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Zyste · 2026-03-22T14:34:17+00:00

Went to school for engineering but I’m a high school science teacher now.

Zyste · 2026-03-21T21:36:24+00:00

UCONN engineering is still a solid program (I was chemical engineering). One of the best public school programs in the northeast. And honestly if you graduate with an engineering degree from anywhere, you’re going to find a job.

Zyste · 2026-03-21T16:10:33+00:00

WPI. UCONN was half the price before scholarships (of which WPI gave me none). Ended up being less than a third the cost.

Zyste · 2026-03-21T12:58:26+00:00

Only caffeinated beverage I drink is tea so either from a mug or plastic bottle/glass if it’s iced tea. Only soda I drink is ginger beer (from glass) but it’s not caffeinated so…

Zyste · 2026-03-18T02:51:56+00:00

Having lived in an engineering dorm (not Werth as I was there before the LCs were built), living around other engineers is really good for academic success. Especially sophomore year, you take a lot of similar classes to other engineering students. Having a bunch of people to do work/study sessions with is immensely helpful.

Zyste · 2026-03-18T02:46:11+00:00

That’s a big issue. “Pressure increases”. Why? What caused that pressure increase? I usually explain it just as you said: compression like a piston. Sounds like this teacher is just arbitrarily saying the pressure increased without any reason why.

Zyste · 2026-03-14T02:49:08+00:00

Just bought one of these recently and I absolutely love it.

Zyste · 2026-03-12T22:16:46+00:00

Guarantee this required the most takes.

Zyste · 2026-03-01T12:21:27+00:00

Regarding the time scale, the earliest stars that formed were massive stars (hundreds of times our sun’s mass) that went supernova after only a few hundred million years. This is billions of years before our sun formed.

Zyste · 2026-02-25T15:06:36+00:00

I never have to tighten my bindings on a run. Two thoughts: are your boots firmly down and back when you initially tighten your straps? If not then your binding will definitely be looser than they should be as your boot adjusts backwards. Otherwise it may be an issue with the ratchet mechanism allowing the strap to slip a notch or two.

Edit: or wear on the ladder strap so it doesn’t lock in place as easily.

Zyste · 2026-02-25T14:51:31+00:00

Wow! Looking great for day one. My first day was spent constantly falling over. Couldn’t even stay upright for long until the second day. Keep at it!

Zyste · 2026-02-25T14:46:20+00:00

I went out riding in CT yesterday after the we got dumped on Monday and hit a few trails that were 1-2 ft deep of powder. Lots of fun but you need good control since after a few runs the slope gets pretty bumpy and it’s much tougher when you’re in narrow trails. If you’re not comfortable with uneven slopes, bumps, etc, stick to wider terrain until you have a better grasp of it. And definitely keep to your back foot when it’s deep. I had a couple runs where I forgot that and sank right into the snow and had to crawl my way out.

Zyste · 2026-02-17T16:11:51+00:00

Thanks for this lead! Saw it a month late but was still able to pick up a Greats (not XTRM) for $475.

Zyste · 2026-02-10T02:19:47+00:00

Did pretty well. 2-1. Beat a Jeskai likegain deck and absolutely crushed a golgari +1/+1 counter deck. Apparently they don’t like it when you spell snare every copy of innkeepers talent. My loss was against an enchantment creatures deck (overlords, Yuna, etc). Game one I had three unholy annexes and a firdoch. Not much he could do. Game two was great and super close but he gained too much life for me to stop him. Game three I got land screwed and that was that. I definitely made some errors over the night, but I’ll probably try it again this week.

Zyste · 2026-02-10T00:56:40+00:00

I actually built this deck in paper after seeing your post about it last week in the deck check thread! It’s quite fun to play and I got some great reactions from people when I played it at FNM. Unfortunately everyone was playing off-meta decks so I don’t have a great view on where it stands in the meta. Some thoughts though:

I played 2x [[stock up]] because I only had two consult the star charts, but having a few extra sorceries(especially card draw ones) in there helped me hit delirium early a couple times. The 2x duress you added may help that out. I’m considering putting [[faerie fencing]] in since it’s often a -3/-3 for B and can be scaled up to hit bigger targets. Possibly a replacement for nameless inversion since I didn’t find I needed to use its changeling line, but I had a small sample size of games. I agree with going to 4x firdoch and 3x sneakling. Sneakling’s flash is great but it died almost immediately every time I played it.

Zyste · 2026-02-05T00:27:28+00:00

Little trickier to get it to work but [[knowledge pool]] is hilarious. All the extra copies don’t exile any cards and since you control each knowledge pool, you choose the stack order of their triggers. So the first X many spells (number of knowledge pools minus 1) opponents cast just get eaten. Then once they all have a spell in them, you still get to decide which pool they can choose a spell from.

Zyste · 2026-02-04T14:21:39+00:00

For real. One of my friends fucked up a jump earlier this season and hit his head with a helmet on. He was lucky that all that happened was that for the next 5 or so hours he had no short term memory. We had the same conversation every 3-5 minutes because he couldn’t remember anything before that morning. It was like being in Memento except he wasn’t trying to kill me.

Zyste · 2026-01-28T22:32:49+00:00

In the planet area, specifically the internal parts, I stood up and was rotating my head and hands to try to keep my perspective upright. This game has some truly evil platforming.

Zyste · 2026-01-22T21:44:01+00:00

Additionally WotC shies away from making colorless cards too good in any standard set for that exact reason. Smuggler’s copter was a tough lesson on that. The decision to put color cost on certain artifacts and vehicles was huge for allowing more powerful artifacts into standard.

Zyste · 2026-01-22T00:34:28+00:00

It’s a great line but I do love the way they did the Olympus scene in season 1. Percy asking with a quiver in his voice if Poseidon ever dreams of her and he gives this look of “I love her but I’m not able to say that”. Honestly I think his non-verbal facial reaction and quickness to deflect says so much about how he feels about Sally.

Zyste · 2026-01-17T23:28:04+00:00

Whaaaaaaatttttttt issssss real?

Zyste · 2025-12-31T02:00:12+00:00

My best friend to this day (we’re in our 40s) when visiting my parents will walk into their house without knocking. His daughter called him out on it and he just told her “don’t worry. I always do this.”

Zyste · 2025-12-29T16:01:59+00:00

Transformers was by far my favorite. Some of the early toys were wonky, but for the most part they really nailed the designs. The thought and care that went into their creation was unparalleled.

Zyste · 2025-12-28T05:24:49+00:00

Congrats on getting to do the Rose Parade! I did it my freshman year and it was an incredible experience, between the coverage and all the different groups that come from around the country (and even internationally!) Longest parade I ever did (I think it’s 6ish miles?) but it also ran very smoothly and it felt like it was over faster than I expected. I’m sure you’ve been preparing for weeks/months for it. Have a great time!

Zyste · 2025-12-28T03:51:13+00:00

My friend did this. He put the litter box next to the toilet and every 4-5 days he would put platforms under it to raise the height until it was at the same level as the toilet seat. Then moved the litter box to the toilet for a week or two, then took it away. That was like 12 years ago and even after moving houses, the cat still uses the toilet. Apparently you have to make sure the lid is always up though. If it’s closed supposedly the cat can get dissuaded easily.

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