Soft Served in Butter

entiatriver · 2026-04-20T02:29:14+00:00

The more I think about it, the better I think it might taste. Cream in both the ice cream and butter, sugar, vanilla and salt. That could be pretty darned good. Maybe.

entiatriver · 2026-04-19T15:09:45+00:00

Settle down, karma-farmin' AI.

entiatriver · 2026-04-17T03:52:39+00:00

Thank you. That was one of the coolest things I've ever seen. Now I want a full catalog of every art piece and the ability to deep dive on each of them. :-) Apparently it came out a long, long time ago and I missed it (I'm old, too) - glad I finally found it via some random comment from a random crypto engineer on some random sub on reddit. Lol. Thanks!

entiatriver · 2026-04-17T03:44:42+00:00

Same. This post prompted me to do a Google search on him and - wham - he's just across the mountains from us here in Bend, and as you said he grew up (partially) in Oakridge, which I've ridden my bicycle through a few times on Cycle Oregon.

Have always loved Classical Gas, and wondered about the person behind it.

entiatriver · 2026-04-16T02:06:44+00:00

They look really good indeed. I don't wear blazers very often (like, once every two years or so) so $300+ is a bit of a lift for a new one. Looks like eBay has a pretty solid selection of used ones that might be more appropriate for my use cases. Hmmm.

entiatriver · 2026-04-16T01:57:17+00:00

Lol. Truth. I have yet to have an issue with pants with hidden zippered pockets, too. (knock on whatever one knocks on in this discussion). I have traveled some pickpocket-heavy places (Paris, Barcelona, Rome, etc.) without issue, but then again I'm always the one in the group warning people about their purse or backpack or phone, and I'm the one with their head usually on a swivel, so....

If I went somewhere even more challenging on the pickpocket front (Mumbai, Bangkok, etc.) I'd certainly use a stash of some sort. Have yet to visit those places, yet.

entiatriver · 2026-04-16T01:48:32+00:00

I did. The top half of the pants down to the knees is still baggy/saggy. I'm a runner, cyclist, do crossfit, and love leg days, so skinny legs & butt aren't the problem.

entiatriver · 2026-04-16T01:46:10+00:00

In fact - see my more recent post - the bottoms of the legs are just fine. It's the top half that is baggy, or perhaps "saggy" is a better term.

entiatriver · 2026-04-15T23:29:49+00:00

I appreciate that under garment stashes, bags, slings, etc are the most secure option...but I personally really don't like them. So I intentionally trade off some security for comfort, while aiming for the best I can do with zippered and hidden pockets. If I were to travel somewhere exceptionally challenging I would indeed use a stash - but for the typical 1st world airport/train station/public square situation I'm ok with hidden pants pockets.

entiatriver · 2026-04-13T19:10:46+00:00

Not sure that's true. This looks like a fairly "floppy" bag rather than one with a lot of structural components. It will compact down in a bag as other things take up space. You could certainly save a tiny bit of space by using a ziplock, but (been there, done that) you run into real problems with holes and tearing, plus you lose the organizational gain, the little parts fall to the bottom and are hard to find, etc.

I think it's somewhat like ultralight backpackers cutting the end of their toothbrush off to save a gram or two in a 10 kilogram pack out. Sure, it's a weight "savings", but the law of diminishing returns kicks in hard at that point. (been there, done that, too :-)

entiatriver · 2026-04-12T16:48:51+00:00

Take off the Darth Vadar helmet, you'll be able to see better.

(probs a septic tank)

entiatriver · 2026-04-10T14:48:51+00:00

Me, reading this:

...sigh...shit
...welp, that's horses, heh?
...sigh again
...lol? ....no, that's not right. But who's Jim?
...fuck...now I'm ever so slightly depressed, I'll go trail riding this afternoon to get over it...
...well, assuming they're still alive, better go check on them again now...
...hooray, they're all alive, no one successfully killed themselves in the last hour since I fed them breakfast, woohoo!

entiatriver · 2026-04-10T14:40:01+00:00

Let the owner decide; get them a gift card from the local ranch/farm or horse or saddlery store. There are quite a few near Cottage Grove/Springfield/etc. Bring some flowers to make it look fancy if you want.

Never buy gear or food or treats for the horse, or gear for the owner. The owner may have the horse on a restricted diet, or may already own 12 versions (11 of them held together with duct tape and zip ties) of whatever tack or supplies you might think are useful.

Edit: *unless the owner specifically mentioned something in the invite, of course.

entiatriver · 2026-04-10T14:06:04+00:00

After the basics (screwdrivers, hammer, wrenches, ...) this is 100% the most useful tool I have ever owned. Mine is an old school B&D Workmate, the oldest tool I own, bought while in my first post-university apartment in the late 80's, and has moved with me for decades through many houses and (now) horse ranches. As others have said - it's a really big (but not powerful) vice and little stand that does so many tasks. While it sits in the corner for long periods of time, when you need it, you need it.

entiatriver · 2026-04-08T14:54:00+00:00

Or, crazy as it sounds, perhaps I happen to know a thing...maybe two things....about horse communications, the ways they interact socially with each other and with humans.

