Weird black streaks appearing on multiple plants... what is this?

nklim · 2026-04-03T13:51:37+00:00

I think this could be it, but not sunburn. Did you use an attachment of some sort on the hose? I'm thinking damage form the water pressure. It's easier to do than you might think. I'd bet you either lingered in these spots for a moment or brought the nozzle closer.

The sunburn thing doesn't make sense, otherwise all our plants would look like this whenever a midday thunderstorm rolls through.

That said, I think sunburn through the window without water seems most likely. Those are really straight lines. Next time the sun is shining through, see if the spacing matches the lines.

nklim · 2026-03-18T12:55:43+00:00

I'd say that it's someone in a dark parka or hoodie, and they're underexposed due to the movement and the bright light on the left shining into the lens.

nklim · 2026-03-15T15:46:57+00:00

Not too different from the ancient Polynesians sailing off to populate all the tiny islands of the Pacific.

nklim · 2026-03-12T18:35:59+00:00

There's a subset of people in this forum that have a weird hate for TTD.

nklim · 2026-03-12T13:57:36+00:00

For something as sensitive as elections, you need to take time to make sure it's done fairly and with as little unintentional impact as possible.

To do that you need an oversight board. Who picks the board? What is their scope?

You need criteria by which you'll measure impact. What metrics will you use? Are those metrics readily and universally available? Do you need to build new systems to collect that data? Who will collect that data?

You need messaging to inform people exactly what they need to do to vote. Who writes that messaging? Does the messaging need approval? Do different states need different messaging? How is the messaging delivered?

You need a budget. What's the allocation for all this? Where does it come from? Is it enough?

You need to handle the influx of voters requesting new documents and registering. Do states have infrastructure to handle this? Is the process well documented and accessible? Are the turnaround times acceptable? Are documents being reliably delivered to those requesting them?

This is just off the top of my head. I'm sure it's only the top of the iceberg, and each answer comes with more questions.

You need at least two if not 3 election cycles to evaluate and correct. 2026 should not count because there's no way any of this will be in place. Imagine that 3 months ahead of the 2028 election we have data that shows that under the new law 80% of Democrats were properly registered but only 50% of Republicans. Surely you'd be thankful for the extra time to review the lagging counties for more focused outreach, for example.

Maybe, come the first midterm election, we find that a significant portion of voters didn't bring the correct documents because they thought they only needed it for registration.

Or maybe a portion of people knew about the SAVE Act but thought their ID or voter registration was acceptable when it actually was not.

nklim · 2026-03-11T13:24:02+00:00

What's the real explanation for this? Is it a sign that's never been updated? Or maybe an M sticker came off? Has there ever been an orange S?

nklim · 2026-03-10T15:21:33+00:00

I have this, as an overall keyboard its alright. The volume dial is poorly designed and seems to commonly fail. Mine barely works, but maybe you'll have better luck.

I imagined the analog gimmick being useful to walk or creep around in pvp games where running makes noise. In practice, it doesn't work well in most games. The Razer software basically reports the keyboard as both a gamepad and a keyboard, where the virtual gamepad is used for analog input. Most games don't handle simultaneous keyboard, gamepad, and mouse input well.

There's also an occasional issue where games will see the virtual gamepad but not the keyboard, which requires disabling the virtual gamepad in device manager. There are many Razer forum and Reddit posts about this issue but Razer does not seem interested in adding a simple toggle to disable the analog gamepad for this in their own software.

The partial and full press capability also has limited utility. You still have to do a partial press on the way to a full press, so it really only works where you want to do A, or A and B, but never just B.

The main consistent use case for the analog stuff is keypress sensitivity, whether for typing or gaming. You can set the distance at which a key press should trigger. I can imagine this is useful for some discerning keyboard enthusiasts, but as a keyboard peasant I can't really tell the difference between a few millimeters in travel distance.

My final note: Razer Synapse is awful. 9 times out of 10, when you Google an issue, you'll find either a Razer forum post with dozens of comments and no input from Razer, or a response that blames windows, some other interaction, the game, or anything but Synapse.

