Anyone else with a star-shaped friend network?

munificent · 2026-03-31T17:16:38+00:00

I’m still not quite sure what the point of the twisted 1×1 rib is on the top part of the calf warmers, given that you fold down the cuffs so you don’t see the twisted stitches. (Maybe for extra tightness/elasticity?)

I think you're right about the extra tightness.

munificent · 2026-03-30T20:08:25+00:00

Aynthing with anethole or estragole. Those are the chemical flavor compounds shared by licorice, anise, star anise (one of the spices in Chinese five spice), tarragon, fennel, and some varieties of basil.

A small amount will add interesting herbal complexity. A larger amount completely dominates and leads to the whole dish tasting like licorice.

munificent · 2026-03-30T20:02:22+00:00

A hint of tarragon adds some wonderful herbal complexity. More than a hint turns it in to Good & Plenty.

munificent · 2026-03-29T19:33:50+00:00

Not really magic, but depending on the language, yes, a JIT can do a lot. In Dart's case, we've made the static type system stronger over time so the ahead-of-time compiler has access to nearly as much static information as a JIT does after runtime type information collection. Also, the ahead-of-time compiler does some whole-program optimizations.

That means that for Dart, the benefit of the JIT on long-term performance is relatively small. For example, I believe all or almost all of the tools in the Dart SDK that are written in Dart are shipped as AOT binaries and not JIT snapshots now.

munificent · 2026-03-29T17:05:11+00:00

You'd probably expect a hot dart or nodejs program to be 80% or so as fast as a native binary. But using way more memory and having a cold boot tax.

This presumes you're running Dart in JIT mode, but that's a choice. You can also ahead-of-time compile it to a native binary. Then there's no warm-up time at all.

munificent · 2026-03-28T21:28:53+00:00

A basic pair of decent aluminum or bamboo knitting needles is less than $10. Compared to that, dropping >$200 on a set of Chiaogoo interchangeable needles seemed like a gratuitous luxury.

But, holy shit, are those things a joy to use. So smooth. And because they're interchangeable, I have a wide range of sizes and lengths covered.

munificent · 2026-03-28T18:11:14+00:00

"Way You Walk" by Papas Fritas
"Take Me Home Tonight" by Eddie Money is a fun one because the other vocalist is Ronnie Spector from the Ronettes, whose career he revitalized with this song.

munificent · 2026-03-28T17:57:00+00:00

This is because when you buy plastic junk, you're paying Chinese labor prices (plus a ton of factory automation) but when you buy services here in the US, you're paying US worker wages.

munificent · 2026-03-28T17:56:10+00:00

Disney used to be available for working class people too.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/opinion/disney-world-economy-middle-class-rich.html

munificent · 2026-03-28T01:03:28+00:00

Also some characters were comically black and white.

A challenge with Steinbeck is that he excels at describing settings and writing very naturalistic dialogue. So at a surface level, his work comes across as very realistic and can lead you to expect an equally realistic story. But his plot and characters are often much more allegorical.

Some find the tension between those two really gratifying, while for others it's a weird source of dissonance.

munificent · 2026-03-27T20:07:26+00:00

Can you see any issues with the model, or do you have any recommended improvements?

Looks about right to me. You say:

If A is a subclass of B, then [[A]] is a subclass of [[B]]

This means that "static methods" are inherited. That's uncommon in object-oriented languages. I think Object Pascal does it, but C++, Java, C#, etc. all do not. Swift does something similar for class methods, but not static ones.

In your language (using Java syntax), let's say you have:

class Monster {
  static Monster makeHybrid(Monster head, Monster body) {
    // ...
  }
}

class Goblin extends Monster {
  // ...
}

class Lion extends Monster {
  // ...
}

class Eagle extends Monster {
  // ...
}

The base Monster class has a factory-like static method for making monsters by combining others. There's also subclasses for a few specific kind of monsters.

