Huh?Me too, traroth... me too.
Huh?
Any answer that isn't Olm is suspect. They're baby pseudodragons, people, what more do you want!?
I dunno how it is up north but where I live you end up with pet camel crickets whether you like it or not.KC area, here.
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"AI recharging cubicles"?
So, it's possible that we may get some of the AI cast as neighbours?
It's more expensive than other forms of heating, and in the U.S. it's most commonly used in the southern parts, where there is less need for heating.
Electric heating? Isn't that kind of ... expensive/wasteful? Or am I misunderstanding smth here?
Yep, electric heat can cost you, compared to gas or hot-water.In my case, the "oh what the hell" job acceptance was followed by a better offer a few days after I already sent the acceptance... :psyduck:
However, to Brun I'd say: Some of what turned out to be my best decisions were made on the spur of the moment, or in an "Oh, what the hell" moment after a period of overthinking.
My current car and the one before that. My second-to-last apartment. Taking that job offer. Walking away from that job 25 years later.
Electric heating? Isn't that kind of ... expensive/wasteful? Or am I misunderstanding smth here?
Yep, electric heat can cost you, compared to gas or hot-water.
However, to Brun I'd say: Some of what turned out to be my best decisions were made on the spur of the moment, or in an "Oh, what the hell" moment after a period of overthinking.
My current car and the one before that. My second-to-last apartment. Taking that job offer. Walking away from that job 25 years later.
Yep, electric heat can cost you, compared to gas or hot-water.
However, to Brun I'd say: Some of what turned out to be my best decisions were made on the spur of the moment, or in an "Oh, what the hell" moment after a period of overthinking.
My current car and the one before that. My second-to-last apartment. Taking that job offer. Walking away from that job 25 years later.
Your first instinct is usually correct, the thing is that its not 100% reliable. A friend's father once told me that when people think about things overnight, its not to think themselves out of a situation, but rather to confirm that first instinct.
Then, on 5/16/1965 a gas explosion in London blew out the entire south-eastern corner of the 22-storey Ronan Point apartment building, killing five people and leaving hundreds homeless.
Electric heating? Isn't that kind of ... expensive/wasteful? Or am I misunderstanding smth here?
"Down here" in my part of Europe we have some older buildings also using electrical heating. Thing is: it's usually powered by "night electricity". My bathroom water heater is the same. reasoning: it's cheaper, but only available from midnight to 6am.
my heating itself is done through "Fernwärme", they run some kind of exhaust heat through half the city.
Your first instinct is usually correct, the thing is that its not 100% reliable. A friend's father once told me that when people think about things overnight, its not to think themselves out of a situation, but rather to confirm that first instinct.It's worked more often than thinking something to death, but whatever browns your bacon.
Brun has the right idea here. On my last apartment search I had to go with my third choice because the first two were snapped up between the time I looked at them and the time I finished the paperwork.
It’s good to shop around, but Brun sold her clock to get money for the deposit. I’m not sure how good her last place was. Perhaps she’s approaching this with a very low bar set.Well, it was over a firetrap dive bar.
It’s good to shop around, but Brun sold her clock to get money for the deposit. I’m not sure how good her last place was. Perhaps she’s approaching this with a very low bar set.Well, it was over a firetrap dive bar.
Regarding heat, here in the Pacific Northwest hydroelectric was dirt cheap for years. I heat with electricity with a wood stove fireplace insert for back-up but my neighbor across the street is on natural gas. My parents heated our WWII-era constructed house with oil. I can't remember the last time I saw new construction with oil heat or even a tank truck delivering heating oil to a residence. No one I know of heats with coal here anymore.
You don't look for the best place to live. You look for a good place.
Also: I like Elliott. He's a kind person.
This being Southwestern Finland, we generally have no real need for air conditioning. The last summer was an exception (ventilating alone would not drop the indoor
temperature below 75 degrees Fahrenheit no matter how hard we tried), so I am not losing sleep over that. At least not yet.
