I returned to my hometown to handle the passing of my grandfather. I didn’t call my friend, who I had known since preschool, to go hang out. In reality I didn’t give a single thought to contacting anyone I knew – I had family to take care of. He felt insulted by that and chose to never speak to me again.

If this sounds completely illogical, I can assure you I’m just as baffled as you.

It was such a a fantastic read. I don’t like Sci-fi at all, but somehow Andy Weir makes it all so believable.

The same can be said of any power source?

One more aspect to nuclear power is its vulnerability to destructive forces, whether that be natural disasters or acts of war via either cyber attacks or direct bombing.

Given the abundance of safer alternatives, I don’t see why anyone would accept the risk associated with nuclear reactors.

That will depend on whether they face state or federal charges. I’m curious if they will be charged at all if the only thing they did was “protest”.

I definitely did not get that email. WTH?

Synology devices all have authentication enabled by default.

51! = $1,551,118,753,287,382,280,224,243,016,469,303,211,063,259,720,016,986,112,000,000,000,000

That’s a pretty big donation even if it were in pesos.

But also, kids of the target age for this doll should not be able to jump on the internet and type in any address they want. Hopefully the only traffic increase is from adults who heard about the mistake and were curious.

Is it really any different than forcing a woman to carry and raise her rapist’s child?

And many of us men are just as baffled by it. I honestly don’t understand why there are so many men – who I’m sure shutter at any mention of a woman’s period – that feel the need to control every aspect of reproduction and do so in the most cruel ways.

But also, the women who voted in support of those men are exponentially more baffling to me.

My brain hurts trying to understand it.

Here’s a real number. 56% of Americans read at or below a sixth grade reading level.

When complex topics like the economy are discussed, _at least _ 56% can’t comprehend the concepts because they lack the vocabulary. They do not understand how government works, or their own bodies, or diplomacy, or historical contexts. They are not capable of being part of many important national conversations.

Now couple this with the fact that Democrats are terrible at messaging and simplifying complex policy into digestible sound bites while Republicans have perfected it, and you can easily see how we get to where we are now.

For all the people not getting the joke.

https://youtu.be/WGRzc9vN2T0?si=9tHaui1R4ugzEN6M

I was once asked why I don’t participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I’ll be there.

Yes, I know Mother Theresa isn’t well liked, and for good reason, but I like this quote. It shows you how framing your words and actions can impact how they are perceived by others. It makes you think.

The only reason Google is still my default search engine on desktop is …. dates.

I’m a dev and the date next to each search result helps me skip a ton of irrelevant links and get to the ones that most likely apply to my situation. DDG and other search engines usually don’t show any dates.

I’ve sent feedback to DDG on this but obviously that had no impact. If they add dates, I’m done with Google.

On mobile I still use DDG since my searches are generally not date specific.

This. Women are already literally dying. The first woman (that we know of) to die from the abortion ban happened within just 20 days – before SCOTUS even heard the case that overturned Roe. And her story is a painful, heartbreaking read.

Plus, does nobody remember immigrant families being ripped apart? Kids put in cages? Their “family ID” being – whoops – deleted from the database so they couldn’t be reunited with their parents?

But sure. Life will go on like normal.

ChatGPT.

Links:

• Stuff Made Here - Engineering projects
• SmarterEveryDay - Engineering deep-dives
• Practical Engineering - Civil engineering stuff explained
• Steve Mould - Engineering concepts
• Kyle Hill - Science communicator
• PBS Spacetime - Space stuff explained
• Answer in Progress - Channel looking for answers to questions
• Disrupt - Dark software explanations
• Driving 4 Answers - Automobile/engine theory/explanations
• Integza - Amateur rocket enthusiast/projects
• Major Hardware - PC fan concept testing and misc
• SuperfastMatt - Car and other projects
• Vice Grip Garage - Man rescues garbage classic cars
• 2Stroke Stuffing - Man tries to build two stroke land speed bike
• RCTestFlight - RC projects (mostly boats/planes)
• Beau Miles - Aussie who runs and stuff and random stuff
• VC Adventures - Vegan Cyclist bro
• Rapha Films - Pro cycling team adventures
• This Old Tony - Hobby machinist
• Drawfee Show - Artists doing themed art challenges
• Adam Neely - Jazz bassist theory/explanations
• Exurb1a - Story creator/philosophy enthusiast
• Gbay99 - LoL documentaries
• Any Austin - Video game investigations, kinda
• Let’s Game It Out - Gaming entertainment
• TomatoAnus - Speedruns explained
• Joov - Skyrim challenges
• EdgeOmega - Skyrim challenges
• Rekrap1 - Minecraft content
• Rekrap2 - Minecraft content
• Evbo - Minecraft films
• Ogmoe - Minecraft manhunt god
• BayAreaBuggs - GTAV RP
• JANTSUU - GTAV vehicle testing

Preface: I know NOTHING about combustion engines and generally have never had the desire to.

But the “Driving 4 Answers” channel breaks down how all kinds of different engine designs work, explaining the pros and cons of each. Some have tons of apparent advantages that make you wonder why they aren’t used in production cars and trucks. He digs deep to answer that question.

Here’s a great video about the rotary vane engine.

The twin rod Avadi engine is a very different approach.

This one explains the crossplane inline 4. I had never even heard of such a thing before, but the way it’s explained is absolutely fascinating. He even demonstrates the different sounds so I feel like I could just listen to a car and know what kind of crankshaft it has.

Highly recommended.

Keychain fingernail clippers (Amazon)

I’ve had the same pair (different brand than linked) for many years and they have held up great. It’s crazy how often they come in handy, and my SO asks to borrow them all the time too. They are extremely small and nearly weightless. Highly recommended.

Edit: Found the exact brand I have. True Utility. Not sure if it’s worth the slightly higher price since it’s the only ones I’ve ever had – can’t compare. But again, they’ve held up great for many years.