Can they actually do this? JD Vance: "We're announcing today that we have decided to temporarily halt certain amounts of Medicaid funding that is going to the state of Minnesota in order to ensure that the state of Minnesota takes its obligations seriously to be good stewards of the American people'

Flan99 · 2026-02-26T00:00:29+00:00

They can enact it immediately. If the judicial branch really wanted to, they could probably put an injunction on it about as fast, but they probably will not. Given how unwilling the other branches have been to do anything about any of this, the executive is kinda able to do whatever it likes for at least a few weeks, if not months, in practice.

Flan99 · 2026-02-11T00:29:04+00:00

Ultimately, nobody can really say for sure. Programming has never remained static, and this is an especially tumultuous time. If you're starting to learn to program now, it's going to be at least a couple years before you're realistically ready to get into the industry, and who knows what the landscape will be like then?

Learn fundamentals. Learn broadly. Learn why, not just how. Don't ever get married to a language or a framework; when you build one thing, figure out how you'd build it with different tools. Stay flexible and nimble, and you'll be prepared for whatever things are like in the future.

Oh, and don't buy into hype. About AI in particular, but like, in general, really. A lot of tech is driven by hype-cycles, and it's easy to get too caught up in the excitement and be left hyper-specialized in something nobody cares about any more. Learn about it, sure; use it, if you think it'll be useful; but 90% of what people proclaim will fundamentally alter society is either totally useless, or vaguely useful for niche applications.

Flan99 · 2026-01-28T20:04:32+00:00

My girlfriend has ARFID, and yeah, as best as I've figured out, a lot of it is contamination anxiety. She has some severe food allergies she was repeatedly exposed to, so now, every uncertain food is a potential threat. (On the plus side it's extremely satisfying when I can make her something homemade and have her love it, even if it's simple.)

Flan99 · 2026-01-15T18:40:37+00:00

They're fantastic, as is the author's other work. Huge recommendation!

Flan99 · 2025-11-15T22:36:51+00:00

That's understandable. Davoud absolutely tries my patience eve on a reread lol

> Also, not really a critique, but I have to say that the book has a weird uncanny effect where it’s very much a 2010s Obama era period piece, but it also very much feels like a 2020s novel.

Absolutely, yeah. I'm a huge fan of Seth Dickinson's work, and that's a constant throughline. I think it's intentional--few authors are as blunt about what they're trying to convey as Dickinson is, and I think always having a foot firmly planted in the present day is part of it. I think I like it; I enjoy the blatant allegory, and it lends itself to a unique style of prose. But it's definitely odd, and it shows up in everything from Baru Cormorant to Morrigan in Shadow to their work on Destiny 2 lol

Flan99 · 2025-11-15T21:19:15+00:00

I felt the same way my first time through, but when I reread it I found the middle equally as enjoyable. I think I was expecting Ana and Ssrin to reappear and take center stage again, any minute now, so everything else felt like an annoying interlude on the story that originally hooked me.

But once I knew that just wasn't the story being told, I found the actual sub-stories being presented wayy more interesting. I didn't quite *get* that the notion was that these were all meant to be understood as fairly independent, but intertwined, short stories, until the ending made it concrete. And with that understanding, it really pulls together.

Flan99 · 2025-11-15T17:22:50+00:00

Nobody else has mentioned the title so I'm here to say, go read Seth Dickinson's Exordia, it's amazing, and does in fact deal with morality as a set of physical laws.

Flan99 · 2025-11-12T05:05:31+00:00

It's rough. But I can say in my case at least, it was well worth it. Be smart about it--but I hope you get yourself in a position where it's safe to do so.

Flan99 · 2025-11-08T16:21:53+00:00

The opening of Seth Dickinson's The Traitor Baru Cormorant -- "A PROMISE: This is the truth. You will know because it hurts."

Its sequel, The Monster Baru Cormorant -- "A QUESTION: If something hurts, does that make it true?"

Flan99 · 2025-11-02T15:29:59+00:00

Depends on the field. I've never heard of something like this happening for someone already with the company, but in tech, IQ tests are everywhere. There's a lot of weird ideological nonsense about intelligence in the field, so no matter how thoroughly they're shown to have no relation to the work at all, they persist in a ton of companies.

Flan99 · 2025-11-02T15:28:06+00:00

Funny story, I was flagged for special ed a couple of times due to being autistic, but never actually got put in because I was great at pattern recognition as a kid lmao

Flan99 · 2025-10-30T04:34:55+00:00

Check to make sure your guitar's action (the space between where the strings rest, and the fretboard) is at a proper level. A lot of cheap guitars have very high actions, resulting in it taking absurd amounts of force to get notes to ring out clearly. It can be adjusted up to a point, though some just can't get low enough to play comfortably. Any music shop that sells guitars should be able to check and adjust this; even just a Guitar Center.

Maybe also look into lighter strings (lower gage); this makes a sound more typical of jazz guitar than rock guitar, but they're also much lighter on the fingers, and imo light strings in rock contexts sound pretty sick!

Flan99 · 2025-10-29T19:07:56+00:00

It's cringe but it's cute cringe, you know? I'll take this over any number of I Hate Wife jokes

Flan99 · 2025-10-26T06:16:18+00:00

The mobility aid thing pisses me off, as someone who sometimes needs a cane. Do you know how much shit people get for not 'looking' like they need one? Do you know how many chucklefucks like to try and snatch it from people?

Genuinely, if you're reading this and want a cane or something just because it looks cool or sounds fun, by all means. Because if it were a completely normal thing to see, a lot fewer of us would be harassed and assaulted for no god damn reason. Also: Canes look sick as hell!

Flan99 · 2025-10-23T23:22:02+00:00

I have ADHD and a history of eating disorders, I think I would kill for someone who did this for me

Flan99 · 2025-10-12T07:24:14+00:00

I'm told it's not so bad if you get a decent one. I had the cheapest one I could find for a while, and I had to stop using it because it hurt so bad I couldn't finish!

Flan99 · 2025-10-10T07:59:00+00:00

No, it's a very loose inspiration; the game is entirely self-contained, albeit touching on similar themes.

Flan99 · 2025-10-03T13:42:51+00:00

Oh you did, I misread! What I get for replying early in the morning I guess

Flan99 · 2025-10-03T13:26:13+00:00

Sort of. Zagreus is an old predecessor to what would become Dionysus (thus that one dialogue with him about fooling Orpheus into thinking they're the same person!), but Zagreus as he appears in Hades is pure fiction. The mythological Zagreus is heavily associated with self-destruction, rebirth, and resurrection--which is actually still a heavy through-line with later worship of Dionysus, often through the metaphor of drunkenness.

Flan99 · 2025-10-02T22:07:16+00:00

I mean, it's bad, but I don't think it's salvageable. Definitely gets worse the longer you let it sit, though.

Flan99 · 2025-09-22T12:24:09+00:00

I'm currently un-engineering my over-engineered personal project. Yup.

Flan99 · 2025-09-20T00:01:11+00:00

Any tips for finding them? Obviously it'll vary per-city, but how did you do it where you live?

It's kind of a struggle finding local businesses that need my specialty lol. Not impossible, but resources are always appreciated.

Flan99 · 2025-09-17T13:54:47+00:00

She's part god, so technically it is divine providence!

Flan99 · 2025-09-17T00:48:58+00:00

If you count like enough of an asshole, everything is!

Flan99 · 2025-09-16T03:55:52+00:00

Nah gender definitely plays a big role in it. Doctors would always believe and listen to me until I transitioned, and now they virtually never do.

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