Join us TONIGHT at 7:30pm EST/11:30pm UTC over on Twitch as we explore the Martian Moon Phobos, search for secrets, while we rip, tear, and otherwise perform necessary pest control in Doom (1993).
In between my many inevitable ignominious deaths, we'll be discussing various types of polyculture farming and their possible implementation in the context of a Martian settlement, particularly as it applies to animal proteins. (No really!) Stop by and meet one of my crack team of science babes! Then join the discussion! This will be fu...uh...This will be different.
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I managed to catch about 20 minutes of it around the 2 hour mark. Haven't played those old Doom games in ages.
Posted by: Rick C at Fri Aug 23 08:50:07 2024 (MItL9)
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This whole twitch-tubing thing is harder than it looks. Dr. Heinous and I were going to run a stream together under my Krimsonsplat channel, and we couldn't get the game to cooperate. The stream worked fine though. I'd have guessed the opposite.
Posted by: ubu at Tue Aug 27 12:45:52 2024 (jH+gB)
This is a bit of a longer video which is quite interesting, (Anderson's stuff usually is) but I really think this is the root of the intractability of many of today's problems.
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When I worked for Houston's Public Works, I had the opportunity to sit in on a phone conference discussing a very old section of ordinance regarding testing/inspection of fire suppression systems in buildings. It had been the responsibility of the Fire Department for decades, not PW as the ordinance suggested. Lots of back and forth, but at NO time did anyone raise the issue of public safety or even the possibility thereof. It was all about the bureaucracy. Just to answer an obvious question, no, I didn't raise it either, as I was not supposed to be present, and it would have caused problems for my supervisor if I'd revealed my presence (and for him, if he'd raised it, as he was the most junior official attendee).
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Wow. Glad everything eventually worked out ok. Until the bills arrive, anyway....
Posted by: ubu at Fri Aug 23 16:39:43 2024 (jH+gB)
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I echo Ubu's sentiments. Also, depending on finances, insurance, etc., there are, or at least used to be, private hospitals with ERs that don't have to honor EMTALA. As a result, they're not flooded with illegals, druggies, etc., and thus you can get in and out of them much faster, and there's generally a lot less of the craziness you experienced. Found this out by accident many years ago when I took my wife to the ER for something or other.
I'm glad your Mom's on the mend.
Posted by: Rick C at Fri Aug 23 22:48:00 2024 (MItL9)
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A bit late here - my dad had a blockage. Independent farmer that he was, he drove himself into town to get to the hospital. Can't imagine being able to drive while in that kind of pain. Hope things are working out for your mom.
Posted by: Frank at Sun Sep 1 11:24:10 2024 (+i6Xr)
....have been coming fast and furious. Currently, my Mom has had medical issues and is in the hospital again this time, looking at surgery tomorrow evening. As a result I will be going back to visit her tomorrow. This and other issues have kept me from commenting on the current, very dark season of CURRENT YEAR: a Civilizational Collapse Story.
I haven't even been streaming much (there is no internet at my folks house) however, I will be doing an extended Genshin Impact stream tonight, which will be my last for a while, so stop by tonight at 7:30pm EST/11:30pm UTC to chat and catch the scuff and the cringe while you still can.
