Daniel @daniel@campduffel.social

@lo I hear that used to be a common game around Halloween. In that show Northern Exposure they would take bets because they had to pre-dig graves due to the frozen ground in winter. Most modern people are so sheltered from death that they never consider it. In North Carolina we would have Decoration Day with the church.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decoration_Day_(Appalachia_and_Liberia)

@retiredguru@social.linux.pizza I wish I could move my department to FreeCAD or something like it. I hate Autodesk with a passion, but it is basically industry standard. There are some programs that use IntelliCAD like Carlson. I really like those guys and their software is so much better, plus you can actually own it. Will be trying to move to them next year. We probably spend $21k in Autodesk licenses annually, would throw half that at FreeCAD if they could improve.

@lo Hope she doesn't have too bad of a time with it. My late grandmother didn't have symptoms but died as a result of sepsis from a UTI. I guess the caretakers let her hygiene go because they were afraid of the virus.

"As science penetrates deeper and deeper into phenomena and approaches the essence of things, it sees the mysteries increase and itself hemmed in on all sides by the unknowable."
Herman Bavinck

@Gargron Pretty sure this was in The Matrix when Neo met Trinity at the club.

@artyr3 @adellerichardson That is pretty cool, want to see some pictures! I wish I could do something like that. After juggling all of the variables, the house we are building in the spring is starting to look like a multi-generational mansion. Bureaucracy and convention dictate so much. We are wanting to be off-grid, maybe I can pick your brain sometime?

@emelie Nightmare fuel

@artyr3 I think I will continue down it. I was hoping for one OS for my integrated home system, but realistically it will probably be a mishmash. I've been thinking a lot about how to raise my kids around tech and OpenBSD looks like a good fit because it is self explanatory. The more they learn, the more functionality they get. My oldest mostly shuns technology and would be happiest living in the early 20th century I think lol. Right @adellerichardson ?

@lo Those Greenland sharks are pretty cool and old. My friend, an ophthalmologist, would get into removing their cataracts. Don't know why anyone would want to eat that unless starving.

OpenBSD was nice to install and the documentation is on point...I just realized no ZFS. Such a bummer.

My grandmother passed this morning. Thank you folks for all the love, thoughts, and prayers!

I know this tune, but can't place it or the lyrics. Can anyone help me out?

After the stock has congealed, scrape off the top layer of fat.
Add the chicken to the stock and reheat to a simmer.
Add half a stick of butter, a pint of half&half, and whole milk to the desired consistency.
Don't boil the soup after you add the dairy.
Add salt and pepper, at least 1 tbsp each.
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Making the traditional chicken stew that we have most years. It is very simple and I enjoy it with saltines and Texas Pete hot sauce.

Boil a whole chicken in a covered pot of water covering about 2/3 of the bird until cooked.
Remove the bird and any undesirables from the stock and refrigerate.
Remove the skin and bones from the chicken and shred the meat.
Take out anything too dark or inedible and refrigerate.
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@MaryMamuzich Thank you for the kind words and prayers! It is really great that my mother gets to be with her now. Funny enough this isn't Covid, but rather a result of the change in care because of it. Hospice workers are amazing people. My friend John, who died this spring, told me that he thought they might be real angels. Right now we are just enjoying the peace of God and I believe your prayers have helped.