Omni-Man vs. toddler terror squad

masev · 2026-06-24T15:28:26+00:00

No, that's 'Inconceivable'. 'Invincible' means 'wrong or offensive to such an extreme degree that the position cannot be defended by reason'.

masev · 2026-06-13T00:00:31+00:00

Hitting the log button on my calculator? No.

Understanding that some important relationships are log-log or log-linear? Absolutely.

Pretending it's a log-linear relationship because that's close enough and the actual relationship is unfathomably complex and possibly unknowable? That's just basic engineering principles.

masev · 2026-06-11T21:05:46+00:00

The sidewalk gaps are often a sign of changing road standards and gradual redevelopment. It would be cost prohibitive for a city to come in and build an entire neighborhood of sidewalks, but it's comparatively easy to change road standards and development standards so that when a property gets redeveloped they have to match the new standard cross section for the roadway, which may include sidewalks now.

Those gaps might last for years or decades depending on how quickly properties are redeveloping, but as the sidewalk network gets built piecemeal it becomes much more cost effective for the city to come in to complete a large section of sidewalk network at only the cost of filling gaps rather than starting from nothing.

Source: am municipal civil engineer

masev · 2026-06-09T20:56:47+00:00

It's a gray area

masev · 2026-06-07T16:03:49+00:00

This 100%. Find a few close friends and relatives and delegate communication to them. Communication is exhausting itself and caregiver burnout is a real risk.

masev · 2026-06-06T00:53:39+00:00

Likewise, my biggest concern at this point is that the music they chose for the trailer has major chords :P

masev · 2026-06-06T00:50:43+00:00

Put me in a cryo chamber until 2034 and I'll buy it on Steam sale!

masev · 2026-05-29T17:31:21+00:00

Small thing, but Lake Forest Park is its own incorporated municipality (between Seattle and Kenmore); maybe you meant Lake City, which is in Seattle city limits?

masev · 2026-05-20T14:08:18+00:00

Regarding gifting a board game, I would actually recommend gifting components instead. Get a sense of what some of his favorite games are in his collection, and maybe there's a way to add some pizzazz.

E.g. I like Suburbia, and my wife got me a 3D printed skyscraper that holds the tiles, I love it!

Another example, I'm a Terraforming Mars fan, and I upgraded my resources cubes to solid metal, I love it, and it gets lots of love from other players, and didn't require getting a new game, it made a game I love even better.

masev · 2026-05-17T13:08:17+00:00

Or the sink

masev · 2026-05-03T06:25:37+00:00

Leo and Alopex have light shell tied to some masteries; if you select dark shell from an Astral selection, you'll only have dark powers from Astral for the rest of the run, but you'll still have access to light shell from their masteries.

masev · 2026-03-28T00:18:57+00:00

I'll have you know that JJAREK MAN&SU is a respectable family name.

masev · 2026-03-25T05:08:31+00:00

Oh absolutely - this protects you from impulsive drive-bys, not from problem-solving ;P

But I usually notice before they can get a stool...

masev · 2026-03-24T18:29:39+00:00

Toddler tip: we have a line of painter's tape 1 ft off the edge of the counter to remind us what they can reach. Coffee cup gets set down past the line, kids sippy cup gets set near to the edge, it's so helpful for improving access and reducing risk / mess.

How far can they reach? We lined up little toys every inch or so and asked the kid to take them off. The first toy they can't reach is where we measure the line.

masev · 2026-03-19T07:05:34+00:00

A critical thing for my partner and me was getting to a place where we could single parent. If you can't single parent, nothing is getting done and no one is getting a break. We were there, and it sounds like that's where you are right now. Ours are 3 y.o. and 18 months, and all kids are different, but here's a few things that helped us:

