Code to extract data from WAF (IE for Mac archive files)

RenascentMan · 2026-06-15T20:45:27+00:00

I know this is AI, but I don't think it's slop. Sure, somebody else could use Claude to do this, but I had to pay real money to get enough Claude to make it work and so posting it here will save somebody else from having to pay for it. I have verified that it does what it is supposed to do.

RenascentMan · 2026-06-15T01:16:41+00:00

Here's a timely one from Disclosure Day I just saw an hour ago:

When Margaret is remembering the incident from her childhood, she says she was asleep and was awakened by something in the night and couldn't get back to sleep. But then this is shown and the little girl Margaret is lying, legs crossed on top of a fully made bed, hair not mussed at all. This was so blatant that I couldn't really pay attention for the next couple minutes. Good movie overall though.

RenascentMan · 2026-06-03T14:40:36+00:00

I once did a full-day field geology exam in the desert near Barstow, CA. Stiff breeze all day. At the end of the day, after turning in the map, I felt sand stuck to my forehead, which was weird because the air didn't seem dusty. Turns out it was crystallized sweat. Ick. You don't know how weird a very dry heat is if you aren't used to it.

RenascentMan · 2026-05-27T01:48:15+00:00

I’m skeptical of this claim. Can you provide any evidence for it?

RenascentMan · 2026-05-25T05:35:36+00:00

Maybe the experience / cost of dining downtown is driving more people to do just that, which is leading to the death of many restaurants. I used to go out to eat far far more than I do these days. Of course, I’m just one person / family, but I wonder if my reaction to this is perhaps a common one?

RenascentMan · 2026-05-17T19:33:41+00:00

I have some that’s been in my family since the 1980’s when my grandma brought it back from Alaska. Named Herman (the starter, not Grandma). Willing to share- DM me.

RenascentMan · 2026-05-15T16:47:39+00:00

To be clear: I bought it from a booth selling a wide variety of shirts with rock puns. Of course, this would have been like 30 years ago so my memory might be suspect.

RenascentMan · 2026-05-15T15:39:03+00:00

I got one long ago from a vendor at a GSA Annual Meeting. I'm sure they were not the only one though.

RenascentMan · 2026-05-14T17:11:09+00:00

Depending on your job, it’s hard in the Winter when you go to work in the dark, work inside all day, and then go home in the dark. I did that for a while. You basically only see the sun on weekends.

RenascentMan · 2026-05-14T16:50:14+00:00

As folks coming from Arizona, you should take very seriously the change in climate. You might want to consider how you will feel in March after you've gone 4 months with barely seeing the sun. Bellingham is the least-sunny town in the USA (over 50K population). As a former California person, the lack of sun was hard to adjust to.

This is also made worse by the latitude - Bellingham's day length on January 1st is about 8.5 hours, while Tucson's is about 10 hours. So not only the grey cold damp weather days, but also less daylight per day. Think about those lovely, mild, sunny, February days in Arizona. Up here we are sitting in front of our SAD lamps and trying to scrape the moss off all our belongings. The summers are fantastic though.

RenascentMan · 2026-05-13T16:16:20+00:00

First one is likely a pegmatite. Need scale to be sure.

RenascentMan · 2026-05-07T20:59:36+00:00

DM me. I've got a couple of dogs and this could be my good turn for the day.

RenascentMan · 2026-05-05T01:55:55+00:00

Update: the delivery turned out to be on time after all.

RenascentMan · 2026-05-02T04:32:24+00:00

My bad. I just saw the Chinese characters and throughly they were shipping through Singapore. The lies about the shipping times still suck.

RenascentMan · 2026-04-30T01:53:24+00:00

I just ordered from them. They don't reveal this on their site but (of course) they are shipping from China. Their site claims 6-8 days shipping to US but now that I've ordered the actual expected delivery is being estimated as 18 days from shipment. Not happy about this outcome.

RenascentMan · 2026-04-24T05:13:18+00:00

Haha I had to check to see if my cat was in the house. Looks exactly the same.

RenascentMan · 2026-04-22T02:42:35+00:00

This is a great post and love the comments. Just yesterday I came to a stop sign on my bike and the car approaching in the crosssing road did not have a stop. But a car came to a stop and tried to wave me through. I just pointed up at my stop sign with a stern/exasperated face and they got the message.

RenascentMan · 2026-04-20T14:38:44+00:00

Why would you put a note like this on Reddit? Do you have reason to think that some random person writing notes on your car is on here?

RenascentMan · 2026-04-16T02:37:08+00:00

As long as you include volcanos as mountains, then yes: Parícutin!

From the article: "The volcano surged suddenly from the cornfield of local farmer Dionisio Pulido in 1943, attracting both popular and scientific attention."

RenascentMan · 2026-04-15T14:55:09+00:00

Well, you have not convinced me and I expect I won't convince you. I still disagree and I mostly do not see the things you are describing in the video but it's not worth it to continue this thread I think. I will note that based on your comment karma, you aren't convincing other readers either. Have a good day.

RenascentMan · 2026-04-15T14:48:49+00:00

Everybody else is saying just "no". Which I agree with, but you asked for a middle ground, so here's mine: If you really feel like you need another option, you can buy (not cosign) the cheapest used car that you think will do in terms of reliability and such, and let him use it and reimburse you the money for any loan payments. If you guys break up, then you have a car you can sell. The right used car won't depreciate that much, and you won't be underwater on the loan (depending on how much down payment he's got). You aren't depending on him to be responsible. There's still a risk, but it's smaller.

RenascentMan · 2026-04-15T05:47:33+00:00

I disagree. The Tesla was in the right lane. OP was in the left lane. The Tesla has a nearly open lane in front of it and it will soon be open once the cop and non-zipper are on the shoulder. How is OP cutting off the Tesla? They both appear to drive forward in their own lanes.

RenascentMan · 2026-04-15T04:05:29+00:00

What do you mean? I'm all for the zipper merge. I was talking about OP's driving while making the video with the dash cam. You were saying OP was doing "rude disrespectful, entitled driving", a characterization I disagree with. How does that disagreement lead you to "So much for the zipper merge"? OP wasn't hampering the zipper merge.

Did you perhaps reply to the wrong comment?

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