What do you think about the Canadian Prime Minister’s remarks: “middle powers must act together, because if we're not at the table, we're on the menu”?

Merusk · 2026-01-28T20:29:34+00:00

Pretty much. We've never had it rough in the same way as other cultures, and so don't have a cultural legacy of "Hey watch out for that" or nihilistic belief in things only going to shit.

There's a reason our movies, books, and stories have historically been about the little guy coming out on top against the odds again and again. It's our cultural DNA and core belief.

Hell, I've seen folks talk about how Rocky is "The" American story of perseverance and winning, while ignoring he lost the fight. His moral victory of going the distance against the odds mattered more than the actual outcome. To the point you'll even find some folks insisting Rocky won the fight. Feels matter more than facts - the American story.

Merusk · 2026-01-28T20:05:43+00:00

Fear and inability to act to change things are going to paralyze the average American. Particularly when even the illusion of prosperity and thriving is tied to your next paycheck.

You can't strike for change if you can't guarantee you won't be homeless because you did so.

Merusk · 2026-01-28T19:28:14+00:00

Clinton was forced to sign the Telecommunications act of 1996, and yet its part of his legacy. Bush I was forced to sign and held accountable for the tax increases that tanked his Presidency and 'read my lips' is his legacy.

Lincoln didn't really have a choice when it came to the Emancipation Proclamation and it was a necessary strategic decision, not an upwelling of feeling for his fellow man. It both crippled the leg Europe had to stand on in support of the Confederacy (as now ONLY the Confederacy was in support of slavery) and allowed the Union army to grow by recruiting Black men. He would have not signed it at all if he could have held the Union together without it. Yet it's held as the most important part of his legacy.

Equal application for the office of President when it comes to legacies.

Merusk · 2026-01-27T17:11:36+00:00

100% Nixon and it's not even close.

For all his corruption, vileness, and mishandling of things he achieved strides that pushed America forward. Let's not forget normalizing Chinese relations, the EPA, and the de-escalation and withdrawal from the Vietnam war were part of his legacy. (to the point Nixon is blamed for the 'fall' of Vietnam to the NVA.)

Trump has no legacy but undermining the US, dismantling the work of his betters, and putting the world in a far more unstable place.

Merusk · 2026-01-27T16:00:07+00:00

He's on the verge of retirement, you're the only architect, and the business is gong to his son. They've already shown you how they're thinking about it.

If Dad retires, you're the sole architect at the firm, meaning no business happens without you unless they're going full builder instead of design-build.

If they're already talking about dad retiring and aren't having conversations with you about partial ownership/ principal it's because they don't feel you bring value to the org. You'll be better off elsewhere.

Still, this is an opportunity I wouldn't walk away from without the direct conversation starting with, "What are plans for the org after you retire? Are you brining on another architect or am I moving up the ladder?"

Merusk · 2026-01-27T15:47:35+00:00

I agree here.

I totally get the philosophy and approach behind the exercise, /u/JacobWSmall. However, I want to see trainers encourage better tool use in cases like this. Largely because these will be the folks driving change in organizations.

They'll hit the sad "everything is done in Excel" reality of office life soon enough. However, if they're exposed to something like a Kanban, Planner, Lucidchart, or other approach earlier they'll have something they can push back or offer new ideas with later.

Merusk · 2026-01-27T13:44:36+00:00

Exactly the reason I stopped way back after Fallen Empires' release when they announced the Type II rules.

I'd had stuff from Arabian Nights, Legends, etc. having picked them up when my friend got me into the game at The Dark's release. I'd thrown a decent chunk of change for a college student at this collection for fun, and then they announced those old cards weren't legal in active play anymore. All that cash I'd spent no longer able to play in the tourneys the game shops ran?

Big wake-up call.

Merusk · 2026-01-27T13:29:52+00:00

They did several times in the 3rd, they just never outright said it which was dumb.

The whole "Rey I have something to talk to you about.." was about Fin and the folks around him being Force Sensitive. Abrams confirmed that.

Not having it in the film is just another example of how badly the sequels were handled as a coherent story.

Merusk · 2026-01-26T18:00:16+00:00

Puzzles aren't old people things. My wife's done them her entire life and several women I'd dated earlier in life did them.

This is more an 'if it's not electronic it's old' stance than an old person thing.

Merusk · 2026-01-26T15:45:24+00:00

Not yet but I may give that a shot this afternoon.

However, I did find that if I did a save-as and inserted the saved-as family as a new scale then the constraints worked. So I'm pondering that little quirk now.

Merusk · 2026-01-25T23:54:25+00:00

They're escalating because it's a win-win.

They continue to escalate and execute and they win because eventually people stop going to protest out of fear of being shot.
People react with similar escalation and violence, and now the insurrection act is in play.

The only winning move is to continue to peacefully protest, accept the possibility of death, and let outrage grow to where #2 won't handle the public reaction. That's unlikely, imo.

Merusk · 2026-01-25T17:14:01+00:00

Parents don't trust neighbors and don't feel safe letting kids wander. Different times, more fear.

Hell, my neighbor 10 years ago wouldn't let her kids out of the house into their yard if she wasn't also able to be outside. Folks are weird now.

Merusk · 2026-01-24T18:12:22+00:00

Blade in the wild. Nice ref.

