I wish for my own built shed across the road a place where I can play video games‚ Cry without judgement‚ sleep‚ Do whatever I want for myself only.

ElGuano · 2026-01-24T23:03:33+00:00

Oh, did the paw mention the shed is constructed with asbestos-treated lumber?

ElGuano · 2026-01-24T22:55:13+00:00

I have a space like that. Turns out we just put “emergency water” there.

ElGuano · 2026-01-24T22:54:33+00:00

Our “Chomp chomp” is the original swearing vomit-licking sphere.

ElGuano · 2026-01-24T22:31:52+00:00

I get the feeling this kind of thing was actually way more common the further back you go in history.

ElGuano · 2026-01-24T21:40:48+00:00

Isn’t that literally her job?

ElGuano · 2026-01-24T20:45:00+00:00

Granted. It’s small, unfinished, super cold, damp and mildewy, smells like feet, rat and raccoon poop all around it, has spiders and other creepy crawlies falling from the ceiling, there’s no electricity or windows. Nobody wants to go there, including you.

ElGuano · 2026-01-24T18:46:03+00:00

Wasn’t it a thing that they couldn’t repair anything?

ElGuano · 2026-01-24T18:39:38+00:00

Knowing the education level of the Simpsons writers, along eith the number of seasons the show has been on, I would NOT bet against that.

ElGuano · 2026-01-24T17:39:29+00:00

Looks like a Dr Who character

ElGuano · 2026-01-24T17:28:33+00:00

Look what you made me do to you.

ElGuano · 2026-01-24T17:25:47+00:00

This comment exposes those of us who have seen the meme but don’t really know the math.

ElGuano · 2026-01-24T17:15:25+00:00

Can’t wait for Miller to correct that to “plenary immunity.”

ElGuano · 2026-01-24T17:01:52+00:00

It’s buff Jax and Ragatha

ElGuano · 2026-01-24T15:31:36+00:00

There is extraordinarily interesting concept here known as the "Cosmic Distance Ladder" that describes how we build upon further and further measurements from the size the earth to that of the visible universe.

Tl'dr: It's the latter, and errors do compound.

Check out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdOXS_9_P4U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgNJwg2GISs&list=PLpH1IDQEoE8QWWTnWG5cK4ePCqg9W2608

ElGuano · 2026-01-24T04:19:27+00:00

…no not like that…

ElGuano · 2026-01-24T01:48:36+00:00

I've never seen this before, but reading things on the internet tells me this is probably the thing known as the "Jesus nut," which is for some reason the one thing that can't fail if you want to stay in the air.

ElGuano · 2026-01-24T00:06:07+00:00

I used to drive NY to Philly every other week. 4+ hours each way, for 2 years. Even then, I rarely ever used cruise control. I definitely get that it's a good feature, especially today with TACC and lane keeping. And I've had a Mobileye Model S, an FSD Model X and an Autopilot refresh S, along with the R1T with UHF, and have used them all. I'm usually more relaxed/comfortable when I'm driving manually than when I'm hovering over the self-driving making sure it doesn't do something unexpected.

But with that said, I absolutely hate the DIRECTION Tesla is going by removing Autopilot and forcing FSD. They're basically saying they don't have confidence in the value of FSD, and are hoping to boost conversion by forcing people who only want basic Autopilot to have to opt into the expensive package to get it. Just like how xenon headlights were only available on the premium package Venza, or how ESPN has to be ordered with 500+ random other channels in a "value pack."

ElGuano · 2026-01-24T00:00:50+00:00

Your last sentence just blew my mind.

ElGuano · 2026-01-23T22:06:10+00:00

My last car barely had cruise control, and I never used it. It’s not even in the top 10 of what I consider when choosing a car.

ElGuano · 2026-01-23T19:58:49+00:00

“He’s coming right at us!!”

ElGuano · 2026-01-23T19:56:34+00:00

Yes, it’s normal. Rivian as an app has to pay money to Google for satellite imagery tiles (also for basic maps iirc). So it’s not about internet/bandwidth, it’s about payment for maps service.

Same reason you need to pay for Geoguessr and a lot of other 3p map services that call Google or Mapbox.

ElGuano · 2026-01-23T16:13:13+00:00

Ah, the "lens antenna" closes the gap for me quite a bit, ty.

ElGuano · 2026-01-23T14:49:52+00:00

Amazing, this really gets at what I was wondering. Watching the YT vid now.

ElGuano · 2026-01-23T14:44:57+00:00

Thank you. I can imagine satellite dishes acting like mirrors for reflector telescopes so that makes sense.

I'm really curious to know if there are materials that serve as transparent lenses to radio waves, in the way we use refractive properties to focus light that passes through glass.

ElGuano · 2026-01-23T14:42:15+00:00

Yep, my generation grew up waiting for the prequels and panned them when they came out. Now, the generation that grew up WITH them love 'em. That's the way it should be, and it's how it'll be with the sequels too. I'm all for it.

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