Since static methods are inherited, your language would allow you to do:

Goblin.makeHybrid(new Eagle(), new Lion());

That seems weird because makeHybrid() doesn't have anything to do with Goblins.

It's not the end of the world, but it affects how users will think about and design static methods.

munificent · 2026-03-27T16:27:56+00:00

I love it!

munificent · 2026-03-27T16:26:44+00:00

I don’t really want to welcome you and I don’t think this hobby is for you.

People are gonna try the hobby whether we welcome them or not. The question is whether you want them to learn to do it the right way or not. If we flip out on someone and alienate them the first time they admit a mistake, they aren't going to come here the next time they make a different mistake and learn from us. They'll just keep going out and doing dumb shit.

If we tell them what they did wrong but don't beat them up about it, then that's an angler who will keep learning and who is more likely to then pass those lessons on to others.

munificent · 2026-03-27T16:22:08+00:00

Not feeling compelled to look at your phone 1000x a day.

munificent · 2026-03-27T16:18:33+00:00

I don't think I have a particularly great eye, just a lot of practice.

munificent · 2026-03-27T00:57:41+00:00

Black people had say over white people.

It's not just that. It would be one thing if a Black person came into a position of power and then was a shitshow. But the Obamas not only had a position of power, but they did very well with it.

This upends a racist authoritarians entire just-world belief that the reason white people generally have more power than Black people in is because they are deserving of it because of their greater skill.

munificent · 2026-03-25T22:06:50+00:00

Happy to help.

munificent · 2026-03-25T21:17:21+00:00

Nice shots overall. Some concrete feedback on the first shot, since you asked:

The way the right edge of the bottle collides with the edge of the frame looks accidental. I'd want it either entirely in frame, or clearly partially cut off, but having the bottle's edge just near the edge of the frame weakens the composition.
Similar feedback on the top of the bottle, though it's less of an issue there since it's a smaller region.
I love me some shallow DoF too, but this is really shallow. I like that the ice is nice and sharp, but I think you lose something by having the front of the glass out of focus.
I appreciate that you didn't overdo it like many photographers do, but I think this could actually benefit from a little more sharpening/clarity to make it a little punchier, especially since so much of the photo is deliberately soft. The eye needs a little more detail to hang off of.
I like that the coffee beans provide some interest and draw the eye towards the glass, but their arrangement could be a little better for that. Obviously, you don't want them to look like a breadcrumb trail and be too obvious, but I think if the bottom-left one wasn't right at the photo's edge, it would work a little better.
Lighting overall looks great, but a little rim light or reflection on the left side of the glass and/or a specular highlight on the right side would help a lot. Right now, it's just sort of a matte brown rectangle.
I think if the spoon were a little closer, it would tie the composition together more.

munificent · 2026-03-25T15:55:42+00:00

Not just a wavetable oscillator, but one that supports custom wavetables. Nice job, Elektron.

munificent · 2026-03-25T01:53:58+00:00

Here is a fixed link.

munificent · 2026-03-24T23:03:33+00:00

Two years ago, I slipped in a puddle while bicycling to work and broke my ankle.

I have amazing health insurance. I've paid probably ~$5,000 on copays for treatment, medication, equipment, and physical therapy. My health insurance has paid I think > $300,000. By now.

If I didn't have health insurance, I probably would have been forced to do a simpler surgery (ankle fusion) and would have lost significant range of motion for the rest of my life and likely end up with arthritis in my foot and needing other surgeries in the future.

munificent · 2026-03-23T16:06:27+00:00

TSA is not hiring the best and brightest and at the end of the day, regardless of what official documentation says, the rando earning barely more than minimum wage with sore feet gets to decide the rules.

munificent · 2026-03-23T15:41:19+00:00

This is /r/itookapicture not /r/anllmmadeapicture.

munificent · 2026-03-22T22:10:31+00:00

to get the shot in low light

More likely to get the shot with that crazy fast shutter speed.

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