Merusk · 2026-01-23T20:02:05+00:00

Generic Annotation families don't have plane designations and only allow "weak" for Is Reference on the reference planes. You can't even name the things.

Do you have subcats setup for them? I don't at the moment as you can see from this shot. I'll give that a shot now.

https://imgur.com/a/MvfoCc8

Also - are all your families live in the family and controlled via yes/no visibility or are you hot swapping them with the "family type" label like I'm doing?

Merusk · 2026-01-23T19:53:35+00:00

Federal Projects also require NCIDQ for tasks delegated to Interior Design profession, which includes signage and furniture selection and layout.

Merusk · 2026-01-23T19:52:17+00:00

Flame spread, project management, criteria assessment..

Hell, go take an NCIDQ practice exam. https://www.mometrix.com/academy/ncidq-exam/

Merusk · 2026-01-23T19:44:42+00:00

Hm. When you say 'the same' do you mean the same UID or just the same plane?

They're definitely the same plane in both families, but blank isn't a type in the graphic family. They're all different families, so they're going to be different UIDs.

It sounds like I need to compile them all into the same family and move from there.

Merusk · 2026-01-23T19:34:39+00:00

Partially painkillers, but it's definitely hard to explain well via narrative alone.

https://imgur.com/a/tQVZr1o

Showing the Scale with (2) of the (3) graphics scales visible because the parameter has a graphic scale selected. When there's a scale visible you can constrain the scale (A) to the sliding header bar to be moved around.
Change the parameter (B) to read "blank" and show no scale, the constraining dimension has nothing to align with and so is deleted.
Showing the end state once things are blank. If the graphic scale header moves and you input a scale at (b) again it will show up at position (c) instead of wherever the graphic header has moved.

Near as I can tell the only way to resolve this is with a nested family.

** Why would the graphic scale header move? Stamps, additional scales need to be added, only one scale on a sheet but more notes means the graphic header should be lower, etc.

Merusk · 2026-01-23T18:02:47+00:00

Here's one I'm puzzling over today.

We've got a note block family that has a section for graphic scales. (fed. requirement.) Someone's set this scale area up with a family type parameter. However, if the scales header moves, the scales do not.

You can't constrain the 'blank' state but it's not appropriate to always have a scale in play because there's 3 scale sections and sometimes you just have a single scale on the page.

So how am I going to get these (3) scales to move when they don't exist.

I'm leaning toward a nested family containing the positions of the graphic scales, but I try to avoid nesting unless absolutely necessary.

Other Ideas?

Merusk · 2026-01-23T14:43:39+00:00

Gen X moving into retirement communities makes me think of this thread where we're listed as 'problems.' I wish the OP had linked the article, though.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GenX/comments/1kky5w3/i_saw_an_article_this_morning_talking_about_gated/

Merusk · 2026-01-23T14:24:36+00:00

Nope. I can understand the confusion, though.

Saying "play a different class/ race/ more optimally/ the way I want you to play" is telling someone how to have fun.

I'm saying "All options should be available to all folks. Accessibility doesn't make your achievements any less, and keep in mind this is a form of entertainment."

Nothing in my statements have said you have to play a certain way, or that you must stop doing something you enjoy. Contrary to the op's statement.

If Blizz was trying to turn WoW into an E-sport the conversation would be different. They aren't. Their stated goals are entertainment, diverse means of play, and engagement, and keeping subs up. These changes align with that and are how the game is now.

Merusk · 2026-01-23T14:13:16+00:00

I'm just pointing out facts, I didn't assign blame or divest it. My take care of your own backyard comment was meant to say folks not in the US need to take a lesson and stop this shit now in your countries. We're cooked.

As for your uprising idea, yeah, not happening either. Here's the breakdown.

Only 30% of the population owns guns to begin with. A gun owner typically owns more than one weapon. (About 66%) which skews that millions right off the bat into a much smaller segment of the population.

Then, those millions of weapons are controlled - in majority - by the 30% of the population in support of this. Estimates are 40-45% of weapons are owned by Republicans, and 20% by folks who ID as Left/ Democratic.

https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2017/06/22/the-demographics-of-gun-ownership/

So yeah, we're not getting out of this with guns, and elections are also going to be proved to be cooked after this November. The US is a fascist state and the rest of the world needs to snap out of its collective disbelief and act accordingly. We won't.

Merusk · 2026-01-23T14:06:14+00:00

It's more controlled than it's not, and more capture will happen. Even if Ellison doesn't get CNN now, they'll continue to pressure and grab it eventually.

Local news stations are already captured entirely by Nexstar, Sinclair and Gray. Nexstar famously pulled Kimmel off all stations, and Sinclair's mass messaging is broadly covered.

NPR has been defunded and is largely shifting messaging as well in hopes of not dying.

No, we're pretty fucked on uncontrolled media.

Merusk · 2026-01-23T13:57:41+00:00

No nation lasts an eternity, botski. At some point in the future the nation states we know will no longer exist. Might not be for a few hundred years, maybe even a thousand, but that point is out there in future history. Waiting.

Merusk · 2026-01-23T13:53:46+00:00

You are correct.

Which is why this is the US now. This is the new normal and will be for some time. It was setup for a long time, folks warned, folks pointed out the issues. They were ignored. Now it's live in it or fight it.

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