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The singer of Smash Mouth seemed to really hate that people only cared about All Star. His latest shows were) had some drunk rants. He's dead now

I call it Drunk Nirvana. I do not like it

Thank them for fulfilling a need... And let them go. Their job is done. The task, complete.

I guess they could also jump on the opportunity to pitch a pyramid scheme, too.

There's nothing to lose by trying as long as you accept that the worst case scenario is they're still not part of your life.

Maintaining relationships is hard. They're likely minimally social these days as well. Somewhere around your age is where many people suddenly feel lonely. It's a tough lesson on the concept of "friends of proximity". That's usually a negative term, but, quite frankly, I believe all friends are friends of proximity. If you change proximity (new job, differetlnt school, drop a hobby, move, etc), you have to work harder to stay in each other's orbits. Shortened tangent: this is something I'm at peace with now. Instead of putting asterisks next to everyone that's a work friend or hobby friend, they're just friends. I don't know when that friendship will end, so I focus on enjoying the current relationship.

The point I'm coming to is that, while I understand this is a unique situation for you, it's a common general feeling. That will make it tough to rejoin social circles that likely don't exist anymore. But, if you do manage to meet up, have at it. Enjoy it. Perhaps there are other people in your orbit that can be reevaluated as a friend. Maybe you can find something to do with them, even if it's just a very basic hangout after work or something. I find many people are hesitant because they also think of these friendships as temporary, but hopefully you can get a feel for options and feedback. I know your post was about old friends, but I'm hoping they're not your only option.

And please, please, do not take social media posts as their daily diary. It's so hard to accept, but every day they're not posting, they're just as bored and alone as everyone else scrolling. Social media is the high lights reel. So much of it is projection.

My state had extremely limited appointments for Real ID applications. Then they casually offered an "upgrade" when I went to add an endorsement in 2021 because they went to no-walk-in appointment system and suddenly had all the time in the world on their hands

When they have doorbell cloud cameras and they're this type, I ask if they'd put one in their shower. To match your topic, I'd ask them to live stream their next email/search/web session.

Manufacturing quality assurance. I don't have a ton of mech engineering in my area, so I broadened my search by just using "engineer". I had to sift through a lot of software/dev/etc engineering listings. I noticed there was a consistent stream of quality engineer, quality system type roles. Applied, and now it's my career trajectory.

It's a bit niche, the "real" engineers want nothing to do with it, and I get to dabble at various levels into all the products and processes. It comes with a good amount of documentation, auditing, pondering the true intent of accreditation requirements, and other mundane tasks, which is why so many people hate it. But maintaining the quality system maintains the business, so I have a job.

It's not ISO 9001, but it's similar. It has a ton added that's specific to the industry, so it's tangibly useful. Personally, I think ISO:9001 is a pyramid scheme. Under 9k1, you have to vet your vendors... Unless they're also 9k1 certified! Regardless, I'm surrounded by 9k1, so I have some local mobility as well as national mobility for the specific industry.

What's the minimum torque and power that you use to delineate between toy and machine? What were the specs on the original? Not your desktop toy, but the original.

It's not safe to have the motor block in front. It can be shoved into the cabin and gasoline is ready to ignite on hot exhaust or sparks if the fuel line is ruptured.

I can stop any household fan with my hand. That doesn't mean they're not real machines. Scale of a device has nothing to do with whether it's design is real or not. Is a mechanical watch not a real machine because Big Ben is so much bigger? Is a motorized bicycle not a real machine because trucks exist? That steam engine is absolutely a steam engine. It uses mechanical principles to induce motion. Being weak doesn't disqualify it. Alter the jets, raise the temperature, link 10 of them together, whatever and you'll have something more difficult to stop.

I've seen that site before and) but can't remember if it influenced my decision before purchase or just confirmed it. But good link. I acknowledge it's slow, but at this point I have enough extra batteries, I can handle it as long as I charge the dead ones upon swap. Still, I'd say a 4th consideration is price point, at which I think these were acceptable. Somewhere above fictional company items on Amazon, below RC hobby grade