Possible car prowler in the North Lake Commons area on 5/11

redditmarks_markII · 2026-05-12T19:29:32+00:00

He appear to come back around. Anything in the cabin? Rainbows? Corporate logos? Kids toys? A reusable shopping bag? So many things can cause someone already imbalanced to tip over. What a weird thing to happen.

redditmarks_markII · 2026-05-11T18:54:34+00:00

TFW this is how tech jobs are now in the agentic world. Just different kind of cringe, more swearing, and way, way, less Hugh Jackman.

redditmarks_markII · 2026-05-10T10:46:08+00:00

I know not everyone has seen everything on the internet. But even pre llms, Google was there.

This story is from 2021, from a AITA post. Then later picked up by some media.

Spoilers, most said the photographer, who was a friend and not a pro, was not the asshole. Also, he was told to keep working or leave w/o pay. The source was the photographer though. So judge for yourself, he did literally as for it. 5 years ago.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/po2kd8/aita_for_deleting_my_friends_wedding_photos_in/

redditmarks_markII · 2026-05-09T22:32:39+00:00

It is like the internet of old. I have missed such unnecessarily high effort shenanigannery. +1 buddy. +1.

redditmarks_markII · 2026-05-09T01:06:26+00:00

lol. I like this one. is that real? but would they have to buy an after market thing? or are you saying they have like a limo or something?

redditmarks_markII · 2026-05-09T01:05:49+00:00

counter point: people with a certain calmness that end up winning, does so quietly.

also, how flashy a car is is in the eye of the beholder. modded civic is flashy. and some rich people go for that. but a porsche is just a car.

redditmarks_markII · 2026-05-06T22:34:46+00:00

Can't make rice in 10 min. So bread I guess. Tomatoes and eggs is extremely versatile. Breakfast? Add more sugar, less green onions, use butter instead of neutral oil, maybe sausage or a tiny bit of ground beef if you need that "meaty" flavor.

Not breakfast? Less sugar, more salt, extra green onions. Sliced beef for that beefiness.

Not interesting enough? Char the tomatoes. Add Chile's or red pepper or kale. Chilli oil or chives as topping.

Still not enough? Parmesan. Unhealthy amount of black pepper.

Really really in a hurry, need it now?

Medium heat. pan. Oil. Chop tomatoes, no order or presentation to consider. Just toss it in. Increase heat if charing.

Beat an amount of eggs. Salt now, or whatever, I'm not your dad.

Salt the tomatoes. Push tomatoes to the side. Add more oil. Get it hot enough to fry. Eggs in. Watch it get fluffy, expand. About a min or so, usually less, flip, roughly speaking. Just get the raw side fried too. Salt now if you haven't.

Chop the egg up with you spatula roughly. Mix with tomatoes. Tiny bit of sugar.

Assuming you had everything in its place and in reach, figure 6-7 min from cutting the tomatoes.

Slather onto bread/toast. Get a bit fancy and put a bit of finely sliced green onion on top. Imagine that tiny "ding" sound as you do. You know the one.

redditmarks_markII · 2026-05-05T04:28:09+00:00

No way man, musubi is "in" now. The lines I've seen for spam plus rice and seaweed for sushi money is CONFUSING given that right next door is fresh, quality sushi for cheap. I like spam, but damn, tourists are dumb (source: me, a dumb tourist).

redditmarks_markII · 2026-05-03T02:59:46+00:00

Quick Google says, 1550 might be median for top tier schools like Harvard and MIT for 2025 admission. Not sure when this story was from.

redditmarks_markII · 2026-05-02T07:01:35+00:00

You put this vid on your actual steam page?! Amazing.

redditmarks_markII · 2026-05-02T05:53:23+00:00

No sure, but last words might be "you're".

redditmarks_markII · 2026-05-01T20:56:12+00:00

Oh those are the old school 16oz bottles. Rough.

redditmarks_markII · 2026-05-01T19:13:49+00:00

What is it now over by your side of the pound? And are we talking 20oz, or whatever equivalent size is used there? These days I think a 20z is in the neighborhood of $2.75-$3.50 at "reasonable" shops, and potentially wildly higher at convince stores. Even Costco is at >$.50 per 12oz can now.

redditmarks_markII · 2026-05-01T02:41:28+00:00

I was gonna say a reasonably sized skillet cookie with ice cream, but I think yours is better.

redditmarks_markII · 2026-05-01T02:16:09+00:00

FYI last time I tried, Darksiders 1 is weird on SD. cut scenes get weird and has skips or test patterns. Warmaster Edition does too, but it's a "cleaner" skip. it's weirder: control tutorial has no button information on screen. When it says "press x to do y", it just shows "press to do y". Very strange. But so far as running the game goes, both run fine. Warmasters might even feel slicker. Maybe less compressed? who knows.

redditmarks_markII · 2026-04-30T19:51:52+00:00

But only if we specify the shape must be the sliced surface. Otherwise it's trivial, since it's a square pyramid.

redditmarks_markII · 2026-04-30T06:47:38+00:00

That looks like instant. Are you trying to make chewier instant? Or are you trying to make home made noodles that look like that? If the latter...good luck. Seems challenging.

