AnnafromA2.bsky.social
@annafroma2.bsky.social
Engineer, crafter, mom, woman of mystery. I made good people, make things, and make things happen. Interested in SFF, education, energy, and needlework of all sort .
The definition of rape is sexual contact with anyone who cannot give legal consent to that contact. Minors can not give legal consent for sex in most jurisdictions. Many states have ages below 18 at which a minor person is considered capable of consent with another minor or an adult spouse.
November 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The definition of rape is sexual contact with anyone who cannot give legal consent to that contact. Minors can not give legal consent for sex in most jurisdictions. Many states have ages below 18 at which a minor person is considered capable of consent with another minor or an adult spouse.
A sincere apology is a reasonable start. Now that MTG knows better, let's see if and how she does better.
November 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
A sincere apology is a reasonable start. Now that MTG knows better, let's see if and how she does better.
Linked article was published late last year, and showed a price drop of 40% from '23 to mid '24. In a more recent report, you will find that battery cell prices have barely moved since 3rd quarter of '24. Packaging, installation & control systems costs for BESS have trended up since then.
November 16, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Linked article was published late last year, and showed a price drop of 40% from '23 to mid '24. In a more recent report, you will find that battery cell prices have barely moved since 3rd quarter of '24. Packaging, installation & control systems costs for BESS have trended up since then.
Who's been blowing that kind of smoke at you?
Battery prices stopped falling in 2-3Q 2024. Battery system installation labor and battery controller prices haven't fallen much ever. Plus, Tesla is expected to be ordered to recall all the Powerwall 2s they've sold.
Battery prices stopped falling in 2-3Q 2024. Battery system installation labor and battery controller prices haven't fallen much ever. Plus, Tesla is expected to be ordered to recall all the Powerwall 2s they've sold.
November 16, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Who's been blowing that kind of smoke at you?
Battery prices stopped falling in 2-3Q 2024. Battery system installation labor and battery controller prices haven't fallen much ever. Plus, Tesla is expected to be ordered to recall all the Powerwall 2s they've sold.
Battery prices stopped falling in 2-3Q 2024. Battery system installation labor and battery controller prices haven't fallen much ever. Plus, Tesla is expected to be ordered to recall all the Powerwall 2s they've sold.
Solar is only cheaper for utility customers if they are allowed to shift the costs of solar power intermittency to other utility customers. If household solar power generation had to be used or stored on site, it would cost much more than utilities charge.
November 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Solar is only cheaper for utility customers if they are allowed to shift the costs of solar power intermittency to other utility customers. If household solar power generation had to be used or stored on site, it would cost much more than utilities charge.
Flying is safer with than without all those things, yes. But flying isn't absolutely safe. Both the humans and the machines in that system can fail.
No form of transportation is absolutely safe, but flying in North America and EU has been safer than driving or walking in those regions for decades.
No form of transportation is absolutely safe, but flying in North America and EU has been safer than driving or walking in those regions for decades.
November 11, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Flying is safer with than without all those things, yes. But flying isn't absolutely safe. Both the humans and the machines in that system can fail.
No form of transportation is absolutely safe, but flying in North America and EU has been safer than driving or walking in those regions for decades.
No form of transportation is absolutely safe, but flying in North America and EU has been safer than driving or walking in those regions for decades.
And such a glorious failure it is!
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
And such a glorious failure it is!
Trump's mad because Air Traffic Controllers are *mostly* showing up to work, but there's enough of them calling in sick or no-showing to seriously congest the busiest airports, which has started to affect everybody with tickets to anywhere.
Imagine widespread ATC no-shows over T'giving Weekend.
Imagine widespread ATC no-shows over T'giving Weekend.
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Trump's mad because Air Traffic Controllers are *mostly* showing up to work, but there's enough of them calling in sick or no-showing to seriously congest the busiest airports, which has started to affect everybody with tickets to anywhere.
Imagine widespread ATC no-shows over T'giving Weekend.
Imagine widespread ATC no-shows over T'giving Weekend.
Yep. I lost all faith in anything printed in The Atlantic and did not renew my subscription after they published 3 articles in one year that were very politically correct but objectively, provably untrue.
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Yep. I lost all faith in anything printed in The Atlantic and did not renew my subscription after they published 3 articles in one year that were very politically correct but objectively, provably untrue.
Sorry for the late response.
In the case of most of my friend group, my kids and my niblings in particular, it's more like "you won't get into MIT/Stanford without Calc in HS".
AP classes aren't for everyone. Advanced Math isn't for everyone. But for those who are capable, why waste 2-3 years?
In the case of most of my friend group, my kids and my niblings in particular, it's more like "you won't get into MIT/Stanford without Calc in HS".
AP classes aren't for everyone. Advanced Math isn't for everyone. But for those who are capable, why waste 2-3 years?
November 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Sorry for the late response.
