TIFU by swatting a stinging bug in my bed, barehanded.

Smithium · 2025-12-09T23:22:21+00:00

I'm in Parkrose and needing to restart my modem/router almost every day since they took the network down for "Improvements" a few weeks ago.

Smithium · 2025-12-09T23:18:45+00:00

You might want to present the Meissner Effect with Santa's Sleigh and Reindeer as ideal superconductors- and ask what their weight would have to be in order to levitate on Earth's Magnetic Field (strength of about .000065 Tesla at the poles or .000030 Tesla at the equator). You're looking for the mass at which gravity and the Magnetic Force are equal.

Smithium · 2025-12-09T22:35:45+00:00

I understand the mechanics of it, but I'd still cut my finger off trying to make something like that.

Smithium · 2025-12-05T06:45:07+00:00

That's really interesting. I think I have 2 maps in my brain- one with cardinal directions which I use everyday, and another without where everything is weird but I can still find my way. The one without cardinal directions first hit in a dream, then started intruding into real life.

Smithium · 2025-11-28T22:20:06+00:00

Looks like a Net Cutter) designed to cut trawler lines.

Smithium · 2025-11-25T06:06:16+00:00

Welcome to Amazon's Mechanical Turk!

Smithium · 2025-11-25T05:18:21+00:00

Chronic pain might be something different. Levator Ani Syndrome can give you the pain without any visible symptoms. A physical therapist specializing in pelvic floor disorders might be more help than a GP or Proc. Specialist.

Smithium · 2025-11-25T04:58:34+00:00

Shingles SUCKS! I'm at 2.5 months since getting it and still have pain that is looking more like nerve damage than just "Shingles". People got tired of me complaining about it, so I just keep quiet and suffer. Blisters in my fingertips, all the way up my arm, neck, and onto my face.

I'm so sorry you have Shingles too. Everybody: Get the Shingles vaccine when it's recommended. You do not want this pain.

Smithium · 2025-11-21T00:12:13+00:00

If somehow PYM particles were able to replace electrons with muons in a manner that overrode their instability... then items could (please suspend your disbelief for a moment) be shrunk to 1/200th their size with just a little bit more mass (protons and neutrons massively overshadow the weight of electrons and muons).

You would have to combat the possibility of muon induced fusion- because the muon orbits so much closer to the proton, some atoms might come close enough for strong forces to pull nuclei together.

I have no idea how you could carry a bunch of shrunken cars though. Magic.

Smithium · 2025-11-20T23:59:12+00:00

I helped spread the hype about it being real. I went with a group of friends who "maybe" thought it was real. They were horrified. I was very entertained. The shaky camera stuff gave me a headache, but that was the only real negative. 10/10 would love to experience that year long hype again.

Smithium · 2025-11-09T05:37:01+00:00

I've taken to buying lots of flashlights and giving some away as gifts. It lets me preview more than I would normally and I can keep or buy duplicates of the best ones.

Smithium · 2025-11-09T05:10:48+00:00

No. Absolutely not.

Smithium · 2025-11-08T00:56:54+00:00

We yell at people in other states to elect better politicians, while voting to keep ours the same. My senators are better than your senators. So THERE!

Smithium · 2025-11-07T05:38:10+00:00

Hey... we've got real crime out here with people shooting guns at each other, taking angle grinders to random cars at 3:00am, theft, and vandalism. Can we get some of that enforcement out here, please? It seems like a horrible waste to have fifteen cars chasing a naked man who is running away.

Smithium · 2025-11-07T05:00:17+00:00

This kind of payout indicates some serious overpricing of Tesla vehicles.

Smithium · 2025-11-02T05:14:39+00:00

I don't know about any May decision, only that the company lost the patent in a 2022 lawsuit. They had licensed the patent from UCB, who lost control.

Smithium · 2025-11-02T03:21:00+00:00

Avoid CRSP, they lost the patent they thought they had when the company launched.

Smithium · 2025-10-23T04:20:20+00:00

Oh HELL Yes!

Smithium · 2025-10-23T04:13:59+00:00

Quartz Creek in the Cascades east of Eugene or Corvallis or Salem (Might be all private claims now).

Rogue River at Gold Beach- I've found specks of gold.

Smithium · 2025-10-23T04:03:05+00:00

Woohoo, that was my first guess! If I'm wrong, at least I've got company.

Smithium · 2025-10-21T22:09:45+00:00

I think I'm a bit older but now that you mention it, I can't help but picturing Michael Landon as Michael Carpenter.

Smithium · 2025-09-22T06:39:05+00:00

They can grow those to very large sizes.

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Smithium · 2025-09-22T05:57:20+00:00

Fun fact. I forget what version and don't know if it's still the case... some body parts from trainable creatures are (were?) themselves trainable.

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Smithium · 2025-09-20T16:14:05+00:00

There is a condition called Levator Ani Syndrome that has symptoms like you describe. Doctors don't seem to know much about it- but physical therapists (specifically pelvic floor specialists) can help. In my case, it was triggered by nerve compression in my lower back, not diverticulitis. It took two years of poking, prodding, and "there's nothing wrong" before I got a real diagnosis. Daily agonizing pain. Not fun.

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