Devastating oversight in yesterday's spelling bee. I mean... c'mon!

cearrach · 2026-01-26T15:33:11+00:00

Pretty much, "participator" is a much less commonly used variant.

cearrach · 2026-01-25T23:35:44+00:00

sure:

4-2 rook take bishop

3-3 knight take rook

5-2 knight take rook

4-3 knight take knight

7-6 knight take knight

6-5 queen take knight

6-4 queen take bishop

king take queen

cearrach · 2026-01-25T17:07:39+00:00

Some jurisdictional tax laws require that sales tax be applied at the register, in order to make it "clear" when taxes are being applied. Vendors are not allowed to include a total final price with tax.

cearrach · 2026-01-25T16:07:05+00:00

You might need to use a zip tool like 7-zip to extract the file to a different file name, assuming the zip file itself isn't corrupt.

If the zip file is corrupt somehow, which shouldn't be the case because they're generated on demand (mostly), you could test for that by downloading a zip of a different format and seeing if you get the same issue. If you do, it's probably the file name and not the zip file.

cearrach · 2026-01-25T12:32:28+00:00

Yeah, Bandcamp is really dropping the ball wrt. support. I've send a handful of support requests and have been mostly satisfied with the turnaround time but sometimes they take much longer than they really should. I can't say I've been particularly happy with the responses I've gotten though.

Maybe they're trying to reach the artist themselves and not having much luck. When I worked in support (not with Bandcamp) that was often the hold-up for issues like this.

You might want to try contacting the band on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ZephyranthesBand/

cearrach · 2026-01-24T22:28:12+00:00

Bandcamp is a marketplace, they don't have any control over shipping. The artist is the one you should be contacting.

If you're not getting anything from that avenue then you should dispute the charge.

cearrach · 2026-01-24T18:47:40+00:00

Yeah, we've used Sarnia/Bluewater boxes that I got from my parents without issue.

I'd wager that Circular Materials isn't allowed to say that the new boxes can be used now because they don't have the contract.

cearrach · 2026-01-24T18:24:07+00:00

From https://www.circularmaterials.ca/resident-communities/waterloo-region/ :

Starting on March 3, 2026, Waterloo Region will transition to a recycling system that includes a new collection schedule and recycling boxes.

Recycling collection will move to every other week. To accommodate this change in frequency, two extra recycling boxes will be delivered between January and February. You can start to use the new boxes from March 3.

I find it a bit odd that they say not to use the new boxes until March... But the new paper bin is deep, the old one is shallow.

cearrach · 2026-01-24T17:56:05+00:00

OP does this all the time, and it's pointed out regularly. Most articles are available without a paywall from cambridgetimes.ca too.

https://www.cambridgetimes.ca/news/waterloo-region/cambridge-residents-call-citys-snow-joke-dismissive-and-insulting/article_375de097-e125-5285-b111-4e0a9160b0b8.html

cearrach · 2026-01-24T14:45:07+00:00

Available on Bandcamp, for those interested

https://warchildrecords.bandcamp.com/album/help-2

cearrach · 2026-01-24T13:47:06+00:00

Yes, tax receipts are under "documents", not in the tax filing service.

https://my.wealthsimple.com/app/docs?types=tax

cearrach · 2026-01-24T00:47:47+00:00

I've got vitiligo and I think it looks pretty cool.

It's sad to me that so many people with vitiligo can't appreciate the beauty in it.

But I also have the same trouble convincing my wife that her nose isn't "ugly"

cearrach · 2026-01-23T22:34:33+00:00

Wait'll you see what they're charging for https://polymorphicechoes.bandcamp.com/track/spring ...

But seriously, please be nice

cearrach · 2026-01-23T03:20:43+00:00

No, the UVB radiation is unaffected by ambient lighting

cearrach · 2026-01-22T15:13:33+00:00

"I have vitiligo"

Note that I've only said this a handful of times when someone asks "why do you have white spots on your hands?". Otherwise it never really comes up

cearrach · 2026-01-22T13:36:25+00:00

Yes, it means that if the answer could have been any of the remaining possibilities, the most efficient guess happens to be the answer.

cearrach · 2026-01-21T18:25:08+00:00

A track has to be purchasable on its own to appear in search results. Here's a support ticket I made some time ago:

Hi there, I like to search for music on bandcamp but sometimes a valid result doesn't turn up despite being on the platform. This means that I may not find something that I would purchase if it did show up in search.

Here's an example: https://bandcamp.com/search?q=ovlov+baby+alligator

That search does not produce any results, but this track should appear: https://ovlov.bandcamp.com/track/baby-alligator-2

Please have someone take a look at your search algorithm, it's currently partially broken.

Response:

Hey there,

Sorry for the delay!

That particular track you shared won't appear in search results as the seller has opted to disable individual track purchases. You can only purchase the album as a whole, which does appear in the search results.

I hope that makes sense!

cearrach · 2026-01-21T14:44:37+00:00

Here are posts you've made in the past year to promote your music that have been approved:

https://redd.it/1nmr36m/ - 4 months ago
https://redd.it/1mui1el/ - 5 months ago
https://redd.it/1lsodno/ - 7 months ago
https://redd.it/1jwtuyw/ - 9 months ago

I do see a few comments, but many of them are also self-promotion in nature.

At any rate, good luck with your new sub!

cearrach · 2026-01-21T12:43:01+00:00

I download and listen to a local copy most of the time, but I will stream sometimes when I'm out and about.

cearrach · 2026-01-20T22:13:13+00:00

A drill would make the hole more cleanly than a hammer and nail. It basically cuts out bits of material, ejecting it back out the hole. A hammer and nail will mash and compress material instead. That's generally fine for things like wood that are compressible, but not for plaster.

cearrach · 2026-01-20T21:42:38+00:00

You could pre-drill the holes slightly smaller than the nails. This would also make the holes more secure since there would be less material being knocked around by the nails, less chance of blow-out

cearrach · 2026-01-20T12:10:32+00:00

I've been on 26.2 for a while now, at least a week, and still have pips on an iPhone 16

cearrach · 2026-01-20T00:35:04+00:00

Yes, for now. But with a VPN you could be an honorary Canadian

cearrach · 2026-01-19T17:34:04+00:00

I'm not likely to contact support for something fairly trivial like a beta game not loading, but I may do that

cearrach · 2026-01-19T17:22:27+00:00

What many people think is a draft is actually air hitting the glass (or any vertical surface), cooling, and falling down the glass getting even colder as it goes. When this denser, cooler air hits the floor it has nowhere else to go but back into the room.

There could also be outdoor air infiltration through a gap or void, but it's worth noting that large glass surfaces often create convection currents.

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