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Cake day: August 5th, 2026

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  • There actually might be no war at all, because some things make warfare between these two species that much more difficult.

    Behind the spoiler are details from Project Hail Mary, so if you’re planning on reading/watching it yourself, best not to look there.

    Spoilers
    • There is a massive difference between Earth’s and Erid’s atmosphere requiring so much preparation and war engineering from either party
    • That said, Rocky was able to make a sort of a spacesuit that worked extremely well, at least in the Hail Mary spaceship’s atmosphere (which wasn’t 1:1 earthlike, I believe)
    • That suit was made out of Xenonite, which is a substance Earth cannot compete with, probably making damn good armor
    • Earth has little to nothing to survive Eridian atmosphere in warfare circumstances: no material or tech that can be used for a spacesuit here, certainly not in the amounts for planetary combat, especially given the air supply that would be required

    Either side’s troops seem so fragile in the enemy condition and so unconquerable on their own turf.

    Honestly, Earth and Erid could make formidable allies more than anything, because a war between the two would be very stalemate-y attrition-type deal.



  • Sugar free drinks are taxed at 20c/l

    Does that include artificial sweeteners? I have some sort of prejudice against them that I couldn’t substantiate with research, but one thing is certain: none of them felt good to me.

    I am much happier with drinking less sweet beverages overall, but made with regular sugar. Actually tend to spend less that way, even if I pay more for less - I just happen to be buying that much less frequently that way.


  • Hard disagree.

    There’s some debate to have here about neuroplasticity and whether cursive handwriting (or the process of learning something involving both the cognitive resources and some rather fine hand, wrist, fingers, a bit of an arm movement), but one thing is certain: it’s a faster way to write stuff down.

    I have tried journaling and other writing both in printed and cursive, and the former makes me not write at all, because there’s not enough time in this world for me to be my verbose self on paper when trying to write legible printed letters.

    Cursive is just that fast. Faster if you learn to write shorter forms of the same words. Even faster if you learn some special systems, but that’s a different rabbit hole.

    But I will admit that learning to be concise with one’s words without losing meaning and gravity is also beneficial, even if only for trying to push Alzheimer’s and others further into the future.