No snow.

Siding is stucco, so I’m not worried about wood rot

House is on the north, garage is on the south, the 24’ is along the E-W line, so the sun should track right over the breezeway

I’ve long ascribed to the theory that, if time travel is ever invented, no one kills Hitler because WWII was inevitable and Hitler actually bungled a lot of key decisions. I’m praying Trump is the same. Maybe this is the most painless purging of nationalist sentiment across the timelines.

I could go for a chili dog now that I think of it

I just got the 9 Fold and I really like it so far. The fold screen has a weirdly square aspect ratio, but it’s excellent for reading.

Lava vs magma

I watch a lot of YouTube videos and hate ads. It’s a pretty good value.

I do also have Spotify, because I had it way before YouTube Premium and all my playlists are there. For how much I listen and discover, also a pretty good value.

I use it for generating illustrations and NPCs for my TTRPG campaign, at which it excels. I’m not going to pay out the nose for an image that will be referenced for an hour or two.

I also use it for first drafts (resume, emails, stuff like that) as well as brainstorming and basic Google tier questions. Great jumping off point.

An iterative approach works best for me, refining results until they match what I’m looking for, then manually refining further until I’m happy with the results.

As always

False. In many industries workers also drink before and during work.

You see, corporate monopolies are different than the state because

They seem like cheap plated metal, any alterations are going to wind up flaking and looking terrible

Eclipses do not have a semicircular phase. It’s wrong as lunar phases, and it’s wrong as an ecliptic transit.

Different colors? They’re all monochrome gold, if it looks like different colors that’s just reflections from light in the room

I’m not sure I understand. Like put them in the lathe and smooth the points out?

Was not expecting to see anyone else talk about Library Takeout.

I like a lot of obscure songs. Here’s one of my random faves: Swamp - Mid-Air Thief

Alternatively, achoo

Video killed the radio star

Latin has more rules, but they’re more utilitarian than fancy. Latin rules are there to make sure you understand exactly what is being said. French rules are there to make everything elegant and confusing, like high fashion.

I just have some high school Latin from long ago, but if you parse “fancy” as “ornamental at the expense of utility”, then I think it’s a fair description.