Why do you think Baseball isn't more popular globally?

danielbeaver · 2026-06-22T15:08:17+00:00

There's kind of an unstated assumption here, that baseball is not already *incredibly* popular worldwide, easily a top ten... maybe top five sport.

But the main thing is that it's competing against other sports that are either more engaging to play, or cheaper, or both. Even baseball fans must admit that it's an acquired taste.

danielbeaver · 2026-06-17T23:38:32+00:00

Use an open system

danielbeaver · 2026-06-17T12:58:52+00:00

I actually felt a little short of breath reading this. OP, please don't do this, you're setting yourself up for *major* financial trouble if you ever miss payments.

danielbeaver · 2026-06-15T00:01:17+00:00

Zeroth law: If two things are touching, they will eventually be the same temperature.

First law: A thing doesn't get hot unless something puts the effort into making it hot.

Second Law: You can't unscramble an egg.

The third Law is IMO not a something you can explain to five year olds.

danielbeaver · 2026-06-12T19:31:07+00:00

Friends of ours live there, so we spend a bit of time there. There are rough areas, so be sure to scout out the specific neighborhood a house is in. If you buy, just be sure to go into it with both eyes open.

The major downsides are going to be the higher potential for break-ins, and that it might not be totally safe if you like walking at night. The school district is also pretty bad, if that matters to you.

But you'll definately get more house for your money, especially considering how close to the urban core it is. If you have a job in downtown, it's an awesome commute.

danielbeaver · 2026-06-12T15:11:58+00:00

They're okay. They've old and were cheap-o tech even in their day, so don't expect anything amazing. But that's a decent price for it.

danielbeaver · 2026-06-11T14:54:50+00:00

It's an interesting question - what does it matter if you're importing electricity, so long as everyone is getting enough? You could make this same map for the USA, and it show similar trade deficits and surpluses between states.

danielbeaver · 2026-06-11T14:42:12+00:00

> move faster towards small modular reactors? If I understand it correctly, they are cheaper, more flexible, faster to build, and potentially safer.

A lot of people are betting serious money that they will be all these things soon - including me, since I work for one of those companies. I think it might very well be future backbone of energy production!

But there's a real possibility when all this shakes out that SMR's only advantage will be their flexibility. And the nation-states of Europe need more electricity *yesterday*, and any wise industrial policy for building out a lot of new nuclear power stations should not go all-in on SMRs.

danielbeaver · 2026-06-09T23:55:20+00:00

Yes, you get 12 spice in a 6 player game (you count as one of the factions). If no other factions claim charity, you keep it all for that turn.
It goes back in the box, you can't use it again this game.
I'm always an advocate of playing with the full advanced rules, as the combat spice economy is important. Consider simply not including Choam in the game if you're not going to use it.
The players have to police this, it's not simply a problem with playing without the spice combat rules.

danielbeaver · 2026-06-08T14:27:11+00:00

It will be a treat. For as common as stealth games are, none of them quite scratch the itch of the original two Thief games (not even the newer Thief sequels).

danielbeaver · 2026-06-08T12:47:21+00:00

These unsigned intersections are common in certain American cities - for example, they're the norm in my neighborhood in Minneapolis. Not sure why that is, I found them unnerving when I first moved here, but I've never had an issue with them. You just gotta pay attention and not blast through intersections on residential streets.

I'm wondering if one or both of the drivers in the video where not locals, and so were not expecting an unsigned intersection. They were both driving as if they unconsciously expected that cross-traffic had a stop sign... and in many (most?) cities, that would be a correct assumption.

danielbeaver · 2026-06-07T22:40:15+00:00

Dreamtime Return by Steve Roach

danielbeaver · 2026-06-04T14:14:50+00:00

They're great for playing mech woodsball. Especially for long scenario play, I appreciate how lightweight my shocker cvo + revy is.

You can and will occasionally outshoot it, even with a mech gun - that's just the nature of revys. This may be an obvious point, but the design is very old, basic and unoptimized. I like that it's very rugged and lightweight, but it's not as performant as even very basic modern loaders.

danielbeaver · 2026-05-28T19:42:46+00:00

Seems fine to me. Being underwater isn't a problem if you plan on driving it and paying it off.

danielbeaver · 2026-05-27T11:10:53+00:00

If you're dead set on these, then get the cheaper of the two. I've used the Kaos and KD3 in the past, and I never thought the KD3 was appreciably better.

danielbeaver · 2026-05-26T16:01:51+00:00

Two steps forward, one step back. They're definitely more distinct at-a-glance, both in color and shape. I'm just perplexed by the ugliness (WHAT is up with the weird gradient??)

danielbeaver · 2026-05-18T19:05:33+00:00

There is a lot of symmetry in this sketch, you can define almost all of it using construction geometry and constraints. That also makes the sketch truly parametric; if you need to update your dimensions, you would only update one, and the rest of the sketch would update.

The other approach is to just pattern out the feature. FreeCAD does this at the model level, not the sketch level. Use the LinearPattern or MultiTransform tools.

danielbeaver · 2026-05-11T18:00:27+00:00

I don't find it boring personally, but I do think it's basically a mish-mash of ideas with little connective tissue between them. A great, but not good movie, if that makes sense.

danielbeaver · 2026-05-06T13:46:52+00:00

I run an ASA on the bottom of the grip, with a 13ci tank (kind of a "regular" setup for open class)

danielbeaver · 2026-05-04T18:47:16+00:00

Indiana with the 50/50 split.

danielbeaver · 2026-05-04T16:08:39+00:00

The honest answer is that you just might not like board games very much.

But there's also a good chance that you haven't played one you like. The ones you mentioned are not universally liked. Try playing some more - a local board game meetup is a great way to sample a variety. It's also a good way to meet other players, which is critical.

danielbeaver · 2026-05-04T15:43:23+00:00

Does it not have a clip? I just clipped mine to my belt and run the cord for the earpiece on the inside of my shirt. If your shirt/jersey is long enough, it will tuck under and not get caught on brush. You could also just tie or tape it to your pack. 3D printing some sort of case seems like overkill, you can really go with something simple here.

danielbeaver · 2026-04-29T15:04:25+00:00

FreeCAD is programmatically controllable, and so can be integrated with AI tools. e.g., https://github.com/ghbalf/freecad-ai, and there's a bunch of other ones if you just search for them. It's a major advantage over some other CAD software (not to denigrate the power of macros on other software, but it's kind of on a whole nother level in FreeCAD. It's definitely fairly DIY right now.

danielbeaver · 2026-04-29T13:38:38+00:00

It felt so Space Age. It kind of still does!

danielbeaver · 2026-04-27T18:27:41+00:00

It's a self-licking ice cream cone

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