Well, it's not anymore as there's only the last layer of logs remaining. It started like this.
Supposedly, if you make it big enough with large and damp/green logs at the bottom, and then progressively smaller ones going towards the top, you could have a fire that goes on the whole night. You can even fill the gaps between the logs on the last few layers with sand to slow it down even further.
Ironic how my dull life still isn't dull enough for this community.
I disagree with the premise that most of our financial decisions are algorithmically driven. The majority of my spending goes toward necessities that I have little to no control over - mortgage, groceries, utility bills, insurance, fuel, maintenance, and so on. I'd imagine it's the same for most people. Very few of my purchases are something I've actively decided to buy.
I ate six. My upside-down fire worked great but I'm still experimenting. It was the first time I made a fire in this particular location. On the way home I snapped the derailleur hanger on my bike and had to push it home nearly 6 kilometers in a pitch black forest in the middle of the night.
The term artificial intelligence is broader than many people realize. It doesn’t mean human-level consciousness or sci-fi-style general intelligence - that’s a specific subset called AGI (Artificial General Intelligence). In reality, AI refers to any system designed to perform tasks that would typically require human intelligence. That includes everything from playing chess to recognizing patterns, translating languages, or generating text.
Large language models fall well within this definition. They're narrow AIs - highly specialized, not general - but still part of the broader AI category. When people say "this isn't real AI," they’re often working from a fictional or futuristic idea of what AI should be, rather than how the term has actually been used in computer science for decades.
I find it much easier to imagine an AI VC than an AI plumber.
AI and LLM are not synonymous terms.
I simply took your message and swapped out Republicans to Jews just to highlight the eerie similarities in tone and logic. I hoped this would be obvious and wouldn't need explaining. I guess I was wrong.
Does this have something to do with the maggoty cum farts?
It's extremely rare that I turn down a cup of coffee.
Honestly, the Russian invasion of Ukraine was probably the last major news event I actually paid significant attention to. The constant firehose of bad news has made me pretty apathetic. Even serious events - ones that aren’t minor at all - just end up feeling like yet another distant dumpster fire I have no control over. So I scroll past them and get on with my life. The world was supposed to have ended already - yet here we are. I just can’t bring myself to feel that sense of urgency anymore, unless it’s something as immediate and personal as Russia trying to invade my country next.
Except it’s not the same thing. Spoiled refers to milk that has gone bad due to age or improper storage. That’s not what the swill milk scandal was about. It was milk that was bad to begin with - not spoiled, just poor quality because it came from sick animals.
As someone who's been dealing with a lot of low mood lately, it really brightens my day to hear someone express gratitude for my anonymous, unauthorized trail maintenance.
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Nice to know I hadn't been saving all those different size keyrings for nothing. Fast fashion? Not on my watch.
It’s been a few years. I chuckled a bit at this - it looks like a couple of nests stacked on top of each other. Also, it makes me feel weirdly proud to see that birds have accepted my self-made houses for nesting.
I'm still not quite happy with my current toolbox, so I’ve decided to design my own. I intend to follow the “first order retrievability” principle, meaning every tool should be accessible with one hand, without having to move anything else out of the way. I’ve made fixed tool holders from PVC pipe before - it’s a familiar, readily available material for me.
I haven’t settled on the final design yet - this sketch is just to get the idea across. My main issue is figuring out how to secure the pipes to the plywood frame. I can screw the first row into the sides and central divider, but the next row would either need to be attached to the surrounding pipes or mounted from the bottom. I’ve used screws thru the base before, and while it works, it tends to deform the pipe. I’m wondering if there’s an alternative I’m overlooking - ideally something that can also be disassembled later, since the design will probably go through several iterations.
I’m also open to any tips or ideas on what else to incorporate into the design. I’m a general handyman, so I’m carrying most of the common hand tools to jobs. For power tools, I have a separate bag.
I can try to find a picture of my current tool bag so you’ll have a better idea of the setup I’m aiming for.
This is Finland. The window for campfire cooking is rather brief. Spring was quite early this year - normally there would still be some snow on the ground too.