Ice @ Iceblade02 @lemmy.world

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Yes!

FM radio has to compete with (free) Spotify nowadays given that 4g coverage is pretty ubiquitous, at least where I live. This means they can't stuff too many ads in there.

Managed to find someone who would host us for the night. Thank you very much for referring us to the site :)

Quickest, simplest fix would be to treat borrowing against unrealized capital gains as income for tax purposes.

Thanks for the suggestion, seems to be a nice site, I'll have a look!

Thanks for the reply!

I'll keep that in mind - probably search for a bit of a secluded patch of woods or something similar.

The only place you can be certain you’re allowed to camp is official camping grounds (Campingplätze / Zeltplätze).

Thanks for the reply. I've been looking around at camping grounds since posting, but it doesn't even seem like any allow check-ins by the time we'll be arriving in Travemünde (01:00). Most close by 18:00 already and a single one by the latest 22:30 (they charged 10€ extra for late check-in).

Perhaps since the weather is supposed to be decent it might just be worth finding a dead-end forest road and plopping down for a few hours even w/o pitching a tent.

Almost anything on a car is feasible to diy imo, depending on time and tools

Oh for sure, just different amounts of scary. Seems like getting at the lifters requires partially dismounting the timing belt & lifting the cam which isn't something I've done before and requires a special tool (?) to tension the belt when reassembling.

Worsening of noise after a recent oil change is not good news. Double check you have used the correct grade of oil.

"Over time" is more like months not weeks. Oil change didn't have any noticeable effect but most recent start (today) it did quiet slightly after a few minutes under load which seems like a positive sign - haven't driven it all that much since the oil change but it's quality oil afaik and matches the service book for colder outdoor tenps.

There are some "internal engine wash" products being marketed (if those are any good?) as well as additives specifically for lifters. Might try that out for the next service.

The noise isn't audible from inside the car or over road sounds, but certainly (and loudly) when standing outside.

Thanks for taking a listen.

Well, right now I'm not sure what I can do about it. We're about to head off on a 1'600km road trip in two or three days.

I will however be giving the shop a chewing out as they've had the car in several times (they're the ones who did the timing belt) most recently explicitly to inspect the car for issues. They didn't mention this at all but wanted 800€ to replace a busted steering rack gaiter that wasn't busted -_-

Internet searching suggest:

• running some kind of additive in the oil (?)
• cleaning the hydraulic lifters and oil channels
• replacing the hydraulic lifters

I have access to a full factory workshop manual for the car and basic tools, maybe taking the top off and cleaning them is a feasible DIY job?

• Last oil change

Roughly two weeks ago oil + filters, did that myself.

• Current oil level

Right at the "F" mark on the dipstick

• Mileage

~178'000km

• Timing belt/chain history

Belt changed @ ~160kkm, two years ago.

• If the noise is present in neutral as well as in gear, and if there is any perceived difference between the two.

Harder to check, I'll have to get back to you on that one.

Sometimes

This, so much. There're very real and important discussions in the medical field that (very candidly) go into these types of topics that become impossible to have (at least in the public discourse) due to these types of behaviours.

Doing something that gets your org banned by a government that isn't even the one you're protesting seems not only ineffective but counterproductive to me.

Censorship laws in the UK are quite dystopian, but even in less authoritarian countries, this kind of action would result in serious consequences.

that equipment was being used to further a genocide against the Palestinian people.

[Citation needed]

Finding out part of fucking around.

Countries don't usually take kindly to people or organizations that break into military bases and vandalize equipment.

They already are. Marginal tax rate on income is ~66% and tax pressure as a whole is close to 50% of GDP. Hence increasing taxes isn't really feasible.

No. Citizenship for a child in my country is tied to a huge amount of rights and access to welfare that essentially extends across a lifetime. Birthright citizenship would inevitably lead to an increase in (already significant) abuse of our strained welfare system.

Right now what's needed is rapid reform in order to salvage as much of it as possible. We can't afford to rapidly expand the system to include more people.

iirc a large reason is that trees for paper & lumber can be grown in areas less suitable for agriculture, whilst hemp competes with foodstuffs. Hence, despite the hemp being a more efficient producer of cellulose, it may be less economically efficient due to the relatively high value of alternate uses for the same land.

But when everyone is anonymous here on Lemmy, I feel comfortable venting about things. I dunno why this feels different, but I prefer it.

Part of the reason is that the professionals are constantly in it and either get desensitized (or burn out) and stop empathizing as much with their patients. Haven't seen it with mental health professionals, but the most jaded folks I've ever met were nurses/ANs approaching the end of their career.

Internet strangers on the other hand - we can step away whenever we want, which makes emotional investment less of a burden.

This handle some irl folks know about, but it isn't really feasible to find out who I am IRL from anything online associated with it.

Unironically why it can be safer to "trust" in anonymous internet strangers who don't know who you are and can't find out. Unironically how I learned to be able to start opening up about shit again and finally an irl friend who I can vent to (a little), but there's still things I'd never bring up with someone who knows who I am.