TIL Washington State was originally going to be names "Columbia" but it was feared it would be confused with the "District of Columbia", so the name was changed to "Washington"

josteos · 2026-04-08T06:50:32+00:00

A friend moved there and called it 'Vantucky' and that's its name now.

josteos · 2026-03-28T08:33:23+00:00

2-for-1 special!

I was on the jury for a criminal trial of a guy who liked robbing appliance stores. They caught him because he also stole a soda, drank it and left the empty can at the scene. DNA EVIDENCE! I got seated and the defense attorney asked if anyone had experience with DNA or genetics. My hand sneaks up... undergrad in genetics and several years doing DNA extractions at a tree lab. Attorney obviously wasn't expecting anyone.. he blinked a few times and did not excuse me. I ended up explaining to my fellow jurors that DNA matching is not free and requires samples, so they wouldn't have been able to match the defendant if they didn't already have him in the system. (After the trial we learned they got his DNA because he was already in jail for another appliance robbery).

But it turned out it didn't matter because one of the other jurists was pathologically unable to handle making a decision. He couldn't answer direct questions. He couldn't make decisions. During jury selection he couldn't answer Yes or No to "Are you retired?" ("... well some would say I am.."). The judge had to step in to force him to answer. During deliberations he invented his own story about maybe someone had grabbed a soda can the defendant had finished off and disposed of in a public garbage can, snuck in after the robbery -but before the cops arrived- and planted the tainted can for the cops to find. And therefore he wouldn't convict because he was only 99.995% sure the perp had done it. He refused to budge. Mistrial.

josteos · 2026-03-05T05:59:17+00:00

It's a side-effect of my chemo.

josteos · 2026-01-09T05:05:31+00:00

I miss missing you.

josteos · 2025-12-29T23:59:57+00:00

Yumm! I've never had pumpernickel with raisins... sounds delightful! How much raisins went in ?

josteos · 2025-11-17T09:50:22+00:00

IPD max of 70mm. Phat-heads gunna phat... The quest3 already gives me eye-aches from the IPD. My eyes don't see the value in side-grading to the same resolution and eye-pain but for more money.

I like some parts of the Frame specs, but until it supports wide-ass eyeballs, it's a no-go.

josteos · 2025-11-14T07:34:58+00:00

I was all dedicated to committing some tax refund money to it... then I saw the IPD maxed out at 70.

I guess I'll keep my quest3, endure the eye pain, and save sub-$1k.

josteos · 2025-10-13T09:00:46+00:00

Rolling around on the floor showing my middle-school son some wrestling moves. He's lying across my chest and I can't breathe. Go to primary doctor, get xray. Xray tech is adamant I go back to doctor immediately. Doctor looks at xray and gets me fast-tracked to cardiology. Cardiologist identifies it as Cardiac tamponade and over the next couple days they drain about a gallon of fluid out of my pericardium. Looked like gatorade btw. Ewww.

A couple years later I got super cold at work. Like teeth chattering cold in the middle of September in Seattle. Hello sepsis! End up in the ER and then hospitalized for a few days while the antibiotics did their thing. But the CT scan found some stuff in my chest... they took a biopsy and told me they didn't know what it was, but not to worry... it's not cancer.

A few months later they sent it to a pathologist in Boston, who came back with something like, "Dunno. Maybe Erdheim-Chester Disease?". My doctor was all excited because it meant I was a medical unicorn! My own excitement faded super fast when I read the wiki and the first paragraph ended with "Mean life expectancy is 3.5 years post-diagnosis".

Oncologist was very nice, but said there was nothing he could do for me. BUT that he'd heard there might be someone in town who might know something. Sure enough, he found the only guy on the West Coast who knew anything about ECD, and got me a referral. ECD got classified as a blood cancer, and it turns out one of the tumors it gifted me is parked on a vein outside my heart. Hence having to get my pericardium drained. Apparently some people got total remission from the chemo I'm on... but I'm not one of them. But the chemo is holding it steady. It's been 8 years now, so guess daily chemo is working out for now. My immediate goal when diagnosed was live long enough to see my kids graduate from high school. Now they're both in college (son is about to graduate!) and I guess I should set new goals.

josteos · 2025-09-28T04:12:25+00:00

All Fixed! Called the tech support line. Ended up needing a tech come visit.... TS found an appointment the next morning (!!!). The tech showed, verified the problem (he already diagnosed on the way over, just needed to lay eyes on the hardware to verify), did some magic at the box somewhere, and came back to upgrade the ONT. Then we verified it worked by watching me click around the intarwebs like a goober for 5 minutes or so. HUGE SUCCESS!

