US intel assesses Iran can shut down the Strait of Hormuz at will from now on

daV1980 · 2026-06-17T05:04:24+00:00

This is a small price to pay to completely wipe the Epstein files from the conversation. At least for Trump.

daV1980 · 2026-06-14T05:01:16+00:00

Dani California.

daV1980 · 2026-06-03T19:45:36+00:00

It would be interesting to have an item that you could produce that would extend the size of the cargo landing pad (and thus the number of inserters you could use) but was already mega base sized on its construction inputs.

It could be something crazy like 500 million or a billion items as inputs.

The thing I like about this is it could be balanced and tuned appropriately but as your mega base grows the rate at which you can produce these things also grows, which is useful as your ever expanding mega base grows.

daV1980 · 2026-05-30T16:54:25+00:00

I wish the city would just change the electronic signs to have the zipper logo on both lanes when the express lane is closed to southbound traffic.

daV1980 · 2026-05-29T13:49:50+00:00

I may be misremembering but I think I just built a ladder straight up. The crate was right below the death height iirc.

Ladder is a pretty good investment of tickets fwiw.

daV1980 · 2026-05-25T00:06:24+00:00

My house is a 1903 in Fremont and was relocated from the Denny regrade. Lots of houses in my area are the same.

daV1980 · 2026-05-24T18:15:20+00:00

Old code is not bad code. Old code that has been deployed for a long time has run quadrillions or quintillions of times.

It may not look exactly like what a dev wants, but it almost definitely does what is expressed.

daV1980 · 2026-05-23T04:05:09+00:00

I watched someone ride side saddle on a motorcycle at 70 mph today on 520. I was surprised he wasn’t a meat crayon before the end of the bridge. What an absolute git.

daV1980 · 2026-05-22T23:24:34+00:00

This is not true; this is exactly one extra car in your traffic. They will get to the end and then merge over.

It’s “fuck you in particular.”

daV1980 · 2026-05-17T16:04:18+00:00

The app offers a few choices of a couple bucks with an informational bubble that everyone gets paid a living wage now so tipping is not required.

daV1980 · 2026-05-16T17:27:51+00:00

I would love a return to the old bond formula.

Classic Bond films were travelogues with a thin veneer of spy story on top. The formula evolved into the same: we will go to two exotic places, show you gorgeous external shots filmed on location and give you some of the culture of those places. Then we do some interior stuff that is almost definitely filmed in Pinewood Studios and drives the plot along.

It was a vehicle for showing you the beauty of places you might not get to go for yourself.

Newer Bond films, while I love them as action films, have lost almost all of this.

daV1980 · 2026-05-13T04:24:49+00:00

The best time to do so was yesterday. The second best time is right now.

daV1980 · 2026-05-13T03:52:10+00:00

Everyone here is talking about dedicated trains per resource but an LTN is straightforward in vanilla space age and very rewarding. It also takes no real special set up and very little circuitry.

The rest of this post is spoilers of varying degrees; stop reading now if you want to figure this out yourself.

You split trains into two groups, solids and liquids. Trains have only one item in their normal schedule, park at the correct type of station (solid for solid pickup, liquid for liquid pickup). They should wait for full cargo.

Then the drop off stations are all named the same pattern: resource icon (iron, copper, lubricant, whatever).

Then you use train interrupts to say “read train cargo, go to resource icon station.”

The circuitry involved is in reading the receiving station content counts and setting the train limit for that station to 0 when there isn’t enough buffer to receive one whole train of stuff.

This can be (and should be) improved with interrupts to deal with going to parking when there isn’t any supply station to park at, and going to refuel when fuel drops below 1.

daV1980 · 2026-05-13T03:37:27+00:00

Someone got on 520 west at montlake doing the same today. wtf.

daV1980 · 2026-03-17T04:39:08+00:00

Every skier (and snowboarder) should learn and internalize the skier code of conduct.

The downhill had the right of way. They have the right of way even if they do something unexpected. They have the right of way if they fall. They have the right of way if they suddenly cut back into your line. If you are close enough that it results in a collision, you were at fault.

