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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I feel attacked⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I guess running. About 4 years ago, I started on the treadmill with an exhausting 30min/mi. Earlier this week I completed my first 7min/mi. Along the way, I added a 28min/5k@1.5% and am working on a 60min/10k (today did 62min/10k).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone else⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  ISTR that canonically, Earth is under non-interference by The Culture (except for Special Circumstances) as a “control group”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rule 34 rule⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Just FYI: rule34.xxx/index.php?page=icame

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨$80 for Borderlands 4 too costly? Randy Pitchford says, "If you're a real fan, you'll find a way to make it happen"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree, but when you wouldn’t let Aspyr do a Linux port for BL3, I stopped being a “real fan”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Understanding your target audience when marketing⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Make sure and get your colonoscopy this year.

  It’s an old meme, sir, but it checks out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon gets a call from his past⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  she then has a free ticket to get the guy for 18 years of child support

  He is definitely on the hook for child support because the child deserves those benefits, and that’s the way it should be.

  Shared custody / co-parenting often reduces the raw financial burden, but the child still needs parenting and support, and if she’s the only one putting in time, then under Capitalism, he has to put in money.

  Also, in many states, if the child gets governmental benefits based on being in a low-income family, the state will often aggressively seek out the other parent, even if the primary parent doesn’t really want to deal with them.

  I’m not defending male rape, but I am defending taking care of all humans since none of us asked to be born. If the child (and everyone else) got UBI, there would be less (or no) reason for child support payments.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Uncultured⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  ^ This ^ is where I learned the word “aglet” and (looked up) what they were. First time I found them in Terraria, I thought surely it was a typo for “anklet” or something, since that was back in the beta days.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is a fighter⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I did 1 mi. in 7:19 today.

  I have done 9.2 mph in some 1-2 minute sprints for HIIT.

  I’d want somewhere soft to land (when the treadmill threw me) and a first aid team ready if I were to even attempt 12 mph!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If it's good enough to keep your house warm, it's good enough to keep your insides warm⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nihilistic optimism or bust.

  I’m still working on the optimism.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The pipeline⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s “choosing the easy option” and “being soft”. There’s no deeper meaning that I can discern.

  Evidently, “real men” choose “hardship” so they are ready when “hardship” chooses them?

  Also I think the pictured “(Alpha Male)” account is intentional satire of the Tates of the world.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ok, thanks...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I was about to downvote the AI slop, but your reply gave it enough context that Imma leave it alone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ok, thanks...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Alpha, the one after Gen Z, which is after Millennials, which is after Gen X, which was named that not because it was the 24th, but because they didn’t have a good name so they used X as a placeholder for an unknown name.

  Generations are slightly bullshit tho. Birthdate definitely matters, but it more of a continuum / spectrum than discrete generations.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Oh god': There's a buried Steam help page that shows how much money you've ever spent on the platform, and you may not want to know⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t they make all their money on hats?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people insist on not answering ALL the questions in an email or text message?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I reverses the natural flow of the conversation.

  Why is top-posting so bad?

  Top-posting.

  What’s the worst thing I can do when writing a reply to the mailing list?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people insist on not answering ALL the questions in an email or text message?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  1. No, we can test groksponk without flibbertygibbet. But, when rolling to production, flubbertygibbet will need to be in place before grokspunk due to how the gonksponk end-user documentation is written (at least, for now).

  2. Oh, sorry, “doohicky” is how me and my team call them. They are actually <link to ISO specification for purchase>, specifically chapter 4, section 2 (in my 2012 copy it is titled “Hippydip Operations and Serialization”). Hopefully that connects well with the existing goober documentation, but let me know if you need further details/clarification.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people insist on not answering ALL the questions in an email or text message?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  On average a communication has more readers than writers, so it is better for writer(s) to use effort in order to save effort on the behalf of the reader(s).

