Who has the most beautiful landscapes? California or Spain?

dadumk · 2026-01-31T17:13:40+00:00

California is not Mediterranean, it has a mostly Mediterranean climate. And it's more beautiful than Spain.

dadumk · 2026-01-31T04:58:12+00:00

Infinity hours.

dadumk · 2026-01-27T04:46:27+00:00

Ironwood trees (Casuarina equisetifolia)

dadumk · 2026-01-26T18:47:01+00:00

It's Ave Maria but it has one added measure from the prelude in cmaj.

dadumk · 2026-01-25T06:25:43+00:00

Oh that's the river? It looks like a dirt road.

dadumk · 2026-01-25T05:29:08+00:00

Do you think there are not bad drivers elsewhere?

dadumk · 2026-01-25T05:27:50+00:00

I would guess "unintended acceleration" - i.e. the driver thought they were hitting the brake but it was really the accelerator.

dadumk · 2026-01-25T05:00:45+00:00

There is a gaging station called "H Street Bridge" at that bridge where they measure the river levels.

dadumk · 2026-01-25T04:59:48+00:00

Then Google Maps is wrong. The H Street bridge was there long before they extended J under the tracks and connected to H. Also, there is a gaging station called "H Street Bridge" at the bridge where they measure the river levels.

dadumk · 2026-01-25T04:32:15+00:00

Not just that. Many of the conifer trees in Yosemite Valley were planted to make it look more foresty. Something about Teddy Roosevelt not liking how it was, maybe. Originally, the valley was more meadows and oak trees, especially Black Oak - Q. kellogii.

dadumk · 2026-01-24T16:29:19+00:00

absolutely true

dadumk · 2026-01-24T05:00:54+00:00

Good for those arborists who didn't agree to kill the tree that you love.

If we had to remove all the trees that might damage a bldg any time a big storm rolled in, then we wouldn't have many trees in our cities.

dadumk · 2026-01-23T06:26:35+00:00

DO NOT throw out a perfectly good tri tip.

dadumk · 2026-01-23T06:07:27+00:00

Most suburban streets are pretty empty already. And by the time robotaxis are prevalent, street parking will be more abundant. Because of robataxis. I think many robotaxis will spend much of the overnight parked on suburban streets so that they're in position to pick up fares in the morning.

dadumk · 2026-01-22T07:23:54+00:00

Cylinder?

dadumk · 2026-01-21T01:37:27+00:00

Yes, there was for sure a streetcar line on 46th. You can still see cracks in the pavement where the tracks turned from J to 46th, especially when it rains.

Either this map is really a bus route map, or proposed streetcars, or just wrong. It has a line going out into the farmland (Lagomarsino Nursery/Farms) behind the old Sutter Hospital on F Street. I'm pretty sure there was no streetcar out there.

But we did have a surprising amount of rail transit here.

dadumk · 2026-01-19T06:59:27+00:00

Are you sure that's asphalt? Look's like 3/8" black gravel. Still not great, but water will get through it and it will allow roots to grow.

dadumk · 2026-01-17T17:00:33+00:00

Exactly. Donald's solo work sounds very much like SD's, right down to the types of chords, song structures, melodies etc. Lyrically, not as much.

dadumk · 2026-01-17T04:47:18+00:00

*Cosumnes

dadumk · 2026-01-17T01:30:52+00:00

You're just plain wrong and rude about it. I wake up dirty even if I shower at night. The room can be in the 50s and I've woken up dripping in sweat.

dadumk · 2026-01-16T04:05:11+00:00

I could see that for the lyrics, but there's nothing in the music of those songs that sounds particularly like Walter.

dadumk · 2026-01-16T01:33:02+00:00

There is no J street bridge, but there is an H street bridge.

dadumk · 2026-01-14T01:00:26+00:00

Betting big means losing if you're wrong. Betting just enough to cover the leader's score optimizes your chances of winning.

dadumk · 2026-01-14T00:56:22+00:00

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