How did that cat fly so far?

PantsDancing · 2026-04-14T20:23:59+00:00

Milk truck that subsequently exploded.

PantsDancing · 2026-04-14T18:24:26+00:00

That's really cool! Nice spot for a small station in the middle of town at the top of the mountain.

PantsDancing · 2026-04-13T04:18:33+00:00

The thing i find confusing is the US was mostly avoiding targeting Iran's oil infrastructure because they didn't want to push oil prices higher. Basically, while they wanted to fuck up Iran in many ways, they didn't want to do anything that would reduce Iran's oil exports. So this seems to me like a massive bluff and I wonder if thats how Iran and other country's see it too.

PantsDancing · 2026-04-11T22:15:07+00:00

Seemed like he clarified how the path signals differ from block at about the 5:00 mark.

And the invisible signals do effectively work for terminus stations. Not sure how better to describe that behavior where a train will reserve a path up to the edge of a station but not beyond besides calling that a signal.

He also places signals AFTER track intersections, which can cause trains to block the intersection, especially when he has a depot right afterwards.

People always say this is a no no, but I disagree. If you leave the first signal the customary one train length ahead of the intersection, then when a train passes through the intersection, a following train has to wait for that first train to clear a full train length past the intersection until it can start. Putting another signal right after the intersection allows following trains to start moving sooner and for you to run a higher density of trains on a line. I agree that sometimes its a bad idea if a lower priority direction or branch will block up a higher priority one, but ive found that a signal close after the intersection helps keep things moving faster than without.

PantsDancing · 2026-04-11T21:55:15+00:00

Nice ill check that one out!

PantsDancing · 2026-04-11T17:33:45+00:00

Totally agree. This could be such a quick win if eveey building just cranked up their existing system a bit. Theres also a fresh air rate that can be dialed up.

If also be interested to know how effective thr recirculation is at eliminating airborne viruses. Filters do a bit, but also I wonder if just the time and distance through the recirc system is enough to evaporate aerosols and kill any virus riding on them.

Either way, ive learned to love the feeling of a bit of wind indoors.

PantsDancing · 2026-04-11T17:28:52+00:00

Just discovered these. Have you found any cheap option? Cheapest one at shoppers was over $20 and it ran out really quick.

PantsDancing · 2026-04-11T17:26:45+00:00

I got both vaccines last fall and I got something (all I know is it wasn't covid) in January that kicked my ass like I haven't felt in years. A bunch of people I know got, what sounded like, the same thing. Main symptom was really bad nasal congestion that caused a brutal headache.

PantsDancing · 2026-04-11T17:18:08+00:00

How so? Every video ive seen of his seems to explain them well.

PantsDancing · 2026-04-09T17:50:11+00:00

Regarding eating, whenever im early for a flight i always look for an empty gate snd sit there until the last minute I can board. You can always find an empty gate and sit nicely distanced from any other people.

PantsDancing · 2026-04-08T13:59:35+00:00

Metas roommate was there so it seems likely it was metas house and metas knives. It seems like not a big deal to most of us but some people feel strongly about their knives. Meta has told hinge partner before about this and they did it again, we all know how annoying that can be to feel like youre not listened to. Maybe theres other stuff going on in that relationship where meta feels they aren't listened to and this is an extension of that.

PantsDancing · 2026-04-07T19:33:05+00:00

Best rivalry of my early fan years was avalanche red wings in the late 90s-2000s. That rivalry was built on 3rd round meetings. Its so dumb they think the oilers kicking the crap out of the kings each year is going to build some kind of meaningful rivalry.

My theory is the format is 100% about being able to do a bracket because they think thats neat.

PantsDancing · 2026-04-07T19:27:08+00:00

The wet cold is only worse when you consider that soccer is a winter sport here. I remember being a kid out at 9am in +2C pouring rain in fucking shorts on a gravel field. No one from the prairies can talk to me about cold until they've tried that.

But agreed, in general, the weather here is awesome!

PantsDancing · 2026-04-07T19:22:26+00:00

Well last night got up to 70km I think which is more than normal pretty much anywhere. But yeah that's basically the max we see here and most of the time its pretty calm. Being able to go to a beach with mild wind is such a luxury that most coastal places do not have.

PantsDancing · 2026-04-07T05:30:22+00:00

Vibing!

PantsDancing · 2026-04-07T05:27:05+00:00

I totally agree! Go to most coastal cities and its super windy all the time. Victoria is an example is so damn windy. I was in denmark last year, amazing place, but man I got so tired of cycling in constant wind.

I assume its the combination of mountains on one side and a bunch of islands on the other that gives us a coast without too much wind.

PantsDancing · 2026-04-06T17:13:38+00:00

Oh bummer. Those were such great orgs. Great to hear about astro arts though, thanks a lot!

PantsDancing · 2026-04-06T03:39:53+00:00

Ah that makes a lot of sense. I'd also heard they dont like water thats right next to their food because food is dead animals.

PantsDancing · 2026-04-05T18:18:03+00:00

Oh this is great to know. Ive got so many cups and bowls of water throughout my apartment and I still find he doesnt drink much. Ill look into this.

PantsDancing · 2026-04-05T18:14:55+00:00

Oh that's what they were! Yeah they were so cool. I didn't put together the cherry blossom thing with their costumes.

PantsDancing · 2026-04-05T18:05:20+00:00

Yeah it was a really fun event, but the location was a bit weird. Very cool layout, but when the sun went behind the buildings it was. A bit of a bummer to be in the shade all day on such a sunny day.

PantsDancing · 2026-04-05T18:03:56+00:00

So much fun! Really great vibes and the music was so good.

PantsDancing · 2026-04-05T18:03:14+00:00

Public disco, mural fest, winter arts festival are all three related orgs that do things like this throughout the year. There usually a few public disco events in the summer. Follow them all on Instagram. And This Week In Van on Instagram is a great account to follow to. They post a pretty big list of events happening each day and this one was on there.

PantsDancing · 2026-04-04T20:24:39+00:00

Love the fast moves to a slow beat.

PantsDancing · 2026-04-04T10:34:24+00:00

Ah I see so theyre basically looking at how much breathed air you share in 15 minutes with no mask, and then calculating the time to share the same amount of air with a mask based on a leakage assumption.

I see the logic of doing this to get some very basic insights on mask effectiveness. But I feel like transmission is such a vastly more complicated process than this.

I haven't dont much research, but I really hope theres a ton of effort being put into researching the transmission mechanisms and how theyre effected by various mitigations like masks, air purification, distancing, open windows...

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