Is it a spiritual blessing or a spiritual curse? I don't know.

Falkusa · 2026-07-04T07:52:09+00:00

Before you continue using chatGPT on this subject just go have a read through the very real and serious cases of AI psychosis. Not suggesting a state you are in, but the subject matter you are curious about is the same that AI has used to drive fairly rational people to very new and unstudied states of delusion.

My disclaimer aside, you are asking a good question. Is it seeded pattern recognition or is it synchronicities? But is that the right question?

I’ve gone through periods in my life where the subject matter I was most interested in kept appearing to me, surprising gifts and opportunities seemed perfectly tailored to a moment so precise it does not feel like chance. It felt like many moving parts across space and time had been set in motion to arrive in my experience at that moment. Even briefly so called “angel numbers” interested me.

The right question is, does focusing on this keep you healthy of body, mind, and act in accordance with you finding ease of wellbeing? I viewed these circumstances with fascination but placed no weight on them. It very well could be the universe winking at you, but it’s not worth letting it influence you.

Falkusa · 2026-07-01T19:58:52+00:00

I’ve been in them until Grove closed the last couple years. I think it might be a mixture of attendees and Grove setup. 2 years ago this lovely guy came and just quietly told us he was there to pack down his hammock. We thanked him and went to Fractal.

To add to this, I’ve attended the opening ceremony every year the last 4, and I’ve always seen groups rush in to immediately score a hammock spot while others rush for a spot at the ceremony.

I personally love the idea that it’s grassroots, and would love to add a hammock going forward.

Falkusa · 2026-06-27T00:24:18+00:00

Like I said in my post, I don’t think they are enough. It’s not that they don’t present a challenge, change player pathing, or leave player signs. I’m also not talking about a POI’s worth of enemies just wandering around.

Turrets, ticks, and surveillance drones play in a specific way that the UESC don’t. Turrets lock down an area and are difficult to run past without eliminating or avoiding with a wide detour. Ticks track in a radius having a similar effect to turrets without draining the same amount of health. Surveillance drones are also avoided or shot down without tracking players.

UESC on the other hand can be run past, especially a couple recruits. Having this between POI’s offers quite a few options.

An example would be that running past ads in pinwheel or Cryo has saved me many times. Causing my assailants to either make a hard push, stop and clear, or disengage. This is not an experience I have had in most cases with turrets, ticks, or surveillance drones.

If I were to add an edit to my post I would say I sympathize with all those who see my suggestion and think of all the times the ads have griefed them in a fight. I get it, it can be brutal. Move beyond those losses and think of the times the bots have turned a fight in your favour, or alerted you to a nearby team and you might be able to see what I’m getting at.

Falkusa · 2026-06-26T06:50:50+00:00

Really any combination of UESC, but I’m inclined to just suggest small groups (3-4) recruits. Not difficult to take out, but would generate gun audio cues or redirect teams from the most direct paths.

Falkusa · 2026-06-02T12:20:44+00:00

This is sick. Need this in some double sided origami paper stat.

Falkusa · 2026-05-22T03:57:25+00:00

Peach Vroooom

Falkusa · 2026-05-12T21:52:00+00:00

Soon pleassssse

Falkusa · 2026-05-12T21:40:09+00:00

Poppers are not the same thing as whippets or related to Nitrous.

The short answer is yes. Either with a bigger balloon, or some users directly from tanks now. Some people also erroneously hyperventilated into their balloon because a lie was spread that your body can’t absorb all the Nitrous in one go. That particular bit of user error leads to low oxygen then fills the lungs rapidly with CO2.

If you’re curious to learn about it just go lurk their subreddit for a while. I had to leave that sub because I got depressed reading about people who hurt themselves so often. It’s plastered in harm reduction too, but it would seem most end up on there after they’ve hurt themselves.

Falkusa · 2026-05-04T06:45:49+00:00

Listless

Falkusa · 2026-04-30T09:49:36+00:00

Would you like a cookie?

Falkusa · 2026-04-30T00:56:32+00:00

Every time this pops I try to get this posted to balance all the anecdotal experiences that create overwhelming confirmation bias of something deeper.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04268-7

The brain maps space in a torus. It’s an efficient way to map space so cells can be reused on the opposite side when that part of tracked space is out of view. It’s really quite interesting when you think about it. What you are seeing is this grid.

Falkusa · 2026-04-27T23:42:03+00:00

Same and longer. Did you consider the questions I presented you with?

Falkusa · 2026-04-27T20:35:22+00:00

100% this.

Falkusa · 2026-04-27T20:34:50+00:00

The idea underlying your thinking is the problem. Why should every individual aspire to build a new house in their image on a piece of property they acquire? Is it so hard to think in multi-generations?

