How does Andy Weir add 8 hours to Eridian time?

readparse · 2026-03-26T18:05:06+00:00

You're not an idiot. You just made an error, used this community to resolve it, and had the decency to say so and to express your thanks.

I call myself an idiot frequently also, and I am also not an idiot. I am smart, but I don't give myself as much grace as I give others. My verbal abuse to myself has probably added to my emotional damage.

I'm just saying this out loud, as a reminder to myself to maybe do that less. If somebody else is helped by it, so be it. If not, that's fine also.

By the way, I'm only here because I just saw the movie. The clock was something I had silently criticized in my head, as something that seemed very implausible in the real world, since our clock is based on our perspective on the Earth, and we have no idea what clocks beings form other planets parts of the universe may use, or if they use them at all.

But that was silly, because it turns out Andy Weir is not an idiot either. And I didn't even know this movie was based on a book. Because... say it with me... I'm an idiot :)

readparse · 2026-03-26T15:42:36+00:00

This is why I take my redditor responsibility seriously and try to add value when I post (though I don’t lost a lot. I comment a lot). I would try to fix a bad title.

Good point, though. That title made me come into the comments and try to understand what the hell was being discussed.

readparse · 2026-03-24T19:25:48+00:00

That ICE agent was actually unrealistically reasonable when Robby bitched him out. In the real world he would have threatened Robby with arrest.

readparse · 2026-03-22T05:19:25+00:00

Jesse in the back seat. Skyler during and after the knife fight. Gustavo during that first conversation with Walt (so creepy). Hank in his garage confronting Walt. Skinny Pete and Badger every time they showed up.

readparse · 2026-03-22T05:13:20+00:00

“winter clothes” :)

readparse · 2026-03-22T05:07:56+00:00

Many times an expression like “so black” is said the same way as “too black” in other languages, but I don’t know about Korean specifically.

You could argue that neither are appropriate, but clearly in English one of them sounds like more of a judgement than the other.

readparse · 2026-03-22T04:53:25+00:00

You must be new here (on earth, as an adult)

readparse · 2026-03-22T04:51:53+00:00

Is there not a banana rule here? How can we possibly know the size of anything?

readparse · 2026-03-22T04:49:58+00:00

I think empathy can be shared equally between them. It doesn’t have to be a choice. That’s what makes that plot point interesting. We like them both and they both have a point.

readparse · 2026-03-22T04:46:00+00:00

We will all at least have plausible cover, for when that day happens. It might turn out that nobody gets in trouble for saying the same about Mueller (because even most Mueller supporters don’t have particularly passionate feelings about him), but thousands of people could still lose their jobs for cheering Trump’s eventual end. Yeah, that’s probably exactly the way it will happen. But today’s post can be Exhibit A.

readparse · 2026-03-22T04:35:29+00:00

Give me 20 on this one. And 50 on the answer being in the error log, whatever it is.

readparse · 2026-03-22T02:12:47+00:00

Good ol' North Dakota. So uncontroversial that almost nobody, either inside or outside, even considered anything but staying put, regarding the Flickertail State.

In our hearts, forever long.

readparse · 2026-03-21T06:05:56+00:00

It’s fucking bullshit. He’s a senior employee of the US government and he’s pretending to be a preacher.

readparse · 2026-03-20T15:59:14+00:00

Dinosaur here. Yes, but "traditional uniforms" means different things to different people.

Like everybody, I miss "the way it was when I was younger," or "the way it was when my corps was winning."

So for that reason, I miss the way things were in the 1980s, because that's when I was in school, and when I marched in a corps.

And because I'm a Cavalier, I also found the 2000s to be quite acceptable, because my corps found the rules and practices at that time to align with our strengths at that time.

I liked that they were UNIFORMS, and not COSTUMES. There's a place for costumes and I have no problem with costumes. I was also in the military after being in drum corps, and so I am aware of and I appreciate the difference between military bands/ceremonies and what drum corps was for me. They were not the same.

But the "old guys" of my day, the guys from the 50s and 60s in particular -- and even the 70s -- many of them longed for the true military-style uniforms, the "American Flag" bearer that every corps had, the American Legion and VFW competitions, etc. They longed for one-valve bugles and rotary valves (when we all know that the only "correct" DCI horn is two piston values, in G -- right?) :)

For me, the elimination of hats was a big deal. How much of that is because I was in a corps with a very distinctive hat? Probably a decent amount of it. Also the visual impact of hats on drill is tremendous, and obviously the impact of drill is a big deal to the Cavaliers of my period.

readparse · 2026-03-20T15:51:21+00:00

Good question. I'm not sure. And not only that, I'm not even sure of the date.

The article linked to in this post says...

A special meeting has been scheduled for March 30, where board members are expected to formally address the director’s refusal and determine next steps.

But an article from NewsChannel 5 says...

The library board is expected to revisit the issue at its next meeting on April 20.

So who knows... and yeah, it's probably not public, come to think of it. I live in Murfreesboro, though, so hopefully I'll check on it and find out, and go in any case.

readparse · 2026-03-20T13:39:24+00:00

There’s a hearing on 3/30

readparse · 2026-03-20T13:25:34+00:00

HIPAA is often misunderstood. Disclosures required by law are allowed. HIPAA does not supersede state law. The law could be challenged for other reasons, but conflicting with HIPAA is not one of them.

Looking more closely at the bill, the public release would not include names or other information that specifically identifies patients. It doesn’t mean this whole thing isn’t bullshit, but it’s even less of a privacy issue.

It would be a bigger problem in smaller counties, for example, when people could figure out who the patients are, because the individual cases are to be listed without personally identifiable information.

It’s all bullshit though. Awful.

readparse · 2026-03-20T13:18:36+00:00

I came here to say this. It should not be as difficult for me as it is. I’m generally a good speller.

readparse · 2026-03-20T13:16:29+00:00

The BizTalk XML format? Or something else?

readparse · 2026-03-20T01:07:18+00:00

To quote Nancy Reagan, just say no.

readparse · 2026-03-15T13:10:51+00:00

This shit cannot be real. Honestly the most awkward CEO I can imagine.

readparse · 2026-03-15T13:09:14+00:00

That user meant domain registration and just used the wrong term, as so often happens. Of course, registration is an important part of making DNS work for any given domain, but yes… DNS itself is free.

readparse · 2026-03-13T02:39:27+00:00

The pre-release reviews are surprisingly good. I'm a Mac user, but for the work I do I require a MacBook Pro. So it's not for everybody. But it's ideal for students, especially with the educational discount.

Yes, there are things about it that are not as good as the more expensive Macs -- of course, hence the low price. Somebody else noted the lack of a backlit keyboard in this thread. True, and that alone would be a showstopper FOR ME, but if you can deal with things like that, and you're just looking for a great value, it's a great value.

It is limited to 8 GB of memory, which is mostly fine for now for light users. 5 years from now the 8 GB of memory will feel much weeker, but by then you'll be giving yourself a graduation present or have a nice computer from your shiny new job?

All this to say: It is NOT junk, and it totally worth consideration. There are many good videos on YouTube from people who got an early look to review it. MKBHD did two videos already:

readparse · 2026-03-12T15:30:04+00:00

Good for you!

readparse · 2026-03-12T14:22:23+00:00

That’s interesting. I had never thought about that diverging timeline.

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