That looks a lot like fugu. But I’m sure that shokunin prepared it properly!

Right there with ya, except I gave away all my consoles. Original 2600, 5200, Intellivision, NES, SNES, Game gear… on up through my two 360s. There were since esoteric ones in there, and some real stinkers: CD-i, 3DO leap to mind.

seven MQ-9 drones shot down by the group over the past several weeks. The Houthis have brought down more than a dozen of the surveillance drones (emphasis mine)

Wow, something tells me the military had some editorial input on this article. In all kinds of materials, including General Moseley’s own statements, the MQ-9 Reaper is a hunter-killer drone. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Atomics_MQ-9_Reaper)

The relationship correlation data makes a lot of sense if only from a bandwidth perspective.

Correct. I can definitively say “I don’t know how this happened.” But I do know it creeps me out and spurs me to speed up my privacy efforts.

@Marty_Man_X@lemmy.world and @TORFdot0@lemmy.world both make great points, both of which can certainly explain the sudden change in suggestions.

Anecdote: (a little background) I don’t typically deal with narcissistic people; I’m not troubled by narcissists in my life. My tech life is pretty well locked down, but it could always be better (working on it). And my YouTube suggestions are tightly, carefully curated to topics pertinent to my professional and personal projects.

I had an utter piece of shit contractor working for me on a project; he was a grifting, conniving, manipulative shitbag. When I outright fired his ass, he first got all self-righteous then tried to play the victim, but I wasn’t playing any of his games. My phone was sitting on the workbench next to me.

The next day, I opened YouTube because an engineer I know told me he dropped a new video on software we recently discussed. There among my suggestions were a bunch of videos on how to deal with narcissists. So somehow, in only talking with the contractor (he doesn’t use email, text, or other electronic communications), YouTube decided I was curious about dealing with narcissism. I’m morbidly curious how YouTube made that decision, and whether it was audio or “we know you’re associating with this guy who we identify as a problematic narcissist and here are some resources.”

Now, I’m just some douchecanoe on the internet and you should probably dismiss me based on that alone. But GODDAMN, the data points sure do pile up quickly on how deeply we’re being surveilled.

That temaki and maki actually look great! Where is this?

In my experience, AYCE restaurants are just not worth it, especially sushi. The ones that have decent quality are too expensive; I’m always much better off just ordering a la carte from a much higher quality restaurant. And all of the other AYCE restaurants have garbage quality.

But if there’s an AYCE sushi restaurant that’s cranking out those rolls, I’d gladly conduct further empirical testing!

Per your first comment, I played around with the Vowel Filter in Grid. That certainly does seem to be a factor! Thank you!

Thanks. I was aiming for the learning process. I want to be able to hear or imagine a sound and then start linking up the oscillators and filters to get that specific sound. My end goal is to be all like… oh, take a square wave modulated by a sawtooth with a 4-pole notch here tumble-dried with an LFO insert, then hit the unison with muffler bearings and blinker fluid. Bam, There’s the sound I wanted. But with less nonsense.

Our stoned faves:

• Mario Kart 8
• Watch “Stop Making Sense”
• Painting party - get a giant canvas and paint a cohesive image together
• Leftover Voltron - try to come up with the tastiest, most novel, most colorful food combos from the grazing spread that was set out
• Guess that candy flavor - blind taste test Skittles, gummy bears, etc, and correctly guess which color
• Current event punchlines - get into a serious analysis on a topic, then summarize or come up with a hilarious metaphor for what you described

“Ask your doctor about tacos.” https://youtu.be/zYpuuLLKQx4

That’ll wreck anyone’s day. Sounds like multimodal commuting is also a no-go for you? i.e., drive to something like a park-and-ride, then bike the remainder?