This being Southwestern Finland, we generally have no real need for air conditioning. The last summer was an exception (ventilating alone would not drop the indoorSouth-ish Sweden here. Finland must have had a nice summer last year. Where I live we had close to 30°C for long parts of the summer. And we were lucky because even though our main heating is electric combined with a heat pump. Said heat pump was running quite a lot as an air conditioner rather than for heating last year ;) Also, while District heating is pushed heavily in Sweden I consider myself lucky to not have it. It works somewhat well for most parts of the year, but you're never really in control because you're limited to what the city gives you. Or for that matter, what your landlord is prepared to pay for as was the case in the last apartment I had.
temperature below 75 degrees Fahrenheit no matter how hard we tried), so I am not losing sleep over that. At least not yet.
As to Ronan point: We've had two beyond-design base events (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design-basis_event) (Chernobyl, Fukushima) in nuclear plants over the last 32 years,It's worth noting that Fukushima stood up to the earthquake quite admirably, and it was only the tsunami that fucked their shit up.
As to Ronan point: We've had two beyond-design base events (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design-basis_event) (Chernobyl, Fukushima) in nuclear plants over the last 32 years,It's worth noting that Fukushima stood up to the earthquake quite admirably, and it was only the tsunami that fucked their shit up.
The thing to remember as well is that its not just Brun who is apartment hunting, its Renee too.
Its all well and good if Brun gets excited about an apartment, but she's forgetting that it needs to fits Renee's needs as well. And Renee is right, they might find a better apartment elsewhere. I mean, a fantastic apartment won't mean a thing is someone has to spend several hours travelling to and from work everyday and by the same token, a great apartment downtown isn't worth it if you're working to just pay the rent.
Getting an apartment is an involved process, which I think Brun doesn't quite understand, nor does she understand why Renee is being so cautious about it.
How so?It's worth noting that Fukushima stood up to the earthquake quite admirably, and it was only the tsunami that fucked their shit up.
The tsunami did serious damage. The actual fuck up was human error. Or at least amplified the damage done.
Yes, but it'd be kind of stupid to pass up on something good just for the chance of something better.
But, as a fair few drunks have found out, do not mistake his kindness for weakness.You don't look for the best place to live. You look for a good place.
You don't know whats best without having tried a few things.Quote
Also: I like Elliott. He's a kind person.
Sometimes to a fault.
The only places I have found air conditioning here in Austria is in offices. I have yet to find a private household equipped with some kind of cooling, since it barely used to be more than 30°C around here (85°F).Reminder, southern Californians were wearing winter coats at 70°F this winter.This being Southwestern Finland, we generally have no real need for air conditioning. The last summer was an exception (ventilating alone would not drop the indoor
temperature below 75 degrees Fahrenheit no matter how hard we tried), so I am not losing sleep over that. At least not yet.
Cute. That's like 24 °C. that's a nice summer's day.
How so?It's worth noting that Fukushima stood up to the earthquake quite admirably, and it was only the tsunami that fucked their shit up.
The tsunami did serious damage. The actual fuck up was human error. Or at least amplified the damage done.
"Elliot?" "See?"
Elliot See.
Yup.
Not unheard of (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_cats)Not unheard-of, but not at all common either. My vet tells me that a well-cared-for indoor cat can be expected to live about 12 years, and anything much longer is a gift; a whole lot of fatal things (kidney problems, cancer, heart problems) start showing up after that. My previous pair both lived to 12, and the pair before that to 17. I and a neighbor fed a "determined stray" who lived to 20.
all of it.As to Ronan point: We've had two beyond-design base events (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design-basis_event) (Chernobyl, Fukushima) in nuclear plants over the last 32 years,It's worth noting that Fukushima stood up to the earthquake quite admirably, and it was only the tsunami that fucked their shit up.
The tsunami did serious damage. The actual fuck up was human error. Or at least amplified the damage done.
It was possible her new chassis would have some Tex Avery emotive abilities
Question: What are The Secret Bakery's opening hours, Thursday to Saturday? Just for completeness of the Wiki page. :?
I always wondered what cause the coolant vent in the first place.
I always wondered what cause the coolant vent in the first place.
Poetic license.
