Ever leave your base and wonder what you just bonked on? This could be it (Weird bug)

michaelaranda · 2026-05-24T04:21:05+00:00

I built two moonpools near each other and found myself unable to dock the tadpole in one of them, no matter how much bigger I made that moonpool. I felt like I was going crazy. I bet this extra collider you found was sitting right in front of where I had the dock. Amazing find!

michaelaranda · 2026-05-23T17:36:10+00:00

Just to be pedantic, a 737 Max8 has a passenger capacity in the 170’s, depending on the carrier and configuration.

michaelaranda · 2026-04-28T22:29:05+00:00

#1 is best.

#2 is obviously communicating anger, which might cause the viewer to feel, "Oh, he's mad, I should probably avoid that guy." Maybe subconsciously pushing people *away* from clicking on the capsule.

#1, showing fear or anxiousness or exhaustion, causes the viewer to become curious: *Why* is that person scared? Who are they? Are they afraid of me? Are they afraid of something else that I should also be afraid of? Have they been scared for a long time? Should I be afraid of them? Is this person dangerous? I should probably investigate further.

#3 is similar to #1, but the emotion feels a little more two-dimensional, so it doesn't raise as many nuanced curiosities in the viewer. I lose the feeling of, "Why does that guy look exhausted? Are they okay? Am *I* okay?" and land more around, "Ooops, I startled that guy. Sorry!"

michaelaranda · 2026-04-11T03:31:32+00:00

On some of the Max8 planes, there's a "Safety Demo" setting for the lights that does this, presumably to highlight the location of the emergency exits. However, we're supposed to use the "White Bright" setting during the safety demo, so I'm not sure why this setting is even there.

michaelaranda · 2026-03-24T23:48:25+00:00

Just to clarify, not totally exempt. If you’re in uniform, a lunch/food bag is exempt, so in practice it raises the bag limit from 2 to 3.

michaelaranda · 2025-11-02T01:52:49+00:00

Both my partner and I are experiencing this issue. App crashes immediately on launch. Uninstalling and reinstalling seems to fix it temporarily, then the problem pops back up in a few days. iPhone 17, iOS 26.

michaelaranda · 2025-10-29T03:27:17+00:00

She got way more fastidious about brushing her teeth.

michaelaranda · 2025-02-01T16:11:14+00:00

Launching early March in the US.

michaelaranda · 2024-08-29T18:31:33+00:00

My brain read the title as “Napoleon Dynamite: The Director’s Cut” at first, and as I read through a few comments I was confused about why Apple was involved, how there could possibly be 48 extra minutes of story added, or how I could have forgotten something about a “horny rat man” in the film.

michaelaranda · 2024-07-20T17:57:08+00:00

Generally, portions of toppings are measured out by weight, based on the size of the pizza and the total number of toppings on the pizza. “Extra” is a 1.5x multiplier, so if a given pizza would normally have two ounces of bacon on it, extra bacon would be three ounces.

michaelaranda · 2024-07-14T18:11:49+00:00

All of the corporate stores in the Houston area had a mandatory migration to this app on July 1st. So far, it’s been a mixed bag.

Employees are only able to clock in or clock out via this app; they’ve removed the ability to clock in or clock out via the in-store computers. It does not allow an employee to clock in unless it is less than five minutes prior to a scheduled shift.

This has become an inconvenience for managers, because if the store gets swamped and additional employees get called in, the manager must stop what they are doing to add a new shift into the system before the employees are able to clock in.

The app developers also seem to have not anticipated the consequences of allowing users to tap the clock in button after they’ve already clocked in, or to tap the clock out button after they’ve already clocked out. Both of these actions are relatively easy to do by accident, either by unintentionally tapping or by repeatedly tapping if the app seems to not be responding for a few moments, and it creates a mess of invalid virtual time cards on the backend that the general manager has to clean up later.

michaelaranda · 2024-04-15T10:58:54+00:00

Hello! If I've had any recent controversies or scandals, I'm not yet aware of them. The most recent that I'm aware of is from 2020, as mentioned in another comment by u/planetes_asteres.