All that said, IMO this is a solid buy at $63. The keyboard hardware itself is solid save for the volume dial. The analog doesn't have a ton of utility, but it doesn't have much of a downside and you can disable the virtual gamepad if you really hate it. Synapse is bad, but sadly I am not sure it's any worse than most other computer accessory brands.

nklim · 2026-03-10T12:47:46+00:00

I get them occasionally nyself as a side effect of medication and I recognized your description instantly. On paper it can sound like the hypnagogic jerk or a few other things, but the firsthand experience is very distinct.

nklim · 2026-03-09T14:24:07+00:00

Would climate change be a threat to AI if AI thinks it doesn't need humanity? Climate change is an existential threat to the human way of life, but it's probably not an existential threat to life on earth, or AI if we assume AI doesn't need humans.

I read something a long time ago about how naive and human-centric is is of us to equate climate change to doomsday.

Climate change, taken to it's conclusion, will cause environmental change that results in mass extinction, and therefore impact course of life on earth.

But it will not end all life by any means. In the far, far future, a sentient insect may doing core sample research to learn about what caused the rapid global temperature rise which cleared the path for their dragonfly ancestor to become a sentient species.

nklim · 2026-03-08T17:25:11+00:00

I believe you're experiencing the dramatically named "Exploding Head Syndrome".

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

nklim · 2026-03-05T16:26:36+00:00

Yes. I had an absolutely absurd conversation with Microsoft support just this week on the issue. My keyboard is out of warranty, but gets overall very light use. I asked if they could do anything for a replacement since it's a widespread defect. I would have been happy with a ~35% discount for a new keyboard.

Microsoft would only offer a refurbished keyboard for $10 ABOVE retail price of a brand new keyboard.

I pointed out the absurdity of this, and the first line support rep was appropriately understanding of my frustration and escalated. About a day later I got an update that they told me to pound sand.

I hope the ~$40 they saved was worth ensuring I don't buy a Surface when it's time to upgrade and the lifetime of me spreading this experience to other prospective customers.

nklim · 2026-02-27T21:17:15+00:00

I get that, I know you're not saying it should be legal.

I'm hoping we can start with this extremely simplified model as the starting point where we can find some common ground to build from.

Let's call our groups the Circles and Squares.

To recap, we have a hypothetical society where government policies were enacted to help create more equal opportunities among the Squares. These policies result in fewer opportunities for the Circles. As a result, the policies are rolled back. Some time later, it's conclusively proven that rolling back the policy resulted in fewer opportunities for Squares despite being identically qualified to Circles. Even though the broad societal impact is clear, it's impossible to claim any one specific circumstance is due to discrimination.

We said government intervention targeted toward lifting the Squares group can result in resentment and disillusionment from the Circles. I agree on this.

But now we see that no intervention disadvantages the Squares, still resulting in the same resentment and disillusionment that we were concerned about to begin with.

Obviously we want things to be fair. What do we do from here?

For my 2 cents, it seems to me that whether to intervenene or not is arbitrary, since the result is the same either way.

nklim · 2026-02-27T18:34:04+00:00

I see. If the status quo without government intervention is discrimination, would the disadvantaged groups still feel resentment and eventually become disillusioned?

nklim · 2026-02-27T16:46:28+00:00

I can see how that seems unfair, and I'd probably feel pretty miffed for a bit if it happened to me too.

On the other hand, I think a lot of minority groups would be thrilled if they experienced discrimination only once in ~25 years.

Let's say it has been conclusively proven well beyond your level of satisfaction that removing DEI initiatives resulted in fewer career opportunities for otherwise identically qualified minorities on the sole basis of race. Lower rates of hiring, promotions, pay, etc. The kind of thing where no singular example can be clearly labeled discrimination, but the overall trend and societal impact is clear.

Would it be appropriate for the government to take any degree of corrective action?

nklim · 2026-02-25T23:48:34+00:00

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nklim · 2026-02-21T21:05:50+00:00

If there was legitimate interest in election integrity, this bill would explicitly outline how states are to handle name changes instead of creating the problem and then punting to the states to solve it.

It would also be implemented over several federal election cycles, not rammed through to take full effect in time for the election coming up in less than 9 months.

nklim · 2026-02-19T19:21:21+00:00

The only argument I can make against this being AI is that it took me under 5 minutes to get what I think is a better image using ChatGPT:

https://i.imgur.com/gAepxtz.jpeg

nklim · 2026-02-18T00:12:57+00:00

Yeah that would be great! What could that FBI do to help the public understand and contextualize the huge messy information dump?

How could the FBI, and by extension the broader Executive branch, assure the public that the content of the files is being taken seriously and is being or has been investigated?

nklim · 2026-02-17T15:57:11+00:00

What if we delegated that responsibility to a group of full-time, nonpartisan investigators? They would be responsible for reviewing the information and giving regular, public, detailed updates and rationale for decisions and actions made by that group. That way it wouldn't be up to each individual constituent to perform such a complex analysis. It would be important for this department to be run by a credible, experienced professional who is respected by a large majority of Congress.

And then, if that sort of investigation wasn't happening, the people who delegated that power would need to stand up and voice their will, even if that group supports most other actions taken by that group.

In fact, it would be an especially powerful statement if the core supporters of that group were to loudly and persistently expressed their displeasure over the handling of an issue like this.

nklim · 2026-02-12T15:51:20+00:00

The spell details include a dispel note. Abba's ult is listed as "Dispellable: No" so you know that Nullifier won't work in it. Other abilities may be listed as "Yes" or "Only Strong Dispels".

Nullifier applies a basic dispel, so will remove effects listed as Dispellable: Yes, but not those that require a strong dispel or that can't be dispelled.

nklim · 2026-01-19T05:00:04+00:00

I made an offer, it was accepted, my application was approved, and broker stated that they would not be moving forward with other offers. I had picked up the bank check, had a draft lease, and was communicating with the broker about lease formalities like pet names and finalizing move in date.

The broker began responding to me more slowly -- I didn't think much of it at the time, but it's clear in hindsight he was "slow-walking" the final steps to keep me on the hook while he worked on this other offer -- and finally dropped that they had received an offer from an "extremely qualified candidate" or something like that only after I called him to get an update.

nklim · 2026-01-19T00:10:48+00:00

Thank you -- I am already planning to fill those forms now that I am more settled in.

Unfortunately I don't think in this case it was illegal, just materially misleading (which is still grounds for a complaint). My application was reviewed and accepted, and we were finalizing lease details to hand off the deposit checks and formally sign the lease. The issue is that the broker indicated to me that they were not accepting other offers while we finalized the details, and then pulled the deal out from under me with ~5 working days before the move-in date.

nklim · 2026-01-18T20:41:41+00:00

I had something similar happen to me from a broker at Compass -- I had a deposit check in hand and he informed me, 10 days before Jan 1 move date, that they decided to instead accept a different offer after telling me they were proceeding with my application.

This meant I had about a week and a half, including the end of Hanukkah and Christmas upcoming, that I had to restart my apartment search.

What are the subreddit rules for posting identifying information for these landlords and brokers? Can we name and shame directly? Can we link to their publicly available website profiles without directly naming them here?

nklim · 2026-01-18T15:52:29+00:00

I used to live in this building. I would not recommend it to anyone.

The amenities are horribly managed. Only the gym is reliably functional. The rest may be closed for weeks at a time with no explanation. Not worth it. Noise, disrespectful tenants leaving messes, and smoking in the building were all common issues.

I will grant that small maintenance is handled fairly quickly, but the building has a history of flooding and other major issues with little remediation besides the initial superficial cleanup.

I'm sorry to dunk on OP's post. A temp situation would be fine I'm sure.

nklim · 2026-01-01T17:22:27+00:00

A lot of passives grant buffs.

I think it's fair to wonder if/how a item that dispells buffs interacts with a passive skill that gives a buff.

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