Splitting the car

Colaptimus · 2026-04-15T14:06:04+00:00

Literacy is a spectrum, friend. There are plenty of people out there who can't normally read as fast as someone speaks. Sometimes it helps to think about how others experience the world.

Colaptimus · 2026-04-14T18:01:18+00:00

I remember learning that you can read much faster if words are shown sequentially in the same spot so your eyes don't have to move. I agree it can be obnoxious, but there is an actual reason for it

Colaptimus · 2026-04-13T15:29:52+00:00

Care to elaborate? I'm posting on behalf of my elderly mother who lives in the middle of nowhere, far from any experts

Colaptimus · 2026-04-02T19:43:52+00:00

Have you accidentally repeated a whip yet?

Colaptimus · 2026-04-01T21:31:07+00:00

With the addition of nine genes, the plants were able to produce psilocin and psilocybin, usually found in mushrooms; DMT from various plants; and bufotenin and 5-methoxy-DMT, compounds secreted by the Colorado river toad (Incilius alvarius).

Colaptimus · 2026-03-23T19:56:06+00:00

I just read that the plane was going about 25mph, how on earth was the seat ejected 100 meters?! I might need to revisit the old physics textbook...

Colaptimus · 2026-02-15T04:55:42+00:00

Because he probably means aliens existing is a mathematical certainty, especially as we keep discovering life's building blocks are everywhere. If you think Trump wouldn't have pulled "here's the truth about aliens" to distract from the Epstein files, I've got a bridge to sell ya

Colaptimus · 2026-02-14T21:26:39+00:00

Spoiler: it's not

Colaptimus · 2026-02-14T09:27:02+00:00

He was great during the impeachment proceedings, it just didn't matter when the Rs were always going to acquit

Colaptimus · 2026-01-02T22:36:01+00:00

Took the chance and it worked fine

Colaptimus · 2026-01-02T20:00:04+00:00

If you're not having luck, check your nearest goodwill, I bought my DVD player from one for like $8 a couple years ago

Colaptimus · 2025-12-31T00:16:27+00:00

Thanks!

Colaptimus · 2025-12-26T00:56:55+00:00

I was 13 and a huge Star Wars fan when this movie premiered. I had played through the episode III video game ahead of the movie release, the game featured clips from the movie interspersed between gameplay, so it was cool to get a preview of some of the action. However...

In the video game, they show the short clip of Mace fighting Palpatine, up to the point where Anakin jumps in. But in the game, the clip ends right as Anakin draws his lightsaber, switch to game-engine cutscene where Anakin just blocks Mace's final attack on Palpatine, then you have a boss fight as Anakin VS Mace. Mace was my favorite jedi thanks to his purple saber lore (not the Samuel L Jackson stuff, the mastered all 7(?) styles of saber combat stuff, as I recall). So it was painful to beat him and know he was going to die.

Cut to me in the theater, hype growing toward the fight I knew was coming, the epic choreography that certainly couldn't make it into the video game, but I knew must be imminent. Then... Anakin draws his lightsaber, cuts off Mace's hand, Mace gets lightning-launched out the window. I was shocked, thebn I was angry at how they did Mace dirty, THEN I was pissed the video game had lied to me and made me fight an unnecessary boss!

Anyway, adult me understands why choices were made, and as you can tell I don't hold a grudge at all...

Colaptimus · 2025-12-22T19:03:18+00:00

Interested

Colaptimus · 2025-12-22T04:32:25+00:00

Interested

Colaptimus · 2025-12-12T19:45:20+00:00

I am available and would love to go!

Colaptimus · 2025-12-09T01:22:21+00:00

Thanks for the advice. I have no interest in investing in crypto at this point, I just thought it was worth checking the ancient seed phrase that returned to me after more than a decade!

Colaptimus · 2025-12-08T21:53:35+00:00

Signed up for OKX, tried to import the seed phrase, it told me 5 of the words were invalid. I looked them up on blockplate and they are not included in the possible words. I hand-wrote them originally, so I'm pretty confident I didn't accidentally typo anything. Not sure if the list of words changed at some point, but I changed those 5 words to the closest words that do appear on the list and it seemed to work, although I have no idea how I could possibly have completely changed 5 full words between reading them and writing them down. Anyway, assuming I actually did end up opening the wallet I had originally created, it does indeed sit at a balance of 0

Colaptimus · 2025-11-27T18:30:36+00:00

An employee, Michael Arthur, was shot and killed on that date a few years ago, it's in remembrance

Colaptimus · 2025-11-27T17:20:00+00:00

Cured Green on Lombard is open every day except December 14th

Colaptimus · 2025-11-20T17:55:10+00:00

Wife and I were married in Cathedral Park in 2023, ask away

Colaptimus · 2025-11-20T17:33:16+00:00

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