Be careful of papercuts

I was looking around for a Scribus workflow, and seeing how to get Markdown to be imported into Scribus and I found this url.

• http://write.flossmanuals.net/scribus/introduction/

It's a bit dated, but the document is still pretty handy for learning how to plan a brochure or magazine or whatever you're thinking of.

With it being a bit dated, as of 2011, has anyone thought of trying to update this manual? I realize that Scribus has a fantastic manual built-in to the application that covers most of the functions, and there are plenty of YouTube videos that cover how to use Scribus such as those from TJFree.

Don't use some of them. They'll fvck you up.

Sadly, Floss is hit or miss.

https://www.dentalcare.com/en-us/patient-education/patient-materials/manual-brushing-and-flossing

An effective oral hygiene routine starts with a few simple steps:

A Proper Brushing Technique for your Teeth

A proper brushing technique is the first step to maintaining healthy teeth and gums. Plus, it helps minimize the risk of tooth decay and gum disease, the major causes of tooth loss.

Before You Begin

While there are several tooth brushing techniques with a manual toothbrush, always ask your dental professional for their recommendation and be sure to follow their instructions. To start, use fluoride toothpaste with a soft-bristle toothbrush, and don't forget to replace it every three months.

Two Minutes, Twice a Day

To brush your teeth correctly, spend at least two minutes using a recommended brushing technique, which includes 30 seconds brushing each section of your mouth (upper right, upper left, lower right and lower left), both morning and night. Since most manual toothbrushes don't have built-in two-minute timers, you may want to have a clock handy so you can be sure you're brushing long enough.

Positioning the Toothbrush

How you hold the toothbrush depends on which part of the tooth you're brushing.

• Step 1: Start with outer and inner surfaces, and brush at a 45-degree angle in short, half-tooth-wide strokes against the gum line. Make sure you reach your back teeth.
• Step 2: Move on to chewing surfaces. Hold the brush flat and brush back and forth along these surfaces.
• Step 3: Once you get to the inside surfaces of your front teeth, tilt the brush vertically and use gentle up-and-down strokes with the tip of brush.
• Step 4: Be sure to brush gently along the gum line.
• Step 5: Brush your tongue in a back-to-front sweeping motion to remove food particles and help remove odor-causing bacteria to freshen your breath.

Now that you've learned proper brushing technique, a little discipline in practicing it every day will help make it feel like second nature. It's one of the easiest things you can do to maintain the health of your teeth and gums.

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Proper Flossing Technique

• Use about 18 inches of floss, so you have a clean piece of floss to use on each tooth in the cleaning process.
• Curve the floss into a C-shape as you slide it up and down along the side of each tooth.
• Don’t forget to floss

I was wondering that since the scaler can remove hardened plaque (something that dental floss can not do) it would actually be even more effective than flossing. And also, you can sterilise and reuse it pretty much indefinitely. So taking into account these (major) advantages, can a dental scaler completely replace flossing? And if so, why isn't this more common? Thanks!

I started one-bagging over ten years ago. I didn't know that was a word. I just wanted to pack for a weekend in my regular backpack so I didn't have to buy one of those little rolling suitcases.

Discovering this subreddit has been amazing. I'm so happy to meet a group of like-minded people and read years of archived discussion on how you all do things.

One thing I've noticed is that many people on this subreddit seem to be on a much bigger budget than I was then or am now. If I didn't already have a few trips under my belt, I might get the impression that you needed all the fancy gear.

This post is my little nudge in the opposite direction. It is, as best as I can reconstruct, my packing list for my first one bag trip, a fall weekend in the Midwest in 2008 or so. It features only items I already owned, none of them travel-specific.

Worn

• Cotton T-shirt
• Poly/cotton button-up shirt
• Cotton underwear
• Wool blend slacks
• Leather belt
• Wool blend over-the-calf dress socks
• Rockport oxfords
• Secondhand merino V-neck sweater
• Secondhand canvas trench coat

I had kind of a business casual dress code back then.

Packed

• Kensington laptop backpack That thing was like five pounds empty.

  • Two changes of clothes, in one big roll

    • 2x cotton underwear
    • 2x cotton T-shirts
    • 2x poly/cotton button-up shirts
    • 2x wool blend over-the-calf dress socks
    • Polyester long underwear Pajamas, mostly

  • Toiletries, in a ziploc bag

    • Toothbrush My regular manual one from home, not even cut in half or anything.
    • Travel-size toothpaste Free from the dentist, I think?
    • Floss The entire 500m spool, I think.
    • Flat comb I had hair back then.

