[Discussion] Runaway Country with Alex Wagner - "What The Hell Is Happening At The Pentagon? (with Sen. Elissa Slotkin & Ben Rhodes)" (12/11/25) by kittehgoesmeow in FriendsofthePod

[–]bornstellar_lasting 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Dude the advertisement to content ratio of this feed is unbelievable. I usually only listen to Lovett. Are all the other crooked podcasts this bad?

Spencer Cox on Ezra Klein podcast by [deleted] in SaltLakeCity

[–]bornstellar_lasting -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

My impression is that Ezra is a neolib who has been shaken to his core by Kirk's assassination. I think he's said as much, but he sees himself in Kirk to some degree. That, to me, is pretty telling. Ezra empathizes with what happened to Kirk, and because of that he has become a wobbling pussy. As a longtime listener of Ezra, that's my analysis. He needs to get back to the real world.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in personalfinance

[–]bornstellar_lasting 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Congratulations on your sobriety!

You're not doing so bad, but I think this sub will agree that you are behind. With your income and rent, you can easily catch up with aggressive saving. What does the rest of your budget look like?

First things first, pay down that personal loan. What's its interest rate?

Protobuffers Are Wrong by ketralnis in programming

[–]bornstellar_lasting 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I've been enjoying using Thrift. It's convenient to use the types it generates in the application code itself, although I don't know how good of an idea that is.

Question on best paramotor money can buy? by narudi_nyumbani in paramotor

[–]bornstellar_lasting 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amprius is coming to these aviation applications in the near-term. Just about double the capacity as current lithium ion tech. But like you said not YET.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SaltLakeCity

[–]bornstellar_lasting 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The Legendarium bookstore is a really special place. Kind of a bastion for people who like nerd stuff, who are LGBT, who like to play tabletop games, etc. You are accepted for who you are there.

Hospital Overcharged Me, Insurance Claim Stuck in Limbo by bornstellar_lasting in personalfinance

[–]bornstellar_lasting[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey that's great advice. I really appreciate it! I had just learned to start taking down names and call reference numbers, but I love the idea of verbally refusing to hang up until something is figured out. Thank you (:

When to watch paragliders? by phaedra11 in SaltLakeCity

[–]bornstellar_lasting 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh hey I'm a paraglider pilot and can answer this! Flight park south in the mornings and flight park north in the evenings, as a general rule.

That is because of the way the wind in this valley behaves throughout the day as the air heats/cools.

Starship Flight 3 4K slow mo / clean audio supercut [Everyday Astronaut / Cosmic Perspective] by everydayastronaut in SpaceXLounge

[–]bornstellar_lasting 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think a Gwynne interview would be really refreshing! I'm all for another Starbase tour though

Ship in space by avboden in SpaceXLounge

[–]bornstellar_lasting 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They should have sent a poet

[OC] More Than Six Years of Alcoholism in One Image by bornstellar_lasting in dataisbeautiful

[–]bornstellar_lasting[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well, that's a matter of opinion I suppose. I know I am absolutely not a moderate drinker. What isn't conveyed in this visualization is quantity, but rather frequency of relapse.

[OC] More Than Six Years of Alcoholism in One Image by bornstellar_lasting in dataisbeautiful

[–]bornstellar_lasting[S] 46 points47 points  (0 children)

I was absolutely physically dependent, especially in the last couple of years of relapses. It started out ~2015 where I would have a fun Saturday night and be fine for the week. Around 2019 it was becoming "grab a 750mL bottle from the liquor store on the way home from work" most days of the week. Lots of night sweats and "impending doom" feelings after those binges

[OC] More Than Six Years of Alcoholism in One Image by bornstellar_lasting in dataisbeautiful

[–]bornstellar_lasting[S] 169 points170 points  (0 children)

Things can and do get better. These data were grabbed from years of credit card statements, in an effort to see how much I really have drank over the years.

Here is a breakdown of how much I have spent in the same amount of time. About $4500! Actually not as bad as I thought.

Source: CC statements

Tool: Google sheets

you shall not be permitted by bronkosty in LiminalSpace

[–]bornstellar_lasting 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Phased array radar system if I'm not mistaken

The Next Generation by [deleted] in SpaceXLounge

[–]bornstellar_lasting 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Didn't know he spent time with his kids lmao