I went looking and found the Cosmos tool for customizing a Dactyl Manuform, that’s what convinced me to make one.

https://ryanis.cool/cosmos/beta#cm

I was able to measure my finger bone lengths and customize the keyboard to match. Very cool stuff!

COOKING FOR ENGINEERS!!!

I learned how to cook from this site like 20 years ago! I still use that format on my home recipe cards sometimes, but now I’ve just gotten so used to it all recipes look like this on my head. Great format, taters guna tate.

The real site also includes a paragraph description, this is just a quick reference card that’s assuming you have already cooked the recipe a few times, not great for learning it the first time.

So many times I’m having a shit day or can’t fall asleep and then there’s a volunteer fire call and suddenly I’m putting my gear on in the back of the engine with the windows down going 65mph and everything is right in my brain

what’s this meme from?

same issue here

Don’t forget to pickup an application while you’re there! Get a doctor’s note and they’ll hand you gear and a pager so you know when there’s a fire.

I started running volunteer fire a few years ago and it’s totally worth it.

David Attenborough voice and here we have the uncommon Star Trek BDSM meme, in which the bottom craves the endorphins, of a serious spanking

This is the real answer right here!

Not just partners but really anyone it’s easy if you establish who is the head chef and who is the sous-chef(s).

I’m happy to cook with as many sous-chefs as we can cram into the kitchen. Heck I’ll put someone on a grill outside if I get too many. An extra two sous-chefs? Sounds like we’re about to have two extra side dishes. Maybe a pie. Now the dishes are washed before we’re done. Now they’re dried and put away! I can find more tasks! Floors swept, counters wiped, I can find tasks for a small contingent of sous-chefs! Mad with power.

And same in reverse, there’s something so hypnotic about just being the sous-chef. YES CHEF. Cut the veggies smaller YES CHEF. Just go with the flow. Ahhh

If you’re like me and love the idea of driving and using these…

join your local volunteer fire department! I joined 3.5 years ago and do not regret it one bit. We’ve got a tower just like that, and I get to train with it pretty much any time I want. The other day I set it up and took it all 100’ straight up. It was epic to see my town from above like that.

Volunteer firefighters are in extreme demand. Most volunteer companies have critical member shortages and can barely staff their apparatus for most calls. As a volunteer you can do as little or as much as you like. It’s very easy to get in unless you just never show up or act dangerously. I thought there would be this super hard test or something but instead it was a background check and my doctor had to submit a note. We chatted for a few minutes and they handed me a pile of gear, showed me how to put it on, and then setup the app on my phone and told me training nights are Thursday 7pm. That night I was on the fire ground for a building fire helping with tasks outside on the street (you aren’t allowed anywhere dangerous without special training).

It’s been actually really cool. My company paid for me to take Firefighter 1 and then I found out there’s a whole skill tree of classes you can take afterwards. It’s like a game with branching paths. Can’t take Officer 2 without first finishing Officer 1, Instructor 1, Firefighter 2, Vehicle Rescue Ops, Hazmat Ops, and Firefighter 1. And so on. After the two ops classes are the technician levels. There’s 5 different rescue paths, like rope rescue or trench rescue. There’s whole branches for driving, operating pumps, operating towers, working as an engine crew (hoses, nozzles, foam / water), and working as a truck crew (ladders, power tools, axes, crowbars and halligans). Wildland is a whole different branch of skills. There’s a whole officer branch for learning command and a branch for instructing new firefighters.

If you’re near Philly you can come check out my station SFPA! You don’t have be close to be a member. Some of our members live pretty far away but sign up for an overnight shift and sleep in a private bunkroom. They’ll go on any calls that happen overnight, then head to work the next morning.

The perks are great: help your local community stay safe, free training, free gym membership, free bunkrooms and showers if you do shifts, a lounge for folks to relax in, and really access to a community of folks who believe in strong mutual aid. I didn’t plan for this, but a whole community of folks who are willing to get out of bed in the middle of the night to rescue a stranger are way more likely to help you move or let you borrow a wood chipper. We’ve suddenly found ourselves with access to a tool library worth six figures easily. The friends you make doing this are very different. They’re weird for sure, but the bond we’ve got is very different from every other group I’ve been a part of. I’ll remember these folks for the rest of my life. There’s nothing quite like going into a burning building and knowing your crew has your back. They can be assholes sometimes or cringe, but it really does hit different.

This looks like it should be a System Gateway card art

what is this image from?

everywhere I look I see his one eye staring back at me

I should call him

whoaaaaa

I don get it. A Cameron Diaz?

to me it’s good in historical context the same way the cave paintings are good in the historical context. Do we paint better paintings now? Sure! Are there better shows now? Sure!

But at the time it was a fantastic blend of genres and surrealism that just came out of nowhere like a freight train in the night.

It’s like watching 4 different shows all blended together. I really like it for that boldness. Sure sometimes it doesn’t quite land but that’s ok.

Yeah I’ve thought the same thing, it’s less I want a streak high score and more like I want just a regular old high score.

And maybe there’s a streak high score also but probably I’d disable it.

Sure why not!

It really is so underrated.

I’ve done a bad job explaining it, it’s just kind of like running on your toes but with a smidge of heel on the ground

It’s entirely possible to walk in a way that’s not striking your heel against the ground, in which case a thin soled shoe is fine. I do all my walking, hiking, and running in very thin soled barefoot shoes and my knees are rarely sore or injured.

I’ve hiked 1000 miles of the AT over a 4 month window that way, and walk a few miles a day on sidewalks. I’m training for my first half marathon. My partner is an ultra runner who does 50 mile races in thin barefoot shoes.

You just have to slightly adjust how you step so your toes act more like a shock absorber. You want them to touch the ground about the same time as the heel or slightly before. I’ve heard it described as “fox walking”. It’s a little awkward but it is possible.

However, my only complaint about vans is just how super heavy they are. That would fatigue me so fast. If you can afford an upgrade or can find some used, I’d check out shoes from Xero. They last a good long time. The real sweetness is how they are super light. If you want a bit more cushion the Altra Lone Peak is also excellent.