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Cake day: December 17th, 2023

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  • Work takes me to Houston from time to time, and I wholeheartedly agree. I would never want to live there.

    It seems that whenever you find something likeable about the place, it turns out to be a product of a predatory system.

    I seriously hope the workers at T.J. Birria Y Mas down in Missouri City are well paid and cared for (I doubt it), because they’re doing an awesome job and it’s hard not to love that place.


  • Depends what they mean by “traditionally” and its iimplications. Did it use to be Hungarian? Sure, at some point it was. So if by “traditionally” they mean “formerly”, fine. It’d be an interesting move if neighboring countries (Ukraine) agreed to this, provided that Hungary at the same time relinquished any claim on the same territory, and Orban got his tongue out of Putins ass.

    After all, there are many territories that is “traditionally” part of a different country. Karelia, Königsberg, Northern Ireland, Tibet, Hawaii, just to name a few. But the world has (mostly) moved on out of pragmatism.







  • At least it was (mostly) dealt with. Cars generally don’t need it anymore, and the few that do can reduce engine knock through additives. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a pump offering leaded fuel.

    One big exception to all of this is small general aviation aircraft. They mostly run on AVGAS100LL, but it’s not because of the planes anymore. Just like cars, the few planes that need it can use additives. But regulation for fuel standards change slowly, and ICAO moves at the pace of glacial drift.




  • This is not an answer to your question, simply because I do not have one. I just want to recommend checking out the works of Vasilij Grossman. I’m not sure how much of a true communist he was at heart, if at all, but he has a few books on the war from the Russian perspective. Considering the state of censorship in that era in USSR, I would believe his works align fairly well with official communist standpoints.

    He has one book about Stalingrad (For a Just Cause), but I think that’s fiction set in a historical context. Don’t quote me on that, though, I haven’t read it myself.

    I’m not 100% sure about the English title of the book by him that I have read, but I think it was “A Writer at War”. He produced it a few years after the war, compiling his notes and experiences into a proper book. It’s a really interesting read, and I highly recommend it.