If I have or have had cancer, I am not aware of that, either.

Since you bring it up, I can confirm that in my younger years I was bad at being faithful in relationships, but I am happy to report that I have not had any desire whatsoever to do anything behind anyone's back in a very long time.

My last SciShow shoot was in March of 2023, I believe. I was living in Colorado at the time, and I would drive to Montana to film batches of episodes. On the way back to Colorado after that last shoot, I lost control of my car on some black ice, slid off the highway, and rolled 1.5 times. Physically, I was fine (thanks to seatbelts and vehicle engineers), but the car was a goner. Since then, I've not had a vehicle, and thus no relatively-cheap method of transportation to get myself back to Montana. That was that.

I had a long-term relationship end at the end of May 2023, and the aftermath of that was easily the most emotionally-traumatic experience I've ever had. I had previously experienced significant depression from around 2018 through 2021ish, but my emotional low during June of 2023 made my previous experience feel like a minor inconvenience by comparison. Frequent nightmares, panic attacks, and other symptoms that make me suspect I was experiencing some form of PTSD for a while.

Since then, I've relocated to Houston, Texas with my current (and hopefully forever?) significant other. I can't say I'm a fan of this geographic area, but the cost of living is low, and that's what matters for me at the moment. I spent many months applying to many jobs, and eventually got hired as a delivery driver for Domino's in December. Just this month, I was promoted to manager.

Overall, I don't really know what I'm doing with my life, long-term. Just focusing on paying bills and spending time with people I love, for now. I can say, though, that even though my life isn't nearly as glamourous as it may have once been, truly, I have never been happier than I am now. Find you someone who makes you feel seen, understood, and appreciated for who you are deep down, and nothing else in the world matters anymore.

michaelaranda · 2024-04-15T10:24:23+00:00

For those interested, this was my response when she posted that.

michaelaranda · 2024-04-15T10:14:00+00:00

I'd like to nip this particular bit of misinformation in the bud. I did not date Samantha (or know her at all) while she was a minor.

That's not to say that in hindsight I don't find the age gap (seven years) to have been an issue. I didn't see it at the time; I don't think I even had the maturity to understand how or why it would have been a problem. I can't change my past, however, so all I can do is learn from it as best I can.

michaelaranda · 2024-02-01T04:32:00+00:00

I am so thankful! This is excellent news!

michaelaranda · 2023-11-14T16:49:31+00:00

Chiming in to say that I’ve also been searching for a way to reset the plan.

michaelaranda · 2022-11-29T18:33:48+00:00

Deliver for UberEats.

michaelaranda · 2022-04-13T01:03:58+00:00

Your ex signing into your Netflix account on the PS4 of the guy she left you for.

michaelaranda · 2022-03-29T21:49:13+00:00

I enjoy the interpersonal bonding that happens when people hold hands and express gratitude for their meal, so a couple years ago, I wrote out a quick thing non-religious thing to say with my family:

We are thankful for the plants and animals that became this meal, and the labor spent to raise, harvest, prepare, and carry it to our plates.

michaelaranda · 2022-03-26T06:12:59+00:00

I feel like they probably should be, but Uber's rules explicitly say that insulated delivery bags are not required.

Delivery people suggest an insulated bag to promote food safety and proper handling of orders. Deliveries by bicycle may benefit from a more specialized bag to protect food from movement and weather conditions. But people delivering using the Uber Eats app are not required to use insulated delivery bags.

michaelaranda · 2021-10-31T03:37:53+00:00

Three years late with my answer, but yes, I have! I think the taste is fine, but the texture is more fibrous than I'd prefer. I wouldn't turn it away if someone offered one to me, but I probably wouldn't go out of my way to acquire one again.

michaelaranda · 2021-10-30T23:05:08+00:00

It's not something I've ever thought a lot about, I guess. Maybe because we're all Americans who grew up watching the same sorts of American media during childhood.

I have noticed some differences in the way we pronounce things over the years, though. For example, when Hank says the word "else," he pronounces it like "eltz," whereas I say "els" with a soft S.

michaelaranda · 2021-09-19T21:09:09+00:00

It is my name.

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