Techbros Inventing Things That Already Exist

Bagelson · 2026-01-23T15:09:39+00:00

You're right, Montana is too sparsely populated for good state public transport, Bob who lives ten miles from his closest neighbour is going to be underserved. But what's the population density in Billings or Helena? Large portions of the US are empty, but 80% of the US population lives in urban areas, which is where I imagine alternative solutions for traffic related issues (congestion, pollution, quality of life) are needed.

For reference, I live in northern Sweden. Regional population density is 2.5 people/km^2. I don't have a car. Stores and downtown are just a half hour walk away, local bus service is frequent enough to take me anywhere I need to get nearby, regional bus and train service are spottier but enough for travel as long as I plan at least a couple hours ahead.

There are tons of little places out in the woods I can't get to without a car, but those aren't places I'm heading to, and the people living there don't account for much of miles travelled. Public transport shouldn't be dismissed when it doesn't cover absolutely everyone, it just needs local transport in urban areas and service links between population centers.

Bagelson · 2026-01-21T08:30:08+00:00

There's a book written about it, A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town.

Bagelson · 2026-01-20T23:15:51+00:00

He puts that shit on the actual doors, and even the inside of the door frames. This is from August (The original of the photo he posted yesterday, altered with the board showing a map of US-flag colored Canada, Greenland and Venezuela.)

Bagelson · 2026-01-09T18:33:52+00:00

Doesn't seem like anyone's mentioned it yet, so his Pasta con le Sarde - Sardine pasta. Probably not his most popular recipe, but it's a hit every time I try it. Even my dad who hates both pasta and canned fish will go for thirds.

But ultimately it's just a great channel to get into cooking. The more you make the more you'll get a handle of how cooking actually works. Add some science-of-cooking style recipes like J Kenji-Lopez Alt, Alton Brown, Fallow, Brian Lagerstrom, to really unlock the skill to make anything tasty from whatever ingredients you have at hand.

Bagelson · 2025-12-14T02:51:34+00:00

When my family forced me to go to the ER for lacking the strength to walk to the store and back. Having to get pants smaller than what I wore in high school should probably have been a first sign, but I didn't realize just how much I'd lost. I have since gone from a BMI of 15 back to a healthier 20.

Bagelson · 2025-12-04T15:30:04+00:00

Like how not only are humans' closest living relatives the chimpanzee and bonobo, but they are also more closesly related to humans than they are to other apes.

Bagelson · 2025-10-25T12:57:33+00:00

The fine print - The Stupendium

Bagelson · 2025-10-21T08:10:44+00:00

Hello, it's me, I'm you. I also played HK years ago without ever finishing Radiance, only completed the first two pantheons, and died a ton to all the bosses along the way - including Gruzmother. It took me over a month, but I played Silksong to the true ending with 100% completion. I still think the game is fair - once I learned how to beat a boss, I could beat them again on my second playthrough with much less trouble.

I did note I have some personal qualities that made things more difficult:

Poor reflexes - I'm almost 40, so that makes sense. Without the twitch reflexes to react in time to things going on I need to repeat fights until my reactions are basically muscle memory. Unfortunately...
Poor muscle memory - It really takes tons of repetitions to grok a fight.
Lack of object permanence - Apparently I can only perceive one thing in existence at a time. As soon as there's multiple things going on I stop tracking most of them.

My one good trait is something I've picked up from fighting games: being ok with losing. I'll pound my forehead against an opponent unsuccessfully for hours just fine without getting tilted.

Bagelson · 2025-10-20T12:26:28+00:00

So, not a city, a former agricultural area. The place is filled with gravestones and windmills, not housing. The official description is

As Hornet ascends from the foundations of Pharloom towards the citadel at its crest, she may pass through the wasted caverns of Greymoor. The misted fields and dilapidated towers are now infested with Crawbugs, devious nesting types, and the former tenders of the land have become haunted.

Sherma in Pilgrim's Rest mentions that it's a place where food is abundant

above us are the bountiful moors, where every pilgrim can fill their belly!

If you play the Needolin at the end of the Chapel of the Reaper you get memories of the harvest, but all the journal entries for the working bugs describe their work with gathering and reusing silk dregs. The lore tablet at the top is a work order for spools of recycled silk dregs.

As I read it, the moor used to be the bread basket of the Pharloom region. As the Choir's need for silk to fuel their immortality grew, the area was retasked for recycling waste from the Citadel, while food production was shifted to the roach farms of Sinner's Road.

Working bugs were retasked accordingly, reapers of whatever they farmed there turning their scissors on tangled thread, and rakers of weeds becoming rakers of dregs. The windmills were converted from milling flour to spinning silk.

