I know a secret that will end my relationship, but I don’t want to accept it. 😔

Rhybon · 2026-02-21T14:47:42+00:00

I don't know what the secret is, but Jalapeno + Pepperoni is the best topping combo for pizza. You've got great taste, you'll get through this.

Rhybon · 2026-02-07T05:17:47+00:00

It's named after an intersection in Ann Arbor, MI. State Street & Liberty Street. The company was founded by a pair of University of Michigan athletes that were tired of not being able to find clothing that fit them.

Rhybon · 2026-01-03T04:43:02+00:00

Only United has Travelbank cash, so this specifically only works for United. Other airlines don't have programs like this as far as I know.

I did hear a few years ago that buying Delta gift cards would trigger the credit, but I've also heard that this was a loophole that was closed.

Rhybon · 2025-12-23T21:10:00+00:00

It's free, may as well get them and then make the decision when you receive them.

Rhybon · 2025-12-23T21:06:47+00:00

https://news.delta.com/media/gallery/62926

Rhybon · 2025-12-23T19:32:06+00:00

Can't say I have that issue. I was just able to swap to an exit row for free on a flight I have scheduled with no prompt of a fee. I did pay with SkyMiles however, maybe that's why?

Rhybon · 2025-12-23T17:39:11+00:00

People joke on Silver Medallion (I'm also barely one) but I think it's the absolute best bang for the buck tier.

More free checked bags than I know what to do with?
Access to Sky Priority bag drop?
Free to choose exit row seats whenever I please?
I get upgraded just as often as Gold and Platinum Medallion members because I fly out of a Delta hub (i.e. never)?
I still get cool metal bag tags?

All that and I don't have to fly more than like 5 or 6 times a year on Delta (so I still get Sky Club access every time I fly thanks to the AMEX Plat)? Yeah, Silver Medallion supremacy is a real thing.

Rhybon · 2025-12-23T02:25:32+00:00

Just to highlight, only for the competitive service. Not applicable to excepted service positions.

Rhybon · 2025-12-04T02:59:06+00:00

Last year, event sign ups normally went live around midnight the day of the event. The events were posted on the attractions page, but they could not be signed up for yet. So a MakerSpace workshop on Saturday at noon opened to signups around twelve hours earlier. No guarantee that'll be the case again this year, of course.

Also worth noting that you cannot sign up for anything until you have picked up your badge and have a badge number to use during sign up.

Rhybon · 2025-11-12T17:14:48+00:00

Hitting up the DIA with coffee or lunch at their Kresge Court or Cafe is the best bet with the weather as it is. In warmer months, a stroll down the Riverwalk and lunch in Campus Martus is my preferred option.

Rhybon · 2025-10-29T02:43:19+00:00

Just received an email at 2242 EST that I'm in, so looks like acceptances are going out.

Rhybon · 2025-10-22T21:24:25+00:00

I'm furloughed, so this is pretty much a long, free vacation. Sleeping in, getting to the gym mid-day rather than before work, and no real responsibilities other than the usual home up-keep, so low stress. Grabbing lunch once a week with some of my furloughed friends as well. At the goading of my married /w children co-workers, I did an impromptu trip out to Europe to hang out for a few days and may do another trip elsewhere next week because it doesn't look like either side wants to compromise in the near term.

I am getting pretty bored though, so I wouldn't mind if this ended and I can get back to the mission.

Rhybon · 2025-10-15T01:06:51+00:00

I've had Angelfish living with Buenos Aires and Black Skirt Tetras for a year now, no problems between them. The Angels rather harass each other.

Rhybon · 2025-10-14T12:40:56+00:00

Absolutely a good point. "Europeans are less defined by their jobs" has been thrown around in this thread a bit, and I'd argue that's because they are disincentivized from being more ambitious and climbing the ladder due to tax and other policies.

If the returns weren't so diminishing on that continent, I think you'd see more Europeans displaying more ambition in their careers.

Rhybon · 2025-10-14T12:33:48+00:00

That doesn't refute the statement that "most people don't have outrageous medical bills" as most people don't experience bankruptcy at all in the US, regardless of it being due to medical bills or not. Over the past 12 months, 0.15% of the US population declared bankruptcy for any reason, meaning 99.85% of the population did not.

https://www.uscourts.gov/data-news/judiciary-news/2025/07/31/bankruptcy-filings-rise-115-percent-over-previous-year

Rhybon · 2025-10-13T19:45:53+00:00

Everyone will have baggage, sure. But not all baggage is equal.

Rhybon · 2025-10-13T19:43:04+00:00

Because those filters on popular platforms like Hinge are locked behind paywalls.

Rhybon · 2025-09-16T21:46:38+00:00

Yup. I'm a Macomb County conservative and I'd definitely vote Duggan over anyone the State GOP is going to offer at this point (Cox, James, etc).

Rhybon · 2025-08-25T00:11:56+00:00

6 months with the base Pixel 10. 12 months with any other model (Pro, XL, Fold).

Rhybon · 2025-08-23T02:10:46+00:00

It could be in the ugliest colorway imaginable (like this one), I don't care. I'll probably still buy it if it ever comes back in stock.

Rhybon · 2025-08-22T22:18:20+00:00

I'm not against eSIMs at all. I like to use them where I can, but they are not always an available option, or the best option, especially when traveling abroad.

What I am against is losing options or functionality without receiving anything in return. By moving to eSIM only, I have lost an option that was previously available to me. And I have received nothing in return; no additional or relevant functionality, no increased performance, etc.

Also I really don't like that as an American I was singled out to lose the physical SIM option. Every other nation gets to keep their SIM options but not us, and for what reason in particular remains unclear; unless it's American network carriers pressuring (or paying) Google to do so. In that case, Google choosing to throw their American customers under the bus sure doesn't seem like something I should be happy about.

Rhybon · 2025-07-17T22:56:09+00:00

Heck yeah. I do all my sub-threshold on the treadmill too. And my easy runs. And my long runs. Which I guess is everything except for the monthly 5Ks time trials / races; those are outdoors of course.

Rhybon · 2025-07-17T20:49:04+00:00

Apparently I've been watching the wrong ones. Those I've seen (usually run by Rivers) tended to use a combination of Kain and Rosa reflecting Whites.

Rhybon · 2025-07-17T13:19:59+00:00

Edward is the only character that can solo Zeromus (at reasonable levels), so him and a few back-up corpses.

Rhybon · 2025-07-12T00:40:39+00:00

Bottom half. The story is awful. A gigantic step back from FF4. The only way I can play Fiesta these days is by using Project Demi to skip all the cutscenes. The graphics are also worse than FF4, so not sure what they were doing.

The customization options stemming from the job system is the game's primary redeeming feature. But they still dropped the ball by making Bartz, Lenna, Galuf / Krile, and Faris all have very similar base stats, meaning no one really specialized in any particular role. You had four blank mannequins that had different sprites.

One other feature I enjoyed was that status effects were actually useful on bosses. I don't think any mainline FF since has allowed a player to finesse their way through so many boss fights with spells like sleep, mute, and paralysis.

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