Notices by Justin To #НетВойне (justinto@mas.to)

@ottaross That's me! When I travel to South and Central America my goal is to basically eat fruits and veggies ( & other weirder foods that sound awful on paper) I can't even try here. I'm not very serious about it, but I look up what doesn't ship, when it's in season, where it grows for when I'll be in the area. I have changed time of year of trips to better align with harvests. I make a checklist of what I want to try and just hit the markets ask everyone.

Not everything great, but everything is simply so unique it's hard to pass up. Flavours are only understood by experiencing them, so I put in the effort to make it happen

@ottaross the first time I had an Asian pear was when I was in Hong Kong as a teenager. They were so fragrent and delicious, and I could not stop eating them! A couple of years later I could finally buy Asian pears in my small town, but they had absolutely no flavour compared to what I had in Hong Kong. Every Asian pear I've had in Canada has just been a let down, so I stopped buying them.

Sometimes it's completely unsatisfying when you know how much better something can be than what is in front of you

a viking is someone who simply knows how to exit vi

I've received an email from a small American company that I have purchased from in the past. The email says the company can no longer afford to eat the tariffs and their prices will be rising. I feel I'm going to be getting more of these emails in the future

The squirrels planted one tulip a few years back in my raspberries, and now the tulips have started to multiply

@atomicpoet seeing RealSound and remembering how expensive soundcards were

I replaced a main thyratron for a linear accelerator this morning. This new thyratron glows slightly blue. A thyratron is basically a very fast high power switch. It costs about $3000 a thyratron, and of course, it's super fragile. They need to be replaced fairly regularly. It should be noted that the bad thyratron that was taken out was very hot, and precautions should be taken for that. Gloves are worn to stop oils from fingers from causing hot spots on the glass cause it to crack.