo ein Monster "Dunkles Junges" geheißen hat. Und dann habe ich gesagt, dass "Das dunkle Junges hat mich angegriffen", und meine Freunde haben mich korrigiert: "das dunkle Junge".

Und meine Frage an euch: Warum? Ich bin kein Muttersprachler, aber ich habe bis jetzt kein anderes Wort begegnet, das ein "s" im Akkusativ hat, aber keins im Nominativ. Gibt es andere ähnliche Wörter? Gibt es eine Klasse von Wörtern, zu der "Junges" gehört, zum Beispiel wie die Wörter, die im Genitiv mit "n" enden statt "s"?

Danke für eure Hilfe!

Edit: Ich habe hier Akkusativ / Nominativ gesagt, aber die Frage ist wirklich über den bestimmten oder unbestimmten Artikel

 

Hallo Leute! Ich suche ein paar Dinge für den Saunagang, in diesem Fall einen Saunakilt. Ich habe früher Handtücher und Bademäntel von Amazon gekauft, und ich habe mich damals schlecht gefühlt, und ich würde voll gern eher von einem Laden hier in München kaufen. Kann irgendjemand mir was empfehlen?

Ich habe schon in dem kleinen Laden im Phönix Bad geschaut, aber sie haben viel mehr für das Pool als für die Sauna.

Vielen Dank!

 

Hi all! I have a Fairphone 4 that is serving me very well, but it occasionally reacts as if someone had touched the screen, such as scrolling randomly, zooming in in the camera, pulling down the settings menu, etc. I assume that there's something on the display that occasionally activates something.

I have cleaned the display several times, but still have the issue. Before I buy a new display to swap it out, which costs 70€, I'd like to know if anyone else has had this issue, and if you found a good way to fix it other than swapping out the display :).

Thank you!

 

A specific question, but maybe someone here knows! My shower has a drain. When I remove the cover and the "thing" inside of it, there's a stopper with an O-Ring.

We used to be able to pull the stopper out and clean inside the pipe (suggested by a plumber), but I now can't remove the stopper anymore. It appears to be quite stuck, and the angle is also terrible to get a better grip on it. I don't want to use pliers, because I'm afraid I might snap the thing that you hold, and then I'm really in trouble.

Can anyone give me suggestions what I can do to get the stopper out? Is there a technique I don't know? A device I could buy?

Thank you!

 

Hello all! I've been a Software Developer for almost 15 years now, and after staying at my last few companies for only 2 years each, I'm starting to think about the possibility of becoming a freelancer/contractor. I'm looking for more flexibility in my work and getting out of parts of the corporate culture that I have grown to dislike.

I'm in a good place financially, and so I'm looking to see if it's a possibility. I speak English and German fluently, and have primarily a background in webservice and FE development, though I can also do quite a bit of Rust and have dabbled in Android apps a bit. I also have some experience with medical software. I think my biggest issues right now are business model development / pricing and finding customers.

Does anyone know of any good resources? I find quite a bit online, but a lot seems geared towards being self-employed generally, and not to the software industry itself. I'd be looking for either good websites or books, or general starting points for research.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions or advice!

 

I have the feeling that over the past years, we've started seeing more TV shows that are either sympathetic towards Hell and Satan, or somewhat negative towards Heaven. I just watched "Hazbin Hotel" today, which isn't too theological, but clearly is fairly negative towards Heaven.

In "The Good Place",

Spoilers for The Good Placethe people in The Bad Place end up pushing to improve the whole system, whereas The Good Place is happy to spend hundreds of year not letting people in.

"Little Demon" has Satan as a main character, and he's more or less sympathetic.

"Ugly Americans" shows demons and Satan as relatively normal, and Hell doesn't seem too bad.

I only watched the first episode of "Lucifer", but it's also more or less sympathetic towards Lucifer.

I have a few more examples (Billy Joel: "I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints", or the very funny German "Ein Münchner im Himmel", where Heaven is portrayed as fantastically boring), but I won't list them all here.

My question is: how modern is this? I've heard of "Paradise Lost", and I've heard that it portrays Satan somewhat sympathetically, though I found it very difficult to read. And the idea of the snake in the Garden of Eden as having given free will and wisdom to humanity can't be that modern of a thought, even if it would have been heretical.

Is this something that's happened in the last 10 years? Are there older examples? Does anyone have a good source I could read?

Note that I don't claim Satan is always portrayed positively, or Heaven always negatively :).

 

Hallo Leute!

Ich versuche anzufangen, als Tanzlehrer als Nebenjob zu arbeiten. Ich plane ziemlich wenig zu verdienen (weniger als 1000€ im Jahr), und ich suche einem:r Steuerberater:in, von wem ich Beratung bekommen kann, was ich machen muss. Ich habe Lohi kontaktiert, aber sie bieten nur Lohnsteuererklärungen an.

Kann jemand mir einen:r Steuerberater:in empehlen?

Vielen Dank!

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