Larry Honaker
@lwhonaker.bsky.social
The other kind of doctor. Works with pretty colors. Numismatist and stroopwafel enthusiast.
These are reasons I always hide the mailing lists in BCC, even if it is a spam e-mail.
January 19, 2026 at 12:55 PM
These are reasons I always hide the mailing lists in BCC, even if it is a spam e-mail.
What, not this gem from FFX?
![One of the cutscene intros for the Yunalesca fight in Final Fantasy X, with Yunalesca saying, "[There is nothing to fear. You will soon be freed of worry and pain.] For once you call forth the Final Aeon, your life will end. [Death is the ultimate and final liberation.]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hsgxijvcptj7carlhpfvrahr/bafkreia4i6ejvre6xzsygpt7di5cdlegtrkm6tosl5afoqh62leewz5tuq@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 12:24 PM
What, not this gem from FFX?
Seeing forecasts like this always validates my choices to pack for all seasons when coming back to NC for the holidays.
December 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Seeing forecasts like this always validates my choices to pack for all seasons when coming back to NC for the holidays.
Funnily enough, the only class I remember with proper blue book exams was my second-semester calculus class. (Granted, many other exams were written, but I only used the blue books for that one in particular.) Still prefer written/free-response exams, especially pen-and-paper...
December 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Funnily enough, the only class I remember with proper blue book exams was my second-semester calculus class. (Granted, many other exams were written, but I only used the blue books for that one in particular.) Still prefer written/free-response exams, especially pen-and-paper...
No, but (a) didn't have one in the US that really worked and (b) do you really need one? (sarcasm detected)
December 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
No, but (a) didn't have one in the US that really worked and (b) do you really need one? (sarcasm detected)
I got a pay increase when I moved to Europe for my Ph.D., not to mention all the other benefits.
December 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I got a pay increase when I moved to Europe for my Ph.D., not to mention all the other benefits.
I just rebuilt a super-fun implement of torment, so maybe we can go together. (Though I'm not sure yet which of mine is worse...)
December 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I just rebuilt a super-fun implement of torment, so maybe we can go together. (Though I'm not sure yet which of mine is worse...)
Another option that interests me is the option of story branching and nonlinear storytelling, where actions can mean something and have an effect on the final outcome.
December 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Another option that interests me is the option of story branching and nonlinear storytelling, where actions can mean something and have an effect on the final outcome.
Same here. Some of it was also live.
December 3, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Same here. Some of it was also live.
Advantages to living in the Netherlands when that happened.
December 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Advantages to living in the Netherlands when that happened.
What's also crazy to me is how some people live in a place without picking up (or attempting to pick up) the language. I saw a lot of that in Germany when I was a kid; a lot of it in the Netherlands (okay, English is almost everywhere); a lot in Luxembourg (though with 4+ languages in common use...)
October 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
What's also crazy to me is how some people live in a place without picking up (or attempting to pick up) the language. I saw a lot of that in Germany when I was a kid; a lot of it in the Netherlands (okay, English is almost everywhere); a lot in Luxembourg (though with 4+ languages in common use...)
I was planning to send some gifts to family in the US, but the post office here has suspended accepting all possibly dutiable mailings to the US, even if they fall under the (still existent) gift exemption, unless you pay for a very expensive courier service. "Fun" times.
October 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I was planning to send some gifts to family in the US, but the post office here has suspended accepting all possibly dutiable mailings to the US, even if they fall under the (still existent) gift exemption, unless you pay for a very expensive courier service. "Fun" times.
A visa is not the same as a permission to stay (the I-94): one can stay in the US with an expired visa as long as the I-94 remains valid. And Ph.D. programs in particular can take MUCH more than five years in the US. (The proposal is for limiting the I-94 period.)
September 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
A visa is not the same as a permission to stay (the I-94): one can stay in the US with an expired visa as long as the I-94 remains valid. And Ph.D. programs in particular can take MUCH more than five years in the US. (The proposal is for limiting the I-94 period.)
That's part of how you made the physics department at Kent very "happy" with you when you graded the massive Astronomy class, right?
September 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
That's part of how you made the physics department at Kent very "happy" with you when you graded the massive Astronomy class, right?
They already do, to an extent. (Foreign workers considered "nonresident" can't get the standard deduction.)
September 7, 2025 at 11:50 AM
They already do, to an extent. (Foreign workers considered "nonresident" can't get the standard deduction.)
Add this into the mix and watch heads explode?
August 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Add this into the mix and watch heads explode?
It's impressive (and not in a good way) how expensive mailing from/within the US has become since I left: I think International stamps also have gone in that span from about $1.20 to now $1.70, and packages are even worse.
July 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
It's impressive (and not in a good way) how expensive mailing from/within the US has become since I left: I think International stamps also have gone in that span from about $1.20 to now $1.70, and packages are even worse.