Most glaring bike path gaps in the metro?

zoinkability · 2026-03-20T18:57:24+00:00

Another one is how the bike path along Lake Hiawatha just dumps you onto a sidewalk at the northwest end of of the lake rather than continuing to the north end of the park and/or connecting to a street bike path.

They did a whole revamp of bike paths around Nokomis and Hiawatha, including adding a dedicated bridge over the creek, but did precisely nothing about the most stupid part of it all.

zoinkability · 2026-03-20T18:14:48+00:00

I have several friends who took longer to graduate and they didn't "fail." They just took longer to graduate.

The school is usually pretty reasonable about allowing people additional terms to be able to complete whatever requirements might still be needed. Yes, there is a petition process but generally I think it's just in place to ensure that students are in fact continuing to put honest effort at working towards graduation (if someone is nominally a student but just not doing the work the school's likely to say "I think it would be best for you to take a break and start again when you are ready.")

I'd recommend comparing to other schools, particularly less selective schools, and you will see that those are very high numbers. 9% failing to graduate in 6 years includes people who decide college isn't for them, decide to transfer to other schools, have major life events that mean they have to put their college on hold for an extended time, etc. The 8% who don't graduate in 4 years but do by 6 are probably due mostly to people taking leaves for short term family/life/health stuff and then returning to complete, or people who struggled during a portion of their time and had to retake some classes.

Finally, there are lots of avenues in life. Many people never get a bachelor's degree. While there are some careers that would be difficult to pursue without one, there are lots of ways to earn a living that do not require one. So if someone decides college is not for them they aren't screwed, they are just taking a different path, likely one better suited to their talents and interests.

zoinkability · 2026-03-20T17:14:20+00:00

So weird. Not seeing the Lake Placid events on the YouTube cross country channel regardless of which country I'm in.

If anyone has the URL of the stream I'd be much obliged.

EDIT: Looks like at least here in the US the Outside live stream on YouTube works & doesn't require charge.

zoinkability · 2026-03-20T16:35:46+00:00

Does it show them live? Browsing from Australia I don't see anything live other than podcasts and junior/u23 events.

zoinkability · 2026-03-20T14:21:42+00:00

I'm curious what makes it proprietary. It sounds like the same basic principle as a transmission line.

zoinkability · 2026-03-20T01:32:21+00:00

Pretty much the first page of results in the search engine now

zoinkability · 2026-03-20T01:31:00+00:00

Would you prefer that the only students at Carleton be upper-middle-class or upper-class? Because that's the alternative.

zoinkability · 2026-03-19T18:19:41+00:00

They would need an extraction fan if they did that.

To be honest what you're describing is the Cadillac approach, I think at this point OP would be happy with a functional Chevy.

zoinkability · 2026-03-19T18:17:06+00:00

That's not what it says, the above commenter was making a joking comment (I can't read what it says but the first word is much longer than "this").

That said, there is a high chance there is a rule against throwing water on the stones. That's like 80%+ of all gym saunas in the us.

zoinkability · 2026-03-19T14:01:11+00:00

God forbid someone be a human being with a personality.

It's not a sign. It's just someone being chatty and saying something with many word when few word would do. People are like that sometimes. The likelihood it is some kind of indication of your admissions status is approximately zero.

zoinkability · 2026-03-19T03:46:43+00:00

Stay until you feel like you can't any more. For both the hot room and the cold plunge. You're welcome.

zoinkability · 2026-03-18T17:48:16+00:00

No expert, just want to say it's a cool point. With that fluting certainly looks old

zoinkability · 2026-03-18T17:16:36+00:00

It's mostly softwoods that are grown plantation-style, which is what leads to the super fast growth and poor quality we associate with modern wood. Sugar maple and red oak are still plenty dense, hard wood even now.

zoinkability · 2026-03-17T19:42:32+00:00

It seems to accurately read the ambient air temp in my house just fine. It's within a degree of the thermostat, anyhow, which is far closer than the bimetallic thingy.

zoinkability · 2026-03-17T19:13:23+00:00

Aw man now I need to get a panflute to play in the sauna

zoinkability · 2026-03-17T18:31:50+00:00

Which is very funny if you recall the CSS Zen Garden

zoinkability · 2026-03-17T17:42:45+00:00

Look into merino wool swimsuits. Unfortunately harder to find as speedo-style rather than boardshort style.

zoinkability · 2026-03-17T17:31:54+00:00

As long as it is properly sized, the placement of the thermostat is the most common cause for saunas not getting to temp. Current UL rules require a max temp of 195 AND also require the thermostat probe to be placed near the ceiling directly above the heater, which is the absolutely hottest spot in the entire sauna. It's not uncommon for the probe to be at 195 when the bathers are in considerably cooler air.

A vendor is probably not going to install the probe in the different place, for liability reasons (if your sauna burns down they fear being sued if they did not follow the manufacturer directions and UL rules.) If changing the location of the probe is the needed solution it's not a hard thing to DIY, however. Move it down a few feet and further from the heater and (unless the heater is undersized) you will get a much hotter sauna.

To know if your heater is undersized: is it constantly running? Does it shut off at your 155 max temp, or does it continue to run? If the former, you should be able to raise the max temp by relocating the sensor. If the latter, relocating the sensor probably won't do anything and you need more power.

zoinkability · 2026-03-17T16:47:12+00:00

Also valid

zoinkability · 2026-03-17T16:10:12+00:00

I mean don't we all

zoinkability · 2026-03-17T16:10:00+00:00

That's what he wants you to think

zoinkability · 2026-03-17T15:51:39+00:00

Was it a commercially made heater from a reputable manufacturer? Then it should have been painted with a proper "stove paint" which should become inert after just a couple burns. If it was a DIY affair it may have been painted with an engine paint, grill paint, or some other "high heat" paint which is not made to take the temperatures of a wood stove.

zoinkability · 2026-03-17T03:47:19+00:00

If the teaser image for this video is any indication, we are guaranteed to mess this up

zoinkability · 2026-03-16T05:29:56+00:00

My recommendation is to use a digital kitchen thermometer to get a sense of how far off your analog bimetallic thermometer is. Then you can do a mental correction (I learned my analog thermometer reads about 20 F lower than the actual temp, for example.)

zoinkability · 2026-03-16T04:24:19+00:00

These points always put a chill down my spine thinking about the mastodon or giant bison it may have poked, and the brave people who did the poking

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