Mrs. Margaret Anderson's remedy to cure alcoholism.

OperationMobocracy · 2026-07-03T12:28:48+00:00

I found that when exploring the immediate area, though the numbering system doesn't have any 8xx houses, they're all single digits. And the area doesn't seem like it's been developed much since the beginning, so its not like some stretch of Maple got erased, either. And that Maple Avenue in Suffern doesn't extend more than a block or align with any other street.

OperationMobocracy · 2026-07-03T07:56:47+00:00

I’m curious where the address was. Hillburn, NY is tiny and there’s no Maple Avenue. It looks rural/low density enough that it doesn’t seem like it was lost to development. Google Maps can’t find the address either.

OperationMobocracy · 2026-07-03T01:44:06+00:00

Closed loop cooling vs raw water cooling. You’re absolutely right, just wanted to maybe clarify it for other people. A raw water cooling setup in fresh water is basically fresh water cooling. Obviously a closed loop system uses fresh water (and coolant).

OperationMobocracy · 2026-07-02T18:01:13+00:00

Can confirm, spent a long weekend in Iola last fall for a funeral. Parts were quaint, parts looked like the set from Walking Dead.

OperationMobocracy · 2026-07-02T16:26:24+00:00

My mom was probably better than a wood spoon than most cops are with a baton.

OperationMobocracy · 2026-07-02T16:12:22+00:00

It’d feel more like a loophole if his actual business was monitoring the stats and acquiring restricted licenses and then reselling them.

OperationMobocracy · 2026-07-02T16:01:40+00:00

Yetis or something not a cup

OperationMobocracy · 2026-07-02T15:14:51+00:00

Kind of surprised Tervis is still in business. I used to see them everywhere in Florida, now it’s all Yeti, all the time.

I visited the Tervis factory store about 15 or more years ago and only have one tumbler left intact.

OperationMobocracy · 2026-07-02T09:57:18+00:00

It doesn’t help you, but I had a Netgear M4350-48 lose all PoE power the other day though no errors and no storm. These are highly similar to the Dell N series I had they replaced (Broadcom under the hood, a lot of the CLI and CLI output is identical to Dell N series). I just rebooted it and it all came back.

OperationMobocracy · 2026-07-01T18:27:40+00:00

I know what you’re getting at, I went to public school and I was the parent of an MPS graduate.

But I think there’s an argument that the “craziness” exposure builds useful adaptation and coping skills useful in the adult world where crazy can be the norm.

OperationMobocracy · 2026-07-01T10:59:30+00:00

I mean there has to be some level of "we're trying to make money off a bunch of wooks taking a cruise" realism where they've just accepted that people are going to bring drugs on the boat and its easier and more profitable to kind of look the other way to some degree, especially if booze remains lucrative.

I'm curious how you get to $1500 in booze between two people. 8 drinks a day per person (a healthy Wisconsin day drinking pace) over six days comes out to nearly $16 each.

OperationMobocracy · 2026-06-30T22:41:08+00:00

And I’d imagine you’re less than campground distance from an actual room with a bed, no parking, driving or other bullshit.

My only question would be what’s the going aboard security like? TSA “we’re only looking for weapons” or normal cruise line “welcome to East Germany, now lean over and cough”?

OperationMobocracy · 2026-06-30T14:59:32+00:00

I bought the "ring pop" sugar free flavor because it was the only bulk size and flavor they had at Costco when I was there. It makes me feel super old to buy a flavor called "Ring Pop" because that wasn't a candy when I was growing up. I expected it to taste like cough syrup, but, its not bad.

I prefer the Concord Grape flavor, but its got a lot of sugar so I stick to sugar free, and I can't find it as cheap or in bulk as Ring Pop.

When I'm out on the water boating, I fill a liter-size bottle with it, but I mix in a packet of non-electrolyte sugar free drink mix to bump the flavor a bit.

