I don’t think the light “knew” from the beginning. The light started in a state of superposition, right? Both unholy and holy. Once it hits the vampire, only the unholy light is reflected, acting like a sort of filter similar to a polarizing lens.

I stop hiccuping when I realize I’m doing it, and sneeze more than 3 times in a row. I feel like my hiccup and sneeze wires were crossed somewhere.

Well, if we treat incoming light as a quantum superposition:

|light⟩ = α|holy⟩ + β|unholy⟩

…and assume that vampires reflect only unholy light and absorb holy light, then anything directly part of the vampire’s “system” filters light this way.

So I guess the question becomes, “How does the filtering happen?” Is it by physical surface, or is there some kind of quantum holiness field that absorbs holy light nearby?

You have added The Unholy Spectroscope to your inventory.

The concept of unholy light seems to imply vampires can be detected through unholy spectroscopy.

Would this work? I think the light stops at the mirror because it’s silver.

Normally

1. Light hits the vampire.
2. It bounces off their body.
3. It hits the mirror
4. It reflects from the mirror into your eyes.

Silver mirror

1. Light hits the vampire.
2. It bounces off their body (now unholy light)
3. It hits the mirror and gets absorbed
4. Light doesn’t make it to your eyes

So, technically, there really should be a vampire-shaped hole in the mirror where the vampire was.

On December 2, 2024, the Enron website relaunched as satire, with Connor Gaydos, the cofounder of Birds Aren’t Real, as CEO.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enron

A little part of me makes me happy that Truth Social isn’t even recognizable by name. It’s “US President Donald Trump’s social media platform”

The worst part is that many of these forestry jobs paid for themselves with tourism revenue.

There is a legal basis. US can ban Russian Times paper, too.

ಠ_ಠ

Another loose rule I have is to fill the trash can each week. If it’s not completely full I try to find things to put into it.

I have a one and half year rule. If I haven’t used it for more than 1 and a half years, it’s trash.

It’s basically the Hasan Abi doctrine.

A general guide for nation-building to follow coined by Hasan Piker.

#1 Get Nukes #2 If asked to give up your nukes, do NOT give up your nukes. #3 If you’re accused of having nukes, drop everything IMMEDIATELY and find some nukes. (See: Iraq and Weapons Of Mass Destruction)

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Hasanabi+Doctrine

They are probably trying to find that spot where it’s just slightly more annoying to block ads than leave them unblocked.

I was just about to say this. The kids are likely special needs or neurodivergent.

I laughed at the absurdity of this comment.

Oh that’s a good series, he has a mastodon account, too.

https://mastodon.social/@CrustaceanSingles

I’ve switched to Ropa Vieja with rice. It’s so much better and can easily freeze leftovers.

It’s only half spinning too.

That’s still a person against a bot. Spammers can spin up accounts automatically in Nostr with no verification.