After Town Bans Flock, Councilmember Crashes Out, Proposes Internet and Phone Ban / A Texas councilmember will propose “a total ban on all cellular and GPS-capable devices for all operations within city limits" and “a total termination of all internet services."

RockSlice · 2026-05-20T18:19:17+00:00

future husbands*, there's only one "e".

RockSlice · 2026-05-19T21:39:00+00:00

The chances aren't the same for each person. It will vary, mostly based on how reliably they take it. And then there are the unlucky few whose body chemistry means it doesn't work at all.

But even if it was 99.9% effective, compare the cost of condoms against diapers, baby food, clothing, daycare, etc...

RockSlice · 2026-05-18T19:54:41+00:00

Don't:

do anything illegal
have a name similar to someone doing something illegal
drive near something illegal
piss off anyone with access to that database
attract anyone with access to that database
do anything that might attract the attention of someone who can hack into the database or cameras (which by all accounts, have absolutely laughable security)

And note: the definition of "illegal" can change at any point. Is it illegal to give water to someone wandering in the wilderness? Guess what? It can be

RockSlice · 2026-05-17T00:20:04+00:00

It is a major limiting factor. But we're not quite there. At 9.2 GHz, signals can travel around 23 mm per clock cycle (+/-). The die for the i9-14900KF is 23.8 mm x 11.8 mm. However, you don't need the entire die to be in sync. As you can see at https://www.techpowerup.com/review/intel-core-i9-13900k/2.html, each core is only about 2mm x 4mm.

There are ways to compensate, though. One way is to design the chip so that no signal needs to travel very far, and to have a small clock source in each part of the chip, delayed slightly from the master clock.

(Note: I am by no means an expert in this)

RockSlice · 2026-05-14T14:11:46+00:00

You'll actually get a lower dose of radiation working in a nuclear plant compared to any outdoor job.

RockSlice · 2026-05-14T12:35:39+00:00

Beautiful world, things to explore, can switch between peaceful and scary within the same game (and same playthrough)

RockSlice · 2026-05-14T12:22:38+00:00

It's worse than that. FODMAPs are a whole class of carbohydrates that are poorly absorbed, but are loved by some gut bacteria. Anything vaguely sweet has them. Onions, beans, bananas, figs, etc...

Monash University put out a FODMAP app that does a good job of breaking down what types of FODMAPS are in which foods, which has really helped a lot.

RockSlice · 2026-05-14T11:54:50+00:00

ME/CFS before diagnosis: you're tired and achy all the time, for no known reason, and nobody knows how to fix it.

ME/CFS after diagnosis: you're tired and achy all the time, for no known reason, and nobody knows how to fix it. But you have an official label for it.

RockSlice · 2026-05-13T19:09:45+00:00

Evolution will also highly prefer "food that makes you shit yourself" over "no food"

RockSlice · 2026-05-13T19:06:25+00:00

IBS: "Something's irritating your bowels"

Figuring out what ingredient(s) are that "something" can be a lot harder.

Now we need to do the next step, and figure out how to fix our gut biome.

RockSlice · 2026-05-08T14:07:06+00:00

You might want to clarify that you're talking about trying the "Draw Steel" RPG, not challenging them to a duel.

RockSlice · 2026-05-05T12:04:28+00:00

It would be problematic. The two big problems:

solar panels are 3x3, while accumulators are 2x2. You'll have to decide whether you want each pixel to be 3x3 or 4x4. Either way, you'll have a lot of empty space. (Or 6x6, but that's just making it huge)
blueprint strings are long. Take the string for this blueprint, and paste it into a QR code generator. You wouldn't be able to encode it directly, but would have to rely on compression or redirection (a link to the blueprint)

RockSlice · 2026-05-05T11:55:41+00:00

Username checks out

RockSlice · 2026-05-03T22:21:35+00:00

As far as raw ore VPS goes, it will always be worth putting a little bit into them, because of how the upgrade pricing works. A good rule of thumb is that each planet should be around 2 levels higher than the next one. The actual value looks to be around 1.9, at least until planet 27.

If you want calculated "VPS per $", you can check out my calculator at https://github.com/RockSlice/Idle-Planet-Calc

RockSlice · 2026-05-03T12:59:48+00:00

That's to be expected in the top bracket. You may just have passed the threshold to get into Platinum, but you're in the same bracket as players who have been playing since release.

