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I am designing a long term early edition d&d sandbox (Delving Deeper rules) and I have found this series and ACOUP’s other worldbuilding very helpful in shaping my thoughts and filling in the edges of procedurally generated stuff.
If this triggers your interest in IRL firewood splitting it’s a very meditative and satisfying yard job. Also great mild to moderate workout between the splitting and stacking, especially on a crisp Fall afternoon.
How so and in regard to which part of my claim?
Meta is a normal high-comp company (for now) now. This is what it’s like to work at any mature F500 outside of privileged organizations and teams.
The concept of what constitutes a sale under CCPA is pretty expansive. An exchange of value can be a sale that occurs outside of a processing relationship. I’d say their note is inaccurate.
Also recommend nasstatus.FAA.gov
American Catholics aren't really a monolith on this matter...or any. There are substantial differences between Catholics who seek out Jesuit parishes and those who seek out the Tridentine Mass and people who are just achieving physical presence and thinking about kickoff at 5:00 PM Sunday Mass to fulfill obligation and get out ASAP (no choir please, keep that sermon snappy). All of these are spiritually valid approaches imho.
Religion is basically assembly for civilization?
When everything is important nothing can be important. I was particularly struck by the reduction of crew rest to service alarms. I'd sort of thought this was a problem for watch standers only but it makes sense that some alarms require a specialist or the crews are too thin. Heck, I bet the captain, engineer and first mate all have monitors in their staterooms.
I think a few things.
1. They do not have robust self-driving capability. At this level of expense I expect hands-free major highway driving.
2. They’ve removed a lot of physical buttons that improve quality of life, the level of technology in the cabin is simply overwhelming.
3. They’ve done a great job with the driving experience of the EVs but they have poor range relative to the competition.
I think Porsche is really in trouble here.
I’m not anti-EV but the electric Macan and Cayenne look awful. They are under equipped technologically relative to their Chinese peers (heck basically anything).
Porsche sort of sold its soul for this tech-forward design but it doesn’t deliver any meaningful benefits, these cars don’t even have level 2+ highway cruise control. In the meantime I get a bunch of crap screens and lose all the glorious physical buttons and I don’t even have a fun engine rumble to make up for it?
So, the cars are ugly and uncool (I grant a matter of taste), aren’t selling in their target market (China) won’t sell meaningfully in their backup market (US) and they’re behind GM, Tesla and BYD in all regards on quality of life stuff.
Not a recipe for endurance.
Merry Christmas HN. I offer this group my thanks for something I can learn from every day.
This is the Trinity College Choir’s advent concert - really puts me in the mood for the season, a remarkable performance and service: https://www.youtube.com/live/MsUd-twzG2U?si=1HMiaD2-Le70-fch
First, I want to offer my condolences to the author. I lost my father suddenly at a similar age—it's terrible. Sending positive energy. Former Firefighter-EMT here — I did this a long time ago in a rural setting). Now to the practical matter. I want to offer some frameworks for thinking about this in rural or exurban transport situations. This is not risk-free or even optimal, and can put you in worse position, but it's worth considering seriously if you suspect you may have a very long or delayed transport time to the hospital.
Before anything else, ask yourself two things:
Would this person possibly benefit from (A) an automatic external defibrillator (AED) or (B) Narcan[1]?
Can the person safely get into a car and be driven to the hospital?
If the answer to 1A or 1B is YES: Don't drive. Call 911, clearly state "cardiac arrest," or "overdose" give your exact location, and start effective CPR if required. A police officer with an AED will likely arrive quickly. Getting the location right is critical—this is life-saving information.
If 1A/1B don't apply and you can answer YES to question 2: You have some thinking to do. I suggest doing it now, in advance, whenever you move—think through how you'd handle massive bleeding, heart attack, or stroke symptoms.
It's worth briefly considering emergency scenarios and the risks you're willing to accept. Ambulances or fire engines sometimes can't reach you quickly: logistical issues, mechanical failures, dispatcher problems, insufficient volunteers. In rural settings during a cardiac event, waiting thirty minutes for basic EMS care—followed by a 30-60 minute hospital transport when you have alternative transportation—may not be your best choice. Even in a volunteer live-in program with career-grade response times, I found it could take 20-30 minutes to reach people at the edge of our territory. That's not counting the 2-3 minutes to get us awake and out the door at the station, plus another 2-3 for dispatch.
My household is minutes from two decent suburban EDs (we're lucky). Certain situations would lead us to skip 911 and drive straight to the ED: massive hemorrhage or an obvious heart attack when another adult is present to drive. This requires nuance. Time saved by skipping the ambulance can easily be lost to an incompetent admissions screener. You need to use the magic words: "heart attack," "chest pain," "think I am going to die." If you're having a stroke, you may not be able to drive at all (and you shouldn't). You'll also need to choose the right hospital—challenging in the moment, potentially impossible if you're impaired. The wrong hospital can be as lethal as waiting for an excessively delayed ambulance. In large cities with saturated EDs, this strategy often doesn't work: too many false alarms and just overall volume mean you won't skip the line.
