Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

[Lex DeVille]

This one hit in southeast Missouri last night. It's about 5 hours from where I am. I think it was the same storm I watched pass by my house. It was pretty wild because in the distance you could see it was a monster, but over my house, it was starry skies. Around 70 degrees, and it dropped into the low 30's last night.

I've always been fascinated by tornados, but wedge tornados in the dark like this one... those are what nightmares are made of.

 

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[GPM]

Wow! Those tornados are absolutely frightening! I can't imagine being anywhere even close to that

 

[Antifragile]

In Quebec a teacher was re-assigned (fired) for wearing muslim face covering

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1469702683456155648

View: https://twitter.com/KhaledBeydoun/status/1469702683456155648



What do the people of Fastlane think about this? Is it OK to fire her or not? And why?

 

[Lex DeVille]

Last night I watched a video of the most anticipated video games for 2022. I have a PS4 and one or two games, but I don't want to invest time in the story and learning gameplay.

Still, after seeing what is coming, I can't imagine how anyone who gets started down that road would easily escape. The experiences look amazing. Completely immersive and very exciting compared to reality.

 

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[Antifragile]

"The prerequisite for a good marriage, it seems to me, is the license to be unfaithful." (Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha, Sex at Dawn)

Thoughts?

 

[Mathuin]

 

[Lex DeVille]

"The prerequisite for a good marriage, it seems to me, is the license to be unfaithful." (Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha, Sex at Dawn)

Thoughts?

That is the narrative now.

 

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[Charnell]

I was gifted an Ember mug. If you don't know, it's a Bluetooth mug that tracks the temperature of your drink and keeps it at whatever temp you set it at.

It's certainly something I'd never buy myself...but wow is it a game-changer. Pour the coffee, it reads the temp then sends a notification when it's at a perfect 129°.

The downside is someone can hack my coffee.

 

[becks22]

Trying to book a flight. I can't do this without some coffee. It's just too complicated. Why?

Edited so I don't sound like a dumb F*cker. It's not the booking the flight, it's trying to find at least one possibly two connections from Jet Blue.

 

[Raoul Duke]

 

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[Lex DeVille]

Why do thermostats have "heat" and "A/C" settings that you have to set to specific temperatures? If it is 70 in my house and I set the thermostat to 60, then, obviously, cooling must occur.

 

[InspireHD]

Why do thermostats have "heat" and "A/C" settings that you have to set to specific temperatures? If it is 70 in my house and I set the thermostat to 60, then, obviously, cooling must occur.

This was probably rhetorical, but I’ll answer. I’m not an HVAC person; however, someone I know explained it to me because I asked about the settings on our thermostat.

If you have your thermostat set on Auto, it’ll know to cool your house down to 60. If it drops to 58, then the heat kicks on. If it goes to 62, the a/c kicks in. You’ll constantly have this battle back and forth and your unit will be running constantly.

Instead, if you set it on one setting, say 60 on a hot day, the a/c will cool down to 60 and then shut off. When the natural heat warms up your house to 62, it’ll kick back on to cool down your house again.

If you set it at a natural point where it’s comfortable, it won’t have to do so much work. And there might be times where it doesn’t have to turn on at all.

 

[Lex DeVille]

This was probably rhetorical, but I’ll answer. I’m not an HVAC person; however, someone I know explained it to me because I asked about the settings on our thermostat.

If you have your thermostat set on Auto, it’ll know to cool your house down to 60. If it drops to 58, then the heat kicks on. If it goes to 62, the a/c kicks in. You’ll constantly have this battle back and forth and your unit will be running constantly.

Instead, if you set it on one setting, say 60 on a hot day, the a/c will cool down to 60 and then shut off. When the natural heat warms up your house to 62, it’ll kick back on to cool down your house again.

If you set it at a natural point where it’s comfortable, it won’t have to do so much work. And there might be times where it doesn’t have to turn on at all.

Mine doesn't seem to have an auto setting but I can see how that might make a difference. Thanks!

 

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[TinyOldLady]

Technical question, @MJ DeMarco, or somebody who knows the answer, please help.
I keep getting email-Notifications for threads I watch, although I uncheckmarked „and receive email“ everywhere. Do I need to uncheckmark „push“ “alert“ as well? Thank you

 

[Rabby]

I didn't need a bunch of scientists to figure this out! A quick chat with a guy making millions per year followed by a chat with your average retail store employee will suffice.

$75,000 being "maximum happiness?" Bullshit. Just more of that Great Reset type of nonsense.

$75,000 in employment income. Probably more than that now with inflation, but the unspoken truth of that was always "you don't have time to enjoy it" with only 2-3 weeks of vacation. So at a certain point, it's more effective to give people free time, or paid time off, than a raise. Even if it costs you less as the employer. It's not untile the employed person saves enough to "retire forever" that there's much point to making a great deal more money, I think.

Now, if it was profit income instead, and you weren't stuck running the business full time, you could enjoy every bit of it, and the new threshold would likely be in the billions.

 

[Rabby]

Well I did something today I never thought I'd do in my lifetime... bought a snowblower.

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LOL... next comes the winter home in Florida. Though Arizona works too and is closer.

If you get melancholy just remember to go get some sun

 

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[Rabby]

I was gifted an Ember mug. If you don't know, it's a Bluetooth mug that tracks the temperature of your drink and keeps it at whatever temp you set it at.

