Being able to live alone is one of the most important things to me. If I want someone in my space, it's my choice.
Weirdfish
joined 3 years ago
I have to say, this was an accurate and non-offensive assent of my spending habits.
Of course, that was just what they felt comfortable sharing, I know I've made purchases through Amazon they could have called me out on.
For the dry food, no, she cleans that pretty good all by herself. I clean the water bowl because she loves to grow things in it.
The first time I got serious about Linux would have been 2003, taking a few classes at the community college and joining a computer club w a focus on Linux.
Was my primary OS from 2003 to about 2013, when work drove me back to Windows. I basically haven't had a personal PC since then, switched to gaming on consoles.
Still use it for servers, and plan on switching my new home PC over in the coming weeks.
Came to suggest this one, that movie was such a good time
I've been playing Rocksmith bass for about six years, and recently got the four sting version of that Ibanez.
Never thought I'd spend that much on what is essentially a PlayStation controller, but I absolutely love it.
Lived in and around Chicago most of my life, and this is also my answer.
Having a winter hobby to look forward to takes the edge of the cold weather for me.
You mentioned the lake, but another benefit often overlooked is access to one of the largest bodies of fresh water on the planet.
Been watching since the first season and just love it. Would have liked to attend, maybe if they do it again.
Match two was fantastic, and the whole season was good.
Kinda wish they had more base game for round three but still was fun.
Always makes me want to play again, and then realize I am no where near their skill level.
The fuck we need snipers covering Arlington cemetery for?
Had to look up Zaddy, will absolutely take it
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The greatest strength of science, I would argue the primary purpose of science, is to predict the future.
Models by definition aren't perfect, but they don't have to be, they just have to be good enough to accurately predict the outcome.
Being able to model a system before you build it, and know with confidence it will work, is possibly the single most powerful tool man has created.
There are two broad categories of science, theoretical, and experimental.
The theorist looks at the data, and tries to build better models to explain that data, and predict new things from it.
The experimenter tries to then apply those models to real world experience, and see if they can break the models.
This feedback loop of thinking about things in a new way, and then objectively verifying them, is the heart of science.
Everything we make today of any engineering significance is put through this process, airplanes, computer chips, medicine, etc, and because of it we can design and build these things with far less guesswork.
You'd have a real hard time building a cellphone without knowledge of Ohm's law or Maxwell's equations.
The food required to feed our current population wouldn't be possible without advanced chemistry, and our global communication networks couldn't exist without a whole host of sciences.
As far as it's weakness, well, I'd argue as a method of thought, it really doesn't have any.
Some will argue it doesn't answer the "big questions", why am I here? What's my purpose in life? Does it really cosmolocically matter if I don't get out of bed in the morning?
To that I say, who cares? That's not the goal of science, that belongs to philosophy.