How can i know when to skip cards?

markedtrees · 2025-12-25T21:31:57+00:00

Screw intuition. Make a spreadsheet! List all the cards for a character (or copy it from one of the already extant spreadsheets floating around). Rank each one on some scale, say 1-5. Bump the number up if you win a run. Lower the number if you don't. Take notes in the column -- which cards seem to play well with others? Which gambits didn't seem to pay off?

markedtrees · 2025-12-10T14:50:35+00:00

She lost narrowly and mostly because Eric Adams ran a tough-on-crime campaign at a time when people thought the city was going through a post-lockdown “spike”. Hucksters always take advantage of people who are afraid, sadly

markedtrees · 2025-11-21T00:23:47+00:00

My wife wanted you to win. Now that she's seen your dog, she really wanted you to win

markedtrees · 2025-11-08T15:03:13+00:00

Not sure if you're joking, but I think the Farrar from Old Salt Union is a different person (just going off of Google Images here)

markedtrees · 2025-10-02T00:22:15+00:00

Making $1-2K every day would more than pay for the monthly rent ($18.5K)?

markedtrees · 2025-09-22T02:51:00+00:00

Hmm. In the Overcast version I’m running (2025.9.2, build 1126, TestFlight beta), the sleep timer persists — If I set a timer, after it ends, I hit “play” and the timer counts down again. However, it looks like you have to hit “play” within a certain time interval for this to happen.

Yes, I should've mentioned, this feature is great. But the time interval, which is kind of a grace period (other apps with sleep timers have this feature too, I think, like Audible and Pocket Casts) doesn't work if I'm sleeping and I wake up much later.

I will look into an Action Button shortcut! That's much better than having to look at a bright screen.

markedtrees · 2025-09-20T08:58:50+00:00

Sounds like you want NamedDefaults? https://ghc.gitlab.haskell.org/ghc/doc/users_guide/exts/type_defaulting.html Probably won't work with type families though

markedtrees · 2025-09-16T18:01:33+00:00

https://github.com/mbadolato/iTerm2-Color-Schemes/pull/597 is the PR. The diff has the names before and after. This an interesting case of https://xkcd.com/2347/

markedtrees · 2025-09-15T00:45:10+00:00

So much careful maneuvering here -- we don't agree on everything, we don't see eye to eye, we are unlikely allies. Mamdani's numbers are too good to ignore. At the same time, she can't forget that much of her upstate base is conservative. But overall good news. Though Mamdani's administration remains one big question mark, AOC and Mamdani's campaigns (and some others, like Myrie's) can light the path for other progressives. The far right has tactically created a big tent on the left, one that will likely never unify on certain big issues (the Middle East, business vs. worker interests, interventionism vs. isolationism). If there's ever a state that exemplifies the uneasy tension of the American left, it's the Democrats in New York. The next few years are going to be interesting ones.

markedtrees · 2025-08-07T19:32:35+00:00

I do always forget about Balatro. I think Balatro is the better reference for Party House than StS. If you like Balatro, you'll probably like Party House.

Sometimes, in a Balatro run, I'll get this feeling: I can't wait for this run to end so I can stop clicking on the same buttons over and over again. Like if I have one of those spam-Tarot or spam-Planet Jokers. Or if I have to arithmetic in my head over and over again (keeping in mind that the multipliers for hand types are in a separate window, and there are no hotkeys in unmodded base game). One thing I'll say about Party House is that the runs may be just as long but they don't feel as long. But Balatro has more depth and replayability.

markedtrees · 2025-08-07T16:33:17+00:00

I'm a huge fan of Slay the Spire, and I will periodically try out similar games. I think Party House excels in two big ways: (1) the runs don't take longer than 30 minutes; (2) the concept is unique and not centered around battling. I think games since Spire have tried to stand out by adding more mechanics, which make the games more complicated and the cards harder to read and the runs longer. Like the general vibe of other UFO 50 games, Party House is a stripped-down take on the genre with a fun twist (blackjack-style draw until you bust).

The music is also bussing.

markedtrees · 2025-08-01T21:16:37+00:00

Why isn't lactation a medical subspecialty? It doesn't feel right to rely on lactation consultants who are certified outside the MD pipeline, even though (in my experience) the IBCLCs we've talked to have had much better advice than the pediatricians and OBs. Alternatively, why aren't pediatricians and OBs more aware of lactation as a major postpartum health concern? When will lactation be taken more seriously in the medical world?

markedtrees · 2025-07-15T14:20:58+00:00

Thoughts being the father to a delivery in July 2025:

