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c_dan4th, to Birding
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Two white pelicans swimming in a lake with grassy marshes in the foreground and snowy mountains in the background.
A duck with eleven ducklings swimming in a pond near some grass and reeds.
A heron standing by the edge of a water body with tall grasses and reeds in the background.

ai6yr, to random

Grocery shopping tip: wild mustard flowers (which are an invasive weed) taste IDENTICAL to fancy, expensive broccollini when cooked, and are free.

c_dan4th,
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@ai6yr brassica is brassica is brassica

ai6yr, to random

Longs Peak, Colorado, Keyhole Route. #SearchAndRescue #SAR https://www.14ers.com/route.php?route=long1

c_dan4th,
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@qurlyjoe @ai6yr It’s the unholy trinity of popular, near a lot of people, and technically difficult. A lot of people on that mountain shouldn’t be on that mountain. And definitely not in May! Just because it’s summer down here…

c_dan4th,
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@qurlyjoe @ai6yr Oh, I know. Fortunately the hard parts (which are dangerous even when they’re not “technical”) are pretty far from the trailhead and that tends to weed out most of the gapers. Still, I’m guilty of at least one that-was-dumb on that mountain in my early days as a mountaineer. Fortunately we didn’t have an issue besides being very very late for our post-climb rendezvous.

c_dan4th, to random
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Something people in the knowledge industry (probably all industries) rarely talk about is the importance of proximity to nature in our workplaces. If I’m stuck on a problem or just need to get away from the computer and think about things, it’s great to be able to wander around this small pond nestled amidst highways and office parks. It’s hardly wilderness, but it’s an island of relative quiet and calm and my work is much better for it.

The ducks seem to like it too.

c_dan4th, to random
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This might make it a little easier to burn the candle at both ends, but do you have anything with any more ends to burn? Like four? Or seven? Asking for a friend who is me.

c_dan4th,
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@Artemis201 Here we go. That should be enough ends to burn this candle on.

MLE_online, to random
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Someone, maybe the campus operator, mistook "meteorite" for "media relations" and transferred a call to me from a woman who wanted to talk to someone about a meteorite.

Usually a call like that means trouble because it's going to be someone who wants to tell someone they saw a light in the sky and they think it opened their brain waves to new frequencies or something.

This time though, it was a legitimate inquiry, and the woman said she has a large iron-nickel meteorite she wants to donate to the school. Pretty cool.

c_dan4th,
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@MLE_online I’d rather talk to possibly-crazy-space-rock people than people who want university communications on most days.

john, to random
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Does anybody know if there’s a traditional composite material that behaves something like fibreglass? As in fibre/fabric laid up in a binder of some sort to make a stiff material in arbitrary forms.

Paper mache is one but it’s too weak (I think, maybe there's a super version?). I'm considering things like cotton or flax in casein glue or pine resin... but I doubt it will work.

(And my last casein glue experiment stunk like rotten milk for weeks!)

c_dan4th,
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@john Canoes used to be made with wood frames wrapped with a canvas layer. I believe there was a binder as well.

c_dan4th, to random
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My spouse was lucky enough to attend a rocket launch from California today. Here’s a picture of her from right after launch.

ai6yr, to random

LOL pyramid schemes never pay off for those at the bottom.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/02/bored-ape-yacht-club-nfts-floor-price-sinks-ceo-announces-layoffs.html

c_dan4th,
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@ai6yr Why only 90%?

c_dan4th, to running
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Every April for the past few years I’ve undertaken a project I call Operation Active April: get out and do 30+ minutes of aerobic activity every day for a month (mostly bike rides, , and runs). This is the first year I’ve actually seen it through for all 30 days despite [challenges].

Friends, I’m tired. But I also feel fantastic and a little proud. I went from barely being able to run 5 km to being able to do 10 km without much effort.

Here’s a view from tonight’s finale:

ElleGray, to random
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    c_dan4th,
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    @ElleGray Seems like the kind of thing Tom Hanks or Keanu Reeves would say. They seem like good blokes.