For that matter, why do WE get 'hot and flustered' ?
all of it.As to Ronan point: We've had two beyond-design base events (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design-basis_event) (Chernobyl, Fukushima) in nuclear plants over the last 32 years,It's worth noting that Fukushima stood up to the earthquake quite admirably, and it was only the tsunami that fucked their shit up.
The tsunami did serious damage. The actual fuck up was human error. Or at least amplified the damage done.
Fukushima Daini (not Daiichi) was completely submerged by the tsunami. It was back up and running within a week of the disaster.
The big difference? Disaster training. It helps to have done things, like, you know, emergency drills, or so I've heard. To have emergency procedure manuals available on-site. Minor things like that.
So everything is fine with Roko's fantasy life. Maybe even more than fine?
(Is hipster still a thing?)If it were, you wouldn't have heard of it.
It isn't the hours that make me wonder, it's what made them go from an "artisanal" looking typefont to handwritten scribbles. Or is handwritten scribbles what kids consider hipster 10 years later? (Is hipster still a thing?)
If her reaction is going to be that severe working there is going to be a big problem...LOL.
I did get a big laugh out of this though...thanks made my morning
I always wondered what cause the coolant vent in the first place. I know, it's a last resort cooling mechanism, but how does the whole system get that hot anyway? Intentional by design overclocking to process sensory inputs and their effects, all while staying conscious?Mandatory Law of Funny compliance. Kind of like OHSA posters in our universe.
I'd understand blacking out of a second to preserve processing power and stop fresh input - but that may result in an input/blackout loop. Then why not disconnect the sensory input causing it? Maybe that's not available in every chassis, or it would result in a sensory brownout / pseudoblackout.
Unless JJ actually is going to answer that soon in the comics, I'll have to spin my own theories.
This. ^I always wondered what cause the coolant vent in the first place. I know, it's a last resort cooling mechanism, but how does the whole system get that hot anyway? Intentional by design overclocking to process sensory inputs and their effects, all while staying conscious?Mandatory Law of Funny compliance. Kind of like OHSA posters in our universe.
I'd understand blacking out of a second to preserve processing power and stop fresh input - but that may result in an input/blackout loop. Then why not disconnect the sensory input causing it? Maybe that's not available in every chassis, or it would result in a sensory brownout / pseudoblackout.
Unless JJ actually is going to answer that soon in the comics, I'll have to spin my own theories.
It isn't the hours that make me wonder, it's what made them go from an "artisanal" looking typefont to handwritten scribbles. Or is handwritten scribbles what kids consider hipster 10 years later? (Is hipster still a thing?)
This. ^I always wondered what cause the coolant vent in the first place. I know, it's a last resort cooling mechanism, but how does the whole system get that hot anyway? Intentional by design overclocking to process sensory inputs and their effects, all while staying conscious?Mandatory Law of Funny compliance. Kind of like OHSA posters in our universe.
I'd understand blacking out of a second to preserve processing power and stop fresh input - but that may result in an input/blackout loop. Then why not disconnect the sensory input causing it? Maybe that's not available in every chassis, or it would result in a sensory brownout / pseudoblackout.
Unless JJ actually is going to answer that soon in the comics, I'll have to spin my own theories.
On the psuedo-technical front of speculative engineering I would hazard to guess that things like the core housing the personality matrix and all that wibbly wobbly tiddly widdley mess of actively self rewriting code webs does not have anything like an adjustable clock regulator.
I think this would have something to do with real-time processing of analogue inputs ending up phase shifted and messing up the parameters if you did do that without the added compensation circuitry for each input.
Evaporation cooling for those rare times that the standard cooling system can not handle the load would be a very effective and efficient backup safety capability.
That it just so happens that a libido trigger would cause such an occurrence was most likely unforeseen in the design stage.
If any AI chassis [or core substrate more likely] would have the capability to overclock themselves it would be military systems that would require femto-seconds of screaming fast tactical processing to react to imminent threats between eons of standby mode and talking to the janitor about the latest episode of Game of Thrones.
Mandatory Law of Funny compliance. Kind of like OHSA posters in our universe.
Today's comic hasn't dropped yet..odd.Here's hoping everything is okay.