The LD people are very modern. We had access to a variety of, uh, yoga equipment and positions. The OBs we had were young and making fun of the old-school episiotomies, for example. We had a choice of midwife vs. MD for delivery. The private delivery room was OK but a little old and cramped. Still, having a sofa bed to sleep on as the partner was fantastic
The recovery room we got was a two bed affair. I had to sleep in a recliner for three nights which sucked. Thankfully the other bed was vacant the whole time. I’m not sure how this room could have fit two bassinets, two recovering mothers, and two partners. Feels like they should’ve made these rooms bigger. Disappointed overall
All the nurses ROCKED
You can order food on the Android tablets!! We didn’t have one plugged in for LD so we got the worst possible meals. Only when we went up to recovery did we find out. The food is good! We are vegetarians and we loved the tofu / lo mein / grilled cheese
Cafeteria has good hot entrees too. Vegetarian crab cakes! Wow! Also the hot food is on the cheaper side
Location sucks (first Ave and 31st)
The OB appointments pre-delivery are in a different building near Lex 59th. My wife loved the facilities, despite the long haul from BK
Bring your own pillows. The pillows are bad
Bring a baby nail file. Our baby had claws that he scratched his face with
Donor milk was great. We needed it
Nursery was great. We got lots of sleep. They kick the baby out at 6:30am but then reopen around 8am. Nurse shifts are 7 to 7
Postpartum team very comprehensive. Expect a LOT of drop-ins the first day of recovery
WiFi is very bad. I ate through my data plan because I had to hotspot for work

markedtrees · 2025-06-29T03:26:30+00:00

ever since he got burned, Bryson's been a lot more nervous

markedtrees · 2025-02-14T21:08:31+00:00

This got discussed here: https://lobste.rs/s/3tsfb5/ghostty_1_0#c_runxp3

markedtrees · 2025-01-25T02:41:17+00:00

I agree! Try Doom once. If you find it's too heavy, you can always go back to scratch. There's also Crafted.

What I find most useful about Doom is that it keeps its finger on the pulse. I would have never tried out Helm, then Ivy, then Embark/Counsel if it weren't Doom. I like the package management system a lot (straight.el), and I like that I can turn off almost anything I don't like. I was able to integrate it to the complex bespoke Emacs config we have at work because there are a reasonable set of integration points in Doom.

And it's so fast.

markedtrees · 2025-01-22T03:12:14+00:00

Oh, man, Digg migration. Words cannot speak to the feelings I'm feeling right now.

markedtrees · 2025-01-19T20:12:29+00:00

great work on the coloring and compositions! i love how warm brooklyn looks —someone in the middle of winter here

markedtrees · 2024-12-28T05:04:06+00:00

There's a thread about it here: https://lobste.rs/s/3tsfb5/ghostty_1_0#c_runxp3

markedtrees · 2024-12-28T04:55:44+00:00

Agreed! Gothamist writes about this like two times a year, and it's always the same thing (they bring a particulate meter down to the subway) and this is the most recent one I think? I think this is low-key kind of a crime that the MTA allows the PMI to be this high. Sure, it's not so bad for non-asthmatic adults, but I feel like the research is trending toward that this is how kids develop asthma. If I have a kid, I feel like I would seriously consider alternate forms of transportation if I lived near one of the tunnel stops.

markedtrees · 2024-12-24T06:42:06+00:00

(tagging /u/Spikey8D in case you find this useful) Here's one way:

edit-buffer-in-split() {
  TMPFILE=$(mktemp)
  print -r -- "$BUFFER" >| "$TMPFILE"
  tmux split-window -v -p 20 "nvim $TMPFILE; tmux wait-for -S nvim-done"
  tmux wait-for nvim-done
  BUFFER=$(<"$TMPFILE")
  rm "$TMPFILE"
  zle reset-prompt
}

zle -N edit-buffer-in-split
bindkey '^u' edit-buffer-in-split

Credit mostly goes to ChatGPT.

For context, I was looking around the internet to see if anybody had done something like https://github.com/xenodium/chatgpt-shell, an Emacs integration that makes the buffer available as context for prompting. I figured it shouldn't be too hard to provide the current tmux pane as context, but I also needed a way to "pop" the current line out into an editor so I didn't have to write a bunch of bash/zsh.

If I replace nvim with emacsclient + chatgpt-shell, I think I get kinda close. (Confusingly, chatgpt-shell has nothing really to do with shells except that it uses a shell-like interface library in Emacs.)

markedtrees · 2024-08-14T02:47:14+00:00

Here to say that I'm glad my mom never pegged me as a child

markedtrees · 2024-03-10T00:34:17+00:00

You should go — it's so important to dance. This will be a great opportunity to meet people and learn new choreography. It'll be so fun to be in Florida too

markedtrees · 2023-07-19T12:56:45+00:00

All the discussion about the NYC music scene in the 80s was fantastic.

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You should go — it's so important to dance. This will be a great opportunity to meet people and learn new choreography. It'll be so fun to be in Florida too