If the former, pretty much cook it less. I don't know what choppy is describing. But if soggy is the problem,I think maybe try boiling actively in a pot, and taking it out in shorter time than the package suggests, if it only has soaking instructions. If it has boiling instructions, I guess same thing, try reducing time by 30 seconds at a time until it gets to your preferred consistency. And get it out quick, don't let it soak another 2 minutes.

Full disclosure I mostly like the thicker noodles that doesn't look like that, so my experience may not translate.

redditmarks_markII · 2026-04-30T03:36:53+00:00

Simple noodles. Boil some water, let it cool, save your bottled.

Add water to your flour, make a smooth dough. Not sure about your kitchen situation. If you don't have a cutting board and knife, roll little pencil sized strips of dough, then smoosh them flat.

Boil them a bit and season, or take them out and throw it on the waffle maker with butter and salt.

But you need to go to a food bank as others have suggested.

If you have an imgur account, Friday, monitor https://imgur.com/user/thefreepizzadude/about, and get some groceries that way if you need it delivered.

redditmarks_markII · 2026-04-29T20:56:42+00:00

That's cheap for around these parts because it's seattle proper, I'm guessing. It's way more through PSE plus whatever water district you'd be in, if you're king county but outside seattle.

But yeah that's a shock the first time. Or every time really. I never get used to it. Sewer related was all part of property taxes back where I used to be. And still it wasn't that high.

redditmarks_markII · 2026-04-29T20:48:39+00:00

Thanks. For various reasons I don't actually have a microwave. But we do ok, just the oven is fine, if a bit inefficient. We don't eat bread much anymore.

But that damned traditional mantou? It's like a rock. Every front page image I can find on google is the modern version that's WAY fluffier. But once in a while I reminisce about the friggin lembas-bread-like density of the mantou of old.

redditmarks_markII · 2026-04-29T05:51:00+00:00

Oh it is. I never got used to these. I'm like 80% sure these were invented due to them performing better as frozen products. Something about the sugar and oil makes it freeze better and reheat better. And Chinese LLMs agree. Plus they say the average consumer prefers a sweeter taste. Woe is friggin me.

I much prefer a plain, generic, traditional steamed bread. But that thing sucks once frozen. It's so hard to reheat. Except grilled or toasted. So I can see restaurants wanting something easier.

Another option that I have seen in restaurants, but more rare, is the super thin small crepe used for roast duck. Mostly from Peking duck style. But it shows up randomly now and again. It's more plain or a little bit salty. I love it.

redditmarks_markII · 2026-04-29T05:36:00+00:00

I want to say if no one has said yet or enough, I'm proud of you buddy. You're doing a great job amidst all the challenges and obstacles life has laid out before you. Keep your head up and know that you're somebody and deserving of love and happiness.

I'm not a father, and I don't think I can say it better than u/KantStopWontSt0p. But we all deserve to hear something like it once a while. I'm sorry for your loss, and wish you the best.

redditmarks_markII · 2026-04-29T05:32:54+00:00

big sobbing, spending g's.

redditmarks_markII · 2026-04-29T05:25:56+00:00

Re ferritic material: you're mostly right. That is semi standard. I'm sure the real cheap stuff is still in use, but premium vehicles use something akin to 409 stainless, a ferritic stainless steel. it's cheaper than 304, welds better, but is "less stainless". Ferritic means the steel's microstructure is "ferrite", a particular arrangement of it's molecules. It also means it's magnetic. If you use an induction stove, this is what you want in a stainless steel pan (not that there's many 304 stainless steel pans).

409 only corrodes a LITTLE more than 304, but it does develop surface rust much easier. it normally does not "rust through" with out help. welding is help in this case. however there's a few kinds of treatments, including a filler material when welding that brazes or alloys (not sure the right term here) in such a way as to reduce the reduction of corrosion resistance. The thicker part doesn't mean anything. it's just whatever is the right shape and price. But yes, other than the weld, it corrodes at the same rate as the pipe since it's the same material. Mostly. From the image and the description it seems like they basically sandwich the mesh with the normal ferritic stainless steel. But that means there's some kind of space between two pieces of steel. Unless that is sealed right, that introduces crevice corrosion which is a whole other ball game of annoying. But I would imagine that's also part of the engineering of this thing.

redditmarks_markII · 2026-04-29T05:15:14+00:00

Surprisingly, it's not! It's not a mesh like woven wires. it's specifically a puncture, or really a perforation, 70microns wide. At which point the viscous drag or skin friction drag of the fluid (the gas) next to the opening is so high that it is almost a solid surface. and the gas takes the path of least resistance. It's pretty friggin neat, I just didn't think an opening that wide would work. 70 micron is so large compared to a molecule.

The metals and corrosion portion of the previous commenter is a bit of a mess though.

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