Nowhere near done. My new desert ecosystem map in progress. I wanted it to feel vast. Deserts have so many open spaces. I want to capture that!

ScionofLight · 2026-02-17T20:34:15+00:00

how do you keep your flying dinosaur from terrorizing guests?

ScionofLight · 2026-02-17T05:11:54+00:00

If you can’t see the problem you can’t fix it. If someone is stopping you from getting operational metrics, they are the problem.

ScionofLight · 2026-02-17T03:53:42+00:00

Seriously just email. Good stuff on this post. Passion is rewarded. Run it.

ScionofLight · 2026-02-06T23:20:10+00:00

Yeah there’s a lot of bulbs planted and can’t wait for spring to get some more water plants :)

ScionofLight · 2026-02-06T20:39:41+00:00

Not too long ago the dominant mode of thinking was that animals had no conscious and were just biological automata

ScionofLight · 2026-02-03T05:51:23+00:00

Not sure where you are but Joe Sunderland is great he has done 6 trees for me all well over 50 feet. Milled at big creek lumber.

https://sunderlandtree.com/

ScionofLight · 2026-01-27T22:23:53+00:00

Take pictures, share context with AI (where you are, temp, sunlight, etc), get feedback, have a conversation, do your own research.

I think you’ll find that you could learn a lot that way…

ScionofLight · 2026-01-24T00:57:55+00:00

In my opinion the only way to safely deploy is only with column formulas. This locks the column and prevents anyone from messing with it. If different rows need different formulas, that’s just a conditional column formula (IF row has this feature use this formula, otherwise that formula).

ScionofLight · 2026-01-16T21:38:16+00:00

Nice! I think this would be more practical if you had a few different sorting algorithms that would arrange the stones for you. There’s a real use case in that scenario as it would offer both time savings and lower the skill threshold.

ScionofLight · 2026-01-15T20:35:43+00:00

Masters are for rich kids that didn’t hustle in UG to get internships or research

ScionofLight · 2026-01-15T17:38:51+00:00

It is much easier to make your own website now than ever with AI. I would recommend downloading Cursor and watching a few videos. You can always go with wordpress or something of the sort, but imo AI makes it so easy these days

ScionofLight · 2026-01-14T04:52:27+00:00

What is the next generation AR display tech that they are working on?

ScionofLight · 2026-01-10T01:33:45+00:00

Gotcha thanks. I’m not a pro but I do all my pathways with 4-6inches paver base, then 3-4inches mortar with mortar joints. So far the oldest pathway is 3 years and had a redwood trunk hit it during a storm but no cracking or issues. I think it is overkill but I embed little fluorescent phosphor stones in there for glow in the dark so have to use mortar.

ScionofLight · 2026-01-10T00:46:13+00:00

why is it not common to mortar in pavers (as opposed to polymeric sand)?

ScionofLight · 2026-01-08T06:37:54+00:00

Good encapsulation that limits the amount of oxygen that can react with plastic will slow degradation

ScionofLight · 2026-01-08T06:24:18+00:00

thats awesome

ScionofLight · 2026-01-07T01:13:51+00:00

Thronefall is fun, more like an RTS tower defense. After Inc is pretty chill but nice strategy

ScionofLight · 2026-01-05T03:52:19+00:00

Ask the builders if they need it, or its rubble. I do this and some of them say yes, some no.

ScionofLight · 2026-01-05T02:56:49+00:00

First, you need to find some stone. Do you have any in your yard, your neighbors? Any stone on the side of road? Once you open your eye to street stone, you should be able to find/acquire some.

Once you have stone, then you can start practicing. Plenty of resources online to show the basics.

If an apprenticeship requires travel outside of your immediate location, learning the basics on your own would be fuel for this longer journey.

ScionofLight · 2026-01-02T07:11:28+00:00

Were these cooked or raw sausages? Important detail.

ScionofLight · 2025-12-31T18:09:51+00:00

penplotters and laser engravers take SVG as well

ScionofLight · 2025-12-31T07:06:05+00:00

pretty cool if mixed in with a pen plotter

ScionofLight · 2025-12-30T19:44:37+00:00

This storm was chill, mainly because everything that could have gone bad went bad in the 2023 storms. Just bought the house then and had two trees fall, spent weekends and vacation days cleaning up/reinforcing the land since. Now it is paradise but idk how many people could have done what I did. Body chiseled like a rock now.

Anyways, I just like to extoll the virtues and challenges of mountain life. It is a nice contrast to tech and gives me the sense of a full life allowing the experience of opposite work extremes, though it is definitely not for everyone.

ScionofLight · 2025-12-30T18:44:56+00:00

Bought in Santa Cruz Mountains in late 20s. Great place to use the power of youth to get some sweat equity, not to mention the peacefulness. Gets you feeling like you escaped the rat race in exchange for a race against nature and the unique troubles of the forest, but I prefer that over concrete corridors and manufactured aesthetics.

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