bathcat

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[–] bathcat@beehaw.org 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Early polls yes. Polls just before the 2016 election showed closer to a 1/3 chance. And the final results were within the margin of error.

But, these are early polls, so, yes, don't put much stock in them, but not because polling is worthless.

[–] bathcat@beehaw.org 126 points 1 year ago (1 children)

May he receive the sympathy he has shown to others.

[–] bathcat@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Hurry up and wait.

[–] bathcat@beehaw.org 82 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

The fact that we have these low frequency listening arrays has been known publicly for a long time. More closely guarded are the analytical techniques.

It's likely that the watch team flagged the implosion as artificial in real time, but could not identify the cause until other pieces of info were aggregated. The found wreckage today likely confirmed their suspicion.

source: worked at the navy's listening post watch floor years ago.

[–] bathcat@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Wasn't. Died two days ago. :⁠'⁠(

[–] bathcat@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

But also, with the fediverse structure, there is no way to lock out alternative apps. Functionally, all apps are third party.

[–] bathcat@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago

Writer of my favorite books. I am broke.

"How surely are the dead beyond dead. Death is what the living carry with them. A state of dread, like some uncanny foretaste of a bitter memory. But the dead do not remember and nothingness is not a curse. Far from it."

Cormac McCarthy, Suttree

To me, he and Camus illuminate the struggle of life. You make your own reason. The struggle is the reason.

[–] bathcat@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, but what do I do to get that little rush of self-satisfaction from down voting a comment I disagree with? /s

In all seriousness, it may require a little more diligence from community mods to police comments which violate beehaw community standards since they won't fall to the bottom or be hidden as fast.

 

I want to make an inexpensive chair mat similar to the one in the picture to place on high pile carpet. I already have left over materials from other projects:

1/2" OSB sheet

1/2" Plywood sheet

20 ft^2^ vinyl plank (has a thin foam backing)

I plan on gluing the plank to one of the above sheets and then cut the mat to the desired area (56"x48") with a circular skill saw.

Questions: What glue should I use to glue the vinyl plank? Should I use the OSB or the plywood?

[–] bathcat@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Planetside 2. Loved huge coordinated battles with hundreds of players even though it often was a buggy, laggy mess.

[–] bathcat@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Big life changes helped. I moved, changed jobs. I met my wife through the internet. I took the time to make a serious, though out profile on a paid site (best $30 I ever spent). No tinder, no superficiality, not a hookup person. I didn't have a high response rate from messages I sent out, but I let that roll off and kept at it and was patient.

I'm not a person generally prone to depression or deep emotion, so it eventually passed. I didn't go to a therapist, but my brother swears by it and says it's useful for everyone.

[–] bathcat@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago

Maybe not hidden, but xkcd.com

 

New favorite band.

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