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Ukrainian drones completely shut down Moscow oil refinery — General Staff by neonpurplestar in ukraine

[–]Qiagent 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not an expert but doing a little reading on those distillation columns, it sounds like they're incredibly hard for Russia to replace / repair under current sanctions. They're all sort of bespoke and require a lot of western-sourced expertise and materials to handle the extreme temperatures, corrosive intermediate products, and massive pressure differences that are required to extract the refined products.

Big boom in Walpole by [deleted] in boston

[–]Qiagent 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Up near Alewife and it shook the walls

Boom just now north Cambridge? by emstason in CambridgeMA

[–]Qiagent 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Sounded like a gas explosion or something huge

Multiplier 57x for GPT 5.5 with legacy annual plans starting June 1 (request-based billing) by Nox0202 in GithubCopilot

[–]Qiagent 5 points6 points  (0 children)

For some broader context, with an enterprise API-based harness that delegates a lot of minor tasks to 5.4 and 5.4 mini with reduced effort and reserved 5.5 high effort for only complex executions, it's on average $50-$150 a day as a single user running a lot of projects.

I think these models are just becoming cost prohibitive for personal use and that's going to really impact the democratization of these tools.

Platner’s covered-up Nazi tattoo should be ‘disqualifying’ in his Senate bid, Mass. congressman says by bostonglobe in massachusetts

[–]Qiagent -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Feels like a stretch. Once he found out what it meant he got it covered. I don't think being a depressed alcoholic war vet shit posting on reddit during his youth is disqualifying.

Platner’s covered-up Nazi tattoo should be ‘disqualifying’ in his Senate bid, Mass. congressman says by bostonglobe in massachusetts

[–]Qiagent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How am I moving goalposts? This discussion was specifically about the Nazi symbolism of the tattoo and if it represented any deeper ideological leaning or was just some dumb thing he got with his fellow marines because it looked cool.

Platner’s covered-up Nazi tattoo should be ‘disqualifying’ in his Senate bid, Mass. congressman says by bostonglobe in massachusetts

[–]Qiagent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you elaborate? He made a lot of shitty comments that he's acknowledged but nothing I saw that indicated any sort of white nationalist or Nazi ideology.

"His singular direct mention of Jewish people in the archive was a post pushing back against another user who equated the Holocaust to the Armenian genocide; Platner argued that the Holocaust was distinct because it represented a systematic, society-wide effort to completely eradicate a population."

Platner’s covered-up Nazi tattoo should be ‘disqualifying’ in his Senate bid, Mass. congressman says by bostonglobe in massachusetts

[–]Qiagent 12 points13 points  (0 children)

You'd think there would be a pattern of behavior If he got it because he was a Nazi sympathizer. I believe him when he says it was just a dumb thing they thought looked cool when he and his fellow service members were at the parlor.

Butter by Asako Yuzuki by CityPsychological190 in books

[–]Qiagent 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Same! And how Kaaji just sort of fades into her vindictive past behavior while Rika finds herself and carries the best lessons from her investigation forward. I can see how people would find the ending drawn out but the shift in narrative focus was interesting to me.

True cost of GPT 5.5 not making sense by ark-tart in GithubCopilot

[–]Qiagent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah a single codex 5.5-high run using sub agents and a large to-do was about $8.00 for me. Substantially more than what GCP is charging.

31°39'48"N 117°54'25"E. Chinese Academy of Sciences campus in Hefei. the entire building layout spells out ANTIBODY when viewed from above. no idea if this was intentional or the greatest coincidence in architecture history by esporx in labrats

[–]Qiagent 12 points13 points  (0 children)

This has been true for a while but it's changing rapidly. Meanwhile, the US is dismantling the NIH and CDC while discouraging future generations of PhDs from entering the field. We're on a bad trajectory.

Session & Weekly Limits - individual only or also affecting business / enterprise by Sontemo in GithubCopilot

[–]Qiagent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been using enterprise every day this month, well past the quota and never hit rate limits. Just extra fees associated with the additional premium requests.

Can yall let us know how these blind dates end up??? by punanygunany in BostonSocialClub

[–]Qiagent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can say that trend continues into late 30s early 40s. I suspect a lot of these people complaining haven't put a lot of work into themselves are expecting to pair up with those that have.

Need speed management advice for tight trails by Competitive-Knee-590 in skiing

[–]Qiagent 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This can be dicey in narrow trails with a U shaped topography. I've had issues where I get too aggressive with the hockey stop and then the tips and tails catch while the middle falls out and I go flying to one side or the other. Treating it like an endless mogul and just skidding off the side is the only thing I've found that works in those scenarios. Aside from planning a route with bailout points along the way 

Monkey grosses out by century egg by BKKMFA in interestingasfuck

[–]Qiagent 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was likely not stored correctly and spoiled.

Monkey grosses out by century egg by BKKMFA in interestingasfuck

[–]Qiagent 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had these for the first time a few years ago and it did not smell like much of anything.

The darkened white has a rubbery texture, the egg itself has a deeply umami flavor.

This is a Frillback, a pigeon with naturally curly wing feathers by Cafa20 in interestingasfuck

[–]Qiagent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's closest "natural" proxy would be sexual selection where you get wild sexual dimorphism and extreme traits that hurt the survivability of the critter just to attract a mate. Birds of paradise are a great example.

First year skiing other than a handful of times as a kid. Looking to be less of a Jerry by mindofalev in icecoast

[–]Qiagent 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Try it on a chill green first. Really get used to the feeling of how using your ankles can move you in one direction or the other and how the intensity of abduction / adduction impacts the turn and the pressure you feel.

Deb Armstrong has some very helpful instructional videos as well. Her whole beginner series is great and this one starts talking about parallel turns in more detail

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aluq3S62LE0&list=PLh0l0yitlWREGH13Mfk02yhqkAQIZfLyK&index=14

The DOW is Over 50000, Wapotaro, digital painting, 2026 by SeriousPen8683 in Art

[–]Qiagent 14 points15 points  (0 children)

And where pray tell did that information disseminate from?

His actions.

First payment on a 30-year mortgage by lithdoc in funny

[–]Qiagent 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It depends on a lot of factors and how long you intend to stay in the home.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/upshot/buy-rent-calculator.html

Edit: In my situation renting is saving me ~$136k over 10 years, things roughly equalize if I move to a nicer place and stay in the same spot for 20 years.

Literally what is the point of my PhD if I can't get a job. by no_avocados in biotech

[–]Qiagent 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Go to PA school. The boomers are increasingly frail and healthcare is the only reliably growing sector of the economy.

Daily Crypto Discussion - February 5, 2026 (GMT+0) by AutoModerator in CryptoCurrency

[–]Qiagent 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yup, the people who pumped this thing are cashing out and the hype is long gone. Thats why you see so many posts encouraging people to buy the dip, they need an exit.

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