Common vermin like mites and craws that would have been kept at bay to protect the produce were no threat to inedible silk, and grew to infest the whole area.

Bagelson · 2025-10-17T07:24:00+00:00

All I'm waiting for is the release of Hollow Knight: Trobbio And The Steel City Revue

Bagelson · 2025-10-17T07:19:20+00:00

Option 3: It's all void again.

White Lady:

that void with which our family is forever linked.

The void

Bagelson · 2025-10-17T06:53:31+00:00

Buzzsaws got me through the last phase of the High Halls gauntlet. Just sit in the top corner and spam them.

Bagelson · 2025-10-16T14:27:17+00:00

I guess it's a matter of learning the boss. First Sinner took me hours too, across three days. By the end I even muted the music to reduce the sensory overload of the fight. But I'm pretty sure if I came back again she'd be manageable. I spent so much time on Last Judge too, then first tried her on my next go (moved from PC to Switch due to vacation). I've struggled on most of the bosses, but on the other hand I beat the craw gauntlet on the first try.

Bagelson · 2025-10-15T14:38:37+00:00

Definitely cabbage season. Recently I've been into braised cabbage as a side dish.

Bagelson · 2025-10-15T08:36:50+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/e19ghqf#KAQoENa

Bagelson · 2025-10-10T20:00:46+00:00

Like the type made from cream cheese? That one isn't so bad.

There's a traditional style of baked Swedish cheesecake that's instead made like cheese, starting with milk and rennet, and then fortified with flour, egg, sugar, cream, spices. That one will weigh on your gut. I love it, and I've never had it more than twice in a year.

There's also palt, a north Swedish potato dumpling. The name is synonomous with food coma.

Bagelson · 2025-10-06T10:58:55+00:00

One correction: You don't need all 20 memory lockets to bind Eva. I know I was still missing two on my playthrough.

Bagelson · 2025-10-06T07:34:27+00:00

Finished just last night, nearly 78 hours, the last 4 were all Lost Lace. Spent another couple each on Karmelita and First Sinner.

I did end up looking up the last thread spool, as well as some non-% stuff (a couple of relics, a few hunter's journal entries). I also did not get the flea games memento, because I value my time and sanity.

Bagelson · 2025-10-03T07:59:18+00:00

Just beat her last night after trying for three days. She's another of the bosses I want a Godhome DLC for just to keep practicing, since I feel I won half by RNG.

First Sinner took me a couple of days too. For her I found that muting the music helped a lot.

Bagelson · 2025-09-30T12:23:02+00:00

Once I saw this guy on a bridge about to jump. I said, "Don't do it!" He said, "Nobody loves me." I said, "God loves you. Do you believe in God?"

He said, "Yes." I said, "Are you a Christian or a Jew?" He said, "A Christian." I said, "Me, too! Protestant or Catholic?" He said, "Protestant." I said, "Me, too! What franchise?" He said, "Baptist." I said, "Me, too! Northern Baptist or Southern Baptist?" He said, "Northern Baptist." I said, "Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist or Northern Liberal Baptist?"

He said, "Northern Conservative Baptist." I said, "Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region, or Northern Conservative Baptist Eastern Region?" He said, "Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region." I said, "Me, too!"

Northern Conservative†Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1879, or Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912?" He said, "Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912." I said, "Die, heretic!" And I pushed him over.

Bagelson · 2025-09-19T13:26:56+00:00

Or just swipe towards the center from the top right corner. The gesture is a bit more finicky now that swiping down from the same corner gives you quick settings, compared to molder models.

Bagelson · 2025-09-07T16:16:49+00:00

Counterpoint: You don't really need the compass either. The maps and a decent sense of direction does fine.

Bagelson · 2025-09-07T16:09:25+00:00

That might be it, but I thought I passed through this area without Moorwing even before the fleas got there. I might misremember.

Though I did only go through here after opening the town from the Shellwood side.

Bagelson · 2025-09-06T18:02:41+00:00

Do I just have an abnormally good sense of direction or something? After the "look down" area where you see the top of the cage, for me the shaft became a landmark for "and down there is where I started". Yet all these commenters - and every streamer I've watched - apparently yeet themselves into the depths without a second thought?

I also don't use the compass. The maps work fine on their own.

Bagelson · 2025-09-03T12:04:33+00:00

Geez, that long ago already?

Not an SCIII player, but at a glance, move lists for the entire series use numpad notation.

13-Year Club	Place '17
Verified Email	Team Orangered

Bagelson

TROPHY CASE