It's all well and good that Roko can apprentice at the bakery, but I thought the point of getting a second job was her charity work doesn't pay much so she needed to find addtional income.
New Comic Up!
Okay, now maybe the shipper in me is reading too much into stuff. However, I'm wondering if Elliott has a crush on Roko. It suddenly occurs to me that he wants to spend more time with her and really, really wants to persuade her to do so, if I'm interpreting panel 4 correctly. Of course, anything that lets Roko be around bread and the master of making the bread she loves so much is okay by her! I'm sort of waiting for the critical point where Elliott realises that Roko is into the bread and not him or, alternately, Roko starts wondering if it is just the bread for her any more!
However, for me, the main point of this strip is Renee. Can anyone imagine Faye reacting like Renee does here during most of the run of the strip? She has awareness of her own Foot-In-Mouth Syndrome and it's a cause of some frustration to her. I kind of empathise with her here because it sometimes takes me two or three attempts to parse things that I don't want in my speech out of my speech, which is why I seem hesitant to some people.
FWIW, I really don't know if, in panel 2, Roko is annoyed with Renee or more confused about her behaviour.
But...
But...
But...
If Roko can turn down her sensitivity... Then her sensitivity shouldn't be a problem?
(Looks like those who were clamouring for an Elliot/Roko hook-up might be on tenterhooks at the moment!)
Interesting times.
But...
But...
But...
If Roko can turn down her sensitivity... Then her sensitivity shouldn't be a problem?
(Looks like those who were clamouring for an Elliot/Roko hook-up might be on tenterhooks at the moment!)
Interesting times.
On the other hand, making a job out of a... let's say, passion... can be really disappointing in the long run. Will Roko still feel the same toward bread, once she will have to bake a certain amount of loafs per day?
Today's comic hasn't dropped yet..odd.
But...
But...
But...
If Roko can turn down her sensitivity... Then her sensitivity shouldn't be a problem?
(Looks like those who were clamouring for an Elliot/Roko hook-up might be on tenterhooks at the moment!)
Interesting times.
Pretty sure selling bread that's been rubbed on a butt, even a robot butt, would be a serious health code violationYeah, and Roko being Roko, that would stop her in her tracks.
We used to start ours the last Sunday of Marchuntil the Energy Policy Act of 2005. When it DST first got started on thiss side of the pond, it didn't start until the last Sunday of April.Today's comic hasn't dropped yet..odd.
Just a reminder that in the States and Canada, clocks go forward on the second Sunday in March, whereas in Europe, they go forward the last Sunday in March
The rationale is certainly unsound (http://"h") AND it throws 2nd and 3rd shift employees under the bus.
It's sorted now.It goes to an essentially dead Wiki page with no information on the rationale.
Now it's fixed. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time) The link up there had an unnecessary "
Elliott offered to take a pay cut so that Jim could afford to pay Roko. Given what is said in Friday's strip, I suspect that Jim (rightly) told Elliott that this was a silly idea and that he shouldn't allow his compassion for (and, possibly, his attraction to) Roko to hurt him.
Elliott offered to take a pay cut so that Jim could afford to pay Roko. Given what is said in Friday's strip, I suspect that Jim (rightly) told Elliott that this was a silly idea and that he shouldn't allow his compassion for (and, possibly, his attraction to) Roko to hurt him.
It looks like 'bat' and 'spotted-tailed salamander' are tied as clear winners for Brun's pet.Australian flying foxes would look like Satanic inverted puppy dogs if they weren't so damn cute.
The question becomes what kind of bat?
I'm personally suggesting the Honduran white bat. They're adorable puffballs and primarily eat fruit.
*snip*Hence me suggesting the Honduran white bat. They're body length is 37–47 mm (1.5–1.9 in).
If I had the right kind of space I wouldn't mind having one for a pet.
Did you mean to post in this week's thread (https://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,34363.0.html)?Nope.
That question was actually directed at a different poster who has since deleted their post from this thread and reposted in this week's.Ah.
That question was actually directed at a different poster who has since deleted their post from this thread and reposted in this week's.