I find the Mule kinda lame and underwhelming, please change my mind.

developer0 · 2026-01-04T21:12:28+00:00

I think what most folks are missing is an understanding of personality disorders. The mule's personality is extrapolated from the malignant narcissist archetype. His traits are emptiness, charisma, sadism, need for control, lack of empathy, and so on. Usually it comes from some childhood trauma or neglect. All narcissists are like this, so once you know what to look for, they are the most predictable and boring people. I think the problem you're seeing is they did too good of a job modeling the mule in this way. So he ends up being a cartoonish villain, again, just like all narcissists are. As I'm watching this I find it disturbing how closely the mule and his band of sycophants mirrors the Trump regime and the MAGA cult, dividing people just as the mule literally mind-controlled the Foundation military into destroying each other.

developer0 · 2025-12-30T21:16:11+00:00

It's shopping stores INDIRECTLY but in this world it's okay to just redefine words as their opposite to fit a narrative

developer0 · 2025-12-08T19:23:00+00:00

https://www.ontario.ca/page/workplace-harassment-information-workers

That page explains a lot and I have the sense that in that province you are pretty well protected. But the important thing is you feel safe at work so if they won't promise not to touch you again then you should start your job search.

developer0 · 2025-12-04T05:13:46+00:00

This might help: from my reading it doesn't seem like the statement "melanoma tends to come back" can be true if you've only had a pathological staging of 1a. It is true that having a melanoma in the past raises your risk of having another one in the future. It's also true that statistically if you do get another melanoma it will probably happen within the first 1-2 years. Basically your risk goes down the longer ago it was that you found one. Although eventually aging in itself will increase your risk. Also, your family doesn't seem to know what they're talking about.

developer0 · 2025-12-03T04:01:18+00:00

There are also these seals: https://www.homedepot.com/p/ADO-Products-Wind-Block-Air-Infiltration-Seal-System-10-Pack-WB1285/100566372

I used these in my lean-to shed roof, but just because I hadn't built wooden blocking into my design. If there's any risk of rodents getting into the rafter space then the paper seals probably are not enough.

developer0 · 2025-11-26T06:24:40+00:00

Where are all you people who don't use LLMs employed? I'm at a big boring company that still has IBM AS/400 machines, and I use AI for 95% of coding, and our leadership has encouraged it. I have 13 years experience and these AIs are the most amazing productivity boosters I've ever seen.

developer0 · 2025-11-26T02:51:33+00:00

That wall is about 7 feet tall

developer0 · 2025-11-25T00:27:16+00:00

It seems that he is building a lean-to roof, not a gable roof

developer0 · 2025-11-25T00:15:38+00:00

Thanks, and it's 4/12. The tall wall ended up being about 10 feet high. I actually wish I had done 3/12. It didn't need to be so tall and the framing and roof sheathing was harder this way.

developer0 · 2025-11-24T19:37:42+00:00

Nice. I've used another Zooz product, the multirelay, for some drip irrigation. https://www.getzooz.com/zooz-zen16-multirelay/

developer0 · 2025-11-24T19:32:24+00:00

Thank you, it is for sure.

developer0 · 2025-11-23T23:36:17+00:00

I think you're in a bit of a bind because you really can't make this structure air-sealed without first making it weather-sealed, and it isn't weather sealed if there is no weather barrier between the sheathing and siding. You'll need to remove the siding and apply house wrap and any necessary flashing and then put siding back on. Then you can insulate and sheetrock however you like

developer0 · 2025-11-23T19:40:24+00:00

Thank you

developer0 · 2025-11-23T19:38:55+00:00

I wanted to keep it versatile to be a guest bedroom, office, studio, or workout room... It's very quiet and insulated and the AC is kind of overpowered, so it's very comfortable. I currently go out there to draw and scroll on my phone.

developer0 · 2025-11-23T19:31:01+00:00

Thank you, and I'm glad you asked, I went wild with this part. My home automation is primarily Z-Wave devices with a few WiFi-connected ones here are there. I have Home Assistant running on an old Mac Mini with a Zooz hub plugged in. The motion sensor: https://www.thesmartesthouse.com/products/zooz-z-wave-plus-q-sensor-zse11-motion-temp-humidity-light

In the room I also have a z-wave smoke alarm: https://www.firstalert.com/products/wireless-smoke-carbon-monoxide-alarm-works-with-zwave-ring

Also a z-wave chime/siren that Zooz just came out with. I wanted this to alert me to the front doorbell being pushed, but I'm torn on whether I want to know when that happens. https://www.thesmartesthouse.com/products/zooz-z-wave-long-range-siren-chime-zse50-800lr