In the case of most of my friend group, my kids and my niblings in particular, it's more like "you won't get into MIT/Stanford without Calc in HS".
AP classes aren't for everyone. Advanced Math isn't for everyone. But for those who are capable, why waste 2-3 years?
In the case of most of my friend group, my kids and my niblings in particular, it's more like "you won't get into MIT/Stanford without Calc in HS".
AP classes aren't for everyone. Advanced Math isn't for everyone. But for those who are capable, why waste 2-3 years?
Colleges offer calculus because many degrees need calculus, and because not all high schools offer it. But when your HS does offer calc, it is an admissions office ding against a student who doesn't take it. Especially at selective STEM-specialist universities.
November 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Colleges offer calculus because many degrees need calculus, and because not all high schools offer it. But when your HS does offer calc, it is an admissions office ding against a student who doesn't take it. Especially at selective STEM-specialist universities.
Maybe things have changed in the 5 years since my 20-something sons were counseled VERY strongly to take Algebra as 8th graders so they could get into their preferred BS programs. This was Ann Arbor public schools, and they had made 8th grade algebra almost impossible to enroll in.
November 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Maybe things have changed in the 5 years since my 20-something sons were counseled VERY strongly to take Algebra as 8th graders so they could get into their preferred BS programs. This was Ann Arbor public schools, and they had made 8th grade algebra almost impossible to enroll in.
Then you are either quite a bit older than even me (I'm late 60's), had very high SAT scores, or are a member of a minority group the college was actively recruiting.
November 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Then you are either quite a bit older than even me (I'm late 60's), had very high SAT scores, or are a member of a minority group the college was actively recruiting.
Unfortunately, if students don't take (and master) algebra by the end of 8th grade, they will have to double up on math to take a full year of calculus or statistics and a semester of calculus in high school. No HS calculus on their transcript locks them out of many college STEM programs.
November 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Unfortunately, if students don't take (and master) algebra by the end of 8th grade, they will have to double up on math to take a full year of calculus or statistics and a semester of calculus in high school. No HS calculus on their transcript locks them out of many college STEM programs.
Oh hell NO! Phone and/or on-line voting is inherently insecure, easy to hack and very hard to audit.
November 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Oh hell NO! Phone and/or on-line voting is inherently insecure, easy to hack and very hard to audit.
Ariel is a very beautiful cat! May you live together long and happily.
November 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Ariel is a very beautiful cat! May you live together long and happily.
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The neighborhood courtesy titles of Aunt and Uncle persist in my community at least until kids have grown up to have kids of their own. After HS or upon marriage, the young adults are usually invited to use first names, and their children, if any, will be taught to call those people Aunt or Uncle.
October 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The neighborhood courtesy titles of Aunt and Uncle persist in my community at least until kids have grown up to have kids of their own. After HS or upon marriage, the young adults are usually invited to use first names, and their children, if any, will be taught to call those people Aunt or Uncle.
Additionally, in the neighborhood where I grew up, the parents of our closest friends, and our parent's close friends who didn't have children were usually addressed as Aunt or Uncle First-name, rather than Mr. or Mrs. Last-name.
October 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Additionally, in the neighborhood where I grew up, the parents of our closest friends, and our parent's close friends who didn't have children were usually addressed as Aunt or Uncle First-name, rather than Mr. or Mrs. Last-name.
I am an Irish-American, who's also had a number of Indian colleagues, a small number of whom trained under my husband's thesis advisor, or that fellows' brother who teaches in India. I am their Aunt or Auntie due to faculty allo-family relationships.
October 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I am an Irish-American, who's also had a number of Indian colleagues, a small number of whom trained under my husband's thesis advisor, or that fellows' brother who teaches in India. I am their Aunt or Auntie due to faculty allo-family relationships.
That would be BJo Trimble. She orchestrated a letter writing campaign to "Save Star Trek". I was 11, and my sisters and I spent $5 on stamps to help save our favorite show!
October 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
That would be BJo Trimble. She orchestrated a letter writing campaign to "Save Star Trek". I was 11, and my sisters and I spent $5 on stamps to help save our favorite show!
The even better story is that the person who is now my spouse came to UM to get a Naval Architecture graduate degree. He had played TMP in DC, so looked up Kevin D to meet him in person. Which led to him joining Conclave's Con Com. I was Chair that year; we got married 3 years later.
October 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The even better story is that the person who is now my spouse came to UM to get a Naval Architecture graduate degree. He had played TMP in DC, so looked up Kevin D to meet him in person. Which led to him joining Conclave's Con Com. I was Chair that year; we got married 3 years later.
I hearted your comment because it's true to our 80's TriTac experiences, not because I'm happy that the FBI is still hassling people who write, program, and play tactical or semi-realistic simulation games.
October 25, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I hearted your comment because it's true to our 80's TriTac experiences, not because I'm happy that the FBI is still hassling people who write, program, and play tactical or semi-realistic simulation games.