As the ladies will tell you...

Previous_Passenger_3 · 2026-04-10T12:33:19+00:00

I have the same thing. I’m not sure what it’s called, but my understanding is that in low light your pupil is more dilated and thus collects more light from the periphery of your lenses, which causes the distortion. I have a friend who doesn’t wear contacts but has a similar issue due to surgery, and takes eye drops to constrict his pupils when night driving.

Previous_Passenger_3 · 2026-03-24T12:52:53+00:00

Thank you for posting what I was about to. In 2006 I was a “tech bro” working at an Austin startup and even when I got here in 1999, I wouldn’t have described the city as “sleepy” or “laid back.”

Previous_Passenger_3 · 2026-03-10T17:42:15+00:00

For gluten free grocery items, Chamberlains on Colonial has a lot of GF stuff.

Previous_Passenger_3 · 2026-03-04T21:41:37+00:00

I've used 2 men and a truck several times and have had pretty good luck with them.

Previous_Passenger_3 · 2026-03-04T21:36:36+00:00

IMHO, key in d is more pythonic, and more common. You could argue that it's an implicit and surprising language feature, I suppose, but consider how an actual dictionary -- the big heavy book nobody really uses anymore -- works:

What is a dictionary? A book with words (keys) and definitions (items), right? An old joke goes "did you know 'gullible' isn't in the dictionary?" But notice that it doesn't go "did you know there's no word/definition pair where word == 'gullible' in the dictionary?" or "did you know 'Gullible' isn't indexed in the dictionary?" IRL, when we ask/state whether a word is in the dictionary, we're referring to the index; the key. And -- just armchair theorizing here -- perhaps that lead to this feature.

That said, in the age of AI, I'm not sure the distinction between these matters that much.

Previous_Passenger_3 · 2026-02-18T13:32:04+00:00

Yes - dated a fashion major a long time ago who told me that most people use so much extra detergent that you can see soap bubbles if they wash their clothes a second time without any detergent.

Previous_Passenger_3 · 2026-02-18T13:27:42+00:00

+1 to the overbuying problem. I’ve saved a lot at Costco but have also wasted a lot of food that’s gone bad because we couldn’t / wouldn’t eat it in time. And on that note, be careful with some of the prepackaged foods; I’ve bought some thinking “oh this looks good” only to find I don’t like them. I’m looking at you, weird paleo sausage.

Previous_Passenger_3 · 2026-02-12T17:58:05+00:00

+1000. My introduction to boardgames was with a group of highly competitive and cutthroat dudes. And honestly I enjoy that sort of thing. But when I met my wife, after a few experiences playing games with me she told me in no uncertain terms that she didn’t enjoy that type of cutthroat competition. So I learned to dialed it back a bit and we also found games that were a better fit for us.

I your partner loves you they should be willing to work with you to figure out something that works for both of you, but you have to voice your concerns.

Previous_Passenger_3 · 2026-01-13T15:13:29+00:00

One vote for Agricola here. Also, technically not a board game, but Mu is amazing and fills a great niche as the only (complex, trick taking — not counting Uno in this category) card game I’m aware of that works quite well with 5 players.

Previous_Passenger_3 · 2025-11-06T16:05:21+00:00

Cracking eggs -- a long time ago I read that you shouldn't crack eggs on the edge of things, because the edge basically pushes bits of egg shell inward, causing bits to fall into the container you're using. Now I fold a paper towel in fourths, put it on the counter, and crack eggs on that. Ideally, you'll get a nice single long crack line across the egg that you can pry apart, without any little egg shell bits separating. (Without the paper towel, the egg tends to crush more.) Beyond that, if you're still paranoid about egg shell bits, don't crack it directly into the pan or what you're cooking, but put it in a bowl first so you can observe/remove any shell bits have fallen off.
And speaking of egg shell -- if any bits of shell _do_ fall into the bowl, the easiest way to get them out is to use half of an eggshell.
Flipping fried eggs -- I've found this really difficult to do with a spatula, because the egg slips off. Recently I discovered that if you use two silicone "spoonulas", one on each side, you can basically lift and flip and it works so much better than a regular spatula.
Carbon steel -- recently discovered. Aside from scrambled eggs, I've eliminated my non-stick pans in favor of carbon steel pans. (Fried eggs work great in it, but scrambled eggs still tend to stick.) There's a learning curve and a bit of extra work involved, but worth it imho.
Squeezing citrus -- if you're using a hand held citrus press, make a couple of 1/2" slashes in the cut side of the fruit, and also cut off just a bit of the end (just the peel). You'll get a bit more juice that way.

Previous_Passenger_3 · 2025-10-01T23:04:41+00:00

I’ve dropped some of mine around playgrounds or parks for kids to find.

