Sweet_Inevitable_933 t1_jbw8iks wrote on March 12, 2023 at 5:01 AM

Reply to I captured this lightning-filled star trail from the International Space Station. More details in comments! by astro_pettit

That’s a really cool photo Mr. Petitt, thanks! Go Beavs!!

Sweet_Inevitable_933 t1_j5rn0uw wrote on January 25, 2023 at 2:00 AM

Reply to The Key to California’s Survival Is Hidden Underground The state is ping-ponging between severe drought and catastrophic flooding. The solution to both? Making the landscape spongier. by Sariel007

Instead of waiting for the government to solve the problem years from now, people with property can build or carve out some space on their land for a detention pond. It will hold water and can feed the local aquifers. One problem might be that after so many years of drought, the soils are so compacted or are composed of too much clay, that they won't actually absorb much.

There are a lot of good ideas here, and it's frustrating waiting for "the officials" to research it and then discuss it, go for funding, etc... years go by and still nothing happens.

Sweet_Inevitable_933 t1_j27nf2d wrote on December 30, 2022 at 5:50 AM

Reply to comment by flaagan in The End of the Silicon Valley Myth by ONEcrazyHINDU

Totally agree.

It also kind of bugs me to have people say "I'm in tech, too!" while it took me years to become an engineer and they've just joined in a non-tech role. I can only smile -- as everyone wants to be in tech now. And people used to call us nerds as an insult, but somehow now it's cool to be a nerd. Go figure.