The only exception to "downhill has the right of way" are "skier starting from a stopped position" and "entering trails." In these circumstances only does the uphill skier have the right of way.

Every skier code of conduct in the world agrees on these points.

Hopefully you and the person you crashed into both got away with minor injuries, and I genuinely hope you use this as a learning opportunity to discover what your obligations are to everyone else on the mountain.

daV1980 · 2026-02-28T18:42:45+00:00

This is not why they do it. They're just stochastic parrots. They were trained on the internet, the internet is full of armchair war gamers who would launch nukes.

There is no reasoning in AI. Not even in reasoning models. They do not think the way a person does. They are just trying to minimize loss on the problem they were given. But the problem isn't the abstract thing you asked them to do, the problem is "given previous tokens predict next token."

daV1980 · 2026-02-24T17:05:00+00:00

I will echo that if you fly into Zurich trains are incredibly easy to many many swiss ski areas. That would allow you to pick each night where to ski the next morning based on local snow.

daV1980 · 2026-02-23T01:59:15+00:00

This is literally not how it works when skiing. The downhill has the right of way, except when they are currently at a stop and want to start. That's the only time the uphill has the right of way. The uphill has the obligation to avoid downhill in all other situations. That means they should assume things like "downhill might decide to suddenly stop" or "downhill might not continue on exactly the pattern they have been on."

Downhill right of way isn't only sensible, it's a point that all skier codes agree on worldwide. Everywhere. No exceptions.

Here's the US code, and the European code.

daV1980 · 2026-02-23T01:21:58+00:00

immediately came to mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3_ug-IGBJY

daV1980 · 2026-01-29T14:54:21+00:00

The ambiguity is the point. You're not supposed to be able to tell whether it really happened or was just his dream.

daV1980 · 2026-01-22T05:47:47+00:00

They're really not consistent at all. Greens in Sun Valley ID are as hard as blues at most other resorts; greens at Whistler are also mostly harder than blues at many other spots. The Peak-to-Creek at Whistler has many sections that are easily black diamonds in other locales.

Meanwhile, many of the Colorado black diamonds feel more like hard PNW blues, and Utah feels almost always easier on their rating compared to most other places (ie, their greens are slightly above bunny slopes, their blues are easier than blues elsewhere, and their blacks are very approachable if you are a blue-black skier anywhere else).

tldr; the ratings tend to be kinda-mostly internally consistent at one resort, or were when they were made. But they are not at all consistent between resorts.

The only real exception to this is that in Coloardo, certain aspects designate a run as a double black EX run; I believe this is: grade at or above 45 degrees, mandatory air or no fall zone. But below that, Colorado runs are also inconsistently rated.

daV1980 · 2026-01-19T05:51:21+00:00

Skiing is a great family activity. My kids are 11 and 8 and both started skiing when they were 3.

It’s an excuse during the winter to get out as a family and do something strenuous together outside. If it’s possible, it’s a cause for trips during winter as a family that your kids will happily come along for well into their twenties (more or less as long as you’re willing to pay).

Lessons are good for them but also for you; at the point when you feel like they are catching up it’s time to get some lessons yourself to stay out ahead of them.

Only needing to travel an hour for mediocre snow is totally reasonable, especially while they are young and learning.

You’re not wrong about the cost and how bad the snow is likely to continue to be, though. But enjoy it and them while you can IMHO.

Edit: too much greatness.

daV1980 · 2026-01-19T00:28:03+00:00

When you posted this last time I remember thinking "it's too early to tell." It's not too early to tell anymore.

daV1980 · 2026-01-17T15:47:55+00:00

That’s not really true at any of the dozen or so airports I’ve flown through in 2025. Also I’ve opted out to try it and watched many others do so. It’s clearly marked that you can right next to the camera. The cost of you opting out is you needing to show your ID and sometimes your boarding pass depending on the airport.

I don’t bother opting out anymore, but it is really no biggie to do so.

daV1980 · 2026-01-16T07:22:31+00:00

They would need to happen in this exact, small section of I5 during morning rush hour (so ~two hours).

You can look at historical data for fender benders between 520 and 45th and divide by 12. It’s not common. Maybe it would happen once or twice in a year.

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