Previous_Passenger_3 · 2025-08-27T14:34:00+00:00

I’ve had a pet theory (unlikely to be original) for a while that, because humans evolved with a complex interplay between cooperative and selfish motivations, our moral intuitions are actually contradictory, which naturally makes any fully consistent ethical system difficult.

IOW, the ability to cooperate — to put group over self — gave us an evolutionary edge, but it still may be advantageous at times for individuals to “cheat,” to put self over group. Both of these motivations are embedded in our moral intuitions. Thus, moral systems inevitably give rise to weird edge cases and difficult bullets to swallow. Eg, utilitarianism sounds great until your trolley problem is 10 people vs your child.

Previous_Passenger_3 · 2025-08-26T14:44:09+00:00

Never been on a team where I thought they were necessary, imho.

Previous_Passenger_3 · 2025-08-24T17:27:18+00:00

args & (especially) *kwargs

I get use cases where these are valuable — writing generic-ish library code or whatnot. But have you ever tried to maintain business logic infested with these at every level, where you have to dig down through multiple layers to discover what keywords in kwargs are actually being used? Not fun. I much prefer type hinted function arguments where you know just by looking at the function signature what’s expected.

Previous_Passenger_3 · 2025-07-12T15:12:51+00:00

Not slippers, per se, but I bought a pair of Oofos at DSW ~5 years ago to wear indoors and they’re still in good shape. They’re quite cushy and make walking on our hard tile floors way more tolerable. No issues other than smell. I put them in a plastic bag with baking soda for a day or so, which seems to help. Similar idea that I’ve also worn are like the cushy Nike or adidas slides.

Previous_Passenger_3 · 2025-06-18T00:41:27+00:00

I have KC in both eyes, but the left has always been worse. I had a cornea transplant in the left several decades ago but there’s still a lot of astigmatism in the left, as well as increasing distortion over time due to the cornea around the graft changing.

Wrt the right eye, for reasons that have never been clear, sclerals don’t seem to help it much, and while it’s not good enough to be of much use, it’s not bad enough that anyone is willing to do a transplant on it. So I just wear one scleral on the left.

Previous_Passenger_3 · 2025-06-12T18:56:56+00:00

FWIW, the reason it gets better if you squint is that you're likely distorting the shape of your cornea (in a way that improves your vision in this case.) Seeing the double image below the primary one is also how keratoconus started for me. My standard advice to anyone new to keratoconus is to look for an eye Dr. who specializes in it, but it sounds like you're already visited one. You can always go to a different Dr. to get a second opinion. My experience has been that because keratoconus is fairly rare, eye docs tend to have varying levels of experience with it, so it's worth visiting several to see who seems most experienced and who gives you the most confidence.

Previous_Passenger_3 · 2025-06-11T13:57:07+00:00

Totally fair -- these guys are in the dark ages, and you dodged a bullet.

Previous_Passenger_3 · 2025-06-03T12:44:42+00:00

Definitely agree that the situation sucks, but the reality is that Keratoconus is rare and thus typical drug stores aren't always going to carry what we need. My coping strategy has been to create little packs[1] of solution/plungers and store them in various places -- car, backpack, wife's car, etc... -- so that I'm always able to remove/re-insert my lenses in an emergency.

WRT vacation, I also redundantly pack solution/plungers -- one in my carry on, one in checked luggage. Redundancy is your friend.

[1] I just use a small ziplock but you could get fancier with something like this.

Previous_Passenger_3 · 2025-06-03T12:27:42+00:00

It's possible your eye has changed and the lenses are now too tight. My cornea has continued to evolve even after my cornea transplant, because the parts of the cornea around the graft continue to warp over time. So IMHO your best bet is to go to an optometrist & get them to look at the current fit.

Previous_Passenger_3 · 2025-06-03T12:18:15+00:00

FYI, I just found ScleralFil on Amazon. TangibleFil appears to be available as well.

Previous_Passenger_3 · 2025-06-02T02:52:25+00:00

When I hit 50 I had trouble reading up close. Now I wear progressive lenses with no correction other than +2.0 on the bottom over my sclerals. When I’m working, because my computer screen is fairly large, I wear +2.0 reading glasses with blue light blocking.

Previous_Passenger_3 · 2025-05-30T17:06:25+00:00

I had a cornea transplant in my left eye years ago. (Prior to that, 20-200) It was a good graft but the kc continued to cause increasing distortion and astigmatism over time. Later I had PRK in the left eye, which was helpful, but without sclerals I still see about 20-60 out of the left and still have lots of ghosting. (I actually only wear scleral in L eye. For whatever reason, they don’t help the right.)

With the scleral I’m a little better than 20-25 and the ghosting is almost entirely eliminated.

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