Recent content by stfoskey12

Okay, but manual transmission cars are already very uncommon in the US. Even if a few enthusiasts keep gas powered cars, I don't think they'll remain the default car forever.

I have avoided walking in any tall grass. I got them a few times as a kid, and it was quite annoying.

I'm visiting family in North Carolina, and it is remarkably cool for summer. Today the high was only 80°F (27°C) and the low this morning was a cool 61°F (16°C).

When I've lived in an apartment, AC has never been over $80/month. I think it may cost up to $120/month in the house I'm moving into, but it will be split three ways among housemates.

What I find funny is whenever I have gone to the Great Lakes region in summer, it has always felt pleasant. Sometimes it's been a little humid, but nothing compared to the Southeastern US. Of course I'm sure it would feel different if I went there in a heatwave. One of my friends recently got a...

This was mine too. I don't remember the magazines, but I remember my dad and I watching the early returns come in on TV. I went to bed without knowing who won and my dad told me in the morning. I was in 1st grade, so I was too young to have an opinion on who I wanted to win. I also remember the...

Yeah my dad has a heat pump in his house in North Carolina. And I think a lot of apartments have them too. But the house I'm renting currently has a gas furnace.

Today is a hot and humid summer day where I am, but I am enjoying a cool, air-conditioned house. It made me wonder what proportion of people on CFC have air conditioning systems where they live. Where I have lived in North Carolina and Oklahoma, A/C has always been near-universal, but when I...

The way I see it is that Israel doesn't want to recognize a Palestinian state either. Hence we are at an impasse and each side feels it is necessary to kill to get what they want.

I don't think killing embassy employees will do anything to help Palestinians. It will just reinforce the stereotype many Americans have of pro-Palestine supporters being pro-Hamas and antisemitic.

McDonald's is fine, but I never go there on my own. I like the regional fast food chain Braum's much better.

I think Oklahoma makes annexation fairly easy. Oklahoma City and Norman both annexed a ton of rural land around the 1960s-70s to prevent losing a tax base to suburbanization/white flight. OKC has a few older suburbs like Nichols Hills and The Village that are completely surrounded by the city.

We've had a warm spring so far, but it gets cool and rainy just in time for the weekends. I don't mind cool weather, but I prefer my weekends to not be washouts.

Thoughts on K2-18b? https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/science/astronomy-exoplanets-habitable-k218b.html?unlocked_article_code=1.BE8.gLTb.YOjeMdJ2gK5Q&smid=url-share A few key quotes from the article:

I think a minority of immigrants are the type to attend pro-Hamas rallies. Most immigrants I interact with tend to be fairly patriotic. In the US there does not seem to be a large unemployed immigrant population, but I'm not enough of an expert to comment on the reasoning behind that. I suppose...