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Hard to tell from the picture but it may be a mud dauber, which is not a very aggressive wasp (to humans) and is useful for controlling spider populations. if they're getting up into your ceiling near the light fixture, blocking it off may prevent it from trying to nest there. if it's building on the fixture itself, knocking down the nest might convince it to relocate to a safer area. I've never had a mud dauber sting me even while knocking down nests, but I would still wait until it's off gathering mud to make an attempt on the nest.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mud_dauber

Here's the (abstract of the) paper I was thinking of https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1287/opre.4.1.42

Appalling that I can't find a free version of a 70 year old paper. You might be able to find the full text somewhere... I would of course never encourage anything that might run afoul of the scientific publishing protection racket.

I couldn't find the paper I was thinking of that described the phenomenon of traffic propagating as a pressure wave, but I did find this paper (new to me) that describes a model for simulating how congestion spreads in urban environments (as opposed to an isolated highway, which IIRC the paper that most people reference models). It does have the full text available though, and it looks like a good read and has references that should get you going on the history of congestion research.

I am not an expert; I just found this with a few minutes of searching. If there are experts with better papers I'd be happy to hear from ya!

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-15353-2.pdf

I haven't actually played this character yet because the group I made it for failed to launch (and I'm currently between tables), but I really want to play this character. He's a Dwarven Wizard, scion to a massively wealthy trade baron. He got a job as a diviner for the family business and worked there most of his life, but at some point he realized that long-term divination is mostly bullshit, the bit that isn't is just statistics, and his job is just a sinecure to keep him comfortable since he will likely never run the company (too many older brothers). He studied magic on his own time because he thought it would help him with his job so he has some skill as a wizard. Sometimes he will go to rougher pubs and listen to adventurers talking about their adventures and imagine what it would be like to leave it all behind. Then, after a messy, public divorce, something snaps and he walks out of his job, goes to the outfitter and buys a bunch of fancy equipment, and signs up with the first adventuring crew he can find under an assumed name.

Same. It's a real joy if you have a good table. It's more work though, which makes DMing a bad table that much more painful.

Damn girl are you a 16:10 display device because that ratio is visually pleasing and comfortable to hold.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Play_(play)

I don't think being cossetted in a media bubble is the same as having no ability to self-reflect. It's just that so many people have so little occasion IRL to challenge the beliefs they've been fed from birth. Some people can be deprogrammed.

I hope :(

the hardware / games compat problems were definitely real, at least for me. the number of times I've had to dive into config files to fix a hardware problem has dropped way off since I first started using linux. It's very much better now.

Unfun fact: Rabbits actually can scream, I have had the misfortune of hearing it. It's not a sound you forget.

I just had a horrifying vision of AI SM tools that help you optimize your public presentation. Get AI critiques as well as tips for appearing more favorable. People do it because you need to be well-received by AI evaluators to get a job. Gradually social pressure evolves all public figures (famous or not) into polished cartoon figures. The real horror of the dead internet is that we'll do it to ourselves.

I like this; I have a lot of commands that I don't use often enough to justify an alias, but still need to rerun all the time. thanks!

I keep my personally-identifiable social media completely distinct from my openly trans social media. I'm not out IRL and I'm in a part of America where it would be dangerous too dangerous for my comfort level to come out / present as trans so for the moment I'm just doing the most good I can with my cis-persona, and I'll come out when it feels safe to do so.

EDIT: not to imply that there is anywhere in America where it's not dangerous.

For me ctrl-r is faster most of the time, history | grep [command] is better if I can't easily pattern match (don't remember it exactly, using several flag variations, etc.). they're both good tools.

I didn't know this was a thing. tyvm.

I do this too, but I usually can't remember the numbers for a stair I use regularly unless I'm actually at the stair.

I have also tried not counting and I can still tell there's a part of my brain still stubbornly counting.

Mine locks on the first press, then beeps to confirm on the second (within a timer). I press it twice because every once in a while I'll mix up the buttons and actually hit unlock, which has a different confirmation beep.

I do this too, usually because I've run across an odd word choice or turn of phrase. I am way less accurate though.

TW: spiders

I do this too, because my parents did it. I made it a conscious habit after I found a tiny spider skeleton right under the opening of a can I'd already started drinking out of. Now I at least check, usually blow, sometimes rinse.