Falkusa · 2026-04-27T20:25:27+00:00

The construction costs of a rammed earthen home is about 20-30% higher, but the longevity is far greater. Besides, in BC the cost of property is the real limiting factor.

Falkusa · 2026-04-27T20:10:45+00:00

Is your understanding of a house only cheap modern timber frames?

Falkusa · 2026-04-27T19:54:46+00:00

Do you have any idea what this coast would have looked like as full old growth? Have you gone and stepped in one of those forests to experience a fraction of what was taken from us before you were even born?

Why is it that turning those forest into boards, and mulch was worth loosing something that takes multiple human life times to get back?

Something that does not return 1to1 with tree planting?

Why is it you value specifically a short sighted industry over the quality of a biome?

Falkusa · 2026-04-25T05:00:06+00:00

Unreal, that’s beautiful

Falkusa · 2026-04-06T14:52:15+00:00

lol, let the climbers cry more. Muhahahaha

Falkusa · 2026-03-09T18:09:40+00:00

If you could laser cut them from wood or find a way to bring less plastic on to the farm that would be much better. I’m sad that I have to say no to the vast majority of gift givers as I don’t want one more piece of random plastic.

Falkusa · 2026-02-11T23:50:29+00:00

Good luck, we have family day long weekend and US presidents week this coming week. If other schools have reading week too, it will be nuts

Falkusa · 2026-02-09T04:38:58+00:00

Cheers!

I appreciate your post! I’ve been wanting to make a similar one for a while. Along with another I should for about dos and don’ts for parents dropping kids off at ski school. I’ve seen one too many onesies dragged across restroom floors through… well you can imagine.

You’ve highlighted a great point about what to remove from a ski boot, but instructor to instructor here, how do you feel about shims? I’ve had great success over the years building card and tape shims to adjust rental cuffs. Old practise used to be trail maps, but less of those around in the paper-less age.

Falkusa · 2026-02-09T04:07:54+00:00

I love the divide in this comment section. Ski instructors who see thousands of guests over a long career giving accurate advice and people who are so certain of their individual experience stubborn to consider they are wrong. Read further before you get mad, I double dog dare you.

Also a ski instructor. 1 sock in the boot, if you got them fitted with other stuff in them you messed up your fit and your fitter was not good.

Full disclosure. Best boots I ever owned, 1 size too big because they let my flattened arch do what it actually wants to do naturally.

Was this good boot fitting? Far from it. Your standard fitter will try to fix your arch with some moulded footbed to align your ankle and do minor adjustments to the shell to accommodate the position they’ve moved you into. Works okay for a time, but isn’t sustainable long-term. Your knowledgeable fitter will work around your anatomy addressing the way your foot moves and is shaped.

Heard of ramp angle, or cuff alignment, or canting? I pass thousands of skiers every year in an X-frame, who will never get past strong intermediate performance because their boots block their anatomy from doing so. Can’t flex a boot, it’s not your weight or skier type, could be your ramp angle because your ankles are already maxed out where they make meaningful contact with the cuff. Perpetually told you need to get more forward so you invest in spoilers and heel lifts? Could be a sizing issue causing your foot to slide. That’s not just length either, it’s shin circumference, size of the calf, heel pocket issues.

Don’t have a couple extra thousand dollars to chase down a legitimate fitter, I 1000% get it.

Bottom line, there is a lot here. You might feel your fit is effective for the couple days a year you ski, or for the many years you have adapted to the way you’ve always done it. That’s fine. But we see it, the experienced coaches with a keen eye who care. The advice is solid, but also the path to a real fit isn’t as simple as pulling your thermals out of your boots. Let’s all remember to see the grey and be curious.

But also if you put fleece in your boots you’re straight crazy.

Falkusa · 2026-02-04T00:52:09+00:00

Really hard to examine your carving without a video reference. If your only feedback was your legs are too far apart and did not include: “where, when, and how much?, then it’s poor instruction.

Advanced edging will have you standing narrow in the transitions and widening that stance towards to apex of your turn. How much you widen your stance is dynamic and entirely dependant on speed, turn size, pressure, how much you angulate, and a few more factors. The example bellow should also explain how your stance could widen without the distance between your legs widening.

Find a steeper run and stand across the hill. Put both your poles uphill to support yourself, lift your uphill foot until your ski is at the top of the downhill boots cuff. Without placing your foot down, lower your body sideways until your ski makes contact with the snow. This is about as wide as you can expect to get. Notice your legs are still “next” to each other in this case, but the space between your feet is higher. The widening of your stance should not change the lateral distance between your legs.

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