I bet that 1940s person didn't have a laser theodolite. Please keep us informed. Always a slight possibility the 2016 is in error I suppose but I wouldn't put money on it.

20ft is significant enough but I'm sure they're probably basing it off what they "know" the boundary is supposed to be. Or do they have any evidence to back their claim? Annoying for sure.

How much land is in dispute?

I'm sure you'll win. Modern surveying is pretty accurate. People get funny ideas in their heads about where lines are though.

Pop culture is imploding right now. The only hope for existing IPs is that they can pass under the radar until sanity returns.

This is different from a concrete pad. It can be either a concrete block or you can cast concrete cylinders.





I have been lucky so far with poison ivy with no incidents though my wife has had it a few times. I almost wonder if there's such a thing as immunity.

It's not cold. Though I wouldn't have thought that would have hit any kind of limit. It's also an area where codes are generally not so severe. Though I should definitely run a quick check. The main reason for going with the size of the neighbor's shed was it looked like a good size and is proportionate to the land area.

I was thinking of just going with concrete pylons and wooden posts. Would you advise against?

I have heard with the poison ivy, the best bet is to wash thoroughly with detergent after contact. You need to catch it early though so if you were not aware it may not have helped.

Dang, I was hoping to use my framing nailer I bought 20 years ago for a job I ended up not doing. But I do lean a little more towards screws anyway. Might go for a tin roof, not sure yet. There is some rationale for taller since it will be housing my VR rig. One reason for a self-build is I want a large window in the back as there is a bit of a view there (albeit over a cemetery).

At this point, mainstream reporting can be regarded as actively malicious.

While I have nothing against buying pre-prepared (kit would have been more likely than a premade. Access is tricky), I couldn't find a design that was quite the way I liked. So self-built it is. Wooden boxes are not exactly rocket science after all.


It may be a little taller

With the fall in lumber prices, mine is back on the table. Aiming for 12x20 which is the same size as the neighbor's shed which it'll be sitting next to. I've got to get an awkwardly growing tree down first though.

They think they're buying things that make them happy. But for most things, it's not the thing, it's the buying that gives a short-term dopamine hit. Understanding what makes you happy requires introspection, understanding and the ability to confront some possibly hard truths.

Page numbers really don't make much sense in an e-reader. They are useful though so Amazon, at least has started allowing authors (or rather whatever you call people who compile e-books) to include them. Not sure about the open formats but theoretically they're not hard to add so if they're not there already, they may be later.


I doubt we'll be seeing the end of letter anytime soon. A4 has the advantage that it has the same ratio if halved or doubled (hence A3, A5 etc) but letter has handy multiples of inches. As a point of interest, hexaflexagons are said to have been invented when an American studying in England was messing around with the bits of paper he'd cut off to fit his binders.

Epub and mobi are actually preferable for that *because* they are designed for reflow. PDF is a layout format so if (for an admittedly rare example) your PDF was designed for a 5"x5" page, printing to letter or A4, it would be suboptimal (in fact, even the differences between letter and A4 have caused me issues on occasion).

I've said for a while that they should have used a language that was designed for the domain where the contracts could be mathematically proven. Possibly they should have gone with COBOL or something

PDF has some issues because it is a display/layout format and doesn't work well with some devices. It's not terrible though. epub and mobi are basically marked-up text which is designed for reflow and is fine as an archive format. PDF is preferable for some works which rely on layout so there are some competing aims there. FWIW, the PDF format was originally not open but it turned out their protection was incredibly weak. Plain text has a whole range of issues as a book format and is only really any good for the simplest of works.

Same here. Except Amazon has large science fiction collections at a dollar a piece so I do buy those occasionally and some books for free so worth grabbing. Calibre can also unlock the DRM on amazon books if you're worried about them going away or being altered (which everyone should be).

Built-in front lights make reading in bed less of a hassle if you have a bedmate.

I like to go for movies which are worth the big screen. The problem is other people fucking up the experience. So many benefits watching at home if the big screen isn't required.

Two observations (not really meant as comment)

• Theaters are in dire straits right now and it's looking like the light at the end of the tunnel is an oncoming train.
• AMC is owned by the Chinese if I recall correctly.