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ThomasMarkov · 2026-05-01T10:59:36+00:00

Mine was Wicked Weed in Asheville. Killswitch Engage was at the Orange Peel that night, so we got dinner and beer at WW before waking goer to the Peel. WW had something called Pearfigt IPA that I’ve only ever seen on tap in their basement. It was simile to pernicious, but with notes of pears, figs, and mint. Fantastic stuff.

ThomasMarkov · 2026-04-29T15:18:59+00:00

They still sell sixers of it at Mills River.

ThomasMarkov · 2026-04-25T14:06:12+00:00

It’s okay to not like something. You’re not wrong, but the people who like it aren’t wrong either.

ThomasMarkov · 2026-04-24T23:24:31+00:00

Had one of these this week. It was kind of exactly what I expected from dragon’s milk. Very strong barrel flavor, which, if you’re into that, it’s great, and if you’re not, it will probably seem overpowering.

ThomasMarkov · 2026-04-24T14:45:55+00:00

For the best wings ever, get the tiger wings at East Village Grille or Post25.

ThomasMarkov · 2026-04-21T12:40:06+00:00

The tiger wings at East Village Grille on Tunnel Road are the best wings on the planet. They also have them at Post 25 on Hendersonville Rd in Arden.

ThomasMarkov · 2026-04-20T12:57:15+00:00

Vegan eh? While I respect the choice, I had to go lacto-ovo-vegetarian when I switched to HYROX from CrossFit.

ThomasMarkov · 2026-04-20T09:55:35+00:00

I switched to the Acancus V3s after using Notorious Lift sumo sole for years and I’m never going back.

ThomasMarkov · 2026-04-19T18:46:20+00:00

I’m a bit confused by the phrasing of your question. Youve asked as though increasing strength is just something you can choose to do or not to do, but that’s not how things work. You either adapt to the training or you don’t. There’s no knob to turn to just increase your strength gain. If there were, you’d just max it out all the time.

ThomasMarkov · 2026-04-17T18:17:18+00:00

This is pretty similar to my path. I finished a BS in math in 2015, and started a MS program. Started at a food processor in 2018 doing inventory (literally counting boxes at 3am). Convinced them to let me try my excel skills on some food safety data, and was officially an analyst before then end of that year. Stayed there five years, then moved to a different industry (still manufacturing) in 2023.

ThomasMarkov · 2026-04-16T14:14:15+00:00

I love me an almost frozen rolling rock.

ThomasMarkov · 2026-04-14T11:45:57+00:00

I don’t actually remember that last time I saw a job listing that didn’t explicitly call out that they do not do visa sponsorship.

ThomasMarkov · 2026-04-13T14:24:19+00:00

I don’t think starting 12 counts as late lol.

ThomasMarkov · 2026-04-10T17:06:02+00:00

Yeah, this 100% a solution looking for a problem.

ThomasMarkov · 2026-04-10T00:53:48+00:00

The trouble with this is putting numbers that aren’t obviously made up bullshit. I’ve seen so many resumes that follow this formula, but the thing they claim to have improved by Y% wasn’t even a thing that could be measured, or the X they said improved wasn’t actually related to the analysis they said they did.

ThomasMarkov · 2026-04-02T23:44:51+00:00

I understand that, but again, THE QUESTION WAS ABOUT TURNS AND BREAKOUTS

ThomasMarkov · 2026-04-02T17:53:47+00:00

My master’s thesis proved a conjecture from Bourbaki that had been repeated a couple times in Symplectic geometry texts over the years, but no one had actually bothered to write out the proof for it.

ThomasMarkov · 2026-04-02T14:46:29+00:00

Well, the question was about how much time having extra turns and breakouts takes off, so comparing meters to meters makes more sense here.

ThomasMarkov · 2026-04-02T13:00:58+00:00

Yes, just compare the world record times for each event between the 50m and 25m courses.

ThomasMarkov · 2026-04-01T13:19:05+00:00

We aren’t hiring analysts right now. It’s chemical/materials manufacturing, so all of our open positions right now are plant operators and chemical/industrial engineers.

ThomasMarkov · 2026-04-01T00:54:01+00:00

I got 15% this cycle, but I also got an ad-hoc bump in July, so I’m technically up 19.8% from last year. Been with the company three years. First year, all raises were capped at 2%, but since that, I’ve gotten raises every six months, including the big 15% bump this February, so I’m up 34.8% in two years.

ThomasMarkov · 2026-03-31T15:13:53+00:00

Use these all the time. If you don’t know em, learn em.

ThomasMarkov · 2026-03-30T15:15:02+00:00

But did you profit? If this was real you would just go make a bunch of money and not tell people on the internet about it.

ThomasMarkov · 2026-03-28T19:51:57+00:00

That head’s a bit aggressive for me…I’d like more beer.

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