Thank you for all of this information, I very much appreciate it. And great points about all the gotchas… I suppose it’s like an RV – you have all the problems of a house and all the problems of a vehicle

Happy to help. And you nailed the simile. Add in: the water is always trying to get in and, in the case of saltwater, always tearing things apart. Also, UV light is constantly attacking everything. UV embrittlement is a tireless enemy.

what kind of battery setup does that require

I did the hull speed and endurance modeling based on a 600Ah 48v nominal LiFePO4 traction bank. The banks that I built are 8 discrete banks of 16s 100Ah LiFePO4 cells (so 800Ah, 48V nominal), each bank with its own BMS and cell-leveling. Each bank has its own charge and discharge contactor (think: relay switch on steroids), with all banks connected to separate charge and discharge common buses. The banks can be charged by solar, regeneration (sailing the boat), and shore power. Shore power is handled by a 4000W inverter-charger + isolation transformer, although I only have it linked up to a 30A shore power inlet. Two banks of bi-facial solar rated for 1800W total feed into two MPPTs connected to the common charge bus.

My boat is a 1979 Formosa 46, center cockpit cutter-rigged (two headsails) sloop. The design intent was to cross oceans and weather storms, carrying enough provisions for six people for up to six months. This is the sailboat I dreamed of owning since I was a kid. My family were into powerboats, but I hated the noise, stink, and wastefulness. I wanted the freedom from all that. I wanted to just go buy my own small sailboat so I could learn, but my parents wouldn’t let me.

Cut to 30 years later, I finally bought my first sailboat in 2013 and moved aboard shortly thereafter. I had been searching for an F46 for years, but they were all either meticulous and priced ridiculously, or were clapped out and still priced ridiculously. I knew that I would want to make a lot of changes, so I didn’t want to pay the premium on a mint boat. But I wanted a boat that I could still sail and determine what all I want to change.

Cut to 2015. In the same week, my marriage imploded, I spent Thanksgiving (my favorite holiday) and my birthday alone, and I was fired from the software company I co-founded in a hostile takeover. I also found my ideal specimen of F46 and it was in the same region, to boot. I’ll take that silver lining.

I’m re-modeling and rearranging the interior, re-powering with electric drive, taking it down to bare glass and refinishing with modern coatings, re-rigging with Dyneema, fixing all of the engineering errors in the boat design, reducing the through-hull count, installing modern wiring and reducing the electronics (while modernizing the electronics I’m keeping). Modernizing the plumbing. Adding systems for longevity and autonomy (in the context of “extending time between having to visit ports”), e.g. solar, dual water makers, recovering dead spaces, shoring up deck durability, moving chainplates…

These following pics are the same place inside the boat:

Regarding using your boat as an office, there are a few caveats I share whenever anyone starts thinking about getting a boat. All boats leak. Everything you do in a boat creates humidity, and that humidity must be managed. The magical numbers are >55F and <55% relative humidity. Anything outside of that is inviting mold. While having your boat in freshwater reduces maintenance costs and lengthens maintenance intervals, owning and maintaining a boat is still at least a half-time job. And you know what they say about guys with big boats? They have big bills. The little-known origin of the word “boat” is actually an acronym: Bust Out Another Thousand. :D You really have to want this life. And the less that this is your life, the greater the overall expense in terms of opportunity and financial costs. It’s crazy hard, but super rewarding.

Oh, and if you have an engine/fuel on your boat, your boat stinks of that. If you have a holding/blackwater tank on your boat, add in those wonderful smells, too. All of these are mitigable, but they are factors. Just a few things to think about…

Bicycle commuting, but it sounds like you might be WFH. I am a 100% remote worker, but I keep an office and workshop to keep the day job out of my tiny living space. When I still worked from my boat (where I live), I would go for a bike ride through varying loops before and after work just to have that separation of mental states.

When we’re on a passage or anchored out, yoga, calisthenics, dumbbells, TRX (body weight training system), and swimming keep us fit. Among my peers, there is a 1:1 inverse relationship between who does yoga and who has pains of inflexibility.

Another great book for keeping your range and flexibility is “Ten Golden Exercises” by Daniel Philpot.