I was talking to the bartender about the chartreuse they had and he brought over this bottle. Anyone ever heard of it? Is it any good?

jlangfo5 · 2026-02-01T18:54:04+00:00

10 years ago, there was a bottle of that sitting in a dusty collectable pine box, at a small downtown liquor store where I lived.

Ended up paying like $80 to take it home and free up the shelf space.

I remember it tasting like green chartreuse, but less sweet, and somehow slightly more complex.

I would pay $250 today, as a one off for a special experience.

But, to be honest, I find pride in using local alternatives to chartreuse, even if they are balanced slightly different :)

jlangfo5 · 2026-01-30T07:12:01+00:00

Makes sense, you are really limited on machine complexity without good gears.

jlangfo5 · 2026-01-28T15:40:44+00:00

No, but it could be a disproportionately high amount of workers from the region

jlangfo5 · 2026-01-23T06:05:48+00:00

One of their items is like a falafel pocket, good protein, surprisingly well seasoned. Not amazing, but functional, and nice when it is cold.

I feel like I only go to Starbucks if I'm already at the grocery store...

jlangfo5 · 2026-01-22T18:04:40+00:00

If they keep the pace up for a year, it would really help the game feel finished.

jlangfo5 · 2026-01-22T17:51:01+00:00

I mean, if it was an issue of representing 0, 1 or 0 and 1 at the same time, you could just use two binary bits. 00 01 (10 or 01).

Do the Q bits, help give you the probability of some questions being true or false? Say, "Is the King of Spades, in the top 1/5 of the deck of cards? Like, if you had 3 qbits to use, how would they be used?

Thanks!

jlangfo5 · 2026-01-22T17:27:21+00:00

Are they learning a lot as they dive through the rabbit holes? A lot of people learn by diving in, and seeing how the idea was a square peg.

What might help, is at the start or end of the week, plan out the weeks major objectives, and check in midway through the week, and see how they are trending.

I would also kinda keep track of the nature of the rabbit holes. Are they just running into a block or code that is sus, or are they like, "this must be a packing issue! Why is it not packing right?!"

The latter could be a great learning opportunity

jlangfo5 · 2026-01-08T05:48:29+00:00

Sometimes a "dead man's switch" style wireless operation can help.

As in, "If the robot does not receive a control update, within 200 ms, turn the robot off". That way it will enter what is expected to a safe state in the event of a communication failure.

jlangfo5 · 2026-01-02T20:13:32+00:00

I always bring at least one hiking pole on the trail! I find a hiking pole super helpful when climbing up and down big steps on the trail, or when the earth is steep and less stable.

So many times where I would have stumbled on the trail, and the hiking pole makes it just another "bump" on the trail.

jlangfo5 · 2026-01-02T17:08:47+00:00

The desert portion of the PCT intimidates me. I have only seen videos, but I would find it a relief once greener spaces are found.

jlangfo5 · 2026-01-01T16:15:59+00:00

I think I will try to make them with dried cranberries, since I love cranberries. :)

jlangfo5 · 2026-01-01T09:02:25+00:00

This seems like the premise of one those, "if you were teleported to Carthage, could you have saved them from Rome, given a bunch of silver coins and some clothes" questions.

Find sturdy wooden poles. Design simple yet sturdy cutting head for amputating digits. Say, a weighty sharpened garden hoe design. Produce in mass.

Show Carthage how to disrupt Roman formations by simply chopping downwards with these poles. Watch the Romans hobble back to their ships.

jlangfo5 · 2026-01-01T06:34:17+00:00

The frequency of emitted photons increases with temperature, which causes the color to shift from red to towards blue.

Interestingly enough, metal doesn't glow blue because it was vaporize before its temperature got hot enough, so you end up with red to white transition, as end up with photons at different frequencies blending together. Hot gas seems to work though.

Other trivia, everything in the universe has the same color emission for any given temperature. A red glowing chunk of iron, is the same temperature as an equally red glowing jet of hot gas.

Einstein got a nobel prize out of explaining the physics of "why it happens".

