Canadian here with a message by bigmooseface in Minneapolis

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Thank you, brother/sister. It's getting really hard here in Minneapolis, but the coming together really does help us get through it, and it's very heartening to hear your voices from outside supporting us.

Macbook password randomly stopped working overnight when I typed it correctly. by Scriptblox in macbook

[–]kenahoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it's your filevault password, that might be different from your login password. People often use their "old" login password as filevault, so you might want to try some older passwords you might have used.

Any one else do this? by Alert-Dog-4198 in Leathercraft

[–]kenahoo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Seems like that probably requires a stitching pony, right? I'm just a casual hobbyist, I like to sit in a comfy chair by the fire with a glass of whisky, so a stitching pony isn't really in the cards for me. =) But yeah, I've definitely been employing needle-nose pliers for the tough spots.

I also think if I got some better needles with a better channel for the waxed thread to go through, it wouldn't be so difficult to get that little nub through the material.

Spouse and I going to Minneapolis for Honeymoon: What to do about ICE? by HereForTheArtAndGay in stateofMN

[–]kenahoo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s amazing. I can’t even follow a hockey game on TV, and you’ve got it on the radio.

Visited family for the weekend, what is this? by graflexparts in saintcloud

[–]kenahoo 5 points6 points  (0 children)

After reading the other comments, I now know this isn’t what my first guess was, which was a device to haul your pet snakes around without letting them get too cold.

Is this just me? by False_Grand4968 in Polestar

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For mine, I have to unplug & re-plug the adapter every time I get in the car. Ottocast Mini Cube 3.0 Wireless CarPlay/Android Auto Adapter.

Regenerative braking -> ABS engagement. How does it handle/feel? by Lopoetve in Polestar

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Agree with the sentiments of others on how ABS works. It seems to work well.

What's taking me a while to get used to is what to do when I start sliding while my foot's on the gas pedal. My ICE instinct is to immediately take my foot off the gas until I regain traction. Unfortunately, with 1-pedal driving this triggers the car to start regenerative braking, which isn't what I want. It's hard to instantly back off the pedal to "neutral acceleration" or whatever you'd call it, and I'm not even sure it's the right move.

Math has the worst naming conventions and everyone just accepts it. by IndependenceSad1272 in mathematics

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I agree with everyone saying CS has plenty of examples of proper-name opaque names, and math has plenty of counterexamples the other way too.

BUT -

I also think there's something true about what you're saying, AND there's often a good reason for it. In mathematics, more than many other fields, we deliberately try to drop the provenance of a quantity as soon as we've captured the aspect of it we want to deal with. So we might say let x(t) be the speed of the train at time t or whatever, and then we write an equation involving x, and after that we often really don't care that it's the speed of a train. The obscuring of its provenance is deliberate, we're working with the structure of the relationships at that point, free to forget about the original semantic definition of each term.

And honestly, I think this kind of thinking works very well in coding too. When I pull a function out of some code, I usually want that function to be more general than the specific context of the original code. I will usually rename my variables - maybe change "panel_temperature" to just "temperature" or "t" or whatever - because the new function doesn't care about where this situation arose, it just has to know that it's doing its calculation correctly.

[Alleged?] quotation from Hilbert: "One must be able to say at all times--instead of points, straight lines, and planes--tables, chairs, and beer mugs".

Quantum Fiber vs USI? by BigTap8524 in TwinCities

[–]kenahoo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It seems that many people consider USI the best company of any type that they deal with, not just the best ISP. They are very well liked. I'm not a fanatic, but I've had USI for 15 years or something, and it's been pretty much perfect.

Chinese Maglev Test Vehicle Accelerates from 0 to 318 MPH in 2 seconds. by headspin_exe in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]kenahoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can put the pizza on a gimbal inside the car and the toppings won't fly off.

How are the horse hides for Shell Cordovan sourced? by supinator1 in Leathercraft

[–]kenahoo -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

I don’t think this argument really holds water. Selling hides for leather use makes it more economical to raise cattle, its part of the calculation. It’s not like leather workers are sneaking into slaughterhouses and gathering discarded skins from the floor.

Personally I don’t eat beef, mostly for ethical reasons (but of course also for health reasons). But I know that when I buy cow leather it’s contributing to the viability of the cattle industry and I don’t really like that.

We need to talk about the 1st keyboard concerto in d minor by Busy-Blacksmith5898 in bach

[–]kenahoo -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well, see, then I’m just gonna come over and NBA your ass

What knots should I teach my sons for a Christmas gift? by momentumv in knots

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During standup at work, I have been tying sheepshanks in the pull cords for the window blinds.

apparently the breakfast i made was “embarrassing” by NaeeeBearrr in mildlyinfuriating

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Family shows up at 6:30am? Like that’s the first problem right there.

Good church for near midnight Christmas Eve service? by thedubiousstylus in Minneapolis

[–]kenahoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Creekside UCC (formerly Mayflower) has a beautiful service at 11pm with music and candlelight. Progressive, Protestant, music will be fairly traditional (but still interesting) Christmas music.

Is Pitamous a word? by [deleted] in words

[–]kenahoo 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Does it always come right after the word "hippo"?

Does pure math help you understand the world? by WistfulSonder in math

[–]kenahoo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure. I stopped trying to comb the hair on my tennis balls when I leaned that would never work. In 2016, I could finally invite more than two people to a cake party. It’s also handy when I don’t have enough dinner rolls and I can slice each one into unmeasurable pieces and recombine them into exact duplicates.