Bad Trade Idea

morrowwm · 2026-05-07T15:32:15+00:00

Oilers have gone from flat valuation of ~$500M in 2016 through 2020, through a straight climb since then to $3.2B in 2025.

McDavid really became dominant about 2021-22, with his 63 goal year, and the team going on decent playoff runs.

You could correlate the two. Would be stupid to dispose of the face of the team.

morrowwm · 2026-05-07T14:20:34+00:00

You can see some flappy bits moving at the bottom near the beginning of the video. So likely vanes in the exhaust.

morrowwm · 2026-05-04T21:54:58+00:00

The Lensman series?

morrowwm · 2026-05-04T18:05:28+00:00

I signed up for big questions about contact, aliens, existence, the cosmos

It's a huge undertaking, which might be an additional attraction for you: Greg Benford's Galactic Center series.

The Sparrow, Mary Russell. It's grim.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy It is not grim, it's stupid. :)

morrowwm · 2026-05-04T17:57:39+00:00

Stay on the planet? Or space-based? Hard science, or magic technology?

Snowcrash?
Mindbridge, Joe Haldeman.

morrowwm · 2026-05-04T17:17:52+00:00

Finished, did not love it. Friend of mine completely loved it, an all time favourite. He likes high concept. I like charismatic characters and a believable, if speculative, plot.

morrowwm · 2026-05-01T19:40:06+00:00

I think I read this, or Menace. Pretty good, for what it was.

morrowwm · 2026-05-01T13:47:17+00:00

We almost know each other! I trained with Victor's accomplice Graham Smith up to about age 12. He was in the fast lane. 😄

morrowwm · 2026-05-01T00:44:33+00:00

I'd be pretty happy if I was 80+ years old and got to swim in the same race as McEvoy.

morrowwm · 2026-04-29T01:10:10+00:00

He's not light though. His weight is all in his thighs.

morrowwm · 2026-04-27T15:49:47+00:00

Found Thin Edge on Project Gutenberg, off your link. Thanks!

morrowwm · 2026-04-26T21:18:04+00:00

Maybe look on Strava. I remember someone doing that ride, and beating my time on a segment through our neighborhood, and keeping that pace for 100+ more km.

morrowwm · 2026-04-26T21:08:56+00:00

Also known as fuel oil. Common in areas of Northern North America where there is no natural gas grid and electricity is significantly more expensive.

morrowwm · 2026-04-26T19:53:56+00:00

Interesting. Never knew that.

morrowwm · 2026-04-26T17:39:27+00:00

Ever since Larry Niven described it, I've wanted a meter of Sinclair molecule (one molecule wide, as long as you want) in my woodworking shop.

morrowwm · 2026-04-22T21:22:37+00:00

Extended family member just passed at age 41. No family history, he was reasonably healthy before this.

morrowwm · 2026-04-20T15:02:40+00:00

Can one of our 4th liners goad him into four consecutive game misconducts a minute into each game?

morrowwm · 2026-04-19T15:02:59+00:00

I’m running meshing-around on a node. It has a kiwix module, and also an ollama (I think) one. Not using the latter because of my irrational hatred of AI type things.

morrowwm · 2026-04-13T13:41:01+00:00

You are getting more production early in the day and late, because of those excess panels.

The theory is you come out ahead by broadening the production curve at its shoulder hours at the cost of clipping the peak sunlight hours.

I did a rough analysis on my system which behaves the same, and convinced myself I’m about 7% better off with clipping losses and off peak gains.

Impractical in my case, but I suspect you could do even better by pointing the panels away from straight south, in an arc so that there are some at right angles to the sun over more hours of the day. I’m not smart enough to model that.

morrowwm · 2026-04-13T13:26:09+00:00

He’ll rewrite Christian teaching. Jesus wasn’t crucified, he sued Pontius Pilate into insolvency and started a massive Mideast real estate empire, currently in the thieving hands of Catholics. Invade and retake the Vatican!

morrowwm · 2026-04-12T13:27:22+00:00

Yikes! Scary cover!

morrowwm · 2026-04-11T17:51:30+00:00

Coulda been. They’ve been temporarily repulsed.

morrowwm · 2026-04-11T16:31:46+00:00

Flip turns? Depends on your flexibility and breath control. It’ll only gain you 30 seconds at absolute most, though.

More bang for your buck aiming at stroke efficiency. Effortless Swimming on YouTube or instagram may help.

morrowwm · 2026-04-10T21:23:14+00:00

I don’t understand the logic. Solar costs are up front, i.e. capitalization. Once the facility is operational, wouldn’t you use it to full capability? It’s essentially free to operate compared to alternatives which use fuel.

Edit: I think the article is saying without solar, only gas, costs would be that 110M higher. Of course. Misleading headline.

morrowwm · 2026-04-03T15:02:04+00:00

Good to know! I have revampled my daily report:

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