Interesting. I had never heard of LilyPond before. I do a lot of music scoring using abc notation and even wrote myself a GUI to help with that, but it's interesting to see that there is another script language for generating sheet music.
On Titan, you could strap on wings and fly around.
Moreover, the atmosphere is >5% natural gas, but without oxygen you can't burn it. I suppose oxygen would be considered the fuel in that case and you'd pipeline that instead? And being able to breathe would be a nice side-benefit.
This reminds me of the first time I went to see my wife's family long before we got married. There was a big gathering for Christmas and she had a kid sister looking totally distraught at the dinner table where a feast was laid out. "I can't eat this! That poor 3-legged lamb!!!" And she ran off.
Same. Yeah these days, if you hear a lot of noise, that's a good indication something is wrong like a bad mask or hose seal or the humidity chamber is not in all the way.
When I first got a cpap, I asked my wife if I'm still snoring? She looked pensive and said no, it's more like a heavy breathing. I asked her what she meant by that and she said you know, like Darth Vader.
That was an early model though. They're much quieter now!
Have to say I'm a little sceptical on this. In the early 2000s we had that giant power outage that hit everywhere from Ontario down to the US eastern seaboard. It's all one giant, tightly-integrated grid. Both sides milk Niagara Falls for all its worth, for example.
If it were Quebec making this threat, I would take it seriously. They spent a lot to rebuild their grid with DC isolation and everything after a horrific ice storm took it down. If they said "we're cutting you off", then yeah, they could realistically do so. But this is Doug Ford in Ontario. What a blow-hard.
If he's talking more about gas/oil pipelines, well, what's the point? Trump's tariffs will already cause prices to soar at the pump in the US. No need for an embargo. Talk about shooting yourself in your foot. I cannot believe he has any support, and yet here we are.
I consider myself a practicing non-Catholic and a non-practicing Anglican. I haven't attended an Anglican service since childhood but play music with my wife at her Catholic church, so I have to attend a practice for that every week.
I love my ebike! It's been a game changer for me. I can give you a few safety pointers that apply to cycling in general.
invest in a rear-view mirror so that you can watch for people coming up from behind and cutting you off with a sudden right turn (the right hook, as it is sometimes called)
at intersections, try to make eye contact with anyone turning across you
get front and rear lights (most jurisdictions require these for night time riding but they are good to have on in daytime also)
get a bell (again, generally required) and use it when you are approaching pedestrians who can't see you or in general when your sight lines are obstructed
watch out for parked car doors swinging out (if you need to take over a lane to pass a car safely, it is your right to do so)
when you need to maneuver (e.g. change lanes, turn, etc.), use hand signals and do so gradually from a good distance
The nice thing about an ebike is it doesn't cost you a lot of effort to get going again after slowing down or stopping, so you should do so if you're facing an uncertain traffic situation.
Also, regarding risks, you need to weigh them against the risks of not riding. In my case, I work a sedentary job and this is my primary means of exercise. (Yes, even ebikes can give you exercise!) I was developing type 2 diabetes, but since I started the bike commute, I've been losing weight (albeit very gradually) and my numbers have been going down.
There was a woman who died recently when her ebike was hit by a pickup truck along a route I often also ride an ebike on. He was making a left turn at an intersection. It bothers me that a collision of that nature was still enough to cause a fatality. I mean you would expect a turning vehicle to not be moving at great speed?
But I guess as the article points out, the higher profile and greater weight of trucks takes its toll. Also, I think there is a certain segment of muscle truck drivers who like to floor it with reckless abandon, though I don't know if that was the case here?
Your first one reminds me of something that happened awhile back. I was at a donut shop staring out the window when a scruffy dude in a pickup truck slammed into a traffic light, tipping it over across the street.
Now as it happens, said donut shop was a watering hole for police officers (yes, the stereotype is real), and about a dozen buff uniforms trotted out within seconds. The guy climbed out of the truck and tried to light a cig and it fell out of his mouth as he saw them rushing up.
My favourite story like that is from my dad, who was WW2 vet. After the war, he wound up in Japan and attended a conference where someone stepped up to the podium and introduced himself as General McArthur's Chief Advisor. Or at least he thought he did…
The word for advisor is komon. The word for asshole or anus is koumon. Basically, you just hold out the first o out slightly longer and it switches to the other word.
One time when I was a kid, we went on a long car trip and a thunderstorm approached. My dad said, "Don't worry about the sound. It's the light that kills you!" My Japanese mom was not cool with this. "No, it's the sound. What are you talking about?" A fierce argument ensued.
So, the words for thunder and lightning in Japanese are kaminari and inazuma, respectively. But that's not a perfect translation. kaminari means something like "peal of the gods", and is the forceful, dangerous part. inazuma is basically just a light show.
English is the opposite. Thunder is just a sound, while lightning can kill you. To put it another way, in English, one word is light + electricity while the other is sound. In Japanese, one word is sound + electricity while the other is light.
Anyway, I was about to speak up when my big brother tugged my arm. "No. This is a popcorn moment. Don't ruin it!"
It's the middle of the night and I'm driving down a steep hill with a birthday cake on the passenger seat. The light at the foot of the hill turns yellow and I start to apply the brakes but the cake slides forward. I quickly assess the situation. There's no one on the road in any direction as far as the eye can see, and so I breeze through the light.
I remember as a kid growing up in Canada, he was always on TV doing commercials for supermarkets. More recently, he was the spokesman for All Bran, and then he was selling CPAP machines I think? No wait, I think it was some sort of machine that cleans CPAPs.
Interesting. I wonder what the thinking is here? It's almost like a really poor manual password hash. Here's something derived from my date of birth. Store that instead of the actual date. Pretty weak though.
You might want to have a look at musician ear plugs? They cost more than your generic drug store foam ones, but they have a filter in them that allows you to still hear vocals and what not when you're on stage. I've used them in a variety of contexts outside of performing or attending a concert and they are nice to have. Mine came with a keychain holder, so I always have them on me.
Interesting. I had never heard of LilyPond before. I do a lot of music scoring using abc notation and even wrote myself a GUI to help with that, but it's interesting to see that there is another script language for generating sheet music.