gramie

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[–] gramie@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Thanks for the additional information. Everything newer seems to be Rotax now. Except there was one guy who had a Corvette engine in his Cessna. Other pilots were talking about how it has so much torque his rudder isn't big enough to compensate.

Hopefully in 5 or 10 years, everything will be electric!

[–] gramie@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago

For my money (and I do donate every month to Language Transfer, because all the content is completely free) this is the best system for actually learning to use a language, as opposed to memorizing words and phrases.

You can do it with YouTube audio, SoundCloud MP3s, or the convenient app that does what it needs to without any extra bells in whistles.

[–] gramie@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Just today I learned that the fuel Cessnas use has lead in it, because the engines were developed when lead was in all gasoline and they have not found it worthwhile to certify all of those tens or hundreds of thousands of planes with new engines.

In fact, I was at a fly-in today and there were several Cessnas that were 60 and 70 years old. no unleaded fuel, and no added ethanol, either.

[–] gramie@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 days ago

I have started using Tux Guitar. It's an open source version of Guitar Pro, and can read Guitar Pro files.

[–] gramie@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago

I second this. It also teaches without using rote memorization. Better than any other books or videos I have ever seen. I have been supporting LT with a monthly donation for several years now.

[–] gramie@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I considered it, but it sounded like having the tooth extracted wouldn't cause any issues, and my insurance paid for it. If things go bad, I can look into Costa Rica later.

[–] gramie@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I was quoted $8,000 for a single implant. The dentist told me my option was to just have the tooth extracted, because I still have my wisdom teeth and the other teeth could move over to fill in the gap.

I also checked out going to Costa Rica to have it done, where a US-trained dentist can do it for under $1,000.

I ended up just having the extraction.

[–] gramie@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 days ago

It's even better than that. In WordPress, you can select a plug-in from within your WordPress administration, and install it directly. You receive update notifications by email, and can upgrade within the administration panel as well. You don't have to download and then upload anything.

In both Drupal and WordPress, you can upgrade the site and plugins/modules from CPanel.

[–] gramie@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I find Drupal just as easy to set up as wordpress. Most shared web hosts have a script to do everything for you, including installing updates. In fact, I find Drupal's administration more logical and easier to manage. (I may be biased, since I spent 10 years developing Drupal sites.)

The other advantage is that, unlike WordPress, Drupal themes and plugins (the Drupal term is "modules") are almost all open source and free. I find that WordPress has lots of plugins that give you the basic version for free, but then want to upsell you to a paid version.

[–] gramie@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

I know someone who is allergic to garlic. Sometimes I wonder how sad her life must be.

[–] gramie@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Watch his testimony to the Senate Subcommittee that was planning to cut PBS funding, and tell me it doesn't touch you.

[–] gramie@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago

Not only that, but many of his books are freely available epubs with no DRM. You can read them and decide if you like his style before going on to buy the others.

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Prime Minister Jean Chretien grabbed a protester and wrestled him to the ground, it has become known as "The Shawinigan Handshake".

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