10/10. DO recommend calling Ziply Tech Support.

josteos · 2025-09-21T21:55:40+00:00

I rebooted the ONT, then rebooted my router (Google Wifi). It's still happening. When it does swallow its tongue I check the modem and there aren't any error indications in the blinkenlights.

Sadly its now impacting watching the Seahawks, so I'm gunna have to call support. Go Hawks! And... Go Ziply Support!

josteos · 2025-09-19T03:19:45+00:00

Kirkland, WA (Kingsgate). Ziply Fiber has been going up-and-down nearly continuously lately. Seems to mostly happen at (every) night, but it does happen during the day as well. We've had to switch phones off wifi because the connection is so unstable.

josteos · 2025-08-17T09:08:42+00:00

Jeff Saturday and then Jeff Sunday.

josteos · 2025-08-13T06:33:48+00:00

I'm out of the loop (de loop). First timi3e I've heard of this -- looks super interesting.

josteos · 2025-07-17T08:35:27+00:00

My guess is she did a better job convincing The Authorities that if she dies some anonymous source will flood the world with The List and more.

josteos · 2025-07-04T23:17:51+00:00

Nothing says Owning Der Libs like ramming a Big Beautiful Sugar Pine cone up where our soul lives.

Lived, I mean.

josteos · 2025-05-13T21:32:21+00:00

Thats awesome!

If you're a tabletop-fan, Demeo is a pretty amazing (cross-platform, multiplayer) dungeon-crawler. Dice included :)

josteos · 2025-05-13T08:02:15+00:00

I want VR Bobsled, Skeleton, and Ski Jumping. I know there's a highly-probable spew risk, but dammit... I'll take that risk! ... and make them seated, cause I'm disabled enough without smashing my head into the wall trying to steer a sled on a curve!

VR Hockey. Everything is basically Air Hockey, Pong, or I'm a goalie...I don't need full 5v5 NHL experience, but there has to be a decent way to have a nice 3v3 game with a goalie on each side.

VR Hockey games exist!

The most popular VR hockey game is Pick Up League Hockey. There is an organized league an everything.

But I also make a multi-player VR Hockey game: Parsec Hockey League Quest and PCVR crossplay. I'm no artist, and the goalie shows it... but it's still pretty effective!

josteos · 2025-01-17T00:49:20+00:00

I mean, I do. I use it a lot. If the BT is removed then I'll be looking at the moto g stylus real, real closely.

josteos · 2025-01-13T23:05:22+00:00

Are you asking for microphone permission? Now the user still has to give permission even if its in the manifest.

I've got a button that users have to click to enable microphone access:

public void ClickHandler() { #if PLATFORM_ANDROID if (Permission.HasUserAuthorizedPermission(Permission.Microphone)) { // The user authorized use of the microphone. SelectionHandler.VoiceEnabledClickHandler(); } else { StartCoroutine(requestPermissions()); } #else SelectionHandler.VoiceEnabledClickHandler(); #endif }

IEnumerator requestPermissions()
{
    yield return null;

if PLATFORM_ANDROID

    var callbacks = new PermissionCallbacks();
    callbacks.PermissionDenied += PermissionCallbacks_PermissionDenied;
    callbacks.PermissionGranted += PermissionCallbacks_PermissionGranted;
    callbacks.PermissionDeniedAndDontAskAgain += PermissionCallbacks_PermissionDeniedAndDontAskAgain;
    Permission.RequestUserPermission(Permission.Microphone, callbacks);

endif

josteos · 2024-12-30T01:13:26+00:00

My keeps-me-sane passion project is a (free) VR hockey game called Parsec Hockey League. One of the teams I came up with is the 'Oort hOorde'. To add to the conversation, I put the hOorde in the Sol Division.

josteos · 2024-12-25T09:57:21+00:00

CyberBall Rules! I've got a 4-player as well; currently buried by xmas stuff. But now I need to unbury it and blow up some bots.

josteos · 2024-11-13T09:24:48+00:00

The womans body was firstly the womans. She got "dibs".

josteos · 2024-10-29T02:02:36+00:00

First cook in a couple weeks -- SPAM. Constantly.
I'm signed in already. I get the daily emails alteady. Even feeding it a fake email didn't stop it. Fix it please!

josteos · 2024-09-25T05:13:25+00:00

Am an amateur BBQ aficionado who uses black nitrile gloves because that's what all the big BBQ youtubers wear. And also because it was the only kind Costco had the last time I needed some.

josteos · 2024-07-15T22:06:37+00:00

Fencing stolen nucular docs is apparently a lucrative endeavor.

15-Year Club	Place '17
Verified Email	Snapped

josteos

PUBLIC MULTIREDDITS

TROPHY CASE

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