    NanoRaptor, to random
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    You get to make one change to any single genus of animal that’s immediately applied to all of its members worldwide.

    What do you change for maximum chaos?

    c_dan4th,
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    @NanoRaptor Triceratops is back. In force. Turns out they’re bright orange and purr.

    ai6yr, to random

    Missing persons seearch at the Grand Canyon National Park.

    On April 21, 2024, a vehicle belonging to Thomas L. Robison of Santa Fe, NM was found abandoned at Lees Ferry within Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. Thomas Robison, 58, is believed to have attempted to travel down the Colorado River with his small dog on a wooden raft.

    Robison is described as a white male, 5’10” in height and 160 pounds with brown hair and hazel eyes.

    Anyone who may have seen Thomas Robison are asked to contact Grand Canyon Dispatch at 928-638-7805. A missing person investigation is on-going and no further information is available at this time.

    https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/missing-person-search-underway.htm

    c_dan4th,
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    @ai6yr Amy rapids you can see from space are more than I’d want to tangle with even in a proper boat.

    ai6yr, to random

    Hmm, it appears my part of California has become partially "Seattle" this week, LOL.

    c_dan4th,
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    @ai6yr Great. My spouse is headed there shortly for a rocket launch from Vandy.

    c_dan4th, to random
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    People who have loud work-related conversations in the office restroom are the worst. Or any conversations really. Do women do this or is this a purely male phenomenon?

    c_dan4th,
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    @ai6yr womp womp

    LabSpokane, to random
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    Or every other month, you could buy a nice e-bike and all the avocado toast you can eat.

    c_dan4th,
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    @LabSpokane A really nice e-bike!

    ai6yr, to random

    All the major routes in Vermont within the eclipse zone seeing lots of slow traffic.

    c_dan4th,
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    @ai6yr My parents reported that there were the usual array of “Google Maps says this road goes through here” incidents with people in rental cars getting stuck in deep mud and the remnants of snow.

    stux, to random
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    Again I'm calling with and the suckers keep saying this is totally normal :flan_laugh:

    Getting locked out your account is part of te process now

    Another guy just told me it was my fault because I was using the PayPal iOS app and that should only be done for "checking real quick" not daily use :nkoFacepalm2:

    "You should use the browser'"

    What a clown company lol

    c_dan4th,
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    @stux I refuse to do business with those bastards anymore. So skeevy

    NamelessCynic, to random
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    Apparently, they lost a guy.

    c_dan4th,
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    @NamelessCynic Hamburgers are being delivered intravenously now.

    c_dan4th, to random
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    I discovered my limits today. I’m a reasonably good skier and experienced mountaineer, but ’s East Wall routes proved too much for me today. It was humbling, but, in the end, I think a mature decision to back off and walk back down. I am a good enough skier but the risk/reward value for this was just too high.

    Snow-covered mountain slope with hikers and rocky outcrops under a partly cloudy sky.
    Colorful prayer flags on a pole with a snowy mountain landscape in the background.
    Skiers on a snowy slope with mountainous terrain in the background. A warning sign is visible in the foreground.

    scott, to Arizona
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    Trivia time!

    in 2018, we spent the day exploring southern , locating a bunch of these concrete foundations we had stumbled on via satellite view.

    Any guesses as to what they are, and why there are so many of them scattered around?

    Abandoned concrete foundations in a desert landscape with power lines and mountains in the distance.
    A round concrete manhole cover next to an open manhole on a concrete surface, with surrounding desert vegetation.

    c_dan4th,
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    @scott @jbh @j258853 @Mollarom @mattsroadtrip Like I said, ground control points. We use automated ground control points now (highway intersections, runways, anything easily localized), but back in the day aircraft and satellite photogrammetry used big stuff like this.

    c_dan4th,
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    @scott @jbh @j258853 @Mollarom @mattsroadtrip ...as opposed to the giant concrete arrows which are equally cool, but for a different purpose altogether ;-) https://cowboystatedaily.com/2022/10/03/why-are-there-giant-70-foot-concrete-arrows-all-across-southern-wyoming/

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