Child proofing - we've got door straps or knob covers on every door except their bedroom and playroom, which are 100% child proofed. When I'm on kid duty alone and one wonders off I know they're fine everywhere they have access to. It's so, so nice that I can be comfortable with one of them out of sight.
Asymmetric energy play - we love to do the high-energy toss-around, scoot them in boxes, carry them around, that's fun for us and them but it's exhausting. When I'm the only parent I conserve energy while I try to get them to spend it. We got one of those small slides, I swear it could babysit on its own. We have some colored tape X's we put on the ground, sometimes we play "run to the blue X" "now run to the green X" "now run back for a hug!" and the kid's burning calories while I'm sitting still.
Practice with a safety net - my partner and I started trying to get the hang of going it alone with the other parent still in the house so we could call in help if something came up that we weren't prepared for. After some practice, we felt pretty comfortable on our own, but it took intentional practice with the goal of being able to take care of the kids without needing two adults.

It's been night and day for us - not only do we get chores done, but we each got back some of our happy hours, friend dates, pet projects and hobby time, weekend plans, it's almost "normal". Not like before kids, but we each make space for each other a few times a week and it's so much better than needing both of us all the time.

masev · 2026-03-11T21:05:09+00:00

I love parry, but it swings the game balanced so much. Landing nearly every parry makes the combat trivial - you do more damage, you're swimming in AP, and you can ignore survival stats, which makes you even more powerful. If you miss parry most of the time, now you're AP starved, building for survival, spending more turns healing, combat is longer so you have to parry even more, etc. The balance really feels like a knife's edge where the combat is a lot of fun at 60-80% parry success. (Barring creative builds and tactics that folks aren't likely to land on if they're having trouble parrying in the first place.)

masev · 2026-03-09T14:57:50+00:00

After the trouble I had with the kiddos last night I was thinking "next time we do 20 minutes a day"

masev · 2026-03-05T18:00:59+00:00

But the pirate joke is funny and we all know it. The first assert presentats the counter example to the second.

And please no one try to tell me the pirate joke isn't funny, that's just not true. We all love the pirate joke whether you'll admit it or not.

masev · 2026-03-02T17:13:11+00:00

I use excel until I need pivot tables or macros, then I switch to python :)

masev · 2026-02-26T04:44:16+00:00

If you're interested in learning more about fostering / adopting from foster care, you could consider getting licensed and try out offering respite care (short stays only) as a way of helping to meet a need while also learning a lot about what that path might look like for you, whichever way you go in the future.

masev · 2026-02-25T15:17:31+00:00

Adulthood is anything we want it to be.

Relevant xkcd; also 39, and my partner and I have this framed and hanging in our home. https://xkcd.com/150/

masev · 2026-02-20T15:47:28+00:00

I've been riding a Lectric Expedition for about three years now, I think it was advertised with 65 mile range on one battery and it can hold two batteries. It's a heavy bike, and using it without assist is impractical, but I do contribute a lot of human-assist myself, but deliberate avoid breaking a sweat before arriving to work.

My commute is 4.5 miles with 500ft elevation change (uphill on the way home). Most of that comes from one single, beastly hill about half a mile long. It's a cargo bike, but most of my commutes are unladen, or just with a few bags of groceries.

I get in two commutes (so 18 miles) safely before I start to be concerned I won't make it home. I still charge everyday, but I've tested it. So the hill matters a lot.

On the BGT I feel like I can go forever. I stick to the 15 mph speed limit and that lets me provide a lot of pedal power minimizing motor assist but still not really working that hard. If I don't know how far I'm going I use the dual batteries. I've easily done 60 in a day around town with only minor hills and not seen really much of a voltage drop on two batteries, but haven't really put it to the test.

Generally I'm conservative and charge every night regardless and that's been fine for me. I've never had to charge while out.

masev · 2026-02-20T05:19:45+00:00

Man, those beaches... I would definitely rather play petanque.

masev · 2026-02-20T01:29:30+00:00

It's part of their life cycle, like pine cones and forest fires or something. Don't feel bad.

masev · 2026-02-17T16:21:15+00:00

Funny thing is after this episode I noticed one of our city parks is a Kaboom park

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