kevinvermeer.bsky.social
Managing to be a father, husband, engineer, reader, gamer, runner, cyclist, Michigander, atheist, and a progressive... simultaneously!
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It makes me sad that you're probably right. Those models were under the equivalent of $40k at one time, but now they can't let them undercut the more profitable SUV market.
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The stack height of these 'new' maximalist shoes always takes me by surprise. The heel-toe drop is still a reasonable 8mm, but you're basically running on 44mm stilts!
I did recently run a 25k PR in some new Vaporflys (I'm a Nike guy...), and can attest that cloud shoes work, but wow!
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On that page, click Subscribe-> Login-> Add or Change-> Geomagnetic Storm Products and check the boxes for alerts on K8/G4 K9/G5 and watch for G4 or greater, and get 3-4 notifications a year of the best aurora opportunities!
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Few clouds and a crescent moon here in the lower peninsula, should be a good chance!
More details on the NOAA site here:
www.swpc.noaa.gov/communities/...
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Isn't the closest BigInt just "3"? Or are you proposing a pair of constants BigInt.PiNumerator and BigInt.PiDenominator for enhanced precision - *that's* a proposal I could get behind!
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> pabulum
New word of the day, thanks!
It's been a few years since I've used mine, but have you tried setting up a Google Voice number? It worked great for me while traveling overseas without international roaming.
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This is true if by "America" you mean the current administration and the subset of Democrats that have taken AIPAC funding. There are millions of Americans who (ineffectually) oppose this and cannot be blamed for it.
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Jealous of that cadence! It takes conscious effort for me to keep mine above 165, even during short, high-effort intervals, and 190 is simply unimaginable for now. But I'm working on it! #runsky
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Oh wow, those are edible? I have a ton of those growing on box elder trees by me! Will need to do more research...
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Link to Garmin activity: connect.garmin.com/modern/activ...
Race results page: runsignup.com/Race/Results...
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As far as running shoes go, I've got a pair of Pegasys trainers for 80% of workouts, spike flats for speed work on the track, an old pair of actual spikes for trails-only 5ks, racing flats for 5ks and tempo stuff on the road, and now a new pair of Vaporfly road racers.
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My problem isn't running shoes - it's the retired running shoes that become everyday shoes, and not-quite-retired shoes for muddy trails, and comfy indoor shoes, and lawnmowing shoes, and lawnmowing when it's extra green shoes, and painting shoes, and work shoes, and... hm, maybe 6 is too many.
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A mile west of the shoreline and you're in deep water down here!
Haven't seen many mayflies on our inland lakes and rivers here, they're not too common by the big lake due to the strong, consistent on-shore winds.
-- a troll
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How many zeros are there after that decimal point % - four?!? US population 330 million * 0.00001% * (1/100%) = That is only 33 people.
It's appalling that 33 billionaires have 2% of the wealth, but I think reforms should aim at a much, much bigger cohort - the 0.1% or the 1%.
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Claude 3.5 can work with up to 200,000 tokens, which is closer to a long paper, but it's a proof of concept.
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If he did it for a lengthy paper, it would probably exceed the context window/working memory. GPT-4o via ChatGPT only allows ~8192 tokens, it would discard most of a longer paper and just work with the conclusion.
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Next week, the 12th-16th, is national bike to work week for the adults... let's see if we can match that energy!
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That is a super-nice mushroom. We found some morels this morning too!
*Point!*
We're still working on teaching the dog to sniff out morels like a truffle pig, she's clueless so far. But it's a great excuse to take the dog for a walk in the woods!
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Knowing dogs, Reggie still thinks he's about Pearl's size, still able to fit under that table, in that bed he used as a puppy, or snuggle on your lap.
Conversely, Pearl probably thinks she's as big and intimidating as Reggie: She'll stand up to any challengers, be they dog, man, or bear.
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I'm not David, but links to a similar topic are all over the Internet, so here's a link to the open-access paper "Reversible reduction in brain myelin content upon marathon running" by Ramos-Cabrer ey al:
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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Welcome to the club! It's a marvelously invigorating way to start and end the day, instead of anxiously and stressfully piloting an expensive 4500lbs steel cage.
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Personally, I feel a tablet with connectivity would desecrate the aesthetic. I want analog gauges (real analog gauges, not analog gauges on an LCD), big chunky toggle switches/buttons I can feel and operate while wearing gloves, and indicator lights. Nothing else on the dash. A map in the glovebox.
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Those are either really big eggs or really small avocados!
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As an Android user, those are crazy numbers! The most I've spent on any of my 4 phones in the last 12 years was $400.
A bog standard Motorola is enough for 99% of users!
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Got it done! 12x400m at 79s on the track, with intervals 4, 8, and 12 fast. Felt tough but I pushed through, because it's one of my last quality workout opportunities before a light taper for the big race on May 10.
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Challenge for the season is to bike to the ice cream shop with my son and split a single until we've tried every flavor on the menu.
#goals
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I've got the book "Supernormal Stimuli" by Barrett in my to-read list: it basically describes this phenomenon, how the instincts and desires that worked to encourage animals and primitive people to survive are being corrupted to sell ads and junk food.
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Issues with engineering, materials science, and technology are solveable, given time, but just consider the physics/energy requirements. The rocket equation is cruel and reactionless thrusters don't exist in this universe, so moving 80kg of human to LEO much less Mars is prohibitively expensive.
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Seniors have even *fewer*, and they know that! Come on, Steve! :)
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Any time I do a workout on the local high school track, I finish with barefoot strides on the grass infield. It feels so good, especially after turning left on perfectly flat track for dozens of laps!
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Not yet, but I have had customers report nonsensical problems that cause me to lose faith in humanity and to wish they would switch to a competitor...
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I have Minecraft, Skyrim, Civ
IV, TF2, and Stardew Valley on PC, and a Wii with Mario Kart. Do I really need Switch 2? I don't think so.
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We can go from "complaining about prices" to "stop running on this hedonic treadmill and buying stuff we don't need". And by going up to that level it might have a measurable effect!
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Listening to Eragon with my 8yo... What a great quote!
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There might be a bird out there! Or a ball! #gsp
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Why post this on April 2nd, just to break my heart with the footnote? 💔
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It does get rotated, it's just that a place like Oregon, at about 120 degrees west, is actually pretty closer to 180 degrees west (which is the new equator), it's not just distant from the prime meridian at 0 degrees longitude. The surface of a sphere is not a rectangle!
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Thanks for doing the work, but man...this timeline is the worst.
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Yeah, but $80? Ridiculous!
Also a shame that it's not backwards compatible with Switch 1.
I've got an OLED Switch and don't plan to upgrade.