  This was especially true in the days of mailing lists and me having to beat TOFU users about the head with a clue-by-4. But, it remains true today. The median communication might be 1 to 1, but it’s much more frequent for additional readers to be added that additional writers, so maximum effort with writing is still true.

  But, man, it is annoys the heck out of me when I compose informative, contexual email/SMS with several open-ended questions and get back: “yes”.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I lost 6 to 10 years of my retirement last week!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m kinda in the middle. I think so far my balance is about the same as it was 1 year ago, so I lost at least a year worth of progress. The slide is probably not over, yet, tho.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tron: Ares - Official Poster⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I enjoyed legacy. It wasn’t the movie I was expecting, and it has rough parts, but overall I found it fun, particularly the action scenes and the sound track.

  I will also plan to see this one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨p r e s s u r e⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you saying that under enough social pressure anyone will revert to the gender binary? (j/k)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Let me be *perfectly* clear...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  CW: Visible notochord.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨sussvival instinct⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  ISTR you can do the sieve thing with true living sponges, too. Life on earth is wild. I wonder if it will be considered mild once we find some interesting life off-planet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is smarter than a genius⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Toes untouch the overpass soon he’s water-bound. Eyes locked shut but peek to see the view from halfway down.

  A little wind, a summer sun a river rich and regal. A flood of fond endorphins brings a calm that knows no equal.

  You’re flying now, you see things much more clear than from the ground. It’s all okay, or it would be were you not now halfway down.

  Thrash to break from gravity what now could slow the drop? All I’d give for toes to touch the safety back at top.

  But this is it, the deed is done silence drowns the sound. Before I leaped I should’ve seen the view from halfway down.

  I really should’ve thought about the view from halfway down. I wish I could’ve known about the view from halfway down—

  – “The view from halfway down” by Alison Tafel (excerpted)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is smarter than a genius⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ramanujan did pretty good, just died young.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You guys have to end it⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Eh, I had to take my Saturn (previous vehicle) to the dealer several times. The car before that was ruined by a “shade-tree” mechanic, so when I lived in the same city as the dealer I preferred that.

  I’m with you on right-to-reapir tho. It would have been better if the diagnostic methods and parts were available from other than the dealer (and maybe they were and the local guy just didn’t want to mess with it, doesn’t do a lot of EVs at his shop). But my experience with cars is mostly that dealers have that advantage whether you go electric or not, and I prefer electric.

  Still let me know if I can do something to improve right to repair for me or others.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You guys have to end it⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  IME, (2019 Volt) maintenance costs are lower with a PHEV. I have needed to take it to a dealer to deal with a OBD2 code that neither I nor my local mechanic could resolve, but the replacement part and labor was reasonably priced.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon plays a prank⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, one of the setbacks is that I have to spend more time at home with my disabled family member, so I couldn’t make it to the gym as frequently.

  I have gotten stuck at some “plateaus” before, and this ~100kg is one I’ve been at before. It took me nearly 3 months of discipline to break through it last time. I have to quit cheating as often, and not give up again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon plays a prank⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My profile indirectly discloses that. I don’t think it matters much for the story, but I am a cis white male.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon plays a prank⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I’m still obese. I almost got down to overweight, I was within 3kg, but… I’ve had/been some setbacks. By height + BMI, I should be targeting 165lbs. / 75kg, but I’m still finding it impossible to stick to a diet that provides a calorie deficit. (I have in the past, but don’t seem to now.)

  My physical health is better by basically any metric. I encourage anyone that is overweight to lose it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon plays a prank⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  When I was 330 lbs. (150kg) it would take me 30 minutes to walk a mile, and I would be post-exercise dumb for at least 30 more. You don’t want to the post-exercise dumb for class (taking or teaching).

  Now (225 lbs. [~102kg]), it would still take me about 15 minutes to walk it, tho at that pace my HR wouldn’t significantly increase, and I might decide to take the bus instead, if there’s any sort of weather.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨1987⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think we still have one of those plates in the cabinet. It’s not in normal rotation, tho.