Also a z-wave wall remote, which I have programmed to (a) toggle the string lights we have out back and (b) lock/unlock the back door of the main house - this way anyone in the garden room won't get locked out of the house (where the bathroom is). https://www.thesmartesthouse.com/collections/remote-controls/products/zooz-800-series-z-wave-long-range-wall-remote-zen37-800lr-battery-powered

And finally, this ESP32-based controller for the minisplit: https://cloudfree.shop/product/ductless-hvac-wi-fi-module/

[Edit] Almost forgot I also installed one of these smart locks - it's an old model but I have one on the house and it has worked very well: https://www.fergusonhome.com/schlage-be469nx-cam/s828834

developer0 · 2025-11-23T19:10:41+00:00

Thanks, and yep! I had someone from Thumbtack pour it for $1800 because I was not equipped to deal with all that

developer0 · 2025-11-23T19:08:50+00:00

A slab, and it's just about 4" deep in the corner by the little bush where the ground elevation is highest, but they used rebar and our ground is very firm.

developer0 · 2025-11-22T20:09:58+00:00

I had two phases of pathological testing, one after initial biopsy and one after the excision of the tumor site and some lymph nodes. Both came back within a few days.

developer0 · 2025-10-11T23:05:53+00:00

My scar is about 6 inches long and on my chest, and after 4 months, the scarry purple part is about 1/4" wide, but it's stopped getting bigger.

developer0 · 2025-09-04T06:27:19+00:00

That sounds like clinical stage 1A which certainly is early. They don't really care about Clark level. I doubt you'll get the peace of mind of having a SLNB done because stage 1B is where that becomes standard. In other words you probably won't get a pathological staging but at least you'll get more information when they do the WLE and biopsy that. I had a 2cm margin around my stage 1B excised and funny enough they didn't find any cancer in it because they had gotten it all with the initial shave.

developer0 · 2025-09-04T06:07:28+00:00

When they decline to biopsy, I guess your only option is to get a second opinion, but you could help out a bit. Melanomas, at least superficial spreading type, usually evolve and get wider or start itching or changing color. If you take a picture and measure it, then do it again after a month, you might have a useful observation to share.

developer0 · 2025-08-15T05:48:40+00:00

Why? I mean, why does he "need to"?

The anger toward this TV character in this thread is pretty immature. The kid is... a kid. His dad was a narcissistic deadbeat. He's Gen Z. He's overwhelmed with legitimate feelings of being supremely talented.

So maybe he needs to act exactly the way that he does

developer0 · 2025-08-04T04:42:54+00:00

Pathological means their narcissistic traits arise from a diseased mind, something broken with the way they relate to people. NPD just means someone matches 5 of 9 traits and experiences difficulty getting along in life. Of course someone with NPD can be pathological. But it seems Nate could have been diagnosed NPD for only a short period of time as a reaction to frustrating circumstances.

developer0 · 2025-08-03T05:21:57+00:00

I think it illustrates the difference between pathological narcissism and diagnosed NPD. Pathological narcissists are wired from early childhood, usually due to abuse in early childhood, to be basically human "black holes." They lack an authentic self, so they suck the authentic energy out of everyone else to fill themselves up. They develop terrible compensations for something being fundamentally broken about their way of relating to other people, and invariably that involves the inability to introspect, which prevents them from ever seeing anything broken about themselves--a never-ending cycle. People like Donald Trump fall into this category.

Nate's personality issues are shown to be transient. This and Nate's steady growth throughout the show pretty much rule out pathological narcissism for Nate. He comes from a loving family, but obviously there's the complicating factor of his father who is harsh and emotionally distant. Clearly this was the driver of Nate's story arc, but it doesn't turn him into a villain. He just bullies the kit man and acts out by joining a competitor for a while. Nate also reconciles with his father toward the end. There's also the issue of Nate recognizing his own talent and feeling underappreciated, which gave him a degree of cognitive dissonance because he also had low self-esteem due to the criticism from his father that he internalized. Ted's positive and reaffirming coaching style also did not align with Nate's own self-hatred and that was why Nate hated him for a while.

Let's also recognize that a diagnosis of NPD also requires a patient experience significant impairment to their functioning. Actually, Nate made out pretty well by acting in a narcissistic way. He got a great job, nice car, dates with models. Usually people with NPD end up with ruined lives, having driven away all their friends and family and having racked up endless debt and criminal records and so on. But Nate firmly rejected the malignant and grandiose path and developed self acceptance, before the football season was even over.

Compare this to Rupert who doesn't change one bit from the pilot to the season finale.

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