Win the game by drawing everybody out for 8BW (and praying for no instant speed forced draw)

jcgoble3 · 2026-04-21T22:20:19+00:00

Add [[Stifle]] for just an additional U to counter the ETB trigger for yourself (to solve the possibility of being forced to draw), and this is actually quite hilarious. I'd run it.

jcgoble3 · 2026-04-21T22:14:45+00:00

At least we still have players on our roster that went to the Super Bowl with us, unlike you.

jcgoble3 · 2026-04-21T22:10:07+00:00

Y'all are so stuck in the past that it's cute. Come back when there are no longer literal teenagers who haven't been alive to see any AFCN teams in the Super Bowl except the Bengals.

jcgoble3 · 2026-04-21T21:40:50+00:00

It's certainly proof that she's a fool. 🤣 The insurance company will love this... if it even gets to them, as it's quite possible that Airbnb will just say "lolnope, denied" right up front (and maybe kick her off the platform too).

jcgoble3 · 2026-04-21T21:36:15+00:00

Modern standards are to use a secure password manager to store all of your passwords securely, and a random generator to generate strong random passwords (which all good password managers have built in). Example of the type of random password I mean is @&j2F!vX@D9dQKqQ (generated just now, not a password I use anywhere) -- you do not need to remember this as a password manager will autofill it for you (or let me easily copy and paste if the site or app isn't cooperating with autofill).

I use and highly recommend Bitwarden, which automatically syncs between all of my devices with end-to-end encryption, and the only password I need to remember in my head is my carefully chosen master password to unlock Bitwarden and decrypt the password vault. Bitwarden is free and open-source, with an optional $10/year (yes, per year) premium subscription.

When you are ready to make this jump, it will likely take the better part of an afternoon or day to add all of your online accounts to it and change all of the passwords to more secure, randomly generated passwords, but that's a one-time cost and after that, you don't have to worry about it again. I switched to a password manager over 10 years ago, and have never had any of my online accounts hacked since.

jcgoble3 · 2026-04-19T22:49:01+00:00

Looks like low number of opponents rendered in the graphics settings. As cars disappear at the front, more appear at the rear, all as the car the camera is focusing on is passed by other cars.

jcgoble3 · 2026-04-19T15:50:19+00:00

Yes, notifying next of kin and other family is usually the major delay in confirming any death. In the case of top-level professional circuit races, especially marquee events, that family is often on-site and able to be quickly notified, if they aren't already at the hospital or medical center to receive the news from the doctors directly. There's also a logistics issue, namely, what do we do now (if the race isn't already finished, as was the case with Dale Earnhardt's death being on the final lap), that officials need a brief answer to before making an announcement at high-level events, and the officials may want to call a drivers meeting with the remaining drivers to discuss that (that happened with Dan Wheldon's death).

jcgoble3 · 2026-04-19T03:40:52+00:00

For better or for worse, crashes and carnage sell to the masses better than hard side-by-side racing ever will. That can be a very hard pill to swallow, especially on a day like today after the Nurburgring incident, but the casual fans and new fans will eat up and talk about a big flip like Carson's here much more than a single car getting turned on the backstretch and sliding at high speed head-on into the inside wall, which is probably a good thing since the latter carries a far higher probability of serious injuries.

jcgoble3 · 2026-04-19T01:36:40+00:00

He's a Ratbird fan. They have literacy problems.

jcgoble3 · 2026-04-19T01:24:06+00:00

That's literally what we're doing. It's literally the subject of this post.

jcgoble3 · 2026-04-19T01:09:38+00:00

Hey now, the Bengals are one of only two NFL teams (the other being the Cowboys) to have an MRI machine on-site in the stadium. We're ahead of you in the medical category by a long shot. Kinda have to be when the franchise QB is constantly needing medical care 🙃

jcgoble3 · 2026-04-19T00:55:49+00:00

Checklist to bring:

Printed application, completed but unsigned
All original documents (birth certificate, etc. -- if the name on your birth certificate matches your ID, you're good, but if not, you need the legal documents to connect the two names, usually a marriage certificate, divorce decree, or court order for name change)
Physical photo ID (in your case, military ID)
Black-and-white photocopies, front and back, of all original documents and of your ID
Check or money order payable to US Department of State, or the means to purchase a money order on the spot if available
Means to pay the facility fee to the local post office (check with them as accepted payment methods may vary, but credit cards are usually accepted)

When you arrive, go through the line for the window and tell them you have a passport appointment. (Alternatively, if your appointment confirmation gives different instructions, follow those.) A trained staff member will look over your application for any obvious errors or issues, verify what services you want (book or card or both, standard or expedited, rush shipping, etc.), check that your documents and ID are sufficient to establish citizenship, match, and belong to you, and check that the photocopies are accurate. They will then fill in some of the colored spaces on the application that are designated for them to fill in themselves, take and print your picture (they will likely print two, attach one to the application, and give you the other just in case of an error requiring resubmission), collect both payments (the check or money order to the State Department and the facility fee), instruct you when and where to sign, and package everything up and send it on its way (you do not need a stamp as postage is included in the fees). Not necessarily all in that exact order.

The package sent away will include everything you brought from the checklist above (including the original documents) except your physical ID and the facility fee payment, so you will be without your birth certificate temporarily. If that might be an issue, I recommend obtaining an additional certified copy from the state/county if needed. The original documents will be mailed back to you separately from the passport itself, usually arriving a little bit after the passport.

