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@Satsuma *sigh* I've written code intended to avoid exactly that problem. (So have lots of other people so it's not like there aren't tons of examples of how to choose graph ticks that don't do that if anybody bothered to look.)

@Satsuma Part of me wants to see an example and part of me very much does not want that.

Did a journey on Tetris Effect starting at the beginning and letting my score carry over all the way through the final stage. It looks like the final stage plays out a little differently if you do that? (my zone gauge got an infinity symbol and I got a few extra zones activating automatically one after the next upon getting the required line count)

cat: why are you making dinner when you could be hugging the cat?

When I was young my father said to me:

"Knowledge is Power....Francis Bacon"

I understood it as "Knowledge is power, France is Bacon".

For more than a decade I wondered over the meaning of the second part and what was the surreal linkage between the two? If I said the quote to someone, "Knowledge is power, France is Bacon" they nodded knowingly. Or someone might say, "Knowledge is power" and I'd finish the quote "France is Bacon" and they wouldn't look at me like I'd said something very odd but thoughtfully agree. I did ask a teacher what did "Knowledge is power, France is bacon" mean and got a full 10 minute explanation of the Knowledge is power bit but nothing on "France is bacon". When I prompted further explanation by saying "France is Bacon?" in a questioning tone I just got a "yes". at 12 I didn't have the confidence to press it further. I just accepted it as something I'd never understand.

It wasn't until years later I saw it written down that the penny dropped.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/dxosj/what_word_or_phrase_did_you_totally_misunderstand/c13pbyc

The socially acceptable replacement for a handshake is now, "Wonder Twin powers, activate!"

The new (used) car is smaller but the trunk is big enough for almost anything I've put in the old one and it has some features that I've never had in a car before like a backup camera.

I have a car again. Tomorrow I'll get the old one emptied out and see about getting NPR to tow it away.

finance ~ 

While the credit union couldn't see their way to a yes on a car loan (I'll have to rethink continuing a relationship with them because if they don't have my back when I need help then what good are they?) my sister is going to help me out with that.

New Peruvian coffee is up on the web site. I only brought in 30Kg of this and I've already roasted a third of that so it won't be available for long.

wilsonscoffee.com/

finance - 

After calling the person who was handling my car loan (car needs either replacement or an engine that costs more than half the price of that replacement) application and asking her to check her spam box for the documents she wanted that I emailed Monday (sure enough, there they were), they're not interested in being useful. So that sucks.

I still haven't seen a coconut in so the Cocogoat existing in an area saved for later exploration remains a possibility.

covid, christmas 

Santa Claus is not coming to town. You know why.

@halcy The original plan for the game Marble Madness was for the trackball to have force feedback, but that turned out to be a really hard problem so the idea got scrapped.

It took less than 24 hours to sell out of my first production batch of that. I'll roast more later today.

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It looks like people are finally starting to buy the Christmas Sloth mugs.

It's not on the web site yet, but the new Peruvian coffee is available in store now.

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