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Account: Stuff (stuff@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Mar-2025 11:33:56 JST 
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I watched Train Time IMAX at Bullock Texas History Museum. The photography was breath-taking.
But you could immediately tell who paid for the production, when they started lauding the PSR (Precision Scheduled Railroading). The claims about efficiency of trains were wildly over-inflated too.
But overall, the agenda was not overpowering. IMHO, Train Time wins over Living In The Age Of Airplanes, because their ostensible subject matter takes the center stage. But in the other movie, at times it's unclear if it's about airplanes or about wonders of nature.
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Account: Stuff (stuff@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Saturday, 08-Mar-2025 04:25:05 JST
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@pwm @sun Yes, although I thought it referred the viral post of a young woman showing a head of cheese that a young farmer presented to her with an intent to court. So we actually have two women-and-cheese memes, if not more. -
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Account: Stuff (stuff@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2024 16:01:04 JST
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@kaia I suspect it's a house house. The ears are set a little too wide but maybe it's a photo. Plus it's probably a young one. -
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Account: Stuff (stuff@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Monday, 09-Sep-2024 01:19:08 JST
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I only started making burgers a couple of months ago, and I like them better than anything I've had in town, even at the most expensive and exclusive places. Because the process is extremely simple, it cannot be my tremendous skill. I suspect they must be skimping on the ingredients.
It's also possible that chefs at those places consider burgers beneath them, and offload their making to some interns, or worse, minimum wage helpers. -
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Account: Stuff (stuff@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Thursday, 29-Aug-2024 14:12:52 JST
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@meso @vivi @f0x I found this book useful:
https://www.amazon.com/Ice-Skating-Success-Karin-Kunzle-Watson/dp/0873226690/ -
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Account: Stuff (stuff@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Friday, 16-Aug-2024 08:11:36 JST
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@sun @Junes At this point it's easier for most people to take a USB key to FedEx nee Kinkos. -
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Account: Stuff (stuff@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 02:08:29 JST
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@sun @whiteline Me and wife still go for a BigMac date once in a while. No breakfasts though, those are just bad. Pure chemical energy. -
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Account: Stuff (stuff@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 01:42:06 JST
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@shibao @sun
Seriously though... Back in the 1920s, then-soke of our collection of schools, Takamatsu, was known for training by ripping bark off the trees with his hands. So, by 1950s his hands became into something like hardened claws. He told his successor, Hatsumi, not to do that. Instead, his will was to focus on the improvised weapons and the universal approach. "There is no need to turn your body into a weapon when you're surrounded by weapons." -
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Account: Stuff (stuff@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 01:31:39 JST
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@sun @shibao One time I whacked someone in the head with my left foot and broke my big toe. Due to the excitement and lack of training I didn't have the foot position correct for the strike. Either way, it fused back as it healed and now it does not bend. I probably could have saved it if I wasn't too lazy to visit a doctor. Don't do what I did. -
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Account: Stuff (stuff@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jul-2024 00:48:26 JST
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@sun @shibao I'd go to a local sports injury place. In a major market like Miami you ought to be able to find a decent doctor. He'll examine the thing and send you to MRI to see if you have significant mechanical issues. -
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Account: Stuff (stuff@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Monday, 22-Jul-2024 22:07:12 JST
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@shibao you remind me of this
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Account: Stuff (stuff@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Thursday, 13-Jun-2024 00:58:02 JST
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@sun @feld @7666 From consumer's perspective, Walmart is trying to undercut on price. But everything else about them is a significantly worse. Their product search is the worst thing ever. Not like Amazon is super great, but it certainly is the case that I have to spend significantly more time filtering through the garbage at Walmart. In the end, the only thing that I found in WalMart is 250 packs of Kraft 6x9 envelopes. The only thing! And I try every time!
One other thing, I favor heavily products sold my Amazon. If that is not available, I get those shipped by Amazon. And I take a significant price penalty, or go without, for products that are listed at Amazon, but sold and shipped by 3rd party sellers. But at Walmart, it's essentially impossible to find or favor anything sold by Walmart. It's basically eBay at this point. But unlike eBay, there's no trust system.
I don't want to go full Pauline Kael on this. My use pattern may be abnormal. Perhaps hundreds of millions of shoppers just go to Google, then order the lowest price product. In which case Walmart will drive a higher volume. But I'm not at all certain that it's the case. -
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Account: Stuff (stuff@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Apr-2024 03:29:04 JST
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Just watched the eclipse. Very cool! Thanks to the variable cloud cover, I was able to see it without any eye protection. -
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Account: Stuff (stuff@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Sunday, 18-Feb-2024 00:38:59 JST
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@shibao I was doing something in the garden, when it ran away into a gap between a shed and a compost bin, which had no exit. I just reached from the top and grabbed it as pictured. -
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Account: Stuff (stuff@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Saturday, 17-Feb-2024 15:39:51 JST
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@shibao I released it immediately after taking the photo. -
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Account: Stuff (stuff@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Saturday, 17-Feb-2024 14:54:09 JST
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I caught a small rabbit (in the summer of 2023). -
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Account: Stuff (stuff@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Jan-2024 03:32:17 JST
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Went to take recycling out yesterday and found a cute opossum.
#texas #opossum -
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Account: Stuff (stuff@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2024 21:29:52 JST
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@shibao @Viking I moved to Austin in 2017, a bit more than 6 years ago. When someone asked online how the city changed, the answer was: "Everything you loved is still there, only the line is now 3 hours long.". -
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Account: Stuff (stuff@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2024 12:50:27 JST
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@shibao @Viking Often pass, but haven't visited the museum yet. -
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Account: Stuff (stuff@mu.zaitcev.nu)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2024 11:58:43 JST
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The disappeared product that hurts the most is the Trader Joe's "Lattemiele" or Milk and Honey cookies. There's no replacement and there will never be a replacement. At least modern bananas are somewhat like bananas. And although nobody in the world will ever taste a Cavendish banana again, it's not a total loss. But the shift from fine flour to gross, unrefined flour precluded any product to substitute for Lattemiele.
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