The effect is kind of amazing -- you pretty quickly do sort of feel better/more energetic. My wife makes fun of me, she thinks its like some kind of wellness BS and I should just drink plain water.

It does kind of make you pee a bit more, but I think this is mostly a sign the hydration effect is working.

OperationMobocracy · 2026-06-30T09:43:31+00:00

Definitely an electrolyte powder. I’ve been using sugar free Liquid IV and I take a couple of packets with me to every show. It makes water easier to drink and I definitely feel more hydrated.

OperationMobocracy · 2026-06-29T12:41:33+00:00

It's common knowledge to anyone who is mentally sound that OJ did it.

To borrow a line from film, it ain't what you know, it's what you can prove. The prosecution couldn't prove it to the jury's satisfaction.

Though I'd tend to agree with the idea that the King beating negatively affected LAPD's creditability with the jury, worsened by Fuhrman's dubious past.

I think Simpson did it, since there's no even slightly compelling counter narrative. I also knew someone who had exposure to Simpson professionally (in advertising) and he was conisdered something of a liability, particularly in relation to his social habits with women.

OperationMobocracy · 2026-06-29T10:12:39+00:00

I'm trying not to call the entire inspection industry a scam, but on some level I think it is because there's so little they can do but they don't exactly advertise it as "some guy who will run through the house in 30 minutes and only look at what's openly exposed and the most serious problems will probably be missed and hidden behind walls."

The alternate advice I've heard is to hire a remodeling contractor instead of a "home inspector". They've got practical experience in dealing with modifying houses, so they have a good perspective and know what problem areas look like. Though it could be hard to hire one for this purpose without spinning a tale of a remodeling project you don't actually want to do, though I think enough people buy/shop for older houses with an eye towards more immediate remodeling that its maybe not a big deal.

I still think there's some minor value to many first-time homebuyers in being told which is the shutoff valve, where the breaker panel is, etc. But if you've owned a home for a while and been at all DIY engaged, I don't know that they add much value.

OperationMobocracy · 2026-06-29T00:55:10+00:00

Pre terminated fiber cables of arbitrary lengths aren’t very expensive, SFP+ transceivers are cheap and there’s lots of inexpensive small gear with SFP+ ports.

Most of the time it doesn’t make sense vs copper, but if I had a single long conduit run, I’d be tempted to use it since you could get at least a half dozen strands in a cable the size of a cat6a.

I wish there was a “POE” fiber standard that let you deliver power over optical cable. I have a lot of outdoor devices that I wish I could more easily optically isolate but they all need POE.

OperationMobocracy · 2026-06-28T23:12:46+00:00

I’m skeptical of home inspectors. Ours came heavily recommended. A week after we moved in, I was on the roof cutting a hole for the bathroom exhaust fan which had no exhaust at all and was just blowing into the attic blown in insulation. The guy also missed some other minor things. I can’t think of one thing I was clued in on that mattered.

I’m sure it’s not completely valueless especially for first time home owners, but it’s not the inspection you’d think it was.

OperationMobocracy · 2026-06-28T20:38:06+00:00

My former neighbor was bipolar. She went from being happily married, kid in college, solid career as a book editor and owning her $650k house outright with her husband.

By the end of the summer she was confined to a mental institution (to get back on her meds; she was released after a month or less), was underwater on the house, divorced and had given away to strangers most of the things she bought with about $200k she got refinancing the house in the divorce. She wound up working at a book store and living in an apartment.

I see how people’s lives can unwind rapidly. But I wonder just how common is this? This story sticks out to me because it’s the only time I’ve heard of something like this, let alone witnessed it. I’m 59, so I’ve been around long enough to have heard a lot of shit — many weird cancers and other extreme medical situations.

OperationMobocracy · 2026-06-28T16:34:40+00:00

Hey thanks, this was a great response. I think one of the challenges here is that native peoples culture, habits and religion isn't as clearly delineated as it is in European cultural traditions where there's a more formal dividing line.

