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Last night I put collars on some of my stock investments. I don't trust the markets any further than I can drop-kick a bowling ball. It's not even a market so much as a giant roulette wheel .. one with a dozen or so extra "0"s on it. But people are still bidding things up so I sold some calls to finance some puts. I picked strikes for the calls up around 5-10% where I could consistent with puts no less than 5% down from current levels. I'm fine selling (and taking the cg tax hit) if prices keep going up and I definitely feel better with the downside protection in place. I think relying on the "fed put" this time is ill-advised.
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Foil! Those tupperware aliens just need some foil! The truth is out there! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urglg3WimHA
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excuse me.. apparently I'm lost. (mods please feel free to remove. I posted to the wrong topic)
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The USGS's page on the earthquake numbering system describes a 5 as, "felt by nearly everyone; many awakened. some dishes, windows broken. Unstable objects overturned. Pendulum clocks may stop." For things like collapsing buildings built with earthquake codes in mind it needs to be a high 7 or even an 8, though even a 6 can knock over an unreinforced brick wall or bring down a poorly-constructed structure. As someone who was born in and has lived in earthquake territory all his life I'd say that a 5.2 isn't particularly strong. If you were awake and alert then you would definitely feel it, especially if the epicenter was right under you. Depending on geography you might feel the shaking / rolling motion up to a couple hundred miles away. It generally isn't going to hurt you though unless it happened to catch you in an unfortunate moment such as while you're climbing a ladder. (Or defusing a bomb. ) The only damage it would cause might be knocking something over or causing liquids in pots or cups escape their container. It should have basically no effect on the structural integrity of a properly-constructed building. Depending on where you are and what you're doing you might not even notice it. Subjectively it probably depends on the person and how familiar they are with earthquakes. I once slept through a 6.7 earthquake. My sister in law who comes from back east, on the other hand, would claim that anything she can feel is terrifying and will quite likely lead directly to the end of the world as we know it.
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Didn't it rain, children - Sister Rosetta Tharpe
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Just had an earthquake here. Feeling a bit like I'm on an amusement park ride. Edit: felt a couple more so I hit the USGS site. There's been a number of them in the last few minutes, all originating a bit north of me. 75mi / 116km away but still strong enough to feel here.
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Recently checking out 魔導具師ダリヤはうつむかない , aka Dahlia in Bloom. Seems a little slow so far - I've only gotten to the part where her fiancé dumps her and she starts her own company - but I'm hoping it picks up a bit based on its Japanese title. (My translation would be something like "Magical toolmaker Dahlia won't give up" or "..won't look back". I'm a bit uncertain of how to translate "うつむか" here but it definitely seems more interesting than just "bloom".) Going to come back to this one at the end of the season.
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Mondays. Ugh. A typical Monday is bad enough on its own but it looks like the Yen/Dollar carry trade is unwinding as well so add market crash to the mix. Just for giggles. There goes my 401k.
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Hmmm.. how to best explain. It is MIDI music, but the MIDI events are used to not only play the music but also trigger animations of animated / mechanial instruments, with the whole event being "filmed" as an animation. In other words, each MIDI event triggers both the music and a corresponding animated event in the video. Takes music appreciation to a whole new level. The group was founded by Wayne Lytle in 1990, and they released 2 DVDs. (Of which I own both.) They also inspired a few other groups along the way to experiment with the concept. There was even a couple attempts to realized the concept in the real world with actual midi-driven mechanical devices, though with marginal success. (Mechanical engineering of equipment that must perform in realtime on demand is not for the faint of heart.) Back in the day the technology and animation skills required for the computer animation were challenging. I'd really like to see what they could do now, 30 years later with modern technology.
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Reminds me of Animusic. Anyone remember Animusic? "Full Circle" .. and "Ambient Glow" "Stage assembly" for Ambient Glow and the real deal.. Pipe Dream
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Still watching Vintage Story videos to catch up on modern gameplay mechanics.
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So what happens if you set off a nuke in space close to the earth? If you said "Godzilla" then good guess, but you would unfortunately be incorrect. What you do is get a lot of power and communication outages and some out-of-place auroral displays.
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A bit cooler today. Still warm but I actually went outside to get some vitamin D at lunch. No detectable smoke smell for a change either. Guess they got the local fire(s) under control. Last I heard the closest fire to me was 88% contained. Maybe the wind is just blowing it away from me. Either way, I'll take it! I do feel bad for the people dealing with the "park" fire up north however! That sure escalated quickly!
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Revisited "vintage story", a game similar to Minecraft. Crafting is one of the things I like to do in games and I like the way you actually have to craft things in VS. Some people might think it tedious but IMHO Minecraft's way of building everything with a crafting table is a bit boring. I like the way VS involves the player a bit more. The "tech tree" progression is also better than minecraft's. The interaction with the environment is a bit more dynamic as well, both directly with the player and indirectly with the things you build. The temporal storms and "stability" spice things up a bit, and some of the placed dungeon areas are pretty cool. Much better than Minecraft's strongholds anyway. I tried VS a little a while back but I had server stability problems so I dropped it and haven't tried it for a while but people say it is much better now so I thought I'd give it another look. Now that my brother is no longer running his minecraft server I might even try getting VS going as a replacement.
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Still hot here. Even had to run the AC to sleep because it didn't cool off overnight. There's a new brushfire too, this time a bit to the north and east of me (last one was west) and much closer to homes.
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Threshold - The Domino Effect .. and Defense Condition, also Threshold
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Major Tom Visuals courtesy of Kerbal Space Program
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Still better than Mansquito!
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So it seems that NVIDIA is -finally- getting a clue and going open-source on their linux kernel drivers! Including for their Ada Lovelace silicon, aka 40-series GPUs! Hopper and Blackwell actually appear to require open-source drivers. https://ostechnix.com/nvidia-shifts-to-open-source-gpu-kernel-modules/
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cockroaches
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95F / 35C and dry. Also on fire - literally - so add in a bit of smoke for that mesquite tang to the air. Not even noon yet. Probably get to 3 digits later today.
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I am as well. This is the point in the season when the currently-airing shows release their 3rd episode so usually about now I binge the first few episodes of the season to decide what I want to add to my watchlist. Then at the end of the season I’ll binge-watch the rest of the episodes of the shows that make the list.
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Took a quick peek at "Shoshimin: How to Become Ordinary". Based on the first couple episodes I'm getting a somewhat Hyouka vibe, though so far the two main characters aren't nearly as fun to watch as Oreki and Chi-chan were. きになる
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Looks like fire season has started here in L.A.
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