MollieTheMare
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MollieTheMare
4d ago
Curious. It seems this court went considerably further than the one in Simmons-Harris v. Goff (Ohio 1999), emphasis mine:
It can be argued that implicit within this obligation is a prohibition against the establishment of a system of uncommon (or nonpublic) schools financed by the state.
Notice the 1999 court never said it does imply such a prohibition, only that it's possible to argue it does. It's a strange proposition, basically now saying that an obligation to provide X implies a prohibition on funding Y because "a" is singular. Or maybe they are leaning more on the funding substitution argument than the singular part.
Also, it's interesting that they have a Franken-system with "regular" public "common" schools, charter schools, and vouchers. Quite different from the English meaning of "public school," as in a private school attended by members of the public, as opposed to one obligated to admit and accommodate the most disruptive and least interested.
MollieTheMare
6d ago
Lemon squeezer. It's awesome, works great. Old concept, still perfect.
In my opinion, a regular squeezer is good, but the perfected model is the Chef'n FreshForce Citrus Juicer. Very rigid, acid-resistant, GFR-nylon handles and stainless steel pressing cup. The compound lever toggle linkage lets you produce unreasonable amounts of force. Dishwasher safe. Quite a bit more than your grocery store special, but small absolute cost for a design masterpiece.
The 10¼″ can do down to key limes and up to medium-large lemons. I like using it so much I considered buying the 12¾″, even though I hardly ever drink orange or grapefruit juice.
MollieTheMare
11d ago
Yes, the choice of table was a small tribute to the fallen.
My understanding is that he is throwing a self-described tantrum. I don't know if he will return. In that case, IMO, the most productive use of this time is if he is busy finishing his house project. There is also the slightly more disturbing possibility that he's in Australia.
A third possibility is that he had a spectacular crashout, for... reasons, and his story (mildly NSFW) is allegorical.
And that was that.
I suppose falling in (Culture) War in the most banal possible way is a tale as old as time:
He fell in October
1918[2026], on a day that was so quiet and still on the whole front that thearmy report[mod log] confined itself to the single sentence: All quiet on the Western Front.He had fallen forward and lay on the earth as though sleeping. Turning him over, one saw that he could not have suffered long; his face had an expression of calm, as though almost glad the end had come.
MollieTheMare
11d ago
The only (non-novelty) food I've had that made me feel physically sick from the spiciness was at an Indian restaurant. We were having dinner with a group of Indian classmates. I don't know if they told the waiter something as a form of hazing or if that was just the normal spice level. I'm pretty accustomed to spicy food, so I managed to eat it, but the next morning was slightly worrying.
MollieTheMare
11d ago
This is my personal average restaurant experience of the spiciness scales in the US.
| Rating | Thai place example | Indian place example | BWW example |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🌶️🌶️🌶️ | Crying while eating (only available if ordered with a majority-brown group) | Pray for your butthole Vindaloo (only available if ordered with a majority-brown group) | Blazin'® or Wild® |
| 🌶️🌶️ | Ordered "spicy" with a majority-white group | Madras | Mango Habanero™ |
| 🌶️ | Labeled "spicy" with no waitress warning | Tikka Masala | Asian Zing® |
| White people: black pepper is too spicy | Not labeled "spicy" | Korma | Honey BBQ |
I skipped a bunch of the BWW spiciness scale, but everything below Asian Zing on that scale is hardly spicy, IMO.
MollieTheMare
13d ago
MollieTheMare
13d ago
Squat-morning master race—for that big booty lyfe.
MollieTheMare
13d ago
A pistol duel should really be saved for the final round. We really lose something by not having people fight a repeated set of running duels over decades.
As a young officer in Napoleon's army, Dupont was ordered to deliver a disagreeable message to a fellow officer, Fournier, a rabid duellist. Fournier, taking out his subsequent rage on the messenger, challenged Dupont to a duel. This sparked a succession of encounters, waged with sword and duelling pistol, that spanned decades. The contest was eventually resolved when Dupont was able to overcome Fournier in a pistol duel, forcing him to promise never to bother him again.
MollieTheMare
14d ago
An open call to make October the official month of fixing our poverty squats
Today I learned that SQUATOBER™ is actually a federally registered trademark of Sorinex Exercise Equipment, Inc. Though I suppose that means it should really be SQUATOBER®.
I have the following complaints about the official Sorinex programming:
- Insufficient predictability: It would be nice to know the workout at least a couple of days in advance, in case you have to shift it by a day or need to allocate extra training time.
- Limited progressive overload: There is an excessive emphasis on squat variety over getting your main barbell back squat stronger.
- Excessive frequency: It's not literally squatting every day, but somehow it's also not just a squat-focused, month-long program. There's not enough recovery to provide a truly near-maximal stimulus, but you don't even get the habit-forming benefit of literally doing something every day.
- It uses pure, arbitrary percentages: No consideration for differences in scaling, absolute load, age, recovery ability, or sex.
- It has excessive axial loading for an already squat-focused program: For example, today's workout has five sets of triples on deadlifts in addition to five sets of triples on back squats. At some point, back fatigue becomes more limiting than quad or glute strength, which is kind of ridiculous for a squat program. Five sets of near-maximal deadlifts is a ridiculous amount for an advanced, medium-sized male lifter. Pointless if they're far from maximal, for someone already squatting five days a week.
I do, however, kind of like the idea of novelty-themed training blocks for when your regular programming gets stale. PSA: there's still enough time in October to do a squat-focused cycle of Smolov Jr. this month, if anyone is interested.
We can't use the same portmanteau for this competing novelty program, though. I wonder if Squatoberfest Jr. is far enough away to be safe.
MollieTheMare
14d ago
I tried looking for the alleged person on OpenPowerlifting, but didn't find a record. So they may just be a general strength enthusiast rather than a powerlifter™.
Eyeballing the video (that is allegedly of her that @Quantumfreakonomics posted), I don't see a whole lot of the androgenizing effects of the special sports supplements most associated with deviant sexual interests. Namely, Tren and Dbol. That level of strength is also totally achievable according to my eyeball scales. Note that those are miscolored lb plates, not Olympic-style kg plates. So, a 365 lb deadlift. From the relative scale, she looks like someone who could make the 76 kg (168 lb) weight class, which would be an advanced deadlift, but not elite or requiring special supplements.
Edit: Studying the video more carefully. Based on the plate movement and bar bend, I think those might even be extra-wide bumper plates, in which case it's the [bar + (45 x 2 + 35 + 10) x 2 = 315], not [bar + (45 x 2 + 35 x 2) x 2 = 365]. Also, the real crime here is not loading 315 as 3pl8s-lamo, truly deranged.
MollieTheMare
18d ago
It was an extremely basic error, but somewhat understandable. I expect the average person on the street might be able to name exactly one WNBA player, and she did play for the Hawkeyes in college.
MollieTheMare
19d ago
Don't a lot of gainers contain maltodextrin to bulk out the carbs? Or is the idea that it's sufficiently water-soluble that a very thorough rinse with plain water afterward is enough to avoid having to brush and floss? I wonder if chewing some xylitol gum afterward would also be a reasonable substitute/addition. I assume none of that is as good as rinsing thoroughly, possibly waiting a while, then brushing when you can.
MollieTheMare
22d ago
I recently got over my various trauma-responses to the point where I was able to roll half of that into a six-month CD
Congrats, it can be quite scary.
While I know I could probably do "better" ...
Assuming you are U.S.-based, I see @Mantergeistmann has already suggested I Bonds. I think, under most circumstances, rolling short-dated T-bills into a ladder of seasoned I Bonds is slightly "better" if you are working a normal-length career, aren't maximally aggressively shopping introductory rates, are planning on keeping a full-year emergency fund, and are willing to replace low-real-rate tranches of I Bonds when reasonable. TreasuryDirect is still clunky, but it has slightly improved. This also has a slight advantage over rolling CDs, as it saves you from having to change banks every six months for the best rate. But, yes, on a modest emergency fund, the real difference is probably smaller than other choices, and you do have to get over the small personal limit and one-year hump for I Bonds.
MollieTheMare
27d ago
Someone gave a tool for estimating population size.