It's certainly something I'd never buy myself...but wow is it a game-changer. Pour the coffee, it reads the temp then sends a notification when it's at a perfect 129°.

The downside is someone can hack my coffee.

The next deadly cyber attack?

"Thousands of professionals boiled alive this morning in infamous 'coffee hacker' attack!"

 

[Guest-5ty5s4]

This was probably rhetorical, but I’ll answer. I’m not an HVAC person; however, someone I know explained it to me because I asked about the settings on our thermostat.

If you have your thermostat set on Auto, it’ll know to cool your house down to 60. If it drops to 58, then the heat kicks on. If it goes to 62, the a/c kicks in. You’ll constantly have this battle back and forth and your unit will be running constantly.

Instead, if you set it on one setting, say 60 on a hot day, the a/c will cool down to 60 and then shut off. When the natural heat warms up your house to 62, it’ll kick back on to cool down your house again.

If you set it at a natural point where it’s comfortable, it won’t have to do so much work. And there might be times where it doesn’t have to turn on at all.

This makes so much sense. It’s also why you need to set it a temperature adjusted from what you want it to end up being, not the exact temperature you want. Kind of like an engineering problem - adjust to factor in the time when it’s off

It’s why in the winter I’ll set heat at 67 when I want it to feel 70.

 

[Sander]

Damn you have to be insecure about your own masculinity and character, if you have to hate on people, who don't dress up like the rest of the crowd. How the F*ck is it your problem, if a guy is wearing high heels and a dress? The 1800's have called, they want their opinions back.

/rant over...

 

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[Antifragile]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1470372755384291331

View: https://twitter.com/time/status/1470372755384291331?s=21

 

[GPM]

"The prerequisite for a good marriage, it seems to me, is the license to be unfaithful." (Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha, Sex at Dawn)

Thoughts?

Every couple I know who has an "open marriage" has either been divorced or is terribly close to it. All these individuals are/were in the 10-15 year marriage range. Some started open, some more recently. None from what I can tell have been a success.

 

[MTF]

Thinking of setting up a resilience/discomfort/toughness mastermind.

The idea would basically be sharing with the group stuff that you're scared of (for example speaking a foreign language), feel uncomfortable with (for example water activities), feel it's too hard for you to learn (for example new tech) or that otherwise pushes you to the limits (for example endurance adventures).

The group would provide support, accountability, and would serve as a way to connect with other people who know that practicing discomfort helps excel in life, as explained in my thread GOLD! - MINDSET - My Candid Personal Story on Why You Can Never Take It Easy (An Ode to Discomfort)

Could be a weekly or bi-weekly call or could be a mix of a small online community (Slack or something else) and calls.

Would anyone be interested?

 

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[TinyOldLady]

Thinking of setting up a resilience/discomfort/toughness mastermind.

The idea would basically be sharing with the group stuff that you're scared of (for example speaking a foreign language), feel uncomfortable with (for example water activities), feel it's too hard for you to learn (for example new tech) or that otherwise pushes you to the limits (for example endurance adventures).

The group would provide support, accountability, and would serve as a way to connect with other people who know that practicing discomfort helps excel in life, as explained in my thread GOLD! - MINDSET - My Candid Personal Story on Why You Can Never Take It Easy (An Ode to Discomfort)

Could be a weekly or bi-weekly call or could be a mix of a small online community (Slack or something else) and calls.

Would anyone be interested?

I‘m scared of calls

 

[MJ DeMarco]

I was gifted an Ember mug. If you don't know, it's a Bluetooth mug that tracks the temperature of your drink and keeps it at whatever temp you set it at.

FYI if this appeals to anyone, I saw these being sold at Costco, for $99.

If you get melancholy just remember to go get some sun

Surprisingly it's been pretty sunny here. I'm pleasantly surprised thus far.

Technical question, @MJ DeMarco, or somebody who knows the answer, please help.
I keep getting email-Notifications for threads I watch, although I uncheckmarked „and receive email“ everywhere. Do I need to uncheckmark „push“ “alert“ as well? Thank you

I think you can go to the actual thread you are watching. Then there should be a link to have you "unwatch" or change email notifications at the top of the thread.

Every couple I know who has an "open marriage" has either been divorced or is terribly close to it.

That's been my experience as well. And "terribly close" ultimately became divorced.

 

[socaldude]

None from what I can tell have been a success.

I’ve never been married. But my guess is that deep down inside there’s that small feeling that nothing with “integrity” is real. If you say you love me then turn around and do another action or behavior then is it really love. Integrity means congruence. Values turn into actions and the physical matches the mental. Love means you see your values reflected in that person. It’s like a mirror in a profoundly selfish way.

 

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[TinyOldLady]

I think you can go to the actual thread you are watching. Then there should be a link to have you "unwatch" or change email notifications at the top of the thread.

I have found the possibility to disable email notification in the actual email... I didn‘t want to unwatch

 

[MTF]

I‘m scared of calls

Me too. Or rather, I now find them merely a little uncomfortable these days. With years of practice I managed to change my attitude from "I'm scared" to "Sometimes a call is better than email."

 

[Lex DeVille]

That's been my experience as well. And "terribly close" ultimately became divorced.

Mine too.

 

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[Primeperiwinkle]

@TinyOldLady are you actually afraid of making calls or were you just making a really witty pithy joke?

 

[TinyOldLady]

@TinyOldLady are you actually afraid of making calls or were you just making a really witty pithy joke?

Both