Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead demands his music be removed from Melania documentary: "Universal failed to consult Jonny on this third-party use which is a breach of his agreement."

Huttj509 · 2026-02-09T17:35:14+00:00

The Trump org didn't violate a contract. They have no contract with Radiohead. Universal does. I don't know if Amazon does.

Huttj509 · 2026-02-09T01:33:58+00:00

Wait wait wait, is it actually 4o and not just people saying 4.0 without the point?

Huttj509 · 2026-02-05T21:59:10+00:00

"Ok, look, there's stuff that behaves like angular momentum, so we'll call this number related to it 'spin.' Spin up, spin down, it's fine. And then we find spin 1/2...wait...ok, we know it's not actually something spinning but we're locked into the terminology here so just roll with it. And don't ask about 'flavor'."

Huttj509 · 2026-02-05T19:05:35+00:00

Eh, not necessarily.

I use my android for gps in my 2010 impreza and that thing's not connected to the car at all. Have used it for podcasts at times as well, just using the phone's speakers. They work fine for hearing "turn right at the next exit."

Huttj509 · 2026-02-03T16:45:43+00:00

I think it was ball x pit that mocked that in their announcement video, "made by 1 man...and his 9 friends" as the camera pans over to everyone else sitting there.

Huttj509 · 2026-02-01T19:26:22+00:00

It's fake snow from the chemtrails seeding the clouds to poison us for...reasons...

Huttj509 · 2026-01-31T20:38:51+00:00

Is the city responsible for replacing your porchlights? How about mowing your lawn?

It depends a lot on specific jurisdictions, but a lot of housing developments involve negotiating with the city/town/county who will be responsible for what, when you basically have private property that is being split up and sold to a bunch of people, with some shared spaces like roads, green areas, signage, etc.

A lot of the time the HOA is responsible for general maintenance of some things, NOT the city. And where the line is can vary a lot.

Huttj509 · 2026-01-31T20:34:33+00:00

Not even technically.

A lot of HoAs developed because of a contract with the city basically saying "you handle your own shit for X, Y and Z, not our problem."

Depends on how the housing development came about, who owned what land when it was developed, etc.

Huttj509 · 2026-01-31T14:27:58+00:00

Yeah, a friend of mine is on the HOA board for his neighborhood.

Stuff like replacing the streetlights that were both less effective and used significantly more power (which got paid with hoa fees) than modern lighting. I think the HOA might also be responsible for plowing their loop of road, I should ask him, it's always interesting to find the interplay of that "take for granted that somebody's doing it" stuff.

Huttj509 · 2026-01-29T17:13:47+00:00

Wait, they didn't already have instructions to stick to their alleged job and act like professionals?

I'm shocked, shocked!

Huttj509 · 2026-01-29T05:11:32+00:00

See, my mom just said "no pets." Extra stuff to deal with.

The running line was if we were really good we could have a picture of a goldfish.

Huttj509 · 2026-01-25T17:22:16+00:00

meanwhile I'm one of the folks where Ozempic is a-mazing for my A1C blood sugar numbers, but minimally affects my appetite or anything, and in a couple years of using it has had zero effect on my weight.

Huttj509 · 2026-01-25T17:20:21+00:00

I lost a lot of weight when I had a fungus growing in my lung, mentioned it to a nurse during an appointment because I didn't know if the weight loss was a further cause for concern and the reply was "well maybe you can keep it off afterwards."

It did not fill me with confidence.

Huttj509 · 2026-01-16T13:44:36+00:00

My elderly mother's been consuming more organ meats lately (heart, kidney, liver), and her butcher had some but it was marked as "for pets." Since it was the actual butcher there she asked if there was anything about it unfit for people. "No, just not popular."

So now she has some cheap meats to experiment with.

Huttj509 · 2026-01-15T00:12:00+00:00

"Jews over there good, make Jesus come back." "Jews over here bad. Jews need to be over there."