    I bet on the hotel providing soap, shampoo, and a towel. Also, looking back, I bet on the hotel bleaching its shower between bookings, which may not have been wise for that hotel.

  • Electronics

    • Motorola Razer Remember how phones used to go a week between charges? That was great.
    • Thinkpad X22 and power brick Remember how laptops used to go two hours between charges? That was not great.

  • Misc

    • Pocket-size composition notebook The sewn binding is crucial!
    • Pilot Precise V5 pen
    • Paperback book How else did anyone carry reading material back then?
    • $5 drugstore umbrella
    • 2x foam ear plugs
    • Fleece hat *I ended up squinting a little. I should have brought something with a

Exactly two years ago, I started learning Japanese from zero. Obviously a lot has gone differently than I expected. My Japanese journey began in the airport on the way home from the holidays, on New Year's Day, 2020. My original plan was to study Japanese for 12-15 months and then visit Japan to celebrate my newfound language skills. I would have never guessed that travel to Japan would be impossible now, let alone that I would not have even flown again for Christmas two years later. And of course, learning Japanese turned out to be a lot harder than I expected. However, I have still made a lot of progress over the last two years.

Current level

Based on taking the official JLPT practice tests, I'd estimate that I am now N3 in vocab and close to N3 level in reading and listening. However, I still struggle with the grammar section even at the N4 level. (see below for the exact stats)

The ironic part is that back when I started, my goal was just to be able to watch anime without subtitles. I barely cared about reading skills at all, and figured it would only be useful so that I could read signs and writing that showed up onscreen in anime. I've spent considerable time practicing listening, and while I can understand a fraction of the dialog in anime, particularly everyday sayings, I still miss a ton and would always use English subtitles if I actually cared about the story. But I am getting better, and I can e.g. understand most of Noriko's podcast almost effortlessly.

As I've been self-studying, my speaking skills are essentially 0. The big difference from last year is that in February, I started going to a weekly Japanese practice chat (virtual) meetup. However, I gave up on it in September, since I hardly ever tried to say anything and felt like I was making no progress. Usually the way these meetups happen is that the two or three most fluent people spend all the time chatting amongst each other. Even if I tried to say something, it would take me so long to decide on how to say it that the conversation would move on, or else I would say things hesitantly with a questioning tone on every word implicitly asking whether I had it right or not and that meant noone could understand me. It's a real chicken-and-egg problem. I've thought that the solution is to hire a tutor on iTalki, but then I think that I need to get the basics down so that iTalki isn't a complete waste of time,

Do your worst!

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

I passed!

I sat the exam for the first time last Saturday, 12/20. The email saying my results were ready came 4 days later on Wednesday around 5pm. I was surprised they came so quickly; I was expecting it to be at least another week due to the holidays. My score was 91.

I know some things will change since I was probably one of the last groups to sit the 5h40m test with 150 questions (AAPC has confirmed they're moving to 4 hours and 100 questions in January 2022) but I thought I'd recap my experience and tips anyway.

• Courses: I took the 4 part course through AMCI. I started with the free introductory course in March, and did the other three eight week courses afterward, one at a time, at a total cost of $1,520 plus books. It was worthwhile to me, to have passed on a first try with a score I'm proud of, 9 months after I started.
• Leading up to the test: I had a really long window between finishing the courses and sitting the exams, and a lot of other important things that kept me separated from the material. I'd last attended a study session on 10/2 and taken a mock exam on 10/9, and honestly hadn't touched much of this until the exam on 12/20 - separation from the material for around 9 weeks. I tried to review the material at home, but you know how it is with kids and partners. Even if you explain that you need some time alone to study, deliveries still come and you still have to remind them to shower and the damn ingrates think they're entitled to be fed literally three times a day, ugh. So... I straight up left my family. I went to stay at a cheap hotel near the testing site 2 nights before my exam, and it was THE BEST THING I COULD HAVE DONE FOR MYSELF. I used the extra day to do all of the uninterrupted studying I needed to do, and honestly I'm not sure I would've passed without the silent time to run through practice exams and make sure I felt like I'd touched all of the material sections and I was confident in my pace of answering. The advice I've read says to stay away from the material the day before the test, but you do what you've got to do.
• Checkin for the exam was pretty relaxed. I got into the room around 8:15 and they started the test around 8:45. The proctor sent an email the night before asking us all to be in the room by 8:30, but they still waited around for the last person who went to the restroom to return before starting the instructions.
• ID check was simple; the proctors glanced at my drivers licens

Pilot on me!!

