During my late twenties and throughout my thirties I had bad sleep paralysis. It was terrifying for the first couple of years. I would wake up (or I would think I was awake) to being suffocated, unable to inhale or exhale, unable to move at all, and with a feeling of impending doom. I could open my eyes and move them back and forth, and I could hear. Most of the time I would see a menacing dark figure moving toward me, and I could hear loud static in the air or popping noises all around me. I genuinely thought I was going to die.
I researched it, and learned that it wasn't going to kill me. It was still terrifying, but after some time I learned that if I didn't fight it and struggle to wakeup by attempting to move my pinky or attempting to grunt to alert my wife, I could "drop" into a lucid dream.
In order to do this I would have to convince myself that I wasn't going to suffocate to death, and I had to fight the urge to breathe. This wasn't easy, and it didn't always work, but when it did I would drop into a dream where I was totally aware that I was dreaming, and I could do almost anything.
As I got older it began to happen less frequently, and eventually I stopped having sleep paralysis, and I stopped dreaming. It was fun while it lasted though.
Generally, all long guns that are not auto/semi-auto must be cycled after every shot in order to chamber another round. This includes pump-action, bolt-action, and lever-action rifles/shotguns. There are exceptions, such as revolver rifles.
There are also instances when semi-auto pistols might need to be cycled after every round.
From Wikipedia: The name Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu translates roughly as "the summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the slider, climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his kōauau (flute) to his loved one".
Great point! My knee-jerk reaction was that this is an intrusion and the enduser would be held hostage unless he/she gives up personal information to Walmart...and maybe that is the case for some, but some will surely benefit from the personal advertising and discounts. I do believe there should be a large, bright, unavoidable notice on the outside of the TV packaging stating that a Walmart account is required to use the TV.
I love every minute of my sysadmin job (different job, I know)..and it's not always easy. I enjoy the work. I enjoy educating the users. I even enjoy being on call. And it isn't necessarily the money. I enjoy researching and fixing issues that I might not have come across before, and improving on the current infrastructure and workflow. I even enjoy talking to the salespeople and vendors who call. I love putting projects together and seeing them work when finished.
Many people in my line of work do not share my attitude, and many of my coworkers are grouchy and complain they're overworked. They do just enough to get by, and are generally rude to the users (but, not always).
I am in my early fifties, and have been in the business most of my career. I have worked at only two different companies, and have had a great life, even the long days that turned into late nights/early mornings.
I would definitely say I am addicted to being useful.
The solution, from a personal privacy standpoint, could be to obscure your license plate to prevent a proper photograph from being taken. I have read of invisible film and transparent sprays that purport to do just this.
There are also very affordable "license plate flippers" which, at the push of a button, rotate both your front and rear plates to different plates.
Both of these methods are likely illegal for driving, but may be legal when parked on private property.
The author lists everything his phone has replaced, and the two items his phone cannot replace yet. One of those is a radar detector. To that I offer the Waze app. While it is not exactly a radar detector, it still serves the same purpose.
Funny story. I first heard of the Waze app while reading a Car & Driver magazine in my doctor's office nearly 15 years ago (possibly before 2010). There was an article on illegal cross-country car racing. One of the drivers said something like, "I use a combination of radar detector and Waze to avoid the police."
I had no idea what Waze was, and researched it as soon as I got home. It has always been crowd-sourced, and there were not many users back in those days (at least in my area), but I used it and spread the word anyway,
I researched it, and learned that it wasn't going to kill me. It was still terrifying, but after some time I learned that if I didn't fight it and struggle to wakeup by attempting to move my pinky or attempting to grunt to alert my wife, I could "drop" into a lucid dream.
In order to do this I would have to convince myself that I wasn't going to suffocate to death, and I had to fight the urge to breathe. This wasn't easy, and it didn't always work, but when it did I would drop into a dream where I was totally aware that I was dreaming, and I could do almost anything.
As I got older it began to happen less frequently, and eventually I stopped having sleep paralysis, and I stopped dreaming. It was fun while it lasted though.