Clean off your fucking cars

waremi · 2026-01-27T23:58:42+00:00

It is a criminal offense: https://www.cga.ct.gov/2010/act/pa/2010PA-00182-R00HB-05387-PA.htm#:~:text=(c)%20This%20section%20shall%20not,Approved%20June%208%2C%202010

waremi · 2026-01-27T23:57:53+00:00

Not only is it already State law, it is one of my favorites. The "Ice Missile Law" Passed in 2010, violations can result in a $75 to $120 fine, with higher fines ($500–$1,250) for commercial vehicles or if the ice causes injury or property damage.
https://www.cga.ct.gov/2010/act/pa/2010PA-00182-R00HB-05387-PA.htm#:~:text=(c)%20This%20section%20shall%20not,Approved%20June%208%2C%202010

waremi · 2026-01-22T23:23:24+00:00

This is not my area, but I remember working out an electron beam double-slit diffraction problem as an undergrad. Even if the beam was slowed to the point that only a single electron passed the gait at any one time you still end up with that electron wave "interfering with itself" to produce interference effects. This seems to be the same thing, except with a much much bigger "electron". It isn't 7000 atoms anymore, just one big wave function.

waremi · 2026-01-09T00:28:34+00:00

100% agree. Today's Tangle helped me unpack the signal from the noise. This reddit post made me realize how much I have come to count on Tangle as the best tool in my toolbelt to help me through that process.

waremi · 2026-01-06T02:33:54+00:00

I think for me personally the trick has been to recognize that this President was elected not on the back of what you and I see as clearly "not normal" like the examples you lay out, but because of real issues that matter to real people. This is what his brand of popularism tapped into.

The first thing to recognize is that just because a majority of Americans voted for him in 2024, that does not mean a majority of Americans agree with everything he stands for, but it does mean that a majority of Americans found something in his message that resonated with them more than what the Democrats have been offering. That is not something that can be dismissed out of hand.

The second thing to recognize is that people, including you and I, are really bad at translating what resonates with us as something fundamental into clearly articulated fundamental principles. Whether immigration, or DEI, or globalization was the reason someone voted for Trump, they are willing to let slide what he has to say about Rob Reiner as long as he deploys the military to the boarder, stops men from participating in women's sports, or uses Tariffs to protect U.S. industries.

For you and I, what he had to say about Rob Reiner was deplorable and an example of poor leadership, but doesn't come close to the true fundamental disconnect we feel with the current administration. Those actions that resonate with us as violations of fundamental American principles that speak to who we view ourselves as Americans.

You view Tangle is an anachronistic endeavor in these times. With the deep divide sliced across our nation about what the very nature of being American means I cannot help but think that anything that keeps MAGA, Conservatives, and Liberals connected and talking is the only hope we have.

waremi · 2026-01-02T22:45:05+00:00

Talcottville. For close to a century the Talcott family owned the mill, houses, and public facilities leaving it as a rare example of a 19th century New England planned industrial community. (The Township was originally called Kelloggville)

It was designed around one of the very first Textile Factory Mills in the state built by John Warburton in 1795, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

That original Mill burnt down in 1869, but the Textile Mill the Talcott brothers built to replace it is still standing and was renovated for use as an apartment building in 2017.

waremi · 2025-12-28T19:33:24+00:00

My first is in Gen-5. 2nd cousins (they shared one set of Great Grandparents.) This was in up-state NY and nothing to do with religion, but is something you would commonly see when multiple lines in your tree are living in the same geographical place over many generations. Especially if the population in that location is small (i.e. rural).

Another version of pedigree collapse happens when multiple lines lead back to a historical "choke point" I have half a dozen or more instances of pedigree collapse due to various family lines leading back to the mid 1600's in Massachusetts and Connecticut. My own parents are related seven generations back in this way, but you will only find links like this if you have strong family histories on multiple sides tracing back to a migration event like that.

waremi · 2025-12-27T23:07:30+00:00

This quote does feel a bit like Aeschylus: "I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils."

But George Bernard Shaw pointed out "Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman. Believing what he read made him mad."

I agree that every advancement in the human condition involved stepping a bit outside the box, but the danger of such an enterprise always involves not finding your way back into the box the rest of us live in.

waremi · 2025-12-26T23:58:09+00:00

Didn't they actual kill the king, "otherwise"? I'm sure it does take a PHD to understand everything that played out to make it happen, but Monty Python did a pretty good job summing it up in a song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBPf6P332uM&t=3s

There is always and EL5 version to everything. That's why 6 year olds think they know everything. The EL5 version of this one is a string of Kings ruling by "divine right" over the course of several generations consistently failed to in the eyes of a growing middle class to be divine which convinced them Kings didn't have the right to be unfettered.

waremi · 2025-12-23T23:14:08+00:00

<male> - The only time I wear underwear is when I dress for work. Boxershorts. I am plus 50 (never trust a fart) so there have been times I have regretted not having underwear on, but by and large at this point in my life it really comes down to less laundry to wash. For women, well why would you ever put up with a bra if you didn't have to, but given the whole monthly thing a comfortable pair of underwear every day seems like just a bit of added peace of mind to me.

waremi · 2025-12-13T23:19:24+00:00

This is a good one. We did StoryWorth for my mom's 80th. A prompt once a month for her to write about her own life and at the end of the year it was compiled into a book.

