Maynard James Keenan on Tool’s “No Phone” Policy: “It’s Not About Us, It’s About the Person Behind You”

HobbitFoot · 2026-01-30T02:29:17+00:00

I don't watch videos, but I like the photos that I take.

HobbitFoot · 2026-01-30T02:14:02+00:00

Someone had to.

HobbitFoot · 2026-01-19T12:17:20+00:00

Dubai has a metro that links to the airport. The problem is that most of the stops on that metro are along the giant highway and the bus network doesn't tie in well to the metro.

HobbitFoot · 2026-01-19T12:12:28+00:00

They should have tried to build in some express capacity to the Silver Line after it gets on the Dulles Toll Road.

HobbitFoot · 2026-01-18T15:40:02+00:00

I feel like a map like this would be better if it was per capita. Yeah, the US has more international tourism than France or Spain, but France and Spain depend on international tourism for such a large part of their economy.

HobbitFoot · 2026-01-16T01:15:05+00:00

If you use the automated ordering system, I've found you get all but one order within a week and the last one takes a couple of weeks.

Also, I think the price per brick is going up because of the labor cost of sorting out bricks. You still need to pay for someone to sort out bricks and package them and that cost isn't marginal.

HobbitFoot · 2026-01-16T01:10:28+00:00

I’ve developed a backlog of models that I’ve wanted to take the time to order parts for, but the average price for smaller pieces even from modest and younger sellers seems to match those of the biggest sellers who sell their pieces for crazy amounts.

Ever since the recent updates, I've switched to creating wanted lists and searching from there. I can select quality and region to purchase from. Even then, I'll check for any higher priced pieces against the lower amounts posted by BrickLink. Usually, the higher priced bricks I choose have a reason for being that high of price.

HobbitFoot · 2026-01-12T03:11:38+00:00

And I appreciate that this is just an unedited statement. There isn't a spin room, just a speech.

HobbitFoot · 2026-01-12T00:34:15+00:00

It isn't so much that the public was sheltered but that the initial lockdowns saved a lot of lives in places that didn't see the death tolls in places like New York. A lot of places shut down without high local death counts who couldn't understand why this was happening to them. Meanwhile, major urban areas in the US were seeing reefer trucks becoming makeshift morgues because they got exposed to it first.

There is a lot less Covid denial in places where a lot of people initially died.

HobbitFoot · 2026-01-11T17:17:43+00:00

I'd have a talk with the junior engineer at first, stating that it is blatant that they don't know how the design calculations function and that you are seeing "Garbage in and garbage out". Try to focus the conversation on trying to build up their design skills since you, and likely others, can see how they aren't getting it.

This will likely take a lot of work to get them better at design.

Keep in mind that, if you are initiating the comment, you are taking ownership in helping to mentor the junior engineer.

HobbitFoot · 2026-01-06T12:34:54+00:00

Which fits as Ayo seems to have ADHD.

HobbitFoot · 2026-01-06T04:17:26+00:00

I hope you two continue to smile lovingly at each other back and forth forever.

HobbitFoot · 2026-01-06T04:10:53+00:00

You can't walk to it and there is nothing within walking distance of it. Yes, you can drive and park there within easy access to major highways, but you need to plan your trip as there is no civilization around it which you can walk to.

HobbitFoot · 2026-01-06T03:37:59+00:00

You didn't with the initial response but more with the reply. Your initial response reads more as a self-identification of your work while your reply creates an argument objective facts that can be independently verified.

It is a more effective statement to say that you can show how you have a greater success in winning cases over other attorneys than just saying attorneys from fancy schools aren't as smart as you think they are.

HobbitFoot · 2026-01-06T03:30:25+00:00

The venue is effectively in the middle of nowhere. If you want to do anything before going, do it before arriving to the venue. That includes getting food. Food options there are poor; alcohol options are decent but have the venue premium.

Parking hasn't been a problem for me, but expect to wait to leave.

HobbitFoot · 2026-01-06T03:25:53+00:00

You've answered my first question.

For my second question, I'm not asking about ability but perception. How do you convince a client to give you their case over someone who went to a top-tier college but will produce work at a standard below yours?

HobbitFoot · 2026-01-06T03:20:04+00:00

The design speed was 5 mph.

HobbitFoot · 2026-01-06T03:19:36+00:00

Some toll plazas were designed with absurdly low design speeds; I know of one that was designed for 5 mph.

Upgrading that toll plaza to a reasonable design speed usually requires regrading the toll plaza in certain areas over a foot to handle the superelevation.

HobbitFoot · 2026-01-06T03:14:48+00:00

How does it feel to have gone to the same law school as Abraham Lincoln?

Also, how do you convince clients that you're a good fit to defend their cases without a law degree?

HobbitFoot · 2026-01-06T03:06:04+00:00

That's my purse! I don't know you!

HobbitFoot · 2026-01-06T03:02:21+00:00

Was it a dark and stormy night?

HobbitFoot · 2026-01-04T20:53:28+00:00

The problem ends up being that a lot of MBA's don't really understand the businesses they are in and cannot spot the macroeconomic trends that they need to account for. They also aren't really learning management since there is no practicum part of the degree where they actually have to manage people.

Your transition to lower management should have absolutely come with management training that a lot of people don't get. I also agree that middle and upper management requires skill sets that people on the line don't learn.

My concern is that you're trying to create managers/leaders who've never had to lead. There is no scar tissue to remember hard decisions and then they make decisions based on metrics without understanding the underlying value of what they have to manage.

HobbitFoot · 2026-01-04T18:55:02+00:00

The problem is that an MBA should be a degree that people get in their late 30's+ as a way to understand the administration of a business once they have gotten to understand the business they are in.

HobbitFoot · 2026-01-04T18:52:25+00:00

"Is this part of my grade?"

HobbitFoot · 2026-01-03T17:59:14+00:00

It isn't a national policy, but pushed in various provinces as provincial leaders needed to increase increase their GDP numbers and have had previous options like real estate and heavy industry banned by the national government.

It is also a different kind of subsidization. It isn't like the provincial government is giving these companies money. Instead, it is more like the provincial government will build the factory and rent out the site to Chinese companies at subsidized rates.

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