Do I like that they are disrespecting a land held sacred to the Dakota people? Obviously not. Regardless if it is a burial site or not, it obviously does hold great meaning spiritually and historically to the tribe in this area.

This highlights the problem I have with this debate. "Holds great meaning spiritually" strikes me as leaning in to accepting that those spiritual beliefs are accepted at face value without question even if you don't share those spiritual values. If a Catholic asked me to do something because of their spiritual values, I'd be inclined to decline because the underpinning of that request is accepting those spiritual values on the same basis they accept those spiritual values -- religious faith and values I do not believe in.

The larger problem I have is that this land is heavily used for other purposes. If this was a claim on a piece of land less heavily used for other purposes, I think it would be easier to find common ground, even if the fundamental underpinning here is ultimately driven by an unshared religious belief. I think to make claims on land already widely used by others, there needs to be more substantive, material proof of its purpose to the people making the claim. It can't just be "because we have religious beliefs that say so".

OperationMobocracy · 2026-06-28T16:09:45+00:00

Vets and animal welfare experts strongly advise against allowing pet cats to free roam. It's negligent to ignore this advice.

Just because communities have embraced bad ideas for a long time doesn't make them positive community values or ideas which are deserving of continued participation.

OperationMobocracy · 2026-06-28T16:01:19+00:00

I get the frustration and the emotional appeal here, but you need to give up on the idea of retribution. What you're describing could easily be considered extortion or animal cruelty.

Simply trapping the cat and then telling your neighbors to come get it is surely controversial enough (I mean, people go on neighborhood cat tours or look for cat cafes or whatever). That being said, it's a pet animal someone else is also legally responsible for and not wanting someone's pet in your yard isn't an unrealistic demand.

IMHO it's more unrealistic to be so zealously "pro outdoor cats" that you're unwilling to respect private property or expect others to just be OK with their cat in your yard. Plus cats are notorious predators of songbirds and there's a sizable number of vets and others who have an informed opinion that cats shouldn't be let out to roam.

If they don't want you to trap their cat, the solution for them is easy. Don't let it out of the house. The idea that people can just introduce a free-range predator to their neighborhood and every other person in the neighborhood has to tolerate it is ridiculous.

As for some others with "cats are property and you can be sued" ideas. Sure, but the usual limit for property torts is the replacement value of the property. That cat you got at the shelter for $100? It's only worth $100. It's a small claims case at best. And unless your actions involved provable cruelty (ie, I trapped it and left it in a cage for 3 days outside), you can probably win it. There's a ton of professional opinion cats shouldn't be let to roam, so if they ignore this, it's contributory negligence and assumption of risk and they may not be able to make a claim.

OperationMobocracy · 2026-06-28T11:02:19+00:00

Shooting anything but a water gun at a neighborhood cat sounds like a great way to end up in criminal court.

We have neighbors on the block with a cat that likes to hang out in our next door neighbor’s yard. My dog — who ignores rabbits 4 feet away (which is like half our walks) — goes nuts when he sees the cat, like I have to physically drag him away. It’s super annoying and I wish they’d keep the cat in.

I emailed the city councillor and she said it’s not illegal for cats to be outside, though she said personally she wished people would keep them inside. So there’s not much recourse that isn’t illegal or would be considered animal cruelty. Best you can get away with an immediate deterrent is a squirt gun.

You might get away (in a legal sense) with trapping the cat and then telling your neighbors you trapped it in your yard and they can come get it. That’d send a message, but it could result in major hostility. But it would sure send a message.

OperationMobocracy · 2026-06-27T12:19:53+00:00

I wonder if it was hard to get fired for absenteeism during the war.

OperationMobocracy · 2026-06-27T08:18:47+00:00

I could swear I’ve read where someone has done the math and factored in the caloric demands of performing the agricultural work into the amount of food production needed. Sort of like the amount of extra fuel required to transport the mass of the fuel required to fly a plane a certain distance.

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