JFYI, it's also available for the original Switch
December 26, 2025 at 4:40 AM
JFYI, it's also available for the original Switch
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What prices do you expect? I tried comparing prices for a Mon-Tue trip, and I'm seeing ~$130 for the train, and $280 for a flight.
November 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
What prices do you expect? I tried comparing prices for a Mon-Tue trip, and I'm seeing ~$130 for the train, and $280 for a flight.
Nunavut has 40-80 deaths/bil km, but only 30-40m km/yr (40k pop -> 1k km/person/yr). That's 1-2 deaths/year.
BC has 6-8 deaths/bil km, but ~9k km/person/yr. That makes the per-capita deaths similar:
- BC: 9k km * 6-8 = 54-72
- NU: 1k km * 40-80 = 40-80
www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/t...
BC has 6-8 deaths/bil km, but ~9k km/person/yr. That makes the per-capita deaths similar:
- BC: 9k km * 6-8 = 54-72
- NU: 1k km * 40-80 = 40-80
www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/t...
Road Safety in Canada 2020
The purpose of this report is to provide information and supporting evidence-based data to road safety professionals to assist them in their efforts to promote road safety and encourage safer behaviou...
tc.canada.ca
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Nunavut has 40-80 deaths/bil km, but only 30-40m km/yr (40k pop -> 1k km/person/yr). That's 1-2 deaths/year.
BC has 6-8 deaths/bil km, but ~9k km/person/yr. That makes the per-capita deaths similar:
- BC: 9k km * 6-8 = 54-72
- NU: 1k km * 40-80 = 40-80
www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/t...
BC has 6-8 deaths/bil km, but ~9k km/person/yr. That makes the per-capita deaths similar:
- BC: 9k km * 6-8 = 54-72
- NU: 1k km * 40-80 = 40-80
www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/t...
There probably was no population crash on Rapa Nui caused by ecological changes (i.e. the deforestation). www.science.org/content/arti...
Famed Polynesian island did not succumb to ‘ecological suicide,’ new evidence reveals
Genomic, archaeological data show population on Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, never “collapsed” as some had argued
www.science.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
There probably was no population crash on Rapa Nui caused by ecological changes (i.e. the deforestation). www.science.org/content/arti...
A city grocery load is what you can carry walking. The rack is for carrying a backpack/dufflebag worth of stuff without it being on your back or hanging from the handlebars. On longer rides it's nice to have food and maybe a chair/blanket.
November 16, 2025 at 8:05 AM
A city grocery load is what you can carry walking. The rack is for carrying a backpack/dufflebag worth of stuff without it being on your back or hanging from the handlebars. On longer rides it's nice to have food and maybe a chair/blanket.
The podcast covers neo-nazis, and I think the phrase is saying "we don't speak German here because we beat back the Nazis"
November 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The podcast covers neo-nazis, and I think the phrase is saying "we don't speak German here because we beat back the Nazis"
> 'trans' entered english ... 10 years ago
>> better part of a century
> "transgender" ... since the 70's
>> you just grabbed onto ... the newest [word]
> '1965' was not a century ago
OED's first confirmed use of "transsexual" was in 1907, which is *118 years ago*.
>> better part of a century
> "transgender" ... since the 70's
>> you just grabbed onto ... the newest [word]
> '1965' was not a century ago
OED's first confirmed use of "transsexual" was in 1907, which is *118 years ago*.
May 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
> 'trans' entered english ... 10 years ago
>> better part of a century
> "transgender" ... since the 70's
>> you just grabbed onto ... the newest [word]
> '1965' was not a century ago
OED's first confirmed use of "transsexual" was in 1907, which is *118 years ago*.
>> better part of a century
> "transgender" ... since the 70's
>> you just grabbed onto ... the newest [word]
> '1965' was not a century ago
OED's first confirmed use of "transsexual" was in 1907, which is *118 years ago*.
Also, long queues are an "efficient" use of payroll! A queue ensures all of the employees have clients to service. A short queue may empty, leading to employee downtime, which would count as "overhead".
May 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Also, long queues are an "efficient" use of payroll! A queue ensures all of the employees have clients to service. A short queue may empty, leading to employee downtime, which would count as "overhead".
The communist soldier's accent was really jarring. Pronouncing Tacoma as Ta-Co-Ma sounds like a bad Japanese accent to me.
April 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The communist soldier's accent was really jarring. Pronouncing Tacoma as Ta-Co-Ma sounds like a bad Japanese accent to me.
Coal in the U.S. is <20% of electric generation. It's been on a steep decline since 2008, when it was ~50% of electricity.
(~70% of coal's decline has been more Nat. Gas; ~30% has been wind and solar.)
(~70% of coal's decline has been more Nat. Gas; ~30% has been wind and solar.)
Electricity generation, capacity, and sales in the United States - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
U.S. annual electricity generation and generation capacity by fuel/energy sources and definitions of important electricity terms.
www.eia.gov
April 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Coal in the U.S. is <20% of electric generation. It's been on a steep decline since 2008, when it was ~50% of electricity.
(~70% of coal's decline has been more Nat. Gas; ~30% has been wind and solar.)
(~70% of coal's decline has been more Nat. Gas; ~30% has been wind and solar.)
That's about double the actual inflation. $250 in 2017 is $325 in 2025. You need to go back to 2006 for it to be $400.
April 5, 2025 at 12:40 AM
That's about double the actual inflation. $250 in 2017 is $325 in 2025. You need to go back to 2006 for it to be $400.
JFYI, Finland and Sweden have finalized joining NATO. Sweden joined on March 7, 2024.
(Sweden and Finland both applied in May 2022, but Turkey delayed Sweden's application by a year.)
(Sweden and Finland both applied in May 2022, but Turkey delayed Sweden's application by a year.)
February 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
JFYI, Finland and Sweden have finalized joining NATO. Sweden joined on March 7, 2024.
(Sweden and Finland both applied in May 2022, but Turkey delayed Sweden's application by a year.)
(Sweden and Finland both applied in May 2022, but Turkey delayed Sweden's application by a year.)
Also, here's a local reporter on his first Seattle election 10 years later in 2007
Harrell was elected to the city council largely because his opponent, Venus Velazquez, was accused of a DUI not long before the election. At the time, most election analysts said the DUI was the reason she lost what had been a close race (she was later acquitted).
February 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Also, here's a local reporter on his first Seattle election 10 years later in 2007
Harrell was elected in fall 2021. There was a general backlash in Seattle elections to progressive policies post Floyd protests. His opponent supported eliminating single-unit zoning, and Harrell supported punitive anti-homelessness policies.
February 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Harrell was elected in fall 2021. There was a general backlash in Seattle elections to progressive policies post Floyd protests. His opponent supported eliminating single-unit zoning, and Harrell supported punitive anti-homelessness policies.
A couple clarifications: 1) The net worth is in thousands, so it's $3,470 and $93,400; 2) Net worth includes debt, such as credit cards, education loans, and vehicle loans. Their assets are higher at $12,700 and $165,900.
February 12, 2025 at 5:46 AM
A couple clarifications: 1) The net worth is in thousands, so it's $3,470 and $93,400; 2) Net worth includes debt, such as credit cards, education loans, and vehicle loans. Their assets are higher at $12,700 and $165,900.