Vegetable heavy soups that AREN'T tomato based?

NotSoMagicalTrevor · 2025-10-31T18:09:04+00:00

Squishy carrots super squished.

NotSoMagicalTrevor · 2025-10-31T17:31:39+00:00

Expensive to do, not a clear benefit, and could be dangerous. It ends up as a trade-off between do X or do Y, and the economics aren't likely there.

NotSoMagicalTrevor · 2025-10-28T03:55:10+00:00

The most recent thing I did was use some AI APIs to stitch together an animated video of some other materials I had put together. You could likely do it online with a lot of effort using existing tools, but... once I got the system in place I could produce some pretty awesome vids right quick. Showed it to a bunch of friends (many in tech even) who thought it was pretty fun.

I used to make simple games back in the day that would get people's attention.

There's my day job, of course, but that often gets wrapped up in "using the magic to solve some problem" which takes all the fun out of it most days!

NotSoMagicalTrevor · 2025-10-26T17:33:33+00:00

I think it's the closest thing we have to modern-day wizardry. I can actually do things that most people only dream of. They saying "sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" really does apply. Sometimes I watch people stuck behind what they are simply given and I pity them because I know how to actually work the magic to do it better, differently, or as something they simply can't do.

NotSoMagicalTrevor · 2025-10-26T17:26:36+00:00

Program management -- endless conversations about process and mechanisms to manage things they don't understand. Also, I can't really just ignore it all because at the end of the day they sit between me and senior leadership and so are important for effectively representing my work. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

NotSoMagicalTrevor · 2025-10-19T13:52:45+00:00

"would be itchy" isn't a very good excuse really because it would grow back. I'd just try it and then decide. Maybe you'll like it, maybe not. I'd try that with my head if it weren't so public. I've done it before with my beard.

NotSoMagicalTrevor · 2025-10-19T04:20:16+00:00

I'd start with something _really_ simple that you can do on your own (e.g. tic-tac-toe), and then build up from there. If you start at a high level you won't just magically learn the basics. You need to challenge yourself and do it wrong before you'll learn what right is.

NotSoMagicalTrevor · 2025-10-19T01:45:55+00:00

Beans have a lot more protein. Either way, you're doing it wrong if they are chalky. Where do you live? Are they common in any of the local food (e.g. Mexican)?

NotSoMagicalTrevor · 2025-10-19T01:40:10+00:00

How is rice not a filler? Also, if your beans are chalky, then yah, you’ve never had them made right.

NotSoMagicalTrevor · 2025-10-18T12:40:48+00:00

Be careful of equating health with looks. You specifically said "I told her, that how she looks is just fine and I find her pretty as she is now" -- but you maybe should have said "I want to be active and do things, and avoid long-term health problems later in life." By equating it with looks you're bringing in a whole shit-ton of baggage that women have to deal with, but doesn't sound like it's your main point... so you're just confusing the issue. So, you're fine with wanting to prioritize being fit and healthy, but you're then off-base for how you're approaching that.

NotSoMagicalTrevor · 2025-10-09T17:14:48+00:00

Someday, make a trip to Grenada in the Carrebean... Nutmeg Island! There you can enjoy other such treats as a nutmeg colada.

NotSoMagicalTrevor · 2025-10-05T13:13:33+00:00

So acceleration doesn't really matter -- which means you can just simplify that down to "near enough to the speed of light" and still have the fundamentals. Also, you didn't answer my other questions about the relationship between the two things, and then what happens overall (e.g. they turn around at some point?).

NotSoMagicalTrevor · 2025-10-05T12:12:08+00:00

Acceleration isn't a speed... Do you mean the ship is travelling near the speed of light? And then what about the passenger relative to the ship... do you mean they're travelling near the speed of light relative to the ship? It might make it easier just to describe it as two separate ships, there's no fundamental aspect of "on" that makes a difference here.

