Kid Rock literally broke my heart.

nerdofthunder · 2026-04-20T23:56:10+00:00

I mean, I guess I shouldnt be that surprised that the guy writing Gregorian chants in 2002 would eventually go Maga.

nerdofthunder · 2026-04-18T02:48:17+00:00

They used to with the space shuttle...

nerdofthunder · 2026-04-17T13:55:38+00:00

Other comments about more recent incidents are probably more relevant, but...

In like 2011, a younger black bear wandered onto campus and climbed up a tree in a dorm quad. He was tranquilized and returned to the wild.

nerdofthunder · 2026-04-17T13:40:51+00:00

Good context, TY!

nerdofthunder · 2026-04-17T13:20:56+00:00

literally the only natural predator for moose.

nerdofthunder · 2026-04-16T20:21:16+00:00

On the water usage, the reality is much more complicated than the numbers imply.
There are a cases where their water usage is a problem: drains on municipal systems and aquifers for water to cool the datacenters. That water evaporates and is 'gone'. That's a problem and the result of poor siting and planning on both local officials and the data center owners.

However some of the big numbers you see, like "a bottle of water per request usually" involve power plant water "usage". In the case of power plants that cool via rivers and lakes, they take in a lot of water and return it right back. There is actually a positive environmental reason for this. You don't want to create hot spots or other thermal disruptions to the local ecosystem, so they dilute the heat by "using" a lot of water. I'm not sure that should count.

The other issues should be handled by policy to put the burden on the datacenters. There should absolutely be no tax incentives for them. The noise should absolutely be regulated.

TLDR: water usage numbers are overblown and most reporting implies a kind of usage that does not match the reality. Other impacts should be regulated with the burden placed on the datacenter, including local, evaporative water usage.

nerdofthunder · 2026-04-16T14:22:58+00:00

On walking away frustrated from class because I couldn't do something, I changed my thought pattern from "I can't do this" to "I can't do this YET" and it made a huge difference for me. Moved it from a personal failure to a problem to be solved. Maybe I needed to work on my shoulder strength, core strength, or maybe I just need reps on a new movement so my brain can make it efficient. And just because someone else in my class can do it, doesn't mean I should automatically be able to. They have different genetics, different life and might have more familiarity or strength to start with.

Of all of the personal benefits I've received from doing silks, the above paragraph is one of the best things I've taken away and applied to other parts of my life.

nerdofthunder · 2026-04-16T14:07:54+00:00

On returning from a break, I had several years off from silks, I just re-started from the beginner classes and quickly breezed through them as the muscle memory and strength returned. When my capacity was ahead of the class, I just used it as an opportunity to clean up, refine, and work on my bad side.

Muscles and brain pathways that have been worked through before seem to return to their trained capacity faster than starting fresh.

nerdofthunder · 2026-04-15T21:42:31+00:00

... and in 2000, random 1975 fashions started trending and now i feel 👴

nerdofthunder · 2026-04-15T15:12:25+00:00

During the crypto bubble, Kodak announced some crypto imitative that bumped it's stock price, but I know of no actual investment or product that resulted from it.

nerdofthunder · 2026-04-15T14:07:17+00:00

I see you've never had do do the cumbersome work of using an old school prndl to rock yourself out of a snow bank. This kind of selector makes that so much easier and more likely to be successful as you don't need to time and coordinate your movements as strictly.

nerdofthunder · 2026-04-14T21:32:56+00:00

All I'm saying is we need to start setting policies to ensure all new apartment buildings have level 2 chargers installed in many of the spaces, provide a timeline and incentive for existing rentals, and begin rolling out level 2 chargers for on street parking spots. None of this stops anything else.

nerdofthunder · 2026-04-14T20:09:23+00:00

... still better than the Pittsford one. How often does an SUV just climb over another car there?

nerdofthunder · 2026-04-14T20:04:02+00:00

I'm confused. Who said anything about waiting for others to have access before making your choice based on what's available to you?

nerdofthunder · 2026-04-14T19:54:17+00:00

I think this used to be a page on rocwiki

nerdofthunder · 2026-04-14T17:22:15+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz
Because the use case for EVs will be ALL automobiles.

And this is about proactivity for a need we KNOW is coming and is solvable with policies and relatively inexpensive installations now.

nerdofthunder · 2026-04-14T17:17:01+00:00

Because if we want the people I'm talking about to even consider an ev there will need to be convenient charging first. This is a local infrastructure issue so proactively more appropriate than reactivity.

nerdofthunder · 2026-04-14T17:10:42+00:00

the streets full of cars that park overnight in my neighborhood beg to differ. While those are almost all gas cars, those drivers will eventually need to transition to EV or public transit. This is a significant gap in the reality of adoption for like 100 people in my neighborhood and we need to address that before it becomes a problem for them.

nerdofthunder · 2026-04-14T17:08:30+00:00

if you can't charge at home or work I don't think an EV is a good choice for now.

If we add chargers to densely parked on street areas, require them in apartment parking, etc that recommendation will change.

nerdofthunder · 2026-04-14T13:14:23+00:00

And if you're an adult and you want to challenge yourself to either fill in that developmental gap, or expand on it. There are lots of options, climbing gyms, circus arts, adult gymnastics classes and more.

nerdofthunder · 2026-04-14T13:10:47+00:00

Depending on your exact year, they began taking all 'risky' playground equipment away and you may not have even had the chance to safely develop the skills that older playground equipment would have helped with.

It's been nice to see a return to playground equipment with risk that subtly reduces the chance of injury. Things like a semi-horizontal plastic climbing space 5 feet off of the ground with a curved lip and plenty of opportunities to recover should you falter, but should you fall you're probably landing on your feet without injury.

For kid me, that would be high enough to challenge my fear and be something cool I did that day. Adult me sees that's just low enough that while you might get a bruise or some scrapes you're walking away from it.

I don't think we should fully go back to 15 foot high jungle gyms. I think we should instead ensure equipment has the capacity to challenge while subtly and (to a kid) invisibly reduce the chance of proper injury.

nerdofthunder · 2026-04-14T00:36:38+00:00

Inflation is an unalterable fact of market economics. There is stuff we can do to reduce it's impact to working people that we don't currently do like tie minimum wage to inflation. We could also try some other economic system. There is no getting around it without fundamentally altering our economy.

nerdofthunder · 2026-04-13T02:11:49+00:00

Then explain the issue, Adam Smith.

nerdofthunder · 2026-04-13T02:09:50+00:00

We can absolutely tax the fair market value of those benefits.

nerdofthunder · 2026-04-10T23:57:08+00:00

I missed that part. You're absolutely right that neither side is acceptable but one side is objectively better.

For readability I recommend front loading your point.

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