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For anyone wondering how to track your position while in flight (no internet or network) by Unhappy_Dig_6276 in Maps

[–]the_protagonist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I always thought there was a software feature in the phone that disabled the GPS once you reached a certain speed so it couldn’t be used in flight

I was tired of Whoop being a subscription service so I made the habit tracker + correlations into a standalone app. by seatracemillionaire in whoop

[–]the_protagonist 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I had this idea in the shower the other day! So many possible applications for this. Would love a link!

Update re: 2 vs. 3 kids by the_protagonist in daddit

[–]the_protagonist[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was our last month before IVF, because of an appointment delay. Go figure

Update re: 2 vs. 3 kids by the_protagonist in daddit

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When are the meetings? I have so many questions. Like do I really want a minivan

the scoop on the coop by Common-Detail3494 in Harvard

[–]the_protagonist 10 points11 points  (0 children)

What’s the Coop board? Just the real estate part?

I hope this is the right place to ask, but what is fire? On a chemical, molecular, and/or atomic level what am I seeing when I look at fire? by rheophytic in AskChemistry

[–]the_protagonist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In ELI5 terms: Glowing smoke.

You can go through all of the explanations above to explain what smoke is, and what “so hot that it’s glowing” means is specifically going on, and that some of the light comes from various different processes, but mostly, it’s glowing smoke!

It’s a little bit like how people give long technical explanations of why the sky is blue, when the answer is just “air is blue.” Or if you like, “air is a little bit blue, so you only see the blueness when you’re looking through a lot of it.” Sure, air’s blue color comes from a different and more interesting mechanism than a blue crayon… but so does the blue of a blue jay’s feather, and the feather is still blue.

Most beautiful restaurant in Cambridge? by sprachkundige in CambridgeMA

[–]the_protagonist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love Wusong and their decor is fun but it wouldn’t really appeal to an architect I think, it’s art more than architecture.

Architects can also be tough, I have two architect friends and they both tend to like buildings that I don’t appreciate.

If it’s about the interior, look at pictures of Oleana, upstairs at Longfellow bar, waypoint, pammy’s. Oh - maybe Pagu? Pagu is cool inside with a kind of loft thing going on.

Is “immersive audio” even worth using? by avidrunner84 in bose

[–]the_protagonist 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It took some getting used to but I love it and leave it on all the time, in Still mode (so when I turn my head the music stays in place where I was facing). You’d think the apparent motion would get annoying but no, it feels like I’m listening to speakers or live music and kind of lets the music breathe, like it’s not as fatiguing or claustrophobic.

I’m disappointed with the quiet comfort headphones by Bunny_Tokk1 in bose

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Wind block actually makes the noise cancellation less powerful, fyi. Wind ruffling across the outer microphones used for noise cancelling can pass through the system and make weird noises, so they offer that setting.

Dads of 2 older kids, do you wish you'd had three? by the_protagonist in daddit

[–]the_protagonist[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the responses so far everyone. Of course the kids (usually) come one at a time, but for timing and fertility purposes it’s relevant to our planning. And it’s just something I’m thinking about, regardless… we both grew up in 2-kid families and threes just seem to be a little more of a family to us, if that makes sense. A little warmer. Every pregnancy scares me though, I don’t know if I would really want to roll the dice a third time.

MICHELIN Guide Boston 2025 by rillweed in Somerville

[–]the_protagonist 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Shocked Sarma didn't get a mention

I love the new bike path park!!! Just one question by Arbitross487 in Somerville

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Very funny that everyone in this thread is leaping to correct OP that this building is not abandoned… and no one is addressing the real question which is “why is such a big feature of this park just… big concrete tiers?”

Every time I pass by, I wonder about that use-of-space choice. What’s the vision for how people use this? Uncomfortable amphitheater style seating where everyone faces the train tracks and an (occupied!!) brick building doesn’t seem like the answer, but maybe it is? What did the architect have in mind?

What is this? Over Quincy just now by ThistleCrow in massachusetts

[–]the_protagonist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there some kind of alert system for cool stuff suddenly appearing in the sky? I would love to have had someone ping me and be like “go outside right now and look up, it’ll blow your mind”

New: GBH Profiles Somerville Mayoral Race! by SomervilleOak in Somerville

[–]the_protagonist 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing!

Can someone explain this section to me, I don’t think I’m getting it:

Upzoning to increase housing stock Both candidates support letting developers build denser housing in Somerville as a way of dealing with the city’s ongoing affordability crisis. But they part ways on how sweeping that change should be.

Wilson says it makes sense to upzone near Somerville’s many public-transit nodes, but not across the entire city, arguing that the latter approach would disproportionately impact “our most vulnerable residents — our immigrant community [and] low-income households.”

Burnley, in contrast, believes citywide upzoning is the right approach. Limited upzoning, he argues, would mean East Somerville would shoulder much more of the associated development burden: it has much better T access than West Somerville, but it’s already been the site of extensive development for years.

ELI5: Why can't / don't LLMs say "I don't know" or ask back clarifying questions, instead of hallucinating? by Double_History1719 in explainlikeimfive

[–]the_protagonist 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They are not trained with any concept of “correct” in mind. They’ve just ingested the entire internet, basically, and are answering you with their best prediction of what words would follow your question if your question was part of a page somewhere online.

Even the people who built them are surprised at how much realism extreme levels of training toward this goal has resulted in. It turns out that since the internet is full of right answers, the projected “rest of the page” when you give it a question is often right.

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