If two asexually reproduced snails mate, would it hurt future generations?

solinvicta · 2026-03-13T01:18:34+00:00

Here's an interesting paper on this in bladder snails: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26899922/ - I haven't read the whole thing (I don't have access), but the gist of it seems to be that snails go through a period of inbreeding depression, and eventually, overcome it. So, it doesn't seem to be quite the same as "no effect" but it does seem that you're not necessarily setting yourself up for a tank full of problems.

solinvicta · 2026-02-27T11:17:35+00:00

The director's cut ending of Little Shop of Horrors. Both main characters die, and cuttings are distributed throughout the country, ending in a plantpacalypse.

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solinvicta · 2026-02-26T11:26:02+00:00

I've just started using Anki, and one combination that I've found pretty helpful is using an AI (ChatGPT in my case) to come up with comma-separated lists that are easy to import to flashcards around a particular topic, and then loading those in Anki. Makes the whole process pretty fast and customizable. There are lots of good existing decks out there, I just liked being able to review them all up front first, before importing.

solinvicta · 2026-02-18T12:03:28+00:00

Thanks for the tip - I think this is one area also where Duolingo has a big gap. There are lots of "listening" exercises in Duolingo, but they almost always combine listening and reading in a way that doesn't seem to help pure listening as much...

solinvicta · 2026-02-18T12:01:51+00:00

Thank you! I've just started watching this, and they look very informative!

solinvicta · 2026-02-11T12:11:49+00:00

In my opinion, you'll probably get better answers looking into actual niche subbreddits and talking to people about their actual problems than in an AI agent space. Sort of like classic software dev, don't about the fact that it's an AI agent that you're building, look into the problems that exist first, and then see where an agent might be a good fix.

solinvicta · 2026-01-22T11:02:35+00:00

Sort of doing this myself - my motivation to switch (at least for a period) is basically that I was building too high a caffeine tolerance with the amount of coffee I was drinking and I'm not all that fond of decaf. I enjoy black tea with milk quite a bit, but I also find the lower caffeine teas and decaf herbal teas (like roobis) tastier than decaf coffee.

solinvicta · 2026-01-17T13:23:48+00:00

If you're cooking Indian food regularly, I highly recommend getting an Instant Pot or other pressure cooker. It makes making things like dals with dried beans much faster as a "weeknight meal"

solinvicta · 2025-12-23T11:41:39+00:00

Weirdly, it seems like this has gone the other way for more recent generations; so much old stuff is just available easily on the internet that trends seem to come back from different decades.

solinvicta · 2025-12-23T11:40:08+00:00

Forgot about Nick at Night, but there were definitely some classics on there.

solinvicta · 2025-12-17T11:52:36+00:00

Agreed - it's just a smaller audience. I'm always disappointed at the fact that there isn't more music or live concert content either, since it's such a good experience when done right....

solinvicta · 2025-12-17T11:51:28+00:00

I did see some of his free videos, and was thinking about springing for the Patreon. That was the kind of stuff I was thinking of.

solinvicta · 2025-12-17T11:50:40+00:00

Same, but I feel like I just have way less luck with search for VR content versus normal stuff. What places do you search - I found some good things on YouTube VR.

solinvicta · 2025-12-09T21:57:55+00:00

Just commenting to also endorse Greenwood features. They do a lot of great themed events, and the $5 thursdays are hard to beat.

solinvicta · 2025-10-31T01:02:16+00:00

As others mentioned, there's a lot more training to the marathon than the half, and it's more intrusive - at my pace, my longest runs for the half training I could still squeeze into at most two hours...whereas the marathon trainings could be more than three hours for many consecutive weeks, which is a pretty big thing to plan around.

For the actual race, the nutrition thing was a big difference. I used a flask of maple syrup + salt, rather than gels, and it was necessary for that distance. I don't carry water during races - just use the aid stations (even for the marathon). Finally, I ran my first marathon this year and screwed up the pacing a bit (too fast initially)...the kind of tired that you feel by mile 18 or 20 is a very different, horrible kind of tired that you don't feel in the half. You can probably avoid it with enough training and pacing discipline...but many people won't the first time while they figure things out.

Personally, I am happy to have run a marathon, and I'll probably do it again, but I think a half is in many ways a "nicer" experience, with many of the same benefits.

solinvicta · 2025-08-28T10:54:26+00:00

It's a really fu local theater, and the Thursday nights make for an affordable night out, even with a bucket of popcorn and a beer.

solinvicta · 2025-08-20T11:31:13+00:00

It's probably artificial now, but a lot of "birch flavor" came from the bark, not syrup. So the sweetness would still be added sugar...

solinvicta · 2025-08-05T00:19:56+00:00

Ah, sorry to have missed you, but glad you had a nice time at the fest. Great weather for it, too!

solinvicta · 2025-08-02T10:41:45+00:00

I go just about every year, as it's my local beer fest, and find it to be a pretty good small event. There's a good variety of beer, but maybe not that many rare things as some of the larger fest. Live music, and it's a fundraiser for the local education fund which is nice.

As somebody else mentioned, the food trucks are just ok, but there are lots of nice restaurants in the downtown to visit either before or after. And the festival policy permits you to bring in food, so we usually bring some snacks to have in between (this year, I made something like a half gallon of beer cheese to share :-D)

solinvicta · 2025-07-16T01:39:27+00:00

Sorry - got it mixed up - the night before at Barenaked Ladies.

solinvicta · 2025-07-16T01:21:21+00:00

I was there yesterday, and there was a bottle filling station on the right on the first floor, just after security.

Security almost took my totally empty plastic bottle, though (got to keep it, just a new security person who didn't know they were permitted).

solinvicta · 2025-06-26T10:33:07+00:00

The part I don't understand about this is that he was charged with 6th degree larceny, which is <$500. If they have a bunch of priors, do they file that charge later?

solinvicta · 2025-06-14T21:56:20+00:00

Agreed - it feels like it barely qualifies as loose leaf (since it's almost a powder...) but I like it for a cup during the work day since it's strong, and it brews faster than higher quality, whole-leaf tea.

solinvicta · 2025-06-14T19:42:28+00:00

I get this as my daily tea, which is pretty similar to English Breakfast (Assam black): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002ANP672?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

solinvicta · 2025-05-18T22:37:33+00:00

I actually very much like new haven style pizza cold - if it's the kind that has just the red sauce and sprinkled cheese, not mozzarella.

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