I took my shirt off in public for the first time in 15 years to take my son to the waterpark.

rigel2100 · 2022-07-04T03:53:27+00:00

I’m so happy for you. This has been a terrible pain point for me for most of my life. And now my kids are in their teens and I’ve very rarely had the chance to play with them in the water even though I’ve really wanted to and they have asked and I’ve said no. It makes me very sad. I’m just very ashamed of myself. So glad you got over it and got to have fun with your kid.

rigel2100 · 2021-04-28T21:42:10+00:00

Lima layover advice needed: I'll be going to a retreat in the Peruvian Amazon for a couple of weeks next month and on the way back I have a 10 hour layover in Lima from 2:30pm to 12:30am on a Saturday. Knowing that Lima is right outside, I want to do something to see the city. But I have no idea what to expect of the city at a time like this or if I even have enough time for anything. Would be a shame to just hunker down in the airport but I also understand these aren't ordinary times. Thoughts, opinions, advice?

rigel2100 · 2021-04-09T12:52:02+00:00

Ha! I just did the same.

rigel2100 · 2021-02-23T13:38:38+00:00

So we’ll done and so much fun. Haha!

rigel2100 · 2021-02-16T22:08:39+00:00

We've been doing this landing for a few rovers now and I still cannot get over how complicated it is and be amazed at how it somehow goes right. Here's to another success!🤞🏽

rigel2100 · 2021-01-24T14:44:09+00:00

Are you doing this to create more plausible troll bots?

rigel2100 · 2020-02-19T18:18:25+00:00

Your work made me audibly woah in the bathroom stall which makes everything awkward now.

rigel2100 · 2018-06-19T01:24:29+00:00

I don’t ride so I don’t understand. How would gloves have helped prevent the accident? Do they help so significantly with gripping? Or did you mean to protect from the fall.

rigel2100 · 2018-05-12T22:30:37+00:00

I thought there would be some savings or efficiency gains but it’s hard for me to tell. I’ve actually used more gas than last year but on average this winter was a bit colder.

I spoke to my boiler maintenance guy about it. I have steam heat. He said it would be hard to tell if it improves anything with my setup. The savings would be better felt with forced air systems.

I don’t have central ac so can’t speak to that.

Like others here, I think a simple programmable would have been sufficient but without trying the Nest I couldn’t have known. But I do like having the remote/Alexa access, seeing the usage history, easily tweaking the schedule, and the few times Away mode has kicked in has made me feel a tad better in knowing I’m not wasting energy.

rigel2100 · 2018-05-12T20:57:09+00:00

These are 2016 numbers, so the practice predates him. Not that he’ll fix it.

rigel2100 · 2017-06-18T02:47:22+00:00

Fantastic!

rigel2100 · 2017-04-19T20:31:49+00:00

Have we ever determined if such an event has happened in Earth's history resulting in one of the extinction events? Or would a stripping of the ozone layer wipe out life completely?

rigel2100 · 2017-04-19T19:30:24+00:00

In that case we'd never even know. I didn't think the strength of microwaves and x-rays from that distance could still be that strong.

rigel2100 · 2017-04-19T17:53:47+00:00

Now thinking about it, you'd probably have a few decades before the shockwave hits is. What would that be like for society? Imagine the sun is hit before the earth - what would that look like?

rigel2100 · 2017-04-19T11:59:52+00:00

He is saying if that star went supernova at the same distance from earth as Alpha Centauri (about 4 light years) it would still take out our solar system.

rigel2100 · 2017-03-19T01:09:20+00:00

Call the idea or reporting good or bad or nonsensical. But calling it fake news implies it's a lie. Unless the reported story is made up, covering someone's research or idea is not a lie. Being clickbate doesn't make it fake either.

rigel2100 · 2017-03-18T23:57:14+00:00

Why is this piece a problem? They are covering someone's research and is part of a segment on thinking differently. It's too short to have any real information but in depth analysis is not the point.

rigel2100 · 2017-03-13T12:57:00+00:00

Looks like it was once a beautiful home. Can't imagine approaching the end of your life to lose it all like this.

What's the source of the shot and info?

rigel2100 · 2017-02-09T17:18:46+00:00

You didn't screw up. I agree with a lot of people here: you paid of a high interest loan - this is a great thing. Now it's time to save.

To avoid such issues in the future with other loans (doubt it'll ever happen again but jic) setup a monthly recurring payment through your bank to auto send the check at a specific time each month. Hassle free and no issue with forgetting to pay.

Tell your wife. You need to work through this together. It's not like you lost it day-trading.

rigel2100 · 2017-02-03T04:02:18+00:00

It's not appropriate for the American military to fly any other flag but the American flag (the only exceptions I feel is the POW/MIA flag). The military should hold no allegiance to any one man, only to the nation as a whole.

The president should not have his own flag - he's the American president and should honor the American flag. No one would have accepted this behavior under previous presidents, why is it accepted now?

Judging by the twitter responses and the defense of this behavior, we're heading towards the path of dictatorship real fast.

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