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PISS - blocking a scene you can't remember (Live on KEXP) in c/music@lemmy.world
Peter Jackson made Braindead/Dead Alive. in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
New watch - Orient Stretto in c/watches@lemmy.zip
Easy migration from vim? in c/emacs@programming.dev
Easy migration from vim? in c/emacs@programming.dev
For both native and non-native English speakers: what word or phrase do you find especially difficult to pronounce? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] 7 points 2 months ago (1 child)

Native English speaker here. Aside from catching crap for regional accent differences, I didn't have any noticeable, repeating problems until COVID. I can't, for the life of me, properly pronounce comorbidity. Even when I really concentrate on it, it tends to come out as comorbibity. It really makes me sound stupid as hell.

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    Decaf beans in c/coffee@lemmy.world
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    Daily second hacking? (retrolemmy.com)
     

    I'm about 6 weeks into owning my first automatic watch, a Timex titanium field watch. It runs fairly accurately, all things considered, and gains about 10 seconds per day. It is not a big deal in the least, but my anal retentive psyche has decided that the seconds need to be hacked back to perfect accuracy every morning.

    Is this bad for the watch? The thing is built like a tank, but I'm not sure if it is actually built for that kind of repetitive use of the crown.

    My Pulsar Calculator Watch From 1979 in c/watches@lemmy.zip
    Organics Studio Nitrogen is a really finicky ink in c/fountainpens@lemmy.world
    [–] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Nitrogen is the most ill-behaved ink I've ever used. I tossed it out when the bottle was still 75% full since I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

    • The Smearing: Sweet creeping zombie Jesus does it smear! I haven't used it in three years, and it still hasn't completely dried in any of the notebooks I used it in.
    • Gets on Everything: I swear to Cthulhu, you get a free Nitrogen Gnome when you purchase this ink. The Gnome's only job is to make every surface in your home turn blue when you add water to it. Months after I got rid of it, I was still finding places inside of drawers that hardly ever get opened, that when wiped out with water, turned the paper towel blue. It was unreal, how much I kept discovering, and in the weirdest places, too!
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    My new Timex Expedition Field Post Titanium Automatic in c/watches@lemmy.zip
    My new Timex Expedition Field Post Titanium Automatic in c/watches@lemmy.zip
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    My new Timex Expedition Field Post Titanium Automatic (retrolemmy.com)
     

    I went ahead and picked up the Timex I mentioned the other day, and I am happy as can be! It's light, comfortable, feels like a tank, and seems to be keeping pretty accurate time for the 9 hours that I've had it. It has a Miyota 8215 movement with custom, shock absorbent mounting and a screw down crown for better water resistance. It's almost the exact same size as the Casio AE-1000W I've had as my EDC, and only a little bit heavier.
    #watch #wristwatch #timex

    An abnormally pale wrist with a Timex Titanium wristwatch. The watch displays 8:44:54 with white hands on a black dial. The case is matte gray and the strap is green nylon.
    What is the general consensus on AVI-8 watches? in c/watches@lemmy.zip
    [–] [S] -1 points 5 months ago

    Thanks again for all the help! My Timex Titanium field watch arrived today, and I'm unbelievably happy with it! It is almost exactly the same size as the AE-1000W, is comfortable to wear, and seems to be keeping accurate enough time. It looks like it may have gained about 3 seconds over the last 6 hours, and +12 seconds a day is well within the advertised +20/-40.

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    What is the general consensus on AVI-8 watches? (retrolemmy.com)
     

    I'm looking to pick up my first automatic wristwatch after wearing a Casio AE-1000W for the last several years. I have a Dalvin manual wind pocket watch and bought my wife a Seiko Presage automatic, and I feel like making the leap for myself.

    I'm looking for something that is more utilitarian, with a strap instead of a bracelet, and the same size or smaller compared to the Casio. The quality of the movement is most important to me, closely followed by build quality and durability. I have it narrowed down to a Timex Expedition Capstone, a Timex Expedition Field Post Titanium, a Seiko Automatic 5 Sports, and an AVI-8 Flyboy Wingman Worldtimer. I don't know anything about the AVI-8 brand, and any help would be appreciated!

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