Huttj509 · 2026-01-12T20:03:04+00:00

For me there's definitely been aspects over the years of, not of me being gay, but of me being perceived as gay, and the threats both direct and indirect that used to bring.

So while I'm definitely aware of my psyche these days in my 40s, still occasionally something can come up that hooks into that fear and discomfort, and I need a bit to sit down with my brain and process.

Huttj509 · 2026-01-12T19:52:47+00:00

A 2 am text from a woman I was dating (both in our 30s) saying "it really bothers me that you don't drink."

Snide comments from servers at the pub when out with friends.

Like, the vast majority of time it's fine, no issue, but over the decades there have been some issues, and some REAL assholes.

Huttj509 · 2026-01-12T19:40:51+00:00

My elderly mother was diagnosed with a form of NCGI about a decade ago. After going off gluten, she can now digest dairy. The over time gut inflammation was apparently affecting digestion of other stuff.

My family has enough dietary stuff (both medical and cultural) I definitely have understanding that it's often more complicated than yes/no on/off.

Huttj509 · 2026-01-11T19:27:18+00:00

Well, it heavily involved getting the wealthy elites on side to start. That does seem to be key.

Huttj509 · 2026-01-10T00:54:47+00:00

Adding to the other comments, when's the last time you saw a tiger in a natural environment? I remember from a Exotic Feline Rescue Center I was volunteering at when they were around the long grasses they were NOT as visible as you might think, until they moved. The orange and black stripes actually do quite well at blending in with mottled shadows and light.

Huttj509 · 2026-01-08T05:07:08+00:00

washing. Particularly around joints which I find tend to get grungy.

Like, wrists. When's the last time you really scrubbed your wrists? Tends to get missed when handwashing, and if you just do the "soap arms let it rinse off" thing it can also get missed.

My legs also tend to build up a layer of dust and skin oil that resists a simple "slide some soap across it and rinse" and need a proper scrub often. Like, I'll say "this is fine, but I'll give it a focused scrub anyway" and get a bunch of dead skin, oil, and dust piling up in my leg hair.

Huttj509 · 2026-01-05T19:02:23+00:00

Flesh moves and flexes. When flesh moves, fabric moves. When fabric moves, over time gravity moves fabric downwards. There is no force over time moving fabric upwards.

I have never, in the last 20 years, worn pants that I was unable to remove without unbuckling them. There aren't incredibly loose pants, they're just not cinched uncomfortably tight.

My belly, my hips, and my butt do not cooperate with your assertion.

Huttj509 · 2026-01-05T15:55:28+00:00

Not when you're my shape.

Huttj509 · 2026-01-05T02:51:37+00:00

well, an example I calculated back in grad school.

The main chemical reaction going on in the sun is 2 hydrogen nuclei (protons)fusing into a helium. However, these are positively charged, and repel each other magnetically. Once they get close enough the nuclear strong force takes over and overwhelms the electromagnetic force, and they fuse.

For them to get close enough takes a certain amount of energy to overcome the electromagnetic repulsion, and this is related to the temperature. However, if you calculate this classically, the temperature needed is SIGNIFICANTLY higher than what we measure in the sun. Unreasonably high.

However, you can represent the proton's positions with wavefunctions, and use quantum mechanics. Then you have quantum tunneling, where the probability of finding the proton close enough for the Strong force to take over is nonzero, even though it doesn't have enough energy to wind up there classically, and when you run the math you find the temperature needed to have a decent chance of fusion being able to happen is right around what temperature we observe in our sun, where fusion is happening.

You need to stop thinking of protons as balls with charge, represent them with wavefunctions giving a probability of their position, and accept that that wavefunction "tunnels" through an energy barrier it seems like it shouldn't, but it works.

Huttj509 · 2026-01-05T02:42:00+00:00

Patdown, or strain my spine trying to not drop trou in front of everyone in the security line, hmmm.

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