My highly scientific attempt at drawing a 5 km radius around the walkable urban areas of candidate cities:
| City | 5 km population (k) | Metro stops | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| NYC | 1,273 | 138 | Penn Station |
| LA | 550 | 29 | Pershing Square |
| Chicago | 543 | 64 | W Chicago Ave. × NW Ave. |
| SF | 619 | 42 | Christmas Tree Point |
| DC | 423 | 44 | Logan Circle |
| Miami | 379 | 37 | Miami River confluence |
| Boston | 545 | 93 | MA Ave. × Beacon St. |
| Philly | 524 | 44 | 30th St. Station |
| Seattle | 244 | 13 | Capitol Hill |
Edit: What we really need is someone with access to Walk Score to cross-reference it with the Global Human Settlement Layer using some kind of clustering algorithm.
MollieTheMare
27d ago
MollieTheMare
28d ago
I prefer the UK system, where the rules are made up and, on the basis of fairness, Wales gets an automatic city for each Jubilee. Unfortunately, they realized they also needed a more sensible taxonomy, which does ruin the fun a bit.
MollieTheMare
30d ago
the Aubrey/Maturin novels (which I wholeheartedly recommend)
comprehensive youtube video
This video does a pretty comprehensive job, probably 80%+ of the stuff that's not covered in the standard editions' front matter. Probably not AI, given the year, audio cuts, and the fact the guy shows the workflow in other videos. IMO not strictly necessary if you want to just jump in. You can just read the novels like the nautical stuff is Trek technobabble until the sailors explain the terms to Maturin through exposition.
Have you talked before about why some sort of sport rather than structured exercise doesn't work for you? I imagine the socialization is also good for us, even if it's not quite as structured in terms of full range of motion and progressive overload. Something dynamic. Maybe a racket sport, volleyball, ice hockey, etc?
MollieTheMare
1mo ago
Interesting, they must have used a funny extrapolation. If you look at the functional form of Wathan’s methodology, it should produce a result strictly greater than the 100-rep result. Roughly 92 pounds in your example. But they do say it’s not very predictive beyond 10 reps, and @Forty-Bot is right: it seems much more predictive at 5 reps. My guess is that the relationship between 2–6 reps, inclusive, is tighter than for a true 1RM or anything beyond that.
MollieTheMare
1mo ago
high-powered bow
Cries in Australian.
Otherwise fair enough. I'd still be more worried about distribution than production. I assume global energy markets will go nuts in a global scale war.
I have no particular love for gold as an investment. I think there is some evidence that people tend to find a default currency when faced with extensive barter. Have no idea what it would be in your scenario though.
And yes, I don't consider basic emergency preparedness irrational. Maybe not stocking three years worth of toilet paper, but like a few weeks worth of non-perishable food.
MollieTheMare
1mo ago
I'm with you. At one point I suggested:
Very roughly, about 50% of a 1RM is a weight you can do indefinitely.
Where indefinitely is defined as rest-pause until form breakdown is so bad the rep is no longer recognizable as coordinated movement. I'm not sure how many people understood I was being serious there. For sure, I agree that serious willpower is involved above 10 reps.
MollieTheMare
1mo ago
Maybe it's my lack of imagination, but I'm struggling to understand how the electronic banking system goes down for weeks without taking out a bunch of other services with it, either from the same source of failure or in a cascade. For example, parts of the power and utility sectors, along with the exchanges and settlement mechanisms they rely on. I guess various executives could suspend trading for a while.
My expectation is that, by week two, we'd be talking about WROL/TEOTWAWKI-type scenarios, in which case I suspect your standard prepper goods (physical gold, booze, dried food, etc.) would be more useful than cash. Why would faith in the U.S. dollar be strong after its banking system had just failed?
Too lazy to go look up the methodology, but for what it's worth, normally your deadlift one-rep max is beyond what those internet calculators estimate it to be. They tend to be more accurate for squat and bench. Be prepared to not be able to move the next day, though, if you do a true one-rep max on deadlift. Bonus points if your nose starts bleeding and you pass out cold.
Edit: Well, my curiosity overcame my laziness. I'm pretty sure that this is the paper, for anyone interested. Assuming you use the Symmetric Strength Wathan calculator.
Interestingly, they are only mostly-private. They actually hold a special congressional charter (36 U.S.C. §§ 30901–30908), and that charter specifically sets out their purpose (emphasis mine):
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