neidu3, neidu3@sh.itjust.works

That’s one of them, yes. But if you go down that route, be sure that your training and certs is in line with STCW. Otherwise you’ll only be certified for US waters.

Depends whether you want to be part of a ships crew, or have an auxilliary role. The crewmen need to be certified, at minimum as an Ablebodied Seaman. However, there are plenty of ships that have additional personnel that technically aren’t part of the crew;
My current career started on a survey ship, and all I had was skills with IT, linux, heavy machinery, and a an affinity for DIY stuff. The company paid for the training courses necessary for me to be on board, working a 5week rotation. The certs you need are usually BOSIET and HUET, depending on the type of ship. I just remembered that I need to renew mine.

So what you want to ask yourself is this: Are you after a maritime career, or just any job on a ship? The first one requires STCW certifications. The second one requires a lot less.

NB: Smaller boats, such as private fishing vessels with much smaller crews may not require the above. I am unsure how they operate in this regard - I know people who’ve joined fishing vessels with little to no prior boating experience.

As it’s somewhat relevant, I’ll lazypaste a comment I made a while back after someone asked how life on a ship is like:

While I’m not an AB myself, I’ve worked on ships alongside them, so I’ve gotten a lot of insight into how the crews work.

The short answer is that it depends on your role. Basically, there are usually three or four types of crew on any ship:
- Bridge
- Deck
- Engineering - Anyone else (me), on more specialized ships.

Bridge:
Responsible for the navigation, safety, comms, scheduling, and all procedural tasks with running a ship. There are always someone on the bridge at all times, and this person is in charge of everything. The captain is of course the senior officer, but his responsibility and authority is delegated when he’s off duty.

Deck:
It can be pretty chill, but there’s still a fuckton of tasks to do. Painting, chipping rust, inspections, maintenance, helping out bridge/engineering if they need it. Most people on the bridge or in engineering have been Deck crew (AB - Able-bodied Seaman) at some point.
I’ve also seen deck crew being responsible for grilling on Saturdays.

Engineering:
Everything to do with the engine, and overall mechanical functionality of the ship.

I intentionally left out the galley staff, as this varies a lot between ships. When it’s a big crew, like the ships I’ve been on, there’s a dedicated galley staff. On smaller crews, it can be the ABs’ job to serve up meals.

Source: Roughly 800 days logged offshore, spanning all continents except Antarctica and Oceania.

Yellow with freckles on the peel

The Nigerian royal family has a bad rep. Especially the princes.

Did this recently with a Dell laptop I wanted to buy second hand. In addition to checking warranty info, it was my way of checking whether the laptop history matched the sellers story and not stolen (it was surprisingly cheap)

Both are true, really. AAA software was usually better, because they couldn’t assume that they could easily supply updates later. Also, software was generally not as complex, so the bugs weren’t as easily introduced.

Bargainbin software was always horrible, but even worse when there weren’t any large review aggregators about.

No Phineas and Ferb???

Yes, it’s a puzzle. The aim is to get the ring off. Had one very similar at home when I grew up.

Bear McReary - Something Dark is Coming

…from Battlestar Galactica. Sums my average mood.

Those usually aren’t nerve controlled. If you have a stump left of the lower arm, sensors can detect muscle movement, and clenching your hand does move some muscles in your lower arm close to the elbow.

Source: My dad had a prosthetic left arm. His stump was similar to the ones in this video.

Call them. Yes, it’s probably gonna be awkward, but well worth it.

Ecco (danish)

Back in the day I memorized the lyrics and tried to sing along to the hardware story inventory selection part. Since no human have lungs big enough, a friend and I learned to alternate back and forth so we could cover the entire thing.

They’ve got allen wrenches, gerbil feeders, toilet seats, electric heaters,
Trash compactors, juice extractors, shower rods and water meters,
Walkie-talkies, copper wires, safety goggles, radial tires,
BB pellets, rubber mallets, fans and dehumidifiers,
Picture hangers, paper cutters, waffle irons, window shutters,
Paint removers, window louvers, masking tape and plastic gutters,
Kitchen faucets, folding tables, weather stripping, jumper cables,
Hooks and tackle, grout and spackle, power foggers, spoons and ladles,
Pesticides for fumigation, high-performance lubrication,
Metal roofing, waterproofing, multi-purpose insulation,
Air compressors, brass connectors, wrecking chisels, smoke detectors,
Tire gauges, hamster cages, thermostats and bug deflectors,
Trailer hitch demagnetizers, automatic circumcisers,
Tennis rackets, angle brackets, Duracells and Energizers,
Soffit panels, circuit breakers, vacuum cleaners, coffee makers,
Calculators, generators, matching salt and pepper shakers,

I was bored as hell, sitting in a hotel room with literally nothingbto do for three days (waiting to get my passport back from visa processing), so I looked up the phone number of someone I used to know before we moved to opposite ends of the country years ago. I ended up getting an invite to a discord, and we now have two nights per week set aside for gaming together. Not just him, but the others on the discord too, so I’m not as socially isolated anymore.

And when there’s no gaming going on, just hanging out in VoIP is still nice. I might be baking stuff in blender or perl, while someone else is painting minifigs or planning a D&D campaign. It’s not easy having a social life when I’m a family man with four kids, living in the middle of nowhere with no shared interests with anyone nearby. This is my remedy.

One would think it at least involved some enthusiasm

Eh, not really. I was very close to buying a BMW X5 instead, but I couldn’t find a 7 seater nearby. I don’t feel enthusiasm towards the Volvo brand in general, I just happen to have had two cars that I’ve really liked. The logo could’ve said Lada for all I care.

The thumbnail looked like a fried circuit board. How fitting.

I remember a translated version of this one from when I was a kid. If anyone were curious, in Scandinavia, baby kits are bought at Jernia.

Lol no

I might be curious about the car itself, just to figure out how it may or may not differ from my own, based on the year it was made, but I don’t give two shits about the driver. I generally don’t like other people, and car brand ownership makes no difference in this equation.

Used to drive a Tank 1995 Volvo 940, and more than a few times did someone approach me to talk to a fellow “vintage Volvo enthusiast”.

Now that I drive a 2019 Volvo XC90 T8, people assume that I am a Volvo enthusiast based on the fact that I’ve had two Volvos in a row. The truth is that I really liked the durable tank that was my old car, and I really like the comfort of my new car. They are not similar in any shape or form. They just happen to both be Volvos.

I am by no means an expert (closer to the opposite, actually), but I always considered Time as the 4th dimension to be a bit of a fallacy that inhibits further thinking on the subject.

Sure, time can be considered a fourth dimension when looking at it from a perspective of trying to determine possible states of a system, as it adds one more axis in which an object can move. However, when it comes down to mathematics and physics, I consider it more like a property that is applied to a system and objects in it, regardless how many axis of movement is applied to it.

And just to be clear: I don’t understand it fully either, and I don’t know if it is correct. it’s just how I prefer to look at it, and it holds true in most circumstances I stumble across. I have no idea how a tesseract would look to a four dimensional eye.