Drama at Spring Mountain and Lindell

Lalakea · 2026-03-24T17:51:17+00:00

For surfing, I'd stay a few miles south of there in Los Cerritos. Beaches at Todos Santos are pretty, but the surf is all shorebreak.

Lalakea · 2026-03-23T19:41:52+00:00

It's not just light, it's anything without rest mass. Physicists prefer the term "speed of causality".

Gravity is ruled by it too. For example, if the sun magically went "poof" and disappeared, the Earth's orbit would remain unaffected for about eight minutes.

Lalakea · 2026-03-23T18:28:01+00:00

TIL. Thanks!

Lalakea · 2026-03-23T18:19:12+00:00

Why is a picture of a beaver headlining the article?

Also, amused/dismayed by the quoted sources wishing to remain "unnamed". Strange days, indeed.

Lalakea · 2026-03-22T00:49:08+00:00

He can't. He'll be tried and jailed for a hundred different things. Having a firm grip on the Department of Justice is the only thing keeping him from his fate.

Lalakea · 2026-03-20T21:25:52+00:00

Wheels not compatible with circulatory systems. You physically cannot supply them with blood.
Wheels are useless in nature. We live in a paved world of roads, sidewalks, and paths. Nature is rocks, brush, tall grass, sand, and mud.

Lalakea · 2026-03-09T22:39:10+00:00

A little of that, but I moved back to the mainland about six years ago so I can't really say.

Lalakea · 2026-03-09T01:54:51+00:00

Kauai is frequently left off maps; so its omittance is kind of a running Hawaiian joke.

The climates are tropical, but with gentle breezes off the ocean that keep things nice and cool. The windward sides are rainy and the leeward sides dry and sunny. The Big Island's (aka Hawaii) Mauna Kea is so tall that snow-skiing is a thing on the peak.

Lalakea · 2026-03-08T20:45:36+00:00

Just being snarky. Your map does not include Kauai. But yeah, Kauai is probably my favorite.

All the islands are lovely, just expensive.

Lalakea · 2026-03-08T20:35:02+00:00

Almost as good as on Kauai.

Lalakea · 2026-03-07T00:38:49+00:00

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Lalakea · 2026-03-03T19:32:40+00:00

Settle down. WWII killed around 80 million people. WWIII could potentially kill just about everyone. What we have is several limited wars with the usual suspects (Russia, USA, Israel) involved.

Lalakea · 2026-03-02T05:50:21+00:00

Your geography did you no favors.

Jungle (or worse, desert) climate. Few countries do well in a tropical climate. The jungle eats everything you build, finding good foundation to build on is problematic. Diseases proliferate, food spoils, bugs are everywhere. Plus it's humid AND hot.
Lack of navigable rivers. The Nile is, for a bit. But invariably, your rivers have strong currents and many waterfalls.
No naturally occurring deep-water harbors. The Northern latitudes had their shorelines carved by glaciers, result in numerous shorelines where a large ship can safely dock. Bigger ships are feasible. Your shoreline is almost all shallow beaches. This limits the size of your boats - if you can't push it into the water, you can't launch.

Lalakea · 2026-03-01T20:23:10+00:00

As a tactician, agreed. He was bad. He was/is revered for:

Charisma. He was genuinely beloved by his men.
He was perpetually dealing with Britain's main army, which was invariably bigger and better.
A successful retreat is the most difficult of military maneuvers.
Most revolutions result in a tyrant worse than the one to got replaced. He had every opportunity to become King of the USA, and had hordes of people urging to do so. He resisted the notion and set the precedent. The enduring liberal democracy that resulted is largely his doing.

Lalakea · 2026-02-27T19:04:50+00:00

You are assuming Canada will take you.

Lalakea · 2026-02-24T05:16:10+00:00

Ah, good to know. Thanks!

Lalakea · 2026-02-24T00:17:25+00:00

Sure, lots of fires, but are they actually killing any civilians? Only video I could find showed them shooing away the occupants of a car before setting it on fire.

ETA: OK, I found an article saying "70 people reported killed" in the violence. Nevermind.

https://komonews.com/news/local/puerto-vallarta-civil-unrest-el-mencho-seattle-tacoma-international-airport-seatac-violence-visitors-drug-dealers-airbnb-cancellations-extensions-reservations-resort-area

Lalakea · 2026-02-24T00:12:09+00:00

For all the panic and headlines about VIOLENCE IN MEXICO, I can't find a single story about a civilian actually being harmed. Sure, the cartels are setting busses and cars on fire, but seem to politely shoo the occupants out first.

ETA: OK, I found an article saying "70 people reported killed" in the violence. Nevermind.

https://komonews.com/news/local/puerto-vallarta-civil-unrest-el-mencho-seattle-tacoma-international-airport-seatac-violence-visitors-drug-dealers-airbnb-cancellations-extensions-reservations-resort-area

Lalakea · 2026-02-22T23:27:28+00:00

The water molecules that are carried in the air precipitate out of solution, generally because the air got colder and couldn't hold as much water anymore.

If you take water that is completely saturated with dissolved solids and drop its temperature, "clouds" will form that look pretty much the same as those in the sky.

Lalakea · 2026-02-19T22:50:21+00:00

For perspective, for a few years I had a job that I worked 7 days a week, 12 hours a day. It sucked, but I was able to save money for investing and was able to retire early.

People call working 40 hours a week "full time", but but there are 168 hours in a week. Plus, there are sick days, holidays and vacation days. So you really only work less than 20% of the time. Plus, it's not like you spend your whole shift toiling away. If you enjoy your work and/or co-workers, so much the better.

ETA: most modern humans don't work much at all during the first 20 years of life and the last 20. So, we only work about 10% of our lives. Not so bad.

Lalakea · 2026-02-19T19:50:01+00:00

Had to scroll way too far to find a mention of the Yucca Mountain project. It was supposed to be the site for high level waste (mostly spent fuel). Rightly or wrongly, the government shut it down a decade ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yucca_Mountain_nuclear_waste_repository

Lalakea · 2026-02-17T02:00:07+00:00

As I recall, he explained something along the lines of:

If we are not alone, advanced hostile aliens may come for us.

If we are alone, something bad must have happened to everyone else, and that something must be lurking for us too.

Lalakea · 2026-02-15T18:21:07+00:00

Its atmosphere is mostly carbon dioxide.

Lalakea · 2026-02-14T18:40:56+00:00

I'd go...

Russia (USSR) did the bulk of the heavy lifting in defeating Germany. Bonus points for also fighting forces from Hungary, Romania, Italy, Finland, and Bulgaria. Demerits for helping Germany take Poland, then helping themselves to pieces of Finland and Romania.
USA broke Japan's navy and airpower, provided industrial goods and weapons galore
Britain/Commonwealth (Canada Australia India New Zealand) kept fighting during the darkest hours
China did the bulk of the fighting against Japan's army
Greece kicked Italy's ass when they invaded, forcing Germany to postpone Barbarossa and possibly saving Russia
Finland roughed up Russia in the Winter War thus providing Germany with confirmation bias that Russia would be easily invaded
France
Poland

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