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uxp100··on What is going on with ceiling fans
Many of them are switchable color temperature. At least from what I’ve seen.
uxp100··on Everybody’s home. No one’s coming over
$25 a person just in pastries is pretty astounding. I think I could make it happen with the most expensive bakery (which is imo not the best in town but close to it) and eating little else. So hats off, that’s impressive. Hope they were enjoyed, great pastries are really a delight.
uxp100··on Enjoy Every Sandwich
Split the difference and say “designed by evolution?” I think designed captures something important and doesn’t have to imply a non-materialist view.
uxp100··on Canada will match US tariffs 'dollar for dollar' as trade talks break down
Do you think Canada doesn’t have housing issues?
uxp100··on CIA funding helped keep NeXT afloat in the 80s
Doesn’t take a special dough to achieve that.
uxp100··on Swiss parliament lifts ban on new nuclear power plants
I mostly agree with your larger point, but the anti-nuclear movement predates the 70s by quite a bit.
uxp100··on A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Building a Data Center
There was a lot of arson at BLM protests, and plenty of people beaten in the street, some of whom were in no way asking for it. The majority of the violence probably was the cops though.
uxp100··on Why isn't the U.S. better at soccer?
USAmericans casually play basketball still. Basically a few kids shooting hoops at every little court you pass, and lightly organized (just show up at a time) adult games are common too.
uxp100··on Nabokov's pale fire: the lost 'father of all hypertext demos'? (2011)
Interesting to make the connection to Sonny Boy. That’s one to think on.
uxp100··on SimCity 3k in 4k (2025)
No, it’s not. Please stop driving and leave it to the adults.
uxp100··on I Bought a “Junk” PSP From Japan
There were a couple of other LLM-isms that think mainly served to pad the length for no reason. I found the article interesting. Just not real concise.
uxp100··on US launches new strikes on Iran
I also believe some in the administration want chaos. But also consider that Iran is legitimately hard to negotiate with and the negotiators have no experience with highly technical negotiations around nuclear enrichment. Like, I don’t think Trump wants chaos, actually.
uxp100··on The Classic American Diner
I’ve got a place by me that does 2 eggs, 2 pancakes (or French toast), 2 sausages and toast for $4 before 8 AM.

And I don’t go there. The spots that get twice (or more) as much for that meal really are quite a bit better. And their coffee is truly foul. Classic diner coffee is fine, but if I’ve had better coffee on an airplane I’m not prone to going back.

uxp100··on The purist's guide to phở in Hanoi
I think that used to be true, but it has been overtaken by Houston. Either way, yes, good place to eat Vietnamese food.
uxp100··on Notes from the SF peptide scene
20% work in tech? I think that’s gone up quite a bit since I last spent a lot of time there in 2015. I would see these articles from time to time and think, people are getting the wrong idea if they haven’t been there, when I think of SF I think of middle aged Chinese people and alleycat bike races and music venues and book stores and drug dealing and gays, though tech bros are also present (and overlapping). But damn, 20%, that’s a lot bigger than finance bros, maybe tech really is ruining the city. Shoot.
uxp100··on Single-Dose Creatine Reduces Sleep Deprivation-Induced Deterioration
Effects seen at .35g/kg and .2g/kg. Both pretty big doses. Which is not uncommon for creatine for a single day, but ongoing dose is typically lower.

I’ve taken creatine for exercise recovery and possible cognitive improvements when I was a vegetarian. Never perceived it to do anything.

uxp100··on The Pentagon Threatened Pope Leo XIV's Ambassador with the Avignon Papacy
Nah, I’m sure Elbridge Colby knew about this. His political views may be unpleasant (I mean, I think there is far worse in the Trump administration, but I’m not a supporter of any of them) but he’s definitely in the well read in history section of maga.
uxp100··on Windows 95 defenses against installers that overwrite a file with an older one
> Some components addressed this problem by providing their own installer for the component, and telling installers, “You are not allowed to install these component file directly. Instead, you must run our custom installer.

Aha, that’s why they do that.

uxp100··on Running Tesla Model 3's computer on my desk using parts from crashed cars
When I’ve brought atypical stuff in to be repaired at one of those shops they have been absolutely willing to solder whatever, however they did have just one “soldering guy” for every shop in the metro area who only came as needed. So just keep that in mind if you’re in a hurry or want to talk an atypical task through with someone. Probably call ahead.
uxp100··on Cyberattack on vehicle breathalyzer company leaves drivers stranded in the US
Well, in this case because drunks keep murdering people.
uxp100··on Anthropic, please make a new Slack
That’s a funny analogy because some electric railway companies owned power generation. The one in my town also sold electricity to consumers for some time, though most of the history I can find online focuses on the rail aspect, which makes sense, as they started and ended in the rail business, but at some point in the 1890s to 1930s appended “and light” to their name.
uxp100··on EV-1 for Lease (1996)
It’s got the tone of public radio, which I think this reporting was from.
uxp100··on Two days of oatmeal reduce cholesterol level
Not the poster, but I grew up eating oatmeal that you would slice. Toss a pot on the wood stove, done when you remembered to grab it. Milk and honey on soft slices of oatmeal. Honestly don’t eat oatmeal much today, but was confused the first time I had oatmeal away from him and it wasn’t at least like lumpy. I’m sure that pot had to be soaked for a half an hour every morning.
uxp100··on PlayStation 2 Recompilation Project Is Absolutely Incredible
Yeah, I had great memories of secret of mana and SD3 (emulated in translation, I think that was Aeon Genesis?) and I replayed them with my partner in 2020. For a few hours. Honestly, kinda miserable.

Single player it was less fun than I remembered, multiplayer it was awful. SD3 is a beautiful game, and very overrated.

uxp100··on Why the Pumpernickel Bagel Is Disappearing
Luckily still present where I buy my bagels. I’ve only done it a few times but I do remember than rye flour makes a somewhat more difficult dough to handle.
uxp100··on ICE using Palantir tool that feeds on Medicaid data
What are you quoting? I mean, that sounds like what Stephen miller believes, but who said it?
uxp100··on The Dilbert Afterlife
Yeah, if the same thing doesn’t happen with millennials it’s only because there is no true counterculture anymore.
uxp100··on Embassy: Modern embedded framework, using Rust and async
I don’t think that is exactly accurate. But you know, like close enough, describes all my work. Just pointing out that something like an industrial system running win ce on PowerPC or x86 has been within the definition of embedded for a long time. Embedded Java was/is a thing. Both extremely non-central examples, but what’s new is how cheap the hardware is, embedded has always included more sophisticated OS’ and more than micros.
uxp100··on ICE Is Going on a Surveillance Shopping Spree
Everyone should spend a little time looking at the DHS twitter.
uxp100··on "Inspector Dangerfuck", ANSI art comic from 1994
EE-LG01.IMP Is my favorite of the pieces included in the article.
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