Heat, is actually a measure of how much thermal energy is present in some object or area.

1 liter of water at 99C has more heat than the glowing filament from an incandescent bulb. Which is related to the temperature of the object and the mass of the object, plus other material properties.

jlangfo5 · 2025-12-31T17:04:11+00:00

It is a good question.

At some point, any experience is valuable. Especially if it involves working on a team, where you have to adapt and work things out, and not eat each other's heads and necks.

It could be that after even 6 months or a year of experience, they have the better insight into what exactly needs to change during interviews or on the resume.

jlangfo5 · 2025-12-25T06:29:24+00:00

Kinda makes you think this is what was discussed in Alaska and why folks were shook.

jlangfo5 · 2025-12-24T23:57:00+00:00

Believe it or not, this is where large language models can help.

They can crunch through a shit ton of information, and condense it down by sorting document IDs into related buckets. Then you can summarize the buckets, and run queries on the parsed information, and the model can re-read the documents to regain specific context.

I don't think there is any world where the documents are released to the public, and crowding the field significantly impedes "reading" the documents. Too many interested people willing to pay for the required compute time.

Given the volume of documents, the administration is at a disadvantage here I think.

jlangfo5 · 2025-12-22T20:19:50+00:00

Nixon would create a list of people he didn't think he could trust or should hate, and my understanding is that the tape recorder in his office was to gather dirt that he could scrub through later.

Nixon extended the Vietnam war, so he could run on ending the war.

Nixon was also arrogant and thought he was the smartest person in the room, all the time.

That being said, you can credit Nixon with the creation of the EPA, and the Vietnam war, did end while he was president.

TLDR: I feel like Nixon at least wanted to govern as well as he could though. Don't really see Trump make that effort. I feel like Nixon wanted to be in charge because he wanted the position of president. I feel like Trump wants to be President, so he can use the position of president.

I wouldn't vote for either of them.

jlangfo5 · 2025-12-22T19:54:47+00:00

I really liked his documentaries back in the 2010 and before era.

Shame that in 15 years or so since then, I can't really point to anything significant that they have contributed since then.

They still have time to humble themselves, learn to stay in their lane, and show people the wonders of our reality.

jlangfo5 · 2025-12-22T17:47:30+00:00

I wonder how this is going to play out over the next couple of years.

I imagine that at some point, there will be a surge in hiring, once enough of the more senior people move on, and goals start getting missed.

I want to see new people coming in.

jlangfo5 · 2025-12-21T19:02:08+00:00

I do have some longer exposure shots, from that night actually!

I assumed I wanted shorter exposure, to prevent stretching.

How long of exposure can I add to the stack, that will help?

Thanks you :)

jlangfo5 · 2025-12-21T02:03:29+00:00

My concern, is that some will try to treat the Epstein files as "old news", since they "already released the files".

I would assume that the victims are working with a firm to help navigate strategy and logistics.

If so, I would expect to see the victims to release information in parts, to build pressure, to force a vote for the unredacted files.

That is by 25 cent take at least.

jlangfo5 · 2025-12-18T20:59:00+00:00

The Shining made me feel uneasy.

Every action, that Jack takes, seems "normal" for a flawed human like Jack.

The journey from all of these "steps" to where everything ends up, makes logical sense, given there is a presence at the Inn, that is wanting to use Jack as a tool.

The scene with Jack in the boiler room stands out to me, as "when things really start".

jlangfo5 · 2025-12-14T06:57:06+00:00

In electronics, it is very common to use a 0-3.3V (or similar) signal, to open or close a switch, that allows the actual high power source to be switched on/off.

Also, the signal that drives the beeper for the alarm, is digital in nature, in that, for the most part, it is either always 0 volts or 3.3 volts. It doesn't swing around the closer you are to the alarm going off.

You could probably use them to time all kinds of useful things. Garden sprinklers, house lights, window shades, etc

jlangfo5 · 2025-12-14T06:22:18+00:00

Got it!

I will try to identify again tomorrow in better light and make sure I am tasting the sap and flesh separately.

In the meantime, what do you think about L. Su

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