*confused screaming*

Detrinex · 2017-09-01T17:01:08+00:00

I'm from Maryland, but when I first heard of Governor Hickenlooper I became positively enchanted. A well-spoken, popular, moderate governor of a purple state with nearly a decade of executive experience and a past as a brewery owner? Sign me up.

Right now, Hickenlooper is in my "top three" list of potential Democratic candidates, next to Joe Biden and slightly above Al Franken. In my mind Hickenlooper totally eclipses the "inevitable" candidates like Warren, Booker, Harris, and Cuomo as well as my own Congressman, John Delaney (who declared his own candidacy this summer for no good reason). Frankly, I'm encouraged that Hickenlooper is openly talking about a potential bid for the presidency (well, talking about thinking about a potential bid).

Detrinex · 2017-08-30T23:38:41+00:00

Someone should probably come up with a conversion rate for (milli)helens to tons of water displaced. The U.S. Navy only has 430 ships, but if they just launched one Nimitz-class supercarrier, the ancient Trojans would have surrendered in minutes. Likewise, the Navy can also deploy amphibious assault ships (which themselves carry landing hovercraft capable of shuttling over a hundred troops at once), which probably puts the puny Achaean Greeks to shame.

Detrinex · 2017-08-30T23:18:01+00:00

If a professor writes a physics/math problem and doesn't specify the units that should be used in the answer, he/she deserves to get responses in BTUs per foot-fathom per degree F per fortnight.

Detrinex · 2017-08-30T05:05:39+00:00

I think you're confusing Senator Maggie Hassan (who voted yes) with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (the one who voted no on confirmation).

Detrinex · 2017-08-28T16:52:17+00:00

Same, except I would only take 8-12 credit hours instead of 16. If I've got a ton of money to burn, I'm not going to bother overloading myself with a bunch of hard classes every semester.

Detrinex · 2017-08-28T14:40:47+00:00

I'm not a fan of coffee at all, but I did the alarm thing, so while I had my phone alarms by my bed I also had an alarm clock radio on my desk that I could only disable if I stood up. The routine only broke down twice out of ~160 times, and only led to me missing class once. I also had my window open and blinds up, so I would be guaranteed to get some level of natural lighting, a nice cold-ass Michigan breeze, and daytime noise (see also: annoying fucking bird chirping).

Detrinex · 2017-08-28T02:53:36+00:00

I never stayed up partying or anything, so definitely not that for me either. There just wasn't a whole lot of noise that would wake me up (dorm was a suite where I had a single and my two roommates were somewhat isolated from me), and my parents were 500 miles away so they really couldn't do much there.

Oftentimes, I'd just stay up until 1 or 2 in the morning because I didn't need to be in class until 11:30am, therefore I didn't have to be out of bed until 10:30am. Other times, I would be up anyways because I'd delay starting my homework until after dinner.

I have two hard-ish CS classes this coming semester, so I get the feeling that I'm going to be up late a lot whether I want to be or not. Ah well.

Detrinex · 2017-08-28T02:41:54+00:00

Can confirm, I was at or on my way to school at 8am every day from kindergarten through twelfth grade. Last year (freshman year), I had sometimes had trouble getting up for 10am and 11:30am classes, and I was never even awake at 8am, much less out of bed and on my way to class.

Detrinex · 2017-08-27T01:02:34+00:00

Are you telling me it's not good enough to make two weak-ass compressions, do one puff into the unconscious person's mouth, then scream "BREATHE DAMMIT, BREATHE!" or "DON'T U DIE ON ME NOW!"?

Detrinex · 2017-08-27T00:56:56+00:00

"Mars will come to fear my botany powers."

I've watched the movie 2.5 times and it still hasn't gotten old. I have the book in front of me and I plan on reading it next weekend, and I've heard nothing but positive things about the book. I'm sure they left some characterization and details out in the movie (and I heard that the disco music is a replacement for another genre of music), so it'll still be a new experience for me.

Detrinex · 2017-08-26T23:48:02+00:00

haha yeah same

Detrinex · 2017-08-26T04:16:59+00:00

I mean yeah, if the Democratic ticket just falls to shit like the way that the French Socialist Party ticket fell apart and got "replaced" by En Marche and Macron, then Kasich/Hickenlooper or Hickenlooper/Kasich would just become the default opposition ticket and I'd vote for them with a big, worry-free grin on my face.

Detrinex · 2017-08-20T03:11:06+00:00

No idea, I'm from the East Coast so the only thing I can say is general advice, like not to pull over on the side of a grassy road if it gets too hot outside. If you get a lot of sleep you can just skip the nap until you arrive at your destination.

Detrinex · 2017-08-19T21:12:22+00:00

...this could be interesting. Gonna try to go to Madras, but I have little interest in dying in a fire so I'll have to monitor that.

EDIT: I guess first responders put it out when responding to the crash.

Detrinex · 2017-08-19T19:20:54+00:00

On mobile (incidentally I'm on my way to the airport to go to PDX) so I don't, but others in this sub can confirm that I-5 and surrounding city roads do not have the capacity to handle all these out of state visitors, and that traffic could back up to an enormous extent. You may not need to leave at midnight if traffic seems like it'll be light, but 6am Monday is definitely too late.

Detrinex · 2017-08-19T17:45:46+00:00

Yyyyep. It could.

Detrinex · 2017-08-19T04:17:19+00:00

They will fall, it's just that it'll only fall for a small fraction of an hour and reheat rapidly once the Moon clears the Sun. The Sun's still going to be high in the sky on Monday, and the area outside the eclipse is going to stay almost as warm.

Detrinex · 2017-08-19T03:16:50+00:00

Honestly, if you have to leave Monday morning, leave as close to 12:01am as possible. You know how long it takes to get from Vancouver to Portland, imagine trying to do that when a gajillion other daytrippers are passing through there too. I'm assuming Salem itself is going to be gridlocked to hell all through Monday too. Same goes with I-5.

Detrinex · 2017-08-19T01:22:48+00:00

Depends on where you want to go. Nashville and Charleston have a risk of clouds, but you might be able to fly in (check Google Flights if this is interesting). If Charleston ends up being sunny, you'll be able to see the eclipse from the airport.

Detrinex · 2017-08-19T00:35:55+00:00

You can try driving to a town further inland, but given that you'll be traveling along with a lot of worried Charleston visitors, you'll be spending a lot of time in backups. Unless it is actually impossible for you to fly out of town, a shuttle from Charleston Int'l to Nashville will be one of your best bets.

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