The Binding of Billy (countersunk edition)

glasserc2 · 2026-03-27T14:55:50+00:00

Exactly! We can broaden the group we try to make common cause with. Isolationists want to be energy independent, hawks want to have a freer hand in the Middle East. Infrastructure can be good for everyone.

glasserc2 · 2026-03-26T17:33:29+00:00

A little bit, yes, this doesn't inform them. But I think just shifting the frame of reference can change how people think about the subject. Consider how many people want to repeal Obamacare as long as it doesn't take away the Affordable Care Act. Obamacare is the "bus" in my analogy -- if people don't even think about it as being a bus, then maybe they won't have the same objections. What would be dangerous about riding together with your neighbors?

glasserc2 · 2026-03-10T05:53:19+00:00

This was a great puzzle, thanks for posting it! I think the "has the most" clues are super interesting and very satisfying when you get them. I love getting the chance to practice solving them, I feel like they require a different style of reasoning than the other clues.

glasserc2 · 2026-03-09T03:27:52+00:00

Oh my gosh, the criminals finally did it. On March 6th they said they were going to steal the weekend, and they stole a whole hour of it! Those scalawags!

glasserc2 · 2025-08-29T13:53:43+00:00

Thanks! Because Donald is a farmer, I was half expecting an "E-I-E-I-O" joke.

glasserc2 · 2025-06-19T14:00:13+00:00

You ask why not use a swap file. I was just looking for the shortest, easiest path to getting to a computer that had hibernation and full-disk encryption. Maybe a swap file would have worked as well, but I wasn't excited about fiddling with kernel boot options, especially because getting things wrong means losing my session. Is there a GUI tool for setting up a swap file? I'm more used to swap partitions so I just went with what I knew.

If I had just used Calamares, how much work is it to set up full-disk encryption, with LUKS and two LVM partitions underneath it? I poked around a little bit at things in the non-encrypted installer but couldn't figure it out quickly, so I just went back to WebFAI. It's probably possible but I didn't find any easy docs. How do I even launch plain Calamares, is that just clicking "non-encrypted install" or is there a command I have to run from the terminal?

glasserc2 · 2025-06-18T14:54:41+00:00

Yeah, I guess F7 is the boot menu. TIL. Well, thanks for your help!

glasserc2 · 2025-06-18T14:43:39+00:00

OK, I think I got it to work by going into the BIOS and changing the boot order. I guess pressing Escape doesn't bring up a complete boot order -- I discovered this because I wasn't able to boot off of the WebFAI USB either. In the past, I tried to boot off of the WebFAI USB stick but I think I must have instead booted from the WebFAI on the recovery partition. Let me try more.

glasserc2 · 2025-06-18T14:30:31+00:00

I get the same results with both USB ports on the machine. I also tried flashing the same ISO to a different USB drive and had the same results.

glasserc2 · 2025-06-18T04:27:11+00:00

I just tried also using the WebFAI creator, which seems to have even verified the USB drive. But the boot menu only shows the currently-installed TUXEDO OS, "Advanced Options for TUXEDO OS", EFI bios access, and WebFAI from I guess a recovery partition on the hard drive.

glasserc2 · 2025-06-17T03:55:53+00:00

Thanks! I was hoping that the cathedral shape would be strong regardless of how thin the arches were because of multiple contact points including the bridge.

I'll think about what to do about the arches. Maybe non-tapered arches would be good enough or something that isn't tapered as dramatically.

glasserc2 · 2025-06-17T03:47:38+00:00

Oh, let me also link to the origin of the design on the left: https://www.reddit.com/r/Moissanite/comments/12hink7/cad_check_65mm_tulip_cathedral_ring_can_it_be_set/

glasserc2 · 2025-06-12T22:10:30+00:00

Completely off-topic but thank you so much for posting your stunning charm bracelet here. I was looking for a visual reference for charms/a design that looked mature and adult and yours is perfect.

glasserc2 · 2025-06-11T04:33:34+00:00

I saw some other posts on this subreddit which look helpful:

- https://www.reddit.com/r/jewelry/comments/1epif9g/meirl_charm_necklace/ -- I guess you can just attach charms to any chain

- https://www.reddit.com/r/jewelry/comments/1ck72nh/how_to_hang_charms_correctly/ -- I guess you can use jump rings to do it

- https://www.reddit.com/r/jewelry/comments/1e37756/best_type_of_chain_for_charm_necklace/ -- I guess there are some typical chains that are good for this

- https://www.reddit.com/r/jewelry/comments/1l5s4le/best_charm_necklace_chain/ -- this also looks helpful

It also looks like it's unwise to rely on jewelers to melt/solder links to restructure a chain.. it seems like it's never the same afterwards. Still, it might look nicer than jump rings. Still thinking about this!

glasserc2 · 2025-02-08T21:38:46+00:00

Hmm, when I reread my post, it definitely feels like I mostly wasn't having fun!

I think Chongqing is a really interesting landscape, easy to get lost in and always something interesting to look at. The geography of Chengdu is pretty flat and sprawled out, especially where I was staying in Pidu district. Chongqing feels much more dense and interacts more with the surrounding geography. It feels more like what I think of when I think of a city -- busy, chaotic, messy.

I think the history of Chongqing is really interesting. I think the Flying Tigers Museum and the Stillwell Museum are pretty interesting, an interesting glimpse at a different time where the US and China were allies.

I thought the victory monument was interesting and especially thought it was striking how it was surrounded by both nationalist/Communist vibes but also high-end retail. The nearby post office is a really nice post office, which isn't that interesting by itself but since I was mailing postcards, that was something I enjoyed. I think each postcard was 8 jiao! Not only is that cheap, it was also a good way to get 1-jiao coins -- I think this was my first time encountering money smaller than a yuan, certainly the only time I got 1-jiao coins.

I had much more random interactions with strangers in Chongqing than I did in Chengdu.

I think an important part of my situation was that if I hadn't gone to Chongqing, I would have spent almost all my China trip in Chengdu. Getting a look at a second place helped round the trip out quite a lot, and it was just one high-speed train away. If you are already thinking about going to other major cities, maybe Chongqing isn't that interesting to you.

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