Sergei Krikalev was stuck on the Mir space station for 311 days after the Soviet Union broke up.

No, you are mistaken, 1994 was, at most, 15 years ago…

https://www.fastcompany.com/2681011/ethiopian-kids-hacked-their-donated-tablets-in-just-five-months

There was a story years ago about some scientists who dropped a box of tablets into a village somewhere that had no previous contact with modern tech. They went back some time later, and the kids had figured out, not only how to use them, but had networked them too. I wonder what ever happened with that, or if it was even true? I suppose I should google it.

Colin Furze has done the same thing in the UK on YouTube. I haven’t heard any criticism of him.

Heart attack or stroke are usually described by the media as “died suddenly”.

There is a journalistic shorthand at work here, “brief illness” usually means something discovered too late to treat, RIP Sir.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SLMJpHihykI

While not a renaissance fair exactly, there is a jousting tournament in Leeds Castle in Kent once or twice a year. It’s a lot of fun with armour, swords, horses, the whole shebang.

Imagine this plane with a fire on board before takeoff and now the unfit overweight masses have to evacuate.

Plenty of war around too…

That makes it a Theocracy.

I’ve been on the Internet since dial up was the pinnacle of technology, and I have never seen this meme before.

Even the Disney store has a Frozen Isle now.

Pretty sure this is how Airwolf started.

Or whatever it is I have?

It’s a white hole sir…

Over 200 hours on Death Stranding. During lockdown it was like therapy. Not into MMOs. Possibly more on other games but that is the one that surprised me most when I saw how long it took to platinum it. And then game+ing it too.

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I worked on a site with two carpenters once, and one would measure and the other cut. One guy would call out “inch and a quarter strong” or " inch and a quarter weak" etc. Meaning 1 inch and 3/8 or one inch and 1/8. Perfect cuts every time.