I do circus entertainment like unicycle, stilts and rope walking but my worst injury actually happened when I turned too fast on stage to talk to a volunteer. Twisted my ankle and couldn’t walk right for two weeks.

I also do electronics as a hobby and found out early on that teeth are not wire strippers. Still paying for that mistake.

We have a saying in my country: there’s no point in complaining because nobody listens. I mean we are all paying so what’s the point of moaning about it

I can’t say what it’s like now but a friend did the TEFL thing, spent a year in Taiwan and now he’s a business consultant for overseas companies. He did actually learn the language though… I guess I’m just saying that language is a worthwhile skill and travelling opens up opportunities.

This meme made me feel better about myself. Been copy pasting from Stack overflow for more than a decade, vibe coding was a real step up for me.

Not quite there yet, still waiting on the holographic AI hardware design. Coming soon I hear.

This is actually a big comedy moment in South Africa - look up “Die Groot Tsek” on social media!

As a professional juggler I say go for it! That’s where I practise and never had any bad experiences in public parks.

True story: I used to worry so much about what people thought. One day I did an experiment, dyed my hair lime green and went around to the shops, library etc. Nobody batted an eyelid and I realised it was just me.

Nowadays I do “weird” things in public every weekend, and people usually pay in advance!

I suspect that Trump offering asylum to Afrikaners has more to do with USA being pissed at SA for the Gaza case than him thinking there is a “South African Genocide”. He’s just trying to stir the pot but generally South Africans don’t take this seriously. Some people on here though…

Clearly evolution in action

I ran it on my dual core celeron and… just kidding try the mini llama 1B. I’m in the same boat with Ryzen 5000 something cpu

It’s always nice to have some motivation from doing things for others. Depending on the service, you can always host for others AND for yourself. It’s 10x as much work but you do get positive feedback (sometimes…)

Digital. I’ve been reading ebooks for years, starting on my flip phone back in the day. The best part to me is being able to seamlessly switch from reading with my eyes to being read to (tts - I’m used to it now and it’s waaaay better than it was).

I do a lot of driving for work so I can get a ton of reading done on the road 😁

I am upvoting this - also moved to Cloudflare from ngrok it’s much simpler to use

A friend had the shower drain piped directly to his garden sprinkler at one point. His shower was on the 2nd floor so gravity did the rest.

Probably have a ton of unusual/unique items, being a magician and juggler, but the one that comes to mind is our dedicated BBQ bellows.

This is simply an old re-purposed balloon pump and lives outside next to the fireplace. Best way to get the fire going, portable, cheap… Beats blowing with your mouth/waving newspaper hands down.

Fun meme but corporate job listings in my town contradict the premise.

Let them C# I’m sticking to C++ and Python.

I was about 19, a magician friend told me I was good enough at juggling to do busking but I was too shy. Decided to give it a go anyway and remember shaking so hard while lighting the fire torches I was using. Made R30 ($2) so not a lot but I did it. I remember thinking to myself, “I’ll never have to work again!”

That was over 20 years ago, and since then - with the exception of that stupid pandemic we had recently - I have made a decent living as a circus performer and magician.

I won’t tell you it wasn’t a bumpy ride at first, but that first show was the turning point for me I will never forget.