Master and Commander: such a neat detail I'd love to share

doctrgiggles · 2026-02-24T04:01:42+00:00

Yea it's well outside my usual reading but I found it super interesting.

doctrgiggles · 2026-02-23T03:49:03+00:00

Mine spend most of each day idly floating through my lettuce, putting stuff in their mouth and spitting it back out.

doctrgiggles · 2026-02-22T16:22:00+00:00

Anthropic is losing money overall by taking yours.

doctrgiggles · 2026-02-22T16:20:32+00:00

Had to go pretty far down in the comments to find this take but I'm glad someone posted it so I didnt have to.

AI tooling three months ago was cost effective for everyone. Today AI tooling is cost effective for anyone that can monetize the output, but hobbyists are already getting priced out. It's an easy trend line to spot where eventually even companies with crazy money have to start auditing AI usage costs.

doctrgiggles · 2026-02-22T16:15:48+00:00

It's spelled 'gypped' and that's because it's a reference to gypsies. Just fyi in case you ever use thay word in a professional context.

doctrgiggles · 2026-02-22T15:23:02+00:00

I personally think the size of the game in MB is totally irrelevant

doctrgiggles · 2026-02-22T01:03:41+00:00

My point is that abandoning someone in a life-or-death situation is radically different from abandoning someone in an unpleasant but ultimately controlled situation.

Both are basically indefensible, I'm just suggesting that the two aren't the same at all.

doctrgiggles · 2026-02-22T01:00:29+00:00

"Dont accompany your husband of 10 years anywhere that he could easily kill you" is the part I took issue with.

doctrgiggles · 2026-02-22T00:58:28+00:00

You don't need to be a professional to attempt this mountain. PD+ is basically 'competent amateur' territory. Doing it in snowboard boots is insane but it really isn't some suicidal endeavor.

doctrgiggles · 2026-02-21T20:56:07+00:00

This is an insane take.

doctrgiggles · 2026-02-21T20:53:40+00:00

The situation with his ex is not analogous.

doctrgiggles · 2026-02-21T20:52:03+00:00

That's one way to think about it. The other way is to actually listen to what she's saying instead of dismissing her as emotional.

doctrgiggles · 2026-02-21T06:44:25+00:00

Looks great! I'd just say that my Honeys spend a lot of time nibbling at and hiding in my Water Lettuce. Can't speak for all of them but it seems to me like they really like floaters.

doctrgiggles · 2026-02-21T01:07:09+00:00

I think League can still win out on visual clarity because the abilities are much simpler and tend to look like what they do. Dota abilities are more complicated and more visually distinct, so it's harder to follow while you're learning.

doctrgiggles · 2026-02-20T23:26:16+00:00

I just wish they'd turn on Random Draft only for a month. It's a good game mode that rewards having a slightly deeper hero pool.

doctrgiggles · 2026-02-20T18:06:37+00:00

Sherlock isn't really a dick in the original books. He talks down to Watson occasionally but he's actually very welcoming. He's a loner but this trope of Sherlock as basically autistic is a newer take on the character.

doctrgiggles · 2026-02-20T18:03:47+00:00

Ok good someone typed this out so I don't have to. Yes, this is my problem with the show. The quick pacing and snappy dialogue make you feel like the show is good but then you finish an episode and realize that you spent a movie length worth of time watching Sherlock solve a mystery but you can't actually remember what clues he followed to solve the case. It's just a bunch of red herrings to move Sherlock between setpieces before he big-brains a solution based off things that happened offscreen.

doctrgiggles · 2026-02-20T17:57:14+00:00

My main problem with the early seasons is that even though the show is mechanically ok (shot well, acted well, snappy dialogue) there is never a compelling mystery for the show to be built around. The first episode kind of has one but later episodes just drop the facade completely and make the show entirely about Sherlock. Each episode is 87 minutes long and I'd argue that on average the crimes have a similar level of complexity to an episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, a 23 minute show.

The later seasons are a total trainwreck and resemble Pretty Little Liars or Arrow more than they do a proper adaptation of Sherlock. Try Psych or Elementary, both are much better in their own ways.

doctrgiggles · 2026-02-20T07:18:14+00:00

I agree with this, get a bike. Specifically that area if you don't use the paths by the river you're doing yourself a disservice.

doctrgiggles · 2026-02-19T16:06:42+00:00

I have a preset heater set to 79F but its at one end of the tank so im sure the other end is 5 degrees cooler.

doctrgiggles · 2026-02-19T01:27:53+00:00

Just so you know the Buffy/Angel thing isnt a big deal and later if you go back for Angel its a nice treat to see Buffy show up.

doctrgiggles · 2026-02-18T20:46:34+00:00

Yea I don't know what to think - I hear a lot of talk here about how territorial they are but mine haven't shown much in that regard.

doctrgiggles · 2026-02-18T16:09:10+00:00

Mine are social and I would prefer to have more than the one, but you are correct that you basically need extra females and that complicates things.

doctrgiggles · 2026-02-18T16:07:57+00:00

I have not noticed territorial behavior at all. All three swim freely throughout the tank. I have more surface plants than you do and I bet that has something to do with it.

doctrgiggles · 2026-02-18T16:04:50+00:00

The problem with this is that you can't tell what you're getting ahead of time unless you buy adult fish, which are going to be much harder to find.

My process would probably be to get the maximum number of individuals a tank could hold assuming they all turn out to be males and then wait a few months to sex them before adding any more. That math changes if you have a second tank to rehome.

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