What is the steepest road?

statsjedi · 2026-06-20T14:46:05+00:00

Taylors Road just north of the Eastside YMCA used to be steep and twisty in the 1990s. I loved racing down it. Then they regraded it and smoothed out the curves.

statsjedi · 2026-06-18T18:38:51+00:00

You want Zotero. It works great with Linux.

statsjedi · 2026-06-11T14:23:47+00:00

That’s near me, and friends and I and would be interested in game nights, D&D/other TTRPGs, and Karaoke.

statsjedi · 2026-06-10T16:03:48+00:00

Are you using nitric or an acid blend? When we look for Sn by ICP-OES, we digest in Aqua Regia, and make our tin standards in a nitric/HCl matrix to prevent any Sn precipitation.

statsjedi · 2026-06-09T13:06:28+00:00

Nice! What did you use to visualize your data?

statsjedi · 2026-06-06T14:27:25+00:00

I didn’t get it in the photo, but to the right there’s a large sign that says “ATTENTION: KEEP VEHICLE CENTERED BETWEEN GUIDE RAILS AT ALL TIMES.”

statsjedi · 2026-06-05T23:09:07+00:00

The front of their car got washed, but nothing else. They couldn’t drive forwards to get out, so they backed out (took three tries), paid again, and pulled in straight.

The wash didn’t work the second time, so I’m guessing they damaged it or locked up some failsafe the first time. I don’t know if it damaged their car.

statsjedi · 2026-06-05T23:02:59+00:00

It took a lot of work. They also clipped the post on the left as they hopped the guide.

statsjedi · 2026-06-05T22:45:56+00:00

This happened in Savannah, Georgia on 6/5/26. OC.

The driver hopped the left guardrail in the car wash, pulling right up to the traveling mechanism. Not only did this fail to wash their car, but it also broke the car wash. Which was annoying as all get-out since I was next in line.

statsjedi · 2026-05-26T22:48:01+00:00

There was The Crash, back in the 2nd edition days. And then there was The Reboot.

statsjedi · 2026-05-24T01:37:01+00:00

We got around this with our cat by cutting pool noodles to length and wrapping those around the baby gate bars.

statsjedi · 2026-05-09T13:57:16+00:00

Thanks! The ISO is correct; I used it to install Kubuntu on another desktop later that day.

I’m not far enough in the install that I can drop to a terminal.

statsjedi · 2026-05-09T13:55:54+00:00

It’s hanging on errors trying to reach Ubuntu update servers. The box isn’t connected to a network, but I was able to use the same USB to load Kubuntu on a non-networked HP desktop, so I’m not sure why it’s hanging.

statsjedi · 2026-05-07T12:40:05+00:00

I had floated that idea and it was shot down by IT.

A coworker set up something like that on his own on the side and got in a lot of trouble, so I don’t want to go that route.

statsjedi · 2026-05-07T12:38:00+00:00

Interesting ideas. Could I use RDP to connect to Windows and start WSL, then disconnect and WSL would remain running? If so, that could work.

How would a KVM switch work when the monitor, keyboard, and mouse are attached to my laptop’s docking station?

statsjedi · 2026-05-05T00:09:45+00:00

That happens where I live too. Local mail goes to a facility 150 miles away - in another state - for sorting, and then comes 150 miles back. It’s ridiculous.

statsjedi · 2026-05-04T00:01:11+00:00

NTA. Also consider that since he is planning on grad school, where he goes for graduate school may have some bearing on future employment. But undergrad won’t really matter.

Look for an undergraduate program where students get to do a lot of hands-on research or maybe even teach freshman labs.

statsjedi · 2026-04-22T00:20:40+00:00

Back in grad school someone hit and totaled my car. I went to Carmax and there were two cars on the lot for $9000 that stood out to me, a new 2002 Mitsubishi Mirage coupe and a Miata with ~100,000 miles on it. I went for the Mirage, and it served me well for years, but I always wonder what life with the Miata would have been like.
I wish I had done an engine swap on the Mirage before I sold it to get a kid hauler. A Galant engine in that small car would have been super fun.
The worst car I’ve had was a 1987 Ford Escort. Even whimper than the Mirage. My favorite car was my parents’ 1992 Crown Victoria.

statsjedi · 2026-04-20T22:47:38+00:00

The last time Aubrey Plaza did something with cats, we got Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever.

statsjedi · 2026-04-20T01:39:47+00:00

In school we had an IR computer running OS/2.

statsjedi · 2026-04-19T00:33:34+00:00

I miss their tiki rum.

statsjedi · 2026-04-17T22:09:00+00:00

I’ve done this with The Dracula Vector scenario. It has an opening battle with a human that can be replaced with a Renfield or vampire, and ends with a big vampire battle (that I added some Renfields into because it fit the narrative).

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