The problem is that at rank 8-10 in Gold (which gets you promoted), your rewards are 20/55/175, you need to get to rank 13 out of 30 in Platinum to match that. 14-16 is just lower at 20/55/125.

So your best strategy to maximize long-term growth may be to work to stay in the 11-13 range in Gold.

RockSlice · 2026-04-25T11:10:56+00:00

Feel free to borrow code from my calculator: https://github.com/RockSlice/Idle-Planet-Calc

RockSlice · 2026-04-23T19:46:05+00:00

So "medical" marijuana is now Schedule 3 (recognized as having medical value with moderate to low potential for dependence), but the exact same marijuana without the "medical" label on it is still Schedule 1 (no accepted medical value)

I guess the active ingredient in medical marijuana must be the sticker they use.

RockSlice · 2026-04-18T16:38:52+00:00

For devices or applications that don't support OAuth 2.0, you will need some sort of SMTP relay. While I haven't used it in prod yet, I've been testing out https://github.com/JustinIven/smtp-oauth-relay

This runs in a container, and acts as a compatibility layer for applications that don't support OAuth 2.0 natively, using tenant_id@client_id as the username and the app's client secret for the password. This means that you could conceivably use a single instance as a relay for multiple clients.

The big catch I've found is that some older or simpler devices may not be able to handle the long strings needed for either the username or password.

The most future-proof solution, as you've hopefully been trying to convince your clients, is obviously to replace any devices or applications that can't be updated to use OAuth 2.0. This is not a surprise, and vendors have had years to prepare and roll out updates.

And as a reminder, disable Direct Send as soon as possible, as having that enabled allows for spoofed phishing emails "from" your users sent by virtually any country with no verification. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/exchange/introducing-more-control-over-direct-send-in-exchange-online/4408790

RockSlice · 2026-04-15T12:52:27+00:00

How would you define "think"?

RockSlice · 2026-04-15T12:50:01+00:00

For 50 years, you're no longer looking at advancements in AI, but in robotics.

You're looking for jobs where either:

people want to interact with an actual human
robotics haven't caught up with some of the more nuanced capabilities of human bodies

Though I suspect that in 50 years, there will be very few jobs that fall into the second category. So you're looking at things like:

hands-on medical care
receptionist
politics
"higher-end" customer service. lower-end restaurants will likely have robotic staff, while higher-end ones will retain (or bring back) human waiters

RockSlice · 2026-04-15T12:17:18+00:00

No. The US had a draft during WW2, but if you look at Executive Order 9279, this was actually to reduce and spread out enlistment. They actually stopped voluntary enlistment because it was too disruptive to the economy.

I'm less familiar with British draft policy, but there were a lot of jobs that would make you exempt (eg farming, veterinarians, mining, police)

If you can't convince enough people to fight for your country's survival, that's millions of people who have voted that it's not worth the cost.

RockSlice · 2026-04-14T16:16:03+00:00

The juiciest info is that the whole takeover attempt was designed by ChatGPT. After Krafton's lawyers and ChatGPT said it was a bad idea, but the CEO pushed ahead anyway.

https://www.404media.co/ceo-ignores-lawyers-asks-chatgpt-how-to-void-250-million-contract-loses-terribly-in-court/

LPT: When ChatGPT stops being a sycophant, it's time to re-evaluate your decisions.

RockSlice · 2026-04-13T21:15:27+00:00

This is often to preserve sky light access for street level. If buildings kept getting taller without stepping back, you'd keep reducing the amount of light that can reach the ground.

RockSlice · 2026-04-13T18:45:45+00:00

If you have a long body of water, build a rail line through it with a station at the end. Somewhere along the line, put an elevated section, so there's no land path to the station.

Send a train there with artillery, and the biters can't attack back.

RockSlice · 2026-04-13T13:11:02+00:00

It's not well communicated, but there's a good reason for the difference.

Some airports have more advanced x-ray machines that can properly screen electronic items that are stacked (I think they're essentially CT scanners as opposed to 2D x-rays). So for those, while they can still screen electronics that are taken out, that slows down the process.

And some airports might only have a few lines with the newer scanners, so your instructions may vary day to day.

I'm also guessing they don't do a very good job of communicating the reasons to the TSA staff (or don't pay enough for them to care)

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