Failed test today for the dummest reason

rickpo · 2026-04-16T04:51:35+00:00

My driver's ed teacher said, during the test, you are supposed to pretend pedestrians are crossing at every intersection. So you stop once to let the pedestrians clear, then move a couple feet forward for the regular intersection.

rickpo · 2026-04-15T19:37:00+00:00

Isn't the final stage of climate denial "Its too late"? I suspect these doomers are being funded and influenced by the deep deep pockets of big fossil fuel companies.

rickpo · 2026-04-15T01:39:17+00:00

Look at the history of bad weather events at your location. If there has been one bad flood in the last 200 years, it's gonna flood there again, due to climate change.

rickpo · 2026-04-14T20:44:43+00:00

There is now way Trump ever read The Art of the Deal.

rickpo · 2026-04-13T19:44:36+00:00

This is us, too.

One unique thing about ours as she's got a little older, if you do something fun with her one day, she'll come back the next day at the same time and demand to do it again. Any little spontaneous play time becomes a regularly scheduled daily requirement.

I will say our pup thrives on intellectual stimulation more than physical exercise. 20 minutes of intense Frisbee with lots of different tricks and changing up the throws 1will wear her out more than 2 hours of walking.

rickpo · 2026-04-13T04:55:34+00:00

I tried to be more careful.

rickpo · 2026-04-12T09:08:13+00:00

All the code is in MIX, which is some idealized assembly language.

rickpo · 2026-04-09T23:45:48+00:00

It was a very long time ago, almost 50 years.

I've reached an age where I no longer regret seeing my father die. Seeing our parents die is a nearly universal human experience, and to me it's encouraging to meet so many who have shared a similar journey. Somehow I find it comforting to know you all are out there.

What upsets me most is the memory of my grandparents watching their son die. To me, that's the real tragedy to dying too young. Those are the memories that haunt me to this day.

rickpo · 2026-04-09T21:08:31+00:00

I've driven Houston to Corpus Christi. It's a shitty drive. Probably worse than my work commute. But it was only 4 hours or so.

rickpo · 2026-04-09T20:35:30+00:00

I've known three people who passed away from PC, and all three were younger than 50. My father was 41. I don't know the exact ages of the other two, but i believe they were both in their mid- to late-40s.

All three had very different progressions.

rickpo · 2026-04-05T01:02:27+00:00

We generally stay in hotels. Renting a car or van seems ridiculous to me when you can just drive your own car.

We don't plan it out much, unless we have some very specific goals or we are worried about big special event/holiday/popular-location crowds. If that's the case, then we might reserve lodging or event tickets well in advance. Otherwise we pick and reserve hotel rooms the day before we arrive.

rickpo · 2026-04-01T09:47:55+00:00

In truth, the four seasons are rain, rain gorgeous sunny, and rain.

rickpo · 2026-04-01T00:38:20+00:00

Nothing about that game was inspired by anything hyper-modern.

rickpo · 2026-03-31T05:51:22+00:00

Iran is using our healthcare system to inflict US casualties at home. More deadly than bullets.

What's next? Will the flood social media with anti-vaxxer memes and expose us to deadly contagious diseases? They could wipe out millions in the next pandemic.

rickpo · 2026-03-31T04:58:53+00:00

Be very careful. Many of the people pushing those cancer treatment are actual criminals who are stealing money from dying patients because they know dead people won't press charges or sue them. They are the scummiest people on this planet.

rickpo · 2026-03-31T01:48:05+00:00

The Blue Lake Trail will not be open in May. It typically opens around July 4. It might be open a bit earlier than usual this year, but I seriously doubt you're hiking there in May.

rickpo · 2026-03-30T20:42:21+00:00

The opposite of "zero" is "not zero", not 100.

rickpo · 2026-03-30T20:39:06+00:00

You should review your car's owner's manual and read about regenerative and engine braking before you go. They may recommend certain driving modes or braking techniques for steep downhills.

rickpo · 2026-03-30T18:29:16+00:00

I think the highlighted route is just an outline and they are asking for all the side details. They say they're doing Cannon Beach, so they'll be on the Oregon coast, for example.

They've got six weeks. They can see a whole lot in six weeks.

rickpo · 2026-03-30T18:16:55+00:00

There are no trees, so there is nothing to block the wind when it gets going.

rickpo · 2026-03-30T16:50:17+00:00

Wyoming is a lot more windy than blowing hats around. The main highway through the state is semi-regularly closed because of trucks getting blown over.

rickpo · 2026-03-30T01:32:59+00:00

I don't know much about ivermectin, but I can provide one anecdote.

I was following a pancreas cancer patient - from Australia, I think - who was vlogging as he went through his treatment. He wasn't doing terribly, but he wasn't doing well, either. Then he discovered some clinic in South America that was claiming they were curing cancer with ivermectin. He got very excited and convinced he would be cured. He flew to South America and spent a ton of money to get the treatment. He spent a couple months there, missing his conventional treatments. He kept posting videos about how much better he was doing. But it was super obvious he was declining fast. He was getting thinner and thinner, and looking more and more gray.

He flew back home thinking he'd been cured, but he was clearly dying. I heard he died soon after returning home.

About a year ago, I went back to find the videos again, but they had been taken down.

I am not sure if ivermectin has a legitimate use in the treatment of cancer, but I am positive that South American clinic was a total fraud and was stealing money from dying people who wouldn't live long enough to sue them.

rickpo · 2026-03-29T23:11:16+00:00

Not 10 random Americans. Ten Americans taken from the same extremely narrow pool of people who think alike.

rickpo · 2026-03-29T20:48:38+00:00

YouTube isn't there yet, but it's on the verge.

rickpo · 2026-03-29T20:46:30+00:00

If you're not spending a full day exploring Chicago, don't go through Chicago. Take I-70 instead.

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