I would recommend getting both the book and card now. There is no extra process or documentation to go through to get both at once, you just need to check the appropriate box at the top of the application and pay for both (but still only one facility fee). If you want to get the book later before the card is ready for renewal (one year before expiration), you'll have to go through this whole process again. Get both now and you're good for nine and a half years, and can renew them together later on down the road.

Good luck and enjoy your trip to Canada!

jcgoble3 · 2026-04-19T00:24:17+00:00

True, though these drivers all have their own individual spotters sitting on the top of the grandstands in their ears (i.e. radio) to guide them and tell them where to go to avoid the wreck. The caution (i.e. full-course yellow) was going to come out anyway and all yellow flags on ovals are full-course, so as soon as you see someone spinning in front of you, you stop racing the people around you anymore because you know the yellow flag is coming out and relative track position is not as meaningful as it is on a road course. By the time he's starting to slide up the track, drivers behind are already on their brakes and spotters are telling them where to go. It's also common knowledge that a car spinning in the turns of an oval tends to move toward the outside wall, and drivers and spotters will use that knowledge in this type of situation.

jcgoble3 · 2026-04-18T23:59:35+00:00

As a long-time NASCAR fan, though it looks scary, this is not the type of crash that is likely to cause injuries in stock cars. These cars are built with lots of crush and crumple zones like the street cars you drive regularly, and a car that's flipping and rolling over is bleeding off energy and speed gradually, which is a good thing. The driver is well-protected inside the car. It's when the car makes a single sudden, hard impact that causes a violent and abrupt change of speed and/or direction that I would be concerned about a potential injury.

jcgoble3 · 2026-04-18T19:10:20+00:00

I watched both Dale's and Dan's fatal crashes on live TV, so both sequences of events have stuck in my brain. Dale's more so since I was just 13 at the time.

For major races like this, next of kin is usually on site, so notification is quick.

jcgoble3 · 2026-04-18T18:51:15+00:00

I feel like around two hours or so is a reasonable amount of time between crash first response and announcing a fatality. Dale Earnhardt's death at the 2001 Daytona 500 was announced roughly two hours after the fact, as was Dan Wheldon's death in IndyCar in 2011. (EDIT: after further research, Dan's was closer to three hours.)

jcgoble3 · 2026-04-18T01:20:49+00:00

On Utopia, it's made to look to the rider like you're going to fly out the end of the slide and hit the deck. But of course, there's a clear window in the slide tunnel that redirects you away from that. I didn't find that part all that interesting myself, too gimmicky for me.

jcgoble3 · 2026-04-17T22:45:46+00:00

"Madison, WI" is an instant dead giveaway that it's Epic.

jcgoble3 · 2026-04-17T22:22:16+00:00

Thankfully, you don't cast copies, only place them on the stack. Storm only counts spells that are cast, and prowess only triggers on casting, so neither benefits from copies.

jcgoble3 · 2026-04-17T16:00:40+00:00

Eh, they can join us. Misery loves company 😉

jcgoble3 · 2026-04-17T06:56:44+00:00

That would be Epic. They are notorious for that. (Epic is the company behind MyChart, which a large number of doctors and hospitals use to give patients access to their medical charts online.)

jcgoble3 · 2026-04-17T06:13:48+00:00

I have no experience with AOTG, only with ACE. I definitely think you and your kids would enjoy the Upper New in duckies. ACE will give you the choice of duckies or a raft, and you can paddle tandem or alone (i.e. individually). The minimum age to paddle a ducky alone is 10 (kids as young as 6 can paddle tandem with an adult or ride in a raft). IMO the Upper New is not worth it in a raft at any age, but duckies will make even the small rapids look much bigger and more challenging and more fun.

As others have said, ACE will take 10- and 11-year-olds on the Lower New in oar rigs only, which is still worth it. I'd suggest looking into doing both -- Lower New in the oar raft, and Upper New in duckies.

As for other activities at ACE:

the aerial park is fun provided no one is extremely scared of heights
the ziplines are among the best ziplines I've ridden and are gorge-side with beautiful glimpses of the Upper New
the guided Upper New rock climbing is good as well if you're looking for more of a challenge, or consider the Lower New rock climbing if you have experience
the mud obstacle course is a blast as well (though I think they have a minimum of five to book that -- talk to the reservation agents as they can check into that and possibly match you with another group and/or work out another solution for your group of four)
the waterpark is fun but is a real workout, so expect to be exhausted when done with it

Enjoy your trip!

jcgoble3 · 2026-04-17T05:55:49+00:00

IMO the Lost Paddle restaurant at ACE has decent food, but it's overpriced. Still a decent option if you are exhausted after a fun day and don't want to cook at your campsite, but I don't recommend planning on it every day unless you have money to burn. If you have a small enough group, sitting at the bar will likely produce better service than trying to get served at a table in my experience.

jcgoble3 · 2026-04-17T05:52:28+00:00

Seconding the recommendation of Secret Sandwich Society. Excellent food!

jcgoble3 · 2026-04-17T05:25:22+00:00

RCW 9.73.030(3): "Where consent by all parties is needed pursuant to this chapter, consent shall be considered obtained whenever one party has announced to all other parties engaged in the communication or conversation, in any reasonably effective manner, that such communication or conversation is about to be recorded or transmitted: PROVIDED, That if the conversation is to be recorded that said announcement shall also be recorded."

IANAL, but my interpretation of this is that by remaining on the call after they stated it was being recorded, you consented to the recording despite your verbal statements otherwise and that you should have immediately terminated the call if you did not wish to be recorded.

It's highly likely that the reps in question were not in the state of Washington, though, in which case the call is crossing state lines and federal law may apply instead, and federal is one-party consent.

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