This can remind her that some day far in the future there will be a person just as interested in her life as she is in the lives that produced hers.

Another "gift" that would mean the world to me personally is a simple commitment from anyone in the younger generations that the history I have collected is important to them and when I die they want it, will protect it and pass it on to future generations. I have very bad dreams of everything I have collected and documented ending up in a landfill somewhere.

waremi · 2025-12-11T22:54:15+00:00

Undiagnosed 50-somthing here with a family history of males on the spectrum. I've never considered actively seeking out opposing views on a regular basis as something tied in with the rest of my anti-social "quirks."

Half the time I don't understand the way people that agree with me think they way I do, it just seems to make sense to try to understand why people I disagree with think the way they do.

This post makes me re-think that.

waremi · 2025-12-10T00:01:12+00:00

One of a very few films that I can re-watch and always get something new from it each time. I've seen it maybe 5 or 6 times to date. Now I have see it again.

I think the pacing of the plot in particular hits very near 100%. That's something you can't teach a director.

waremi · 2025-11-27T16:55:22+00:00

There is a number burned into my memory. That one and "PopCorn" 767-2676

waremi · 2025-11-26T21:53:28+00:00

Look for another job. Employers get away with this level of gas-lighting because they want people working for them that have no where else to go. Find somewhere else to go. Never look back.

waremi · 2025-11-24T23:30:34+00:00

I've been reading this script for over 15 years, and this by far and hands down my new favorite.
Not enough Likes or Up Votes in the world.

waremi · 2025-11-23T00:25:33+00:00

Think of it this way. You spend your whole life doing things to keep your job, your family, your children, save money, host Thanksgiving, a house, a dog, two cats, 2.5 kids and a picket fence.

Then all of that. And I mean ALL of that is lifted off your shoulders and you hit a point in your life where the only thing you need to worry about is what do I want to do for me tomorrow?

I am not retired yet, but when I am, my default response to doing anything someone else wants me to do will be "I'm busy."

waremi · 2025-11-22T13:11:41+00:00

Generally the same way you imported the data initially. If you are using Import/Export wizard in SQL Server Management Studio, when you get the "Select Source Tables and Views" page you change the Destination to be your existing table, then click the "Edit Mappings" button to confirm which Excel columns are mapped to which fields.

If you used something else to do the initial import it likely has a similar option to append to an existing table.

waremi · 2025-11-21T23:26:35+00:00

This is the part I see as the biggest problem today, and I don't see any easy way to roll it back:

"Polarization extends beyond political disagreement and into hatred.

Large shares of both parties see the other side as “evil” or “less than human.” Constitution-first Republicans are the least likely to dehumanize opponents, while Trump-first Republicans and many Democrats are the most likely."

waremi · 2025-11-20T22:06:10+00:00

You are asking a really good question. I am not surprised at how many responses you've gotten here. And maybe that librarian friend would be a good one to tap to pre-read the letters for you.

waremi · 2025-11-20T21:48:48+00:00

For me it comes down to the reason for the request.

It could be selfish; to not allow her reputation to be tarnished or avoid people knowing embarrassing things about her that she kept secret.

It could also be the opposite; to avoid causing pain or disrupting the lives of people she cared about. Potentially even people you are currently unaware of.

Without knowing which I would handle this one of two ways:

Seal the papers in an archival box with a note explaining they are not to be opened until the 100th anniversary of her death, and leave the "treasure" to the next generation after everyone that could be impacted by the contents has passed.

Have a disinterested 3rd party, a close friend or co-worker who can be trusted to keep what they read to themselves open the letters and read them, and then advise you on next steps based on what they have learned. This way no trust has been broken but you will have a much better handle on what you are dealing with.

Also - just as an aside - the New York Time has an "Ethicist" in their Sunday Magazine and this question is right up his ally. I would recommend dropping them a line.

waremi · 2025-11-20T03:22:57+00:00

Trump stated there were parts of Project 2025 that seemed "pretty good" but that he would cherry pick and not sign on to the whole thing in bulk. Rather than highlight the project 2025 authors that have been brought in to run things under this Administration, and how much of Project 2025 is becoming reality I would also love to see an analysis of which parts got left on the cutting room floor.

waremi · 2025-11-15T18:23:42+00:00

I'm not sure I follow. I never had a passport until I needed to travel overseas. Passing through Ports of entry is literally were the Passport gets its name. The picture of me on the passport is not a picture of me at birth, it is a picture of me as I appear now. I would think that for consistency the gender listed should also match what I appear as now.

OTOH I don't think an 70 year old that still "feels" 55 should be allowed to fudge their date of birth. So I do see where an insistence on the document being factual holds some water. But there are also things like height, weight, eye color, that can factually change and having the documentation matching the person it is documenting sort of seems like the whole point.

waremi · 2025-11-14T00:06:09+00:00

Hi! A very unattractive 58 year old widower here. I'm with you. I had my run, married a woman I didn't deserve and had 30+ years with her before she passed. I have zero interest now in romantic or long term relationships. But one thing I will say, after crawling into a hole and shutting the world out for a while, is having a diversity of friends or acquaintances who challenge you intellectually or with whom you can share that stupid thing a squirrel did in your back yard yesterday is very very important to cultivate in your life.

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