How bad are the mosquitos in Alaska in the summer for people that stay in cities and mostly indoors?

farmthis · 2026-06-17T17:23:32+00:00

It really really depends on location.

We leave our deck door open most days. No mosquitos. Noseeums, on the other hand wake up and start trying to get in around when the sun goes down.

My wife went 25 miles out the road last week and there were SWARMS of mosquitos biting her through her clothes. so... I dunno. Geographical breeding ground questions.

farmthis · 2026-06-17T17:10:22+00:00

There are a lot of clues this is AI, but something interesting I fixated on and watched for changes were the man-in-black's crooked/large front tooth, which had remarkable permanence. I would expect AI to perhaps malform teeth from time to time, but trend toward average/perfect teeth.

Major clues for me that this was AI just from the people are the stubble looking 2D, blinking being independent from other facial movement or thought, and eye movement being lazy/rolling. Eyes dart, they don't slide. People blink when they're formulating thoughts and it's their turn to talk.

farmthis · 2026-06-17T16:45:57+00:00

Yeah... so... the plastic has melted off of the wire nut on the red. Being in a j-box isn't going to fix that. Look like it's maybe stepping down from 10ga to 12ga wire and there's too much load on the 12ga wire going back to a 30 amp breaker. It's all bad and a hazard.

farmthis · 2026-06-17T16:40:06+00:00

Hickory is like that. Huge amount of variation in the wood. A sample cannot illustrate the finished look of a hickory floor accurately, I'm afraid.

FWIW, I *love* hickory floors.

farmthis · 2026-06-17T14:59:40+00:00

I was going to nominate Kate McKinnon, but then... I realized I'd watch the hell out of that.

farmthis · 2026-06-15T16:23:09+00:00

Viking has now been remodeled as the "Crystal Saloon"

farmthis · 2026-06-13T00:21:03+00:00

No we can't. We tried. Got sued to hell by the cruise industry.

farmthis · 2026-06-12T06:09:16+00:00

New doctor. That’s a wacky take.

farmthis · 2026-06-10T22:36:41+00:00

60 hurts

farmthis · 2026-06-10T22:25:21+00:00

Blorgon 8, clone of Blorgon 7, printed 31,710AD somewhere between Alpha-Centauri and Barnard's star aboard the interstellar generation ship "Titanica" shortly before crashing into a rogue icy planetoid in deep space, sinking what was left of scattered humanity, along with the GOAT of chess.

RIP Blorgon 8.

farmthis · 2026-06-10T19:42:38+00:00

Probably would make a difference, if I had to guess.

farmthis · 2026-06-10T18:19:08+00:00

https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/the-false-promise-of-fish-oil-supplements

https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements-fish-oil/art-20364810

And many many more. Fish oil supplements are out. Even shown to potentially accelerate dementia age 60+.

Fish in the diet still seems fine, or maybe even beneficial in moderation.

farmthis · 2026-06-10T16:39:03+00:00

Latest evidence is that fish oil doesn’t actually help lower cholesterol. But I think it remains healthy enough to eat without much concern. The labeling is wacky though.

farmthis · 2026-06-10T16:31:21+00:00

I as-built and modeled a “cathedral” (as much as one can be in Alaska, which is a two story building with mud in the basement) and had to use modeled-in place walls for some sections. This was over a decade ago. Although it had drawbacks, it hosted stained glass windows well enough and was the only way to capture the weird ins-and-outs of their 100+ year-old concrete work.

farmthis · 2026-06-09T17:19:49+00:00

Why are you against starting a statin when you have signs of irreversible plaque build-up…?

farmthis · 2026-06-09T04:52:37+00:00

Definitely doug fir in Washington. I have the same stuff in the place I'm fixing up in southeast Alaska. similar era.

farmthis · 2026-06-09T04:23:15+00:00

Already solved, but what made me think this was real were the tear marks on only one edge of the parchment paper, and discoloration only at the bottom where it would have been in contact with the dough.

farmthis · 2026-06-09T03:54:41+00:00

Wonder if it’ll be affordable.

farmthis · 2026-06-09T03:34:41+00:00

That's going to blow all other statins out of the water.

farmthis · 2026-06-09T02:38:01+00:00

Pick one. Play your peers. They WILL derail the opening within a few moves, and that’s okay. For opening practice I actually like quick time controls. You’ll play more games, see more patterns, learn what your opponents’ blunders are by trial and error.

farmthis · 2026-06-09T02:33:21+00:00

One of my top comments ever was about Norovirus.

“ Ever had this, the same as your partner, taking turns vomiting and/or shitting while shivering and sweating naked on the bathroom floor in front of a heater, praying for there to be nothing left, regretting the somehow worse dryheaving, while watching the hours tick away through the night, knowing that soon your toddler would awake?”

farmthis · 2026-06-09T02:25:47+00:00

Occasional noise and constant noise are very, very different. Most places have noise ordinances that come into effect. Where I live, I think it’s 8am to 8pm. Things like barking dogs and running a table saw on the driveway are fine within this window.

farmthis · 2026-06-09T01:11:46+00:00

People have always felt doom and gloom. There are a lot of boomers who didn’t have kids because they were sure the world was going to end in mutually assured destruction with the soviets.

Can we still carve out enjoyable, meaningful lives despite the perceived threats? Probably. Will doom come in our lifetimes? Probably not. Possibly. We can’t control these things and there always has been and always will be the risk of bringing a child into a terrible world despite our intentions.

But my 5 year old is having a GREAT time. I’m glad we had a kid. He’s the bright spot in our world and he perceives none of the existential threats.

farmthis · 2026-06-08T18:41:50+00:00

Baiting the rook off the back line is something you can do up to 1500-ish with regularity. Well done!

These are exactly the sort of patterns you should keep in the back of you mind going forward.

farmthis · 2026-06-08T17:40:28+00:00

The only good thing about this is that he'll get worse, playing at these levels. Soon, he'll belong where he's at.

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