I recently discovered I have tonsil stones and have been having trouble finding good ways to get them out. I have a pretty bad gag reflex which causes my anxiety to flare up pretty badly. It has gotten better since working to get the stones out. I have tried a water pik (little control of the power which caused gagging and bleeding), cotton swabs (more effective but not great), brushing more and Therabreath mouth wash. My stones are pretty small so when they did appear, it was easy for them to get nudged back in when I tried to use a cotton swab. On the advice of this group, I ordered an oral irrigator syringe and it has been the best method yet! The water gently rinses them out and right down my throat so minimal gagging involved. It has the effectiveness of the water pik with the gentleness of the cotton swab and is super easy to use! I discovered and washed out more than I even realized I had! I highly recommend to anyone who hasn’t tried it yet! Link to the one I ordered from Amazon below 👇

FlossPartner Pocket Water Pick Water Flosser, Manual Water Jet Teeth Cleaning and Water Flossing. Ideal for Braces. Travel School Work Camping Sleepover. Compact Light Reusable. Carry Everywhere! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09FGZXZPC/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_3TP84RYM3P0ZCZ45FZAC?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

I released a FLOSS software for Linux and I'm working on a game that I like to publish for Linux aswell. I'm wondering if it is comparable to Windows/MacOS where you take a few laptops and check at least if it runs. I found a lot on how to move from Windows to Linux or found discussions about which distribution is great for gaming on Linux - but lack the knowledge / insight if it is comparable.

So far I have automated test for the software running on Linux Ubuntu and I ceck it manually on my laptop with Linux Mint. Is there something like "if it runs there it probably runs on most distributions"? Or is that already not too bad?

Location: Maui, Hawaii, US

Trip Length: Nov 22 - Nov 28

Main Bag: Aer Travel Pack 2 Small

Daybag: Random drawstring bag I got from a hackathon years ago

Weight: 15.4 lbs

Airline: Southwest

Clothes

Outer wear

• 4 Shirts (3 packed 1 worn for flight)
• 3 Shorts
• 1 Swim shorts
• 1 Jogger (worn for flight)
• 7 Pairs of socks
• 7 Pairs of underwear
• 1 Uniqlo blocktech rain jacket

Inner/Lounge wear

• 1 Jogger
• 4 Lounge wear shirts
• 1 Pajama bottom

Footwear

• Running shoes (Ultraboosts 4.0)
• Slides

Misc

• 1 Bath towel (I think its a turkish towel)
• 1 Small microfiber towel (Kirkland)
• 1 Prescription Sunglasses
• 1 Glasses case
• 1 Prescription glasses
• 1 Wallet
• 1 Canvas cap
• 1 Physical vaccine card
• 1 Reusable stainless steel water bottle
• 1 Pen
• 1 House + Car keys

Toiletries

• Ziploc bag
• Anti-perspirant
• Manual toothbrush
• travel size toothpaste I get from my dentist
• floss (also from dentist)
• tongue brush
• Dove body wash *
• CeraVe face soap *
• CeraVe Body lotion *
• CeraVe AM moisturizer
• CeraVe PM moisturizer
• Hair styling cream

*Stored in TSA compliant travel size squeeze bottle

Electronics

• iPhone 12
• Apple 20W Charger
• USB-C to Lightning Cable
• Airpods

things bought on the trip

• Sunscreen

Trip mostly consisted of driving to different parts of the island, hiking a couple of trails, swimming and snorkeling in the ocean. See full itinerary here

Thoughts on the Aer Travel Pack 2 Small

I spent an agonizing amount of time trying to figure out which bag I should go for as my first proper "onebag". Debated between the Osprey Porter 30, ULA Dragonfly, Knack Pack Medium, Regular sized Aer Travel Pack 2, Able Carry Max, Tortuga Setout Divide. Verdict: Its a really great bag. Mind you this is my first trip with it but so far its been great. Build quality is good. It fits me well. Despite overpacking for this trip I found it easy to load up the bag with my stuff. Even though it was 15lbs it felt comfortable to wear though I didn't wear it for extensive periods of time just transiting between car and airports. Looking forward to putting this bag through its paces.

Lessons Learned

I definitely overpacked haha. Still very new to onebag travel so hopefully as

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

I won't be doing that today!

You take away their little brooms

There hasn't been a post all year!

This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

It’s pronounced “Noel.”

After all his first name is No-vac

What, then, is Chinese rap?

Edit:

Notable mentions from the comments:

• Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits

• French/Finnish art

• Country/Canadian rap

• Chinese/Country/Canadian rock

• Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "