My concern is in regards to AI… I think many are relying more and more on it. Making such content a waste of my time in this perspective.

Another way to frame this is “I don’t have anything new to add to what AI would write on the subject”.

Don’t you? Then why are you thinking about writing a blog? Even if it’s just a documentation of your projects, it’ll be your perspective. AI can’t write that, so people who want to read your blog aren’t going to get it from AI.

4. I’m Gerald of Nivea. Up for a game of Pwent?

You’d be astounded at the places you’ll run into the idea that foreskin is gross. I was at a burlesque show - very left-leaning crowd - and the MC asked for “what ruins a bedroom experience for you”. “Uncut cock” was like the second answer and everyone hooted and hollered (though props to the MC, they managed to seem real uncomfortable while playing it off well). I’ve never had it directed at me thankfully, though I have had some surprise from one or two partner that I’m not cut.

I’ll say it til the day I die, I owe my mum a debt I can never repay for not letting my dad do that to me. Just one of the multitude of ways she protected me.

So then if the bucket is moving in a counter clockwise direction, the “left” wall of the bucket would be the thing acting on the water. Wouldn’t that cause the water to stick to the left wall of the bucket, not the bottom?

It might help to remember that “left” and “bottom” are different depending on where you’re standing. The water keeps moving in the direction the original force got it moving, but as the bucket traces the circular path, the “left” and “bottom” walls are now in different positions relative to the water. Remember, you don’t see the water sitting peacefully on the “bottom” of the bucket like you would if it were standing at rest; the water is forced in the “bottom left corner” of the bucket while it spins, because the water always being accelerated (by the bucket) tangent to the direction its already moving.

Also, the bucket is absolutely experiencing the force of the water acting on it - right from the start of the string pulling taut, the water has been pushing on the bucket’s walls (and even before, actually, the whole time the water is in the bucket). But that’s not really relevant.

I’m not quite sure I get how fictitious anti particles relate to fictitious forces.

Sorry, I didn’t mean to muddy the water - I was just trying to illustrate why it’s called “fictitious”. It looks and acts like a force (or a particle, in the case of the marble), but it isn’t one because it doesn’t actually exist outside that frame of reference. Centripetal force is the “pull” towards the centre of the circle that is required for circular motion; if you think of the actual motion of swinging a bucket around on a string, you’ll be pulling on the string (if you don’t pull, the bucket flies off in a straight line, along with the water in it). And, if you don’t pull the string, and the bucket and water fly off in a straight line, then the water (and bucket) no longer experience the centrifugal force they got while tracing the circular path.

It’s called a fictitious force because there’s not actually a universal phenomenon like gravity or electromagnetism that causes it. When the bucket starts moving, the water is at rest, and the bucket’s motion causes the water to move in a single direction. When the bucket’s vector starts to change, the water’s vector does not. The water is still moving in the original direction, but that direction is now “outwards” from the centre, and the bucket exhibits new motion on the water, changing the direction it’s traveling again. The water is trying to escape the bucket, but keep going in the direction it’s already going (outwards), not towards the centre of the circle the bucket is tracing. The bucket however is in the way, redirecting it along the circular path. Remove the bucket, and the water goes flying off away from the center of the circle.

Another way to understand a fictitious force is to think of a bunch of marbles in a box, packed tight so all the marbles are touching and none of them can move. Each marble is a particle, push on one and you affect others around it. Now, remove a marble so you have a space, and only one marble can move at a time. And now, reverse your vision - the space left by removing the marble is the particle, an “anti-particle”, and the marbles are free space. Push on the marbles, and the anti-particle moves around like a marble would. It’s not a marble of course, it’s a space, so you could call this “anti-particle” you just created “fictitious”.

So it’s not that the water in the bucket is accelerating inwards, because it’s not the water maintaining that circular motion at all - it’s the bucket maintaining the circular motion. The water’s “inwards acceleration” that keeps it moving in a circle is actually just the water’s inertia, relative to the motion of the bucket.

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For real. Removing SMS support was the biggest mistake they could have made IMO. Even though they’re right that SMS is stupidly insecure, that feature was crucial to getting people to adopt the app. As soon as they removed it, basically everyone I had convinced to install it dropped off. I still haven’t found a trustworthy replacement myself (open to suggestions), so I’m just using Signal alongside the stock Graphene messages app for SMS.

nothing about it at all

Third largest set of protests in American history

🤔

(Note I said nothing about efficacy, but some people do seem to think it’s effective; I guess we’ll see)

Did you get into a particularly crafty profession or has it remained a hobby for you?

Well if someone doesn’t go vote, you don’t send the police to arrest them and make them vote; you fine them for not voting. At least, that’s how it works in Australia.

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I got Control: Ultimate Edition for $4 on sale recently and was really surprised by how good it is. One of the few games I’ve stuck with right through to beating it, and the DLC too. I’ve been considering Firebreak but the backlog is long and money is a little tight for frivolous promises right now. Sounds like I should play Alan Wake, though!

Found the Kerbal.

I’ve done it. Circumstances sometimes demand, what are you gonna do? 🤷 But also, I always clean up after myself - wipe down around the sink if I splashed, and rinse the toothpaste out of the sink itself. That’s just courtesy, professional and general.

Man, fuck Alex Villanueva. That piece of shit brought the LAPD and public safety in SoCal back decades.

Stupid enough to believe RFK Jr isn’t an antivaxxer, but not so stupid you forget to breathe. It’s a fine line.

Some people are just arseholes, and they make themselves miserable without even realising it. The best revenge is a life well-lived. Enjoy the things you enjoy, minimise the things you don’t, and forget they exist - your people are out there 😊

Emotional dysregulation is a bitch.