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Recent content by Shevek

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    Post something Weird or Random

    You have your time periods confused. The magnetic pole shifts a lot, but continents drift faster than the actual poles move. Glaciers have been quite stable overall for all of recorded history, but now a Northwest Passage is opening up and both Greenland and Antarctica are seeing huge changes...
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    Half way thru, how is this year going?

    Locally, I'm making slow progress on some projects and getting over some traumas enough to look at trying to deal with others. Generally, I'm watching all my hopes, dreams, and life's work get trashed in an attempt to make a tiny number of people richer than each other, while their history gets...
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    Post something Weird or Random

    Our plants evolved to work with low concentrations of CO2. They also evolved and migrated to fit consistent weather patterns. The recent jump in CO2 is swiftly destroying that balance. I have seen the Banff glacier turn into a scrap on the horizon, far from the stone hotel built to overlook...
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    What Brings Autistic People Joy? New research showcases the diversity in autistic flourishing.

    Neither. I work to improve the world using my creativity. Sometimes it is indirect - trying to earn money to support myself in those endeavours without making the world much worse in the process.
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    What Brings Autistic People Joy? New research showcases the diversity in autistic flourishing.

    I thought most people complain about their jobs. When the occasional lottery winner says they are not quitting work, there is general puzzlement. However, yes, I do enjoy the process when I'm in the middle of a job, and getting a series of wins to figure out how to make progress. That has...
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    Activities when too tired

    Tall apartments need stronger walls than the house-style construction used for low-rise. Better apartments have extra sound barriers. Try looking at pictures or even visiting during construction. There's wiring and plumbing in there, too.
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    The last thing that made you laugh

    Once I was riding a ferry boat in the summer, and people were catching a tan atop the life preserver bins. Seagulls were hovering overhead, getting a free ride from the ship's wake in the air. I tossed a crust of bread up for them, and three stooped trying to catch it. The sunbathers thought...
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    The Truth About Men Who Live Alone Without a Girlfriend.

    I translate "The Truth About. . . " as "A selection of ideas that seem to fit well together." Rational thought is rare. Rationalization is everywhere, as a veneer over emotional decisions made in the pre-verbal brain.
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    Activities when too tired

    Tesla could design a machine in his head, run it, and then check for wear.
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    Activities when too tired

    I meditate, quite badly at first. I have noticed that various schools of meditation promote a wide variety of things to focus on, claiming them as the best. I think that the ranking is just to quell doubts and encourage effort, so I now ignore my own particular training and meditate on my...
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    Activities when too tired

    Yes. I have built walls, and cut through the layers of siding on this one to install a vent. I can also imagine how walls and other structures deform microscopically to carry their loads, and how that produces weak spots.
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    What would you pay to Avoid entertainment?

    Just the cold. It was a low-budget high school game that my ride home diverted to.
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    What Brings Autistic People Joy? New research showcases the diversity in autistic flourishing.

    Finishing a project can be a relief, but I don't remember any joy. It starts off as a shining vision, and ends up as a collection of imperfections that I couldn't improve on. Usually, I wish I could start over with a better plan, but I don't have time. The list of to-dos re-appears like a...
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    What would you pay to Avoid entertainment?

    The only time I got stuck watching a game, it was boring and I got chilled to the bone.
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    What Brings Autistic People Joy? New research showcases the diversity in autistic flourishing.

    The memories that make me happiest are the times I've gotten a good laugh with original work.
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