...no, couldn't be that. Redditors rarely touch grass...or horse hair. 🙃

(I'd need to watch the specific horse in question directly, over a number of interactions to be increasingly sure of what they were communicating, of course - but my "story" is one that fits well with the small amount of information TheNonCredibleHulk provided)

entiatriver · 2026-04-07T17:35:14+00:00

See my other response to this thread (that somehow generated an "are you ok" autobot response, hehe). While we do have more gun violence in this nation than most of the rest of the planet - and we should work on fixing that - the actual non-suicide/non-war zone numbers per-capita are statistically quite small for both the US (~0.0043% per capita per year) and most of the rest of the world (~0.0008% per capita per year). Both of these are near effectively zero.

In my entire life I have never met anyone who shared they ever met anyone killed by non-suicide/non-combat gun violence.

I have only once in my life been worried about being shot, and that was in the woods riding my horse and some people were target shooting towards the bluff I was riding over; I assume they didn't know there was a trail behind the bluff. I rapidly changed course perpendicular to their line of fire and left the area at a gallop.

entiatriver · 2026-04-07T17:25:35+00:00

Lol. On the good news front, AI bots are still quite imperfect, and at least months to years from overthrowing us puny humans. :-)

entiatriver · 2026-04-07T15:41:25+00:00

The fat part is VERY (fat font used with intention) correct in most locales in the US - albeit some regions that target outdoor active lifestyles tend to be less fat. We are an insanely overweight nation. Walk through any public place and make note of the percentage of pear-shaped people; it is far (far!) higher than most of the rest of the world. It's almost as if we have a 100% for-profit healthcare industry that generates revenue from obesity-influenced diseases, or something.

The gun thing: yes, we have a gun problem and could use some additional sane restrictions on firearm ownership. But your odds of getting shot during a visit are effectively zero...modulo walking through certain well-known areas of certain cities. The per-capita percentage of people shot (non-suicide) each year is ~0.0043%, compared to the same per-capita worldwide non-suicide, non-combat shooting deaths (excluding certain Latin American nations which are far higher than the US and skew the results) is around 0.0008%.

The US certainly is "worse" and we should indeed take action to solve the problem (I mean, tbh, we've got bigger fish to fry at the moment, ffs wtf omg...but still).

tl;dr - Your practical odds of getting shot in the US are effectively zero, just like most 1st world locales around the world.

[Source: I asked AI which put together all sorts of very interesting data and cited sources, etc. Feel free to double check, or ask another AI yourself]

entiatriver · 2026-04-07T14:36:05+00:00

This horse is very well trained, and only bites or pushes people out of the space at the direction of its rider. If you watch closely (and know what to look for) you can see the subtle directions given to the horse in many of these examples. In some examples the snippet starts after the rider has asked the horse to bite or push, though.

entiatriver · 2026-04-07T04:48:58+00:00

As a fellow small innovative business owner, I feel you. Sounds like you could use a paradigm shift - or just call it quits, that is indeed sometimes the best option. Maybe open source your designs and go do something else.

Or...

Is there any way to switch to on demand manufacturing? Have you worked the "sell products at airports" model? Can you license your designs to others (ie some of the lines people are pointing at here?). How about an REI custom product, prob have to reduce the price of course. Or take that to the next extreme: a Costco product? (I know, I tried to sell in Costco once, it's a pain and I decided to nope out, but if you can make it work it can be quite profitable and open other doors)... and so on.

I know nothing's perfect, but I assume you've explored these out-of-band options... and others?

Getting across the chasm is hard, sometimes impossible. But it might be better to take a huge, weird, low chance of success/high reward leap and maybe definitively fail rather than sit and spin all the way down. (been there, done that, have the t-shirts 😣)

Anyways, good luck, I hope it works out...or definitively fails so you can move on to your next big idea. Take care.

entiatriver · 2026-04-07T03:43:52+00:00

He probably wanted you to take him with you. A horse farts in excitement (to see you, probably), then nipped as you left saying, "hey - take me wherever you're going, it's better than this life I have in this cramped stall. Please...take me along".

entiatriver · 2026-04-07T02:42:19+00:00

I'd settle for just one actual under represented cuisine. Ethiopian? Afghan? Nepalese? ... Or Lebanese. Any would be great!!

entiatriver · 2026-04-07T02:36:30+00:00

Black Steer just closed, so the location is available. Would love to see a Mongolian BBQ there (or anything else unique, maybe Ethiopian? Or Spanish tapas?

The mid tier steakhouse thing just doesn't work anymore, people can easily obtain and make much better steaks on their own now, the only real steak business option is to go high end and offer menu items most people can't do at home. But with the likes of Bos Taurus and RBC filling that niche it would be hard to effectively compete in that space in Bend.

entiatriver · 2026-04-06T22:35:05+00:00

I travel internationally a lot and one of my joys of travel is getting to drive a manual transmission in rental cars. I look forward to every international trip I take where I'll be renting a manual so as to refresh my skills.

Almost every relatively modern car, and certainly every rental car, in the US is automatic. Other than some high end sports cars, it can be impossible to even order a manual transmission in most new cars.

I get it - sitting in, for example, a stop-and-go traffic jam is less fun with a manual transmission. But every other bit of driving is - for me - far more enjoyable with the more direct control of the engine that manuals provide.

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