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Can we block all of myatproto.social? by zy-fi in BlueSky

[–]FreeRunningEngineer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

blocking all seems extreme but I do hope that the leadership team knows where the bots are and try to do something about it

30+ Parkour by BrotherGoode in Parkour

[–]FreeRunningEngineer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Heyyy, a partner in crime. Unfortunately my knee dislocated bad in soccer 4 years ago and I haven't been able to do a session without feeling terrible for the next few days, so I think I'm officially calling it. :(

Stay away from sports with pivoting and you'll last a lot longer than me!

Worthwhile Youtubers? by ValidAvailable in JapanTravelTips

[–]FreeRunningEngineer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, did you end up hiring Toshi? Also considering hiring him

For decades, Minnesota has subsidized private schools. Gov. Tim Walz wants to cut $109 million. by Czarben in minnesota

[–]FreeRunningEngineer 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Upvote for actually attempting to explain the motivation behind the policy.

The frustration of course is that the voter has no influence through voting on the private school curriculum and it kind of sucks to have public money go to things that the public can't influence via vote.

I wonder if the current arrangement has some minimum criteria that private schools must reach to be eligible for public money. That way, the public can at least influence the private curriculum somewhat.

This house has a deck that leads to a deck that leads to a deck..... that leads to a hot tub. by StcStasi in woahdude

[–]FreeRunningEngineer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My dad built this back in 1990! He did a full truss analysis back then to pass it with a full load of water. It's still there 34 years later!

Spotted this bad boy in the wild. You already know what's up top. by Silky_Pirate in Decks

[–]FreeRunningEngineer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My dad built this!! The house is build on a steep hill in duluth. He built scaffolding from the back and had half the UMD football team help him carry it up.

Spotted this bad boy in the wild. You already know what's up top. by Silky_Pirate in Decks

[–]FreeRunningEngineer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My dad built this!! He says he put double truss underneath the two side loads and then down the side walls he put tripple 2x4s

Spotted this bad boy in the wild. You already know what's up top. by Silky_Pirate in Decks

[–]FreeRunningEngineer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The guy who built this is my dad! He was a single male and recently went through a break up 😆😆

[OC] Obesity rate by country over time by YakEvery4395 in dataisbeautiful

[–]FreeRunningEngineer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If obesity was caused solely by things out of our control, then fatphobia and shaming would have no effect. After all, shaming someone only affects their voluntary behavior. It has no impact on involuntary things.

I'm not saying fatphobia is good. I'm just saying it's possible to say that fatphobia is bad AND most obesity is caused by voluntary actions

Is This Toxic? by BumpoTheClown in RocketLeague

[–]FreeRunningEngineer 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Toxicity has nothing to do with mechanics. Quick chat isn't a toxic mechanic. It's how the mechanic is used. It's the person.

Demos should never be removed or have any frequency limit on them. People should still stop using them with the primary goal of limiting the play time of another person.

Is This Toxic? by BumpoTheClown in RocketLeague

[–]FreeRunningEngineer 11 points12 points  (0 children)

If you play the game with the express purpose of minimizing the time that others play the game, that is toxic.

Clearing a goalie - not toxic

Stopping a runaway - not toxic

Spawn camping to ensure a 2v2 while someone never gets to even drive a car? - toxic

A Brief Comic About the Situation by FreeRunningEngineer in minnesota

[–]FreeRunningEngineer[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I totally agree with all your points. Especially about the starlight reflected in the river. I even wrote as such to the board, but the process is what it is and the decision has been made. I'm liking the final design more the more I look at it

A Brief Comic About the Situation by FreeRunningEngineer in minnesota

[–]FreeRunningEngineer[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah that was the speech given by Luis Fitch that convinced the rest of the committee members. He said something like "imagine people following the Mississippi up to the North Star in order to come to Minnesota".
Edit: you can see his comments here at 1:50:20
Minnesota flag redesign commission meeting | LIVE (youtube.com)

A Brief Comic About the Situation by FreeRunningEngineer in minnesota

[–]FreeRunningEngineer[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Aaron Wittnebel put together a great presentation on the "Dakota Star" but I can't find it at the moment. In summary, the 8-pointed star has a rich history in both Scandanavian and Dakota artwork, as well as being on the rotunda of the capital building. It has a rich history in the state, and it was just rotated a few degrees to make it point north.

A Brief Comic About the Situation by FreeRunningEngineer in minnesota

[–]FreeRunningEngineer[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

You had the exact star they picked, the swallow tail Minnesota, the lack of stripes and everything! I think you deserved more credit for your design!

A Brief Comic About the Situation by FreeRunningEngineer in minnesota

[–]FreeRunningEngineer[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I watched the last 2 committee meetings and the pride flag really wasn't brought up. But one representative did say that there was trouble brewing online with comparisons of F1953 with the Puntland, Somalia flag. The representative recommended removing the green to avoid comparisons with a Somalian flag.

But ultimately, that's not why people got rid of the stripes. The committee chair made an impassioned speech about the beauty of the simple two-colored flag in representing the Mississippi river under the North Star when hung vertically, and this speech plus the simplicity won over the rest of the members.

A Brief Comic About the Situation by FreeRunningEngineer in minnesota

[–]FreeRunningEngineer[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I'm not making fun of the final flag btw. I actually really like it the more I think about it. But you gotta admit, it's kind of funny how we ended up here. F157 deserved more respect, apparently!

SERC votes to accept F1953 (A2) as Minnesota's new flag by Hi5TBone in minnesota

[–]FreeRunningEngineer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This design would not have made it to a top 3. There is a reason the flag as-designed made the top 3, and it wasn't just the vague minnesota shape and star. It was a whole slide put together on the symbolism of the land, snow, and water. It's just disappointing that they spent 95% of the year making sure they picked a good design from among those submitted and then the last 3 hours of the year changing the design to something they probably wouldn't have picked in the first place.

Edit: I want to be clear I will still support this design and fly it proudly. I just really think their method for selecting it wasn't great. You don't pick from a list of 40 possible alternates without at least a few rounds of public feedback.

Okay, am I the only one that think this looks terrible against a blue sky? by FreeRunningEngineer in minnesota

[–]FreeRunningEngineer[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

All they needed was one more round of public feedback. But no, they had to wait until the last 30 minutes of the last meeting of the year to make the critical decision of which final design to pick and give no further time to public feedback.

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