*banned 4 MarkDown love* @design_RG@qoto.org

12 Acres of desert land near Tucson, Arizona, USA, including a Cold War era Titan II missile silo underground.

Asking price, USD$395 K

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/16/old-nuclear-bunker-for-sale-arizona-desert-includes-original-equipment

A bit of a Fixer Upper, but you can see a pristine one at the Titan II Museum nearby :

https://titanmissilemuseum.org/

@iamo I have seen one at the brdsite, iamo, but not in mastodon itself yet. I heard it might come in the future.

Yes Album cover by Roger Dean.

Loved the group. Back when music was more than the sound you heard, album art being trippy like this.

https://70sscifiart.tumblr.com/post/92147544831/retro-sci-fi-landscapes-artists-in-order-jim

@iamo Great post, thank you!

🤙

More great album art.

Uriah Heep, Demons and Wizards. Listened to this a lot! 😏

@rodolpho I just tuned out of the fedi for a bit and started catching up with my To Do tabs.

Read this page I linked above, and liked his report, which was veiledly critical of many organizations and people. Other than Gab and it's members.

I imagined the 'comments' being left by anonymous people in the manner described in the article, which is enabled by the extension and now by the forked version of the Brave browsers Gab has released, those comments would be what I would consider awful.

A screenshot in the article confirmed my assumption, more or less. This whole thing would be a gift for troll farms working on influencing people and policy in the western countries.

@Full_marx , you might want to read this?

@iamo
Yes, it looks great! 😺

I have some chickpeas soaking since last night, after seeing some of the recipes you posted, yummy.

@togs

@mngrif Usually automatic transmissions have one single program on how and when to shift. You are stuck with that, like or not. It's good if you are in congested traffic, less demanding on you.

Some more advanced models might offer a choice of driving modes, like normal, cruising, sportier, which will change the way shifting happens - taking it to a higher rpm before upshifting, if you were on a sportier mode, for example.

Yeah, it automatics are the most common cars around, a standard model will cost more.

In Europe I found the opposite, and was glad to enjoy a nice Skoda Flavia wagon, really cool car on the twisty mountain roads I drove for the first time there. 6 sp manual.

Album cover art, by Roger Dean.

From Sci-Fi landscapes album - https://70sscifiart.tumblr.com/post/189098190024/70sscifiart-retro-sci-fi-landscapes-part-two

And then, once you isntalled and start using it for the first time, in a few minutes a crash. 😞

...and you realize you FORGOT the cautious ways of sys admin people who rather not be trying to Fix What Ain't Broken.

A good thing to keep in mind.

Was using ~14% processor power without any Android app in use at the time - just for BlueStacks environment. That is lots.

@alexchejlyk It looks a lot like twitter, but has a much better membership.

Have you used Mastodon before? there is a good guide at this page:

https://lifehacker.com/a-beginner-s-guide-to-mastodon-1828503235

@ae Had to look it up, thank you.

@ae

@alexchejlyk There's always a First Time, welcome to Qoto, Alex.

My first post here was just a week ago.

You found a good place to set your account.

@mngrif Yesh, I prefer a standard as well. More control, I can drive the way I want, shifting when I feel like.

People who never learned on that type probably hate it though, it takes more skill and practice to drive well.

But an auto transmission costs about 1000 dolllars, burried in the vehicle sticker price; give me a choice and I will take the standard one any time.

@dayvancowboy It is a really nice place indeed. I have only been here for about a week, but have made more posts than in the years I had a Twitter account and avoided the place due to the toxic things happening there.

Grab a coffee and enjoy!

@rodolpho Thanks for mentioning it, Rodolpho. I found a page with some detailed notes and comments on it (haven't read it yet, in the middle of many things here)

Leaving it for reference:

https://blokt.com/guides/dissenter-review

@11112011

Yeah, excatly, those were the plates on the photo. Photos taken in Lisbon, Coimbra, Tomar.

I did travel to smaller places off the main tourist routes. I liked Portalegre a lot, in Alto Alentejo, and think it's where I would move to if I decided to apply for Residency.

I would be very happy in Lisbon itself, a wonderful city, but a smaller city you get a more relaxed pace, friendlier people, lower housing costs.

The only place I don't spend much time on is the Algarve, the beaches are wonderful, it has 3000 hours of sunshine per year, but... It's turning into a Brit Ghetto, and that irks me.

I like to see the Portuguese towns, people and culture, not a copy of their uk hangouts with loud footbal fans getting drunk on low priced beer and wine.

It's a pity, but there are many more areas to enjoy in Portugal.

@moonshine@freespeechextremist.com @deadheat

@dayvancowboy Hello DC, welcome to Qoto. 😺