bitofarambler

"Xennials are the micro-generation of people on the cusp of the Generation X and Millennial demographic cohorts.

Many researchers and popular media use birth years from 1977 to 1983,[1] though some extend this further in either direction"

never heard of these.

you know what, he really sounded sincere when he said it, and literally every Vietnamese person who welcomed me to their country(which was every single one I was able to communicate with over 3 months) sounded so happy that an American was visiting.

it seemed like they were all as nervous as I was about our relations. but the fact that I was there and trying to poorly speak Vietnamese and just interested in their country really meant a lot to them.

though yeah, winning a war with “the most powerful country in the world” probably soothes a lot of the awkwardness.

there’s this crazy site called. the B-52 lake, even though it’s only a few dozen meters across, and a B-52 is stuck in this pond in the middle of a residential neighborhood where it was shot down by the Vietnamese during the war, and it’s sticking out by one wing the way it landed when it was shot down.

I rented an apartment right next to it and had no idea until I walked out of the building and saw a B-52 sticking out of a pond.

I was very concerned about traveling to Vietnam the first time, and then once I got there I was shocked and relieved at how nice everybody was to me, and then one guy explicitly mentioned he felt bad Vietnam beat the US so bad in the war.

he even shrugged and did a “you know…because the US lost the war…but that’s behind us. and you are welcome, it’s very nice you are visiting!” and I was like ohhhh of course. i would be gracious too in his situation.

Methalodon

California is the 4th largest.

Texas is the 8th.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Texas

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_California

yeah, looks interesting for sure.

I really enjoy backpacking and walking and I’m interested in seeing the Australian outback through the eyes of a walker.

actually, I think the second to the last podcast I put out was about walking specifically as a wonderful mode of travel.

thanks for the recommendation.

oh wow, thanks, this is my first hearing about it.

I appreciate the heads up, I’m checking out the website now.

Texas is the 8th largest economy in the world.

that blew my mind recently.

that looks crazy good, especially after 5 days of backpacking.

were you backpacking in rural areas around your home or did you go a national park or something?

I used to backpack a lot, but never got around to it while I was in Australia.

you bought it, why shouldn’t you also rent it?

only if the corporate citizen promises really hard we can trust them. like a super promise.

just started journey to Savage planet, which is a lot of fun.

the humor reminds me a lot of outer worlds and the exploration feels a lot like outer wilds, coincidentally.

I’m having a really good time playing it and will probably check out the sequel when I finish.

really good article with a couple surprises in there.

"some people speculated that, because of the political pressure against it, its release must have been an act of resistance by someone within the IRS. But the open sourcing of the program was always part of the plan, and was required by a law called the SHARE IT Act. It happened “fully above board, which is honestly more of a feat!,” Given told 404 Media. “This has been in the works since last year.”

Vinton told 404 Media in a phone call that the open sourcing of Direct File “is just good government.”

“All code paid for by taxpayer dollars should be open source, available for comment, for feedback, for people to build on and for people in other agencies to replicate. It saves everyone money and it is our [taxpayers’] IP,” she said. “This is just good government and should absolutely be the standard that government technologists are held to.”"

if you’re talking about the fermented bean curd that I’m familiar with, the flavor is insanely strong.

and despicable, haha.

describing the spiciness of fermented bean curd as superfluous sounds accurate to me.

I just traveled to Guatemala and learned that once you’re in Guatemala, which is visa-free for most countries, you can also travel visa-free to Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua during your stay.

haha, yea these guys look real dapper.

haha, yeah, apparently when they’re skinny fellas they call them crab-eating raccoons… or Wikipedia does anyway haha, all the locals here just say “mapaches” without any qualifiers.

they are also pretty chill.

they have the chunky ones living in the forest here apparently, but these sleek fellas just run all around along the coastline.

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fucked up is also my jam, so I’ll be looking all of those up.

thank you very much.

these sleek crab-eating raccoons in Panama City are pretty cute: