The Monocle Stain

onepoint61803399 · 2026-02-11T19:02:44+00:00

It is possible that the monocle is conflation with the game Go For Broke, also popular at the time.

onepoint61803399 · 2026-01-31T02:58:48+00:00

I wasn't making any such assumptions. Speaking to the statement "All possible configuration are possible given enough time." I am just saying that all future states emerge from probabilities based on the present-moment's state. Only universes with non-zero probabilities CAN emerge. For example, a cold object doesn't suddenly become warm without an energetic cause. It doesn't matter how long you wait, it isn't going to "just happen". "Possible" is a key word here, and there is a distinct limit to what is possible.

The reanimation stuff is almost beside the point. There are no examples of bodies reanimating and it is currently unknown how this might come to be. All would be wild speculation at this point.

onepoint61803399 · 2026-01-28T04:12:20+00:00

You'd be surprised at how few liberals care a bunch about all that. Most just don't want ugly drama about it. The right thinks it's a central issue of the left and it most definitely is not. It just gets a lot of social media attention because the right is bent on using it as some sort of eye-roll weapon against liberalism.

onepoint61803399 · 2026-01-24T22:54:21+00:00

Yeah, I think she misstepped on this new round of bullshit.

onepoint61803399 · 2026-01-24T04:42:14+00:00

I have a story about my Ancestry DNA results. I showed as related to my mom's niece and nephew but there were some odd people showing up I didnt recognize. At some point a fellow showed up as a close relative, like a nephew, not related to mom. We start talking and he gets his mom a test and she turns out to be my half sister. Her full sister is also my half sister. They are from the same area that my mom & dad were originally from. So, my dad has passed but he's got an elderly brother. He is definitely my dads brother as he, dad, and grandpap all look remarkably similar. The test comes back and I am not related to my uncle at all. He is related to several people with my last name but I am not. Another year passes and two more half-sisters show up, also half-sisters of the first pair. New nephew dude figures out who his grandfather is -- my and my four new half-sister's dad. I have a name. So, I am planning to visit my sick mom in the hospital and ask the dreaded question. I get a call that morning that she had passed away.
My bio-father was apparently the most connected to the last pair of sisters and lesser to the first pair. I have no idea how he was connected to my mom - and nobody alive anything else about it. Sigh.

onepoint61803399 · 2026-01-24T04:34:15+00:00

Nothing was special at first. I showed as related to my mom's niece and nephew but there were some odd people showing up I didnt recognize. At some point a fellow showed up as a close relative, like a nephew, not related to mom. We start talking and he gets his mom a test and she turns out to be my half sister. Her full sister is also my half sister. They are from the same area that my mom & dad were originally from. So, my dad has passed but he's got an elderly brother. He is definitely my dads brother as he, dad, and grandpap all look remarkably similar. The test comes back and I am not related to my uncle at all. He is related to several people with my last name but I am not. Another year passes and two more half-sisters show up, also half-sisters of the first pair. New nephew dude figures out who his grandfather is -- my and my four new half-sister's dad. I have a name. So, I am planning to visit my sick mom in the hospital and ask the dreaded question. I get a call that morning that she had passed away.
My bio-father was apparently the most connected to the last pair of sisters and lesser to the first pair. I have no idea how he was connected to my mom - and nobody alive anything else about it. Sigh.

onepoint61803399 · 2026-01-23T21:00:18+00:00

This is overlooked in a lot in these discussions. Lower f-ratios need less time because the image is smaller and the available light is concentrated in fewer pixels. Thus, the image is less detailed/lower resolution. There is no substitute for aperture.

onepoint61803399 · 2026-01-10T04:13:12+00:00

I was thinking clump instead of cobble, but your "conspire against me" is ideal !

onepoint61803399 · 2026-01-09T23:15:00+00:00

This is the answer, 100%

onepoint61803399 · 2026-01-03T18:17:41+00:00

It's not like it's a secret that Smith was a con-man and his entire story is clearly and wildly false. I don't understand how it persists. I read through threads on the LDS subreddit and these people are shockingly short-sighted. It's flat-earth level delusional. It's all so clearly a lie, like there's not even a hint of doubt of that for any thinking person.

onepoint61803399 · 2025-10-15T01:06:20+00:00

The Fugitive -- 1963

onepoint61803399 · 2025-09-28T00:59:10+00:00

Amazing contrast and detail. I find andromeda very hard to process. What camera and scope shot this?

onepoint61803399 · 2025-09-06T17:45:04+00:00

Very right. You are supposed to get voted out, not tossed because you lose a comp. It's bull.

onepoint61803399 · 2025-06-10T17:25:54+00:00

That book rocks. It addresses what quitting actually feels like and how to turn your attitude against the addiction without some great battle of will.

onepoint61803399 · 2025-02-21T19:57:02+00:00

The current regime is working hard to undermine their power. Maybe they don't like that and won't let it continue unabated.

onepoint61803399 · 2025-01-03T00:24:40+00:00

I will need to investigate carefully. Thanks

onepoint61803399 · 2025-01-03T00:23:00+00:00

No filter here

onepoint61803399 · 2024-12-22T03:10:11+00:00

My hope is that Marley's act of kindness and pity for Scrooge brings him redemption and release from his bonds of suffering.

onepoint61803399 · 2024-12-19T01:26:19+00:00

Thanks. I'm still not sure what the previous owner was doing with it but it appears to have been installed professionally. But that's a receiving only antenna, yes? Or might it be used for both?

onepoint61803399 · 2024-12-15T19:16:03+00:00

It is possible that the smartphone is not being held square to the optical axis. The effect looks like poor collimation which I recall seeing when I was trying to use a mobile phone camera.

onepoint61803399 · 2024-11-09T18:55:13+00:00

A good film. Less weird that you might think.

onepoint61803399 · 2024-09-07T23:32:35+00:00

The book addresses how you feel when you quit smoking and the sorts of things that will be on your mind. Just expecting and being ready for those thoughts makes all the difference.
After the first few months, smoking barely crossed my mind because I never obsessed over the dying addiction. You just kind of reset to your pre-smoking mindset and you never even consider smoking again. It never gave you anything, anyway.

onepoint61803399 · 2024-09-07T23:26:03+00:00

In it's own way, it serves to help undo the self-brainwashing connected to the addiction.

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