I got addicted to converting USGS and European digital elevation data to 3d topo map prints; I just think they’re neat!

Calories In Calories Out. It’s a diet strategy where you eat less calories than you use and therefore lose weight.

I’m so happy to see someone else hate Discovery and love lower decks and SNW. I have no idea why people like Discovery, so many plot holes in my opinion, I hate it.

This is our recent creation!

I’m a bit doubtful of the animation they show in the article. There are active continental rift zones in East Africa and Asia, at lake Baikal, which doesn’t show any movement during the animation. The San Andreas fault isn’t shown having any movement in the animation either. Additionally, Europe and Africa are currently moving away from North and South America, but change direction in the animation so the four continents come together without explanation of data suggesting the direction reversal.

It seems like this is a “what if?” sort of thought experiment as opposed to based on actual data. I mean, even current direction of plates could change tomorrow in an unpredictable way, so there’s no knowing either way.

Not that it really matters in any case.

I agree. I’m a later born Gen Xer (mid 70s) and generally like Bill Burr; this trailer looks painfully tedious.

Yes, for me the whole free navy plot line could have been way more concise; seemed like it dragged on for much too long. There is a similar show down, or whatever the right word is, in wheel of time.

Regarding the ending, I think I’ve been so upset with endings of other stories so many times that my standard is “satisfied” or “not satisfied”; I would say I’m satisfied with the expanse. I liked the ending, but it didn’t spark joy in me.

What do you call a field of cows masturbating?

Beef strokin’ off

Well, I can’t answer WHY it exists, but I can tell you how I found it if you’re interested.

My wife is from Italy and the singer of this song, Rita Pavone, was\is a famous singer from the 60s through the 80s in Italy. I heard one of her songs in a movie, my ADHD kicked in, and I went on a several week long YouTube deep dive of her catalog of music. My name is potato is, of course, the pinnacle of her creative talent.

Fun fact, which makes the whole thing even more strange, apparently this song is not a single. It’s the intro theme song to Rita Pavone’s 1970s variety TV show. I’ve never found an episode online to watch though.

I finished shortly after I posted. I’m satisfied with how they ended it; it was a strong finish. I’m reading the faded sun trilogy now; it’s pretty good so far.

Good luck on the wheel of time! I finished that a little less than a year ago. There are some GREAT books, but there are a couple that are stinkers. The fourth book, shadow rising, is so so so good. It’s slows down I think in books six and seven, or maybe seven and eight, then the last few pickup again. Have fun, it will be a journey!

SAY OUR NAME, SAY OUR NAME!

I like neighborhoods and cities with mid or low rise housing. I spent a lot of time in Turin, Italy (I’m American) and most that city (and other European cities) have mid rise apartments. They’re in the 6 to 8 story range a lot of times, but still no high rises. It makes for a great walkable city. The street I lived on in Turin was this huge wide boulevard that probably could have accommodated six to eight lanes of traffic with a turn lane in the middle. Instead there was a two-lane road in the middle with turn lanes, followed by streetcar rails further out, then a line of gorgeous trees, then parking for local businesses, then a side street to access the local parking and finally a nice wide sidewalk in front of the shops and apartments.

It’s a great looking city for anyone who happens to be in Northwest Italy!

Thanks for the vids. I’m not sure “water is good for concrete, or doesn’t care” is accurate. In a controlled environment that may be true, however with corrosion from polluted rain (the lime in concrete is dissolved with acid rain), expansion and contraction (especially with freeze thaw cycles), and biological processes that may be encouraged to grow in damp conditions, water is pretty bad for concrete; these are examples of what I’ve encountered that caused degrading concrete structures.

That said, I was thinking about it more and things like dams and drilled t shaft concrete piles are obviously exposed to constant water. I’m wondering if what I experienced has to do more with exposure to aerobic and temperature fluctuating environments as opposed to drilled shafts and dams which would be more isolated from those conditions I described above.

Even if water itself isn’t the primary mode of failure, I guess my point still remains regarding the vegetation of "green"buildings; roots and what not definitely will start to degrade concrete.

Thanks for the comment, it gave me some points to think about.

It is very good.

Try their brisket sandwich, I was surprised how tasty it is.

And all hail the superior curly fries!

Glad it brightened your day! It’s one of my favs I’ve found. Here’s another of my favorites, it’s even more sacrilegious:

I thought “chat” with a hard “t” in French meant “piss”, cat is pronounced “cha”. I was told this by a French speaker when I was talking about a “chat noir” poster, using a hard “t” and they said “you’re sayong black piss! The “t” is silent for cat”.

Can anyone confirm? I feel this is important for this post, “chat gpt” could mean “piss, I farted”

Here’s the farmer’s website that used to supply the peppers to Sriracha; they sell their own sauce now:

https://underwoodranches.com/

I was told this product is made by the farmer that supplied peppers to sriracha; I haven’t tried it yet.

https://underwoodranches.com/