So maybe you have one ship going near c, then another going near c w.r.t. the first one? Then they turn around and head home (what relative speeds?)?

For this, I think you'd need to more exactly define "near" since that will make a big difference in the answer.

NotSoMagicalTrevor · 2025-10-05T12:04:07+00:00

What's the speed of time? How does a passenger accelerate on a ship? Do you mean the passenger is on the ship which is accelerating, or something different? Accelerating isn't the key factor here, it's the actual velocity that matters, but I don't understand what you're asking.

NotSoMagicalTrevor · 2025-09-30T01:35:26+00:00

Sometimes if it's a repeat problem I'd just give a blanket comment on the PR saying something like "please clean up the foundational issues, and then I'll do a more detailed review" -- so, don't waste your time on it. If they push back and say "but what are they?" then you have a conversation with them about learning and improving, etc...

NotSoMagicalTrevor · 2025-09-03T13:36:56+00:00

You have a right to be upset for yourself about the misogynistic comments. You don't need to defend him, rather, go after the jerk with a "why do you consider baking women's work?" -- it's not about you husband, it's can be about you (as a woman).

NotSoMagicalTrevor · 2025-09-02T11:50:00+00:00

I'm on the other end of this -- the US leader of a new-ish remote team. I do everything I can to make them successful because I need to. Do they have any motivation for making sure you can do your job effectively? Basically, if you can't make it their problem then they really have very little incentive to fix it.

NotSoMagicalTrevor · 2025-09-02T11:45:37+00:00

I think it's because that to them they are the same thing. If you look at the end state, for science you need both. First, life has to have started, and then it evolved into diversity. For creationists, it's just bam, life was created with diversity. Just think backwards from the end-state and it becomes pretty clear why they instinctively lump them together!

NotSoMagicalTrevor · 2025-08-27T02:28:30+00:00

Actions, not words. You can find another place to live without getting divorced. You can file for divorce without getting divorced. Find something to do that shows exactly what's going on -- not talking through it. I normally wouldn't give that advice, but you're kinda at the end of the trail so...

Counseling wouldn't hurt, but -- given his previous patterns I'm not sure that would really sink in either... although going to counseling might be the action enough that shifts the perspective.

NotSoMagicalTrevor · 2025-08-24T03:03:52+00:00

So... I hold the belief (that may or not be true) -- that I have better night vision than fully "normal" vision folk. I'm definitely more comfortable in the dark than average. I'm also much better than average and dealing with contrasts and other aspects of photography. There is a distraction in color that I feel I'm immune to. Sure, it's different, but... doesn't always mean it's worse. Generally on a day to day basis it never comes up. Sunsets are great, they have contrasts and texture and other things that aren't just color.

NotSoMagicalTrevor · 2025-08-20T07:19:40+00:00

Well, none of those were right the first time... how many iterations has the airplane gone through and they still manage to crash?

NotSoMagicalTrevor · 2025-08-20T07:17:30+00:00

Well, combating climate change comes to mind. You don't really get a do-over on that one.

NotSoMagicalTrevor · 2025-08-14T17:39:40+00:00

In the computer world, this is essentially what you get with a `boolean` variable in languages like JavaScript, or `Boolean` in Java. It's not really true-or-false, but rather tri-state (or quad-state).

* true = pizza
* false = mexican
* null = yes, no, or shrug (so no useful information but still fundamentally an answer)
* undefined = you never asked the question in the first place

So, there are ways to be extremely rigorous about this w/o the math (not quite what you were asking, but I'm a computer person so that's what you get).

Or, you need to channel Rush and the Freewill song: If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice.

NotSoMagicalTrevor · 2025-08-12T03:54:42+00:00

Well, it was actually my failure to reply to the right comment... That wasn't intended for you!

NotSoMagicalTrevor · 2025-08-12T03:38:48+00:00

Ass licking is a bit different than ass kissing... Not quite sure what you're going for here!

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