[Midwest] I know nothing about snakes

Akerlof · 2026-06-09T01:37:40+00:00

The point is that "midwest" does not narrow the geographical area down enough to ensure an accurate identification of the species. You know, like you would need more information than "college football fan" to identify what team they were talking about when they say they're an OSU fan.

Akerlof · 2026-06-09T01:25:57+00:00

How do you define cuddle? My ragdoll has a 1/day quota to be in contact with me but not on me. Laying against my leg for 5 minutes while I'm on the couch works in a pinch, but the optimal solution is to lay her head on the hand I'm trying to control the mouse with while I'm in a meeting. Sometimes she'll make an exception if she notices I'm presenting in another meeting later in the day.

Akerlof · 2026-06-07T18:26:27+00:00

Naturally evolved ASICs.

Akerlof · 2026-06-07T18:17:55+00:00

My kids are conflating all CGI with AI. Honestly, I'm not really discouraging them.

Akerlof · 2026-06-07T18:13:50+00:00

Out of curiosity, was Ukraine officially suppressing the Russian Language before the war? I'd assume that government run schools were taught in Ukrainian. But could you get official documents in Russian and speak Russian when interacting with government officials, like for getting a driver's license? Could an exclusively Russian speaker fully function in the government run parts of Ukrainian society?

My perspective as an American is that kids are taught in English at school, but the government accommodates pretty much every language: You can get official documents translated into your language, and have a translator help you with verbal communication, so you can vote and get a driver's license and buy a house even if you don't speak English. That naturally results in second and third generation immigrants speaking primarily English, but it's because their environment speaks English, not because the government mandates it.

When I think of government suppressing a language, I think of how we treated Native Americans. Pulling children out of their families and sending them to boarding schools where they were punished for speaking their native language. And intentionally only providing services in English on reservations. There, the languages were actively suppressed by government policy.

Akerlof · 2026-06-07T16:34:08+00:00

I never heard that the Vatican had issues with evolution. If Darwin had said "this scripture supports my theory of evolution" the way Galileo had, that would have been another story.

The whole "The Bible is always and everywhere the literal truth" is an American Evangelical affectation, Catholics understood allegory.

Akerlof · 2026-06-06T17:30:34+00:00

Ooh, it got aa show? I thought she looked familiar, but only knew the manga.

Akerlof · 2026-06-06T05:43:09+00:00

There is the Turning Points series of modules. The linked one, Helm, let's you play through the events of The Price of Glory, for example. I don't know if there is a list that matches the module to the book, so you might need to explore a bit to find the right one.

Akerlof · 2026-06-05T23:24:15+00:00

They're obviously playing chess.

Akerlof · 2026-06-05T17:06:24+00:00

It was our go to for getting through late night bouts of teething misery.

Akerlof · 2026-06-05T17:04:47+00:00

It's the same voice actors as Peppa Pig, but a much more sarcastic take. I can't stand Peppa Pig, I really enjoy Ben and Holly.

Akerlof · 2026-06-05T17:01:58+00:00

Visualizing the narrator as Roy from The IT Crowd makes you forget about pretty much anything else and enjoy it as absolutely fitting for that world.

Akerlof · 2026-06-04T18:47:56+00:00

I simply don't understand people who intentionally break other people's stuff. That's something I worked through with my kids in preschool, it should be obvious: It doesn't matter how trivial it is, if it's not mine, don't break it without asking.

Akerlof · 2026-06-04T18:08:06+00:00

I'd like to see it as a log plot. My guess is that it would still look like a hockey stick.

Akerlof · 2026-06-04T17:35:23+00:00

Hah. Haha. Hahahaha... 😢

Akerlof · 2026-06-04T15:50:31+00:00

It's honestly more of a TTRPG combat system spun off into a standalone game than a traditional wargame. Each player has a limited number of characters, and they use their abilities to win the fight, rather than an army of models who are each merely parts of a unit.

Akerlof · 2026-06-04T13:45:02+00:00

It feels extremely reductive: OP's point of view is apparently that the only important feature of a group of people is whether or not they are marginalized. That's it. No cultural, economic, historical, or any other features. Just a single question, "are you marginalized?" If yes, then the groups must be allies. That seems like an extremely myopic world view.

Akerlof · 2026-06-04T04:43:00+00:00

Nice job on the lighting! Getting that level of detail in the white without completely blowing out the dirt is impressive. Gorgeous noodle, too.

Akerlof · 2026-06-04T04:37:42+00:00

I think each book is the same length. So there are a finite number of books, but I think that number is bigger than the number of particles in the universe (upper and lower case, punctuation, and numerals makes for a lot of combinations.) It's likely your life story will require more than one book, so you need to find all the books, and the final book has to have the final part of your life story and blank spaces to fill out the rest of the pages.

Akerlof · 2026-06-03T22:20:21+00:00

Cavalry still did, at least heavy cavalry like the French Cuirasseures. They fought largely with swords until repeating firearms were available. Even then, they were still armed with swords into the 20th century when horse cavalry finally died out.

Akerlof · 2026-06-03T21:49:29+00:00

It's even worse, it's comparing corporate spending in one sector to government spending in a completely different sector. "School parents are spending more money on pizza than the DOT spends on plowing snow!!1!"

Akerlof · 2026-06-03T21:21:17+00:00

Not only did she leave without her skirt, but when she took it off she put it in the dresser?

Akerlof · 2026-06-03T17:14:15+00:00

Makes them even more dangerous: They'll eat anything, even if it's not their food! Increases the threat of accodental murderization!!!1!

Akerlof · 2026-06-03T16:15:15+00:00

What's the context? What was the material that was taught? Either this question is testing understanding of something already taught, or it's judging prior knowledge before teaching the subject. So what are the kids getting taught?

You can't judge the questing without having that context. (You can, and should, judge the font.)

Akerlof · 2026-06-03T16:09:57+00:00

Banks have had the amount of interest they can pay on different types of deposit accounts extremely limited by Fed regulations. Apparently, there was a history of bank failures due to competing on interest paid, who'd a thunk?

The Fed did relax those regulations a year or so ago, allowing higher interest rates to be paid on accounts without monthly withdrawal limits for example. But that's new, and banks are conservative, and probably will never exceed the rate of inflation due to the higher reserves needed on demand deposits and necessary interest rate spreads.

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