I have direct experience managing and assessing these issues. You may not—consider getting meaningful first aid training. It helps.
The general rule: If you're confident in your department and know a nearby fire station generally has a paramedic-engine or paramedic-staffed ambulance with reasonable response times, wait for it - paramedics can do a lot for you on the way to the hospital and most critically get you to the best facility for care. You could crash your car or deteriorate en route to the point where you can't drive. But if you're fifteen to twenty minutes in and don't hear sirens (admittedly, not all departments use sirens properly), it's time to consider leaving—and how you're going to do it.
[1] Regarding Narcan: I won't engage in broader discussion about police possibly asking about circumstances requiring it—that's your business. IANAL. But many cops and almost all ambulances carry it, and the person will be alive after they administer it.
Simply posting here to introduce people to the Snozzle. https://youtu.be/_DNyAKcEe6A
Many of my biggest professional achievements were enabled via Irish Coast. I give them a few dollars a month.https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/windSeaRainNoiseGenerator....
Dark Sun is not bad, but it is definitely overshadowed by Rhodes' magnum opus.
I recommend Igniting the Light Elements for people who want a keystone piece about the early thermonuclear. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10596 - it's an extensive Thesis on the history of early thermonuclear period. Also one of the last comprehensive looks before classification fully obscures the plurality of the programs.
This is a prevailing opinion within a substantial minority of HN’s population. I am curious, how would you do it differently?
A few big corporate things. These do not apply to small firms. They may apply to certain middle market shops. Nothing revelatory, just hoping to help a “me” at 21.
1. For large corporations the most appropriate governance analytical model is usually a feudal state and you can think of business units like manors.
2. Over the long run, proximity to revenue is usually a good proxy for survival.
3. Most people just want to do their job, feel good about themselves, and go home.
4. All things being equal, if people like you, you are far more likely to advance than if they do not like you.
Yeah I agree, school resource officers carry P320s. Unacceptable. Analyzing from a mission assurance vs. emotive standpoint.
Beyond the tragedy here - the implication of this is that USAF security forces were carrying a widely understood to be mechanically unsafe handguns in the presence of nuclear weapons. I am not saying a stray round can cause a criticality but shooting a nuclear weapon or its associated delivery and logistics systems is suboptimal.
Had similar thoughts. Hell Gate is no joke.
My first time hearing 5.56 fire when I incidentally had ear pro off was shocking. Cannot imagine what a gun deck was like in the age of sail.
Assemble the dads for the dad film!
(Incredible movie and very enjoyable novels, recommend Master and Commander and Aubrey Maturin to all HN users)
Hi. Assuming the US here. Depends on scope of analysis and dumpster fire definition.
1. The National Weather Service. Crown jewel and very effective at predicting the weather and forecasting life threatening events.
2. IRS, generally very good at collecting revenue. 3. National Interagency Fire Service / US Forest service tactical fire suppression
4. NTSB/US Chemicals Safety Board - Both highly regarded.
5. Medicare - Basically clung to with talons by seniors, revealed preference is that they love it.
6. DOE National Labs
7. NIH (spicy pick)
8. Highway System
There are valid critiques of all of these but I don’t think any of them could be universally categorized as a complete dumpster fire.
If you are delayed, get this tool up. It is a huge informational advantage over the data the airline will give you and provides excellent help making a decision on seeking a different mode of transportation, giving up and going home, taking an inferior seat on a different airline etc...
“Sleepytime” is right up there with BSG’s “33”, Veep’s “Testimony” or The American’s “S.T.A.R.T” - it’s truly excellent television.
Took me a year or two to realize I was benchmarking Bandit as an optimal dad of two kids. It is a powerful influence.
Effective CPR is a team effort because it is physically demanding and requires a number of individuals to work other elements of the problem set (airway, medication and access, AED, relief for CPR practitioner, communication with emergency department, police etc...). There is an awful lot to do in these situations and the scenario balloons in players from the first rescuer to the receiving emergency department. The goal should really be continuous motion to a higher level of care vs. getting frozen in place.
I will also note that it is pretty emotionally demanding, particularly given that it's likely to fail, and be coincident with someone else in distress (family member, friend etc...). This is an event you're going to want to put into a box and give yourself some time to work with.
One, I'd like to note that Alex has an exceptional component of his site dedicated to older-edition-style tabletop roleplaying and it's well worth checking out if you're interested.
Two, given a choice between the front page of the New York Times and a PDF or expert blog post - I typically select the latter - or read about my town and local jurisdiction. I keep Bloomberg and the AP around for things that are events I may need to know about quickly.
Of course this gets into the problem of filtering and knowledge gaps, I might be reading something really interesting about natural gas but I have no idea if the person is a crank or not because of my lack of domain knowledge - so I've got to cautiously work the bubble perimeter every time.
Came here to say this - or a more distant comparison - air traffic controllers. Also control is a tricky term - are they directly controlling or tasking a semi-autonomous robot.