derek

One of the reasons is flow control. You want to be able to move a lot of water slowly until it's where you want it. Many small inlets distributed along the surface is a simple and effective method. I'm sure achieving the design you're speculating on is possible but it would be more complex and expensive for that design to reliably achieve similar goals/metrics.

Permeable pavements like pervious concrete and porous asphalt allow some of what you're interested in without requiring a reinvention of the wheel.

I'm not a doctor.

This still sounds like depression. It's a depression I'm familiar with. It doesn't feel as heavy. Life doesn't lack color. It just doesn't seem any part is as satisfying as it ought to be.

My go-to tactic is to give myself some space to process and then go do free low-stakes things outside the norm. Go to a museum. Walk around a mall. Find the schedule for a local sports league and go watch a game. Visit a local library and see what you can volunteer to help with.

Entertainment isn't enough. We need connection with the world outside of ourselves. Finding ways to engage satisfying that need that aren't taxing is a good first step.

Are you able to translate? I searched around a bit but can't make heads or tails of it.

I've tried a few extracts. Blending with other flavors they're pretty good. Solo is hit or miss. Real vanilla bean extract is excellent (if one likes vanilla) but ones found on the same store shelf which use vanillin are... Unpleasant.

I've had some success using bitters as well. Angostura makes an orange bitters that mixes well with the oooflavors cream soda flavoring. It's like a creamsicle's older brother turned into a fizzy water. That one gets a nice lift from a bit of honey or agave but doesn't require it.

Check out One On One Flavors. They sell water soluble and oil soluble flavors.

A few years ago I bought a variety of the water soluble flavors for making flavored sparkling water at home. I've enjoyed most of my choices and the few I don't care for are still interesting (and useful for cocktail experiments).

Some of the cola flavorings are fine as-is. Some of them rely on a bit of sweetness to taste like they should.

Am I correct in understand your central question is "what's the practical impact"?

If so then I think it's a good theme for conversation. I've seen suggestions that "death of the artist" applies here. I've also seen "software is apolitical" and similar. While these are valid discussions in their own right: they miss the point.

Using anything created by people whose public speech is actively and consistently attempting to rhetorically enhance their political views implies acceptance or endorsement of those views. It's a kind of identity politics not dissimilar in concept from brand identity.

What is and is not culturally acceptable is (in part) determined by norms established via association with such identities and the credibility-enhancing displays affirming those associations.

Using Omarchy suggests DHH's political views are acceptable. It doesn't matter how much creedance one gives this idea or how much impact it may have. The "Nazi dinner party" principal applies regardless.

That doesn't sound insensitive. It sounds honest.

Much around death is shockingly mundane. For every heaving grief I know there are dozens of petty ones riding its coattails. All of them dull and common. I think that's healthy to recognize.

It makes sense after accepting spacetime is mutable. Reference frames are merely referential localization.

Something is odd when it's out of place and not easily dismissed. Developing a theme of some sort which infers some seemingly random items are somehow connected would add a sense of intention.

If your friend is in to fishing then you could litter fishing related things about their home. If they're into a certain spots team then leaving a rival team's merch would certainly catch their attention. You get the idea.

If you want to concoct something more elaborate and strange pick an object to start with and think of the most unrelated thing you could still associate with it. Like an eagle feather leading to Xavier: Renegade Angel. Going on a wiki-walk is great for this sort of brainstorming. Identify a bunch of loosely related but inexpensive items that are easy to hide and simple to find.

The "doubles of stuff they already have" bit is gold though.

https://lemon-manuals.la/ worked for me just now.

Because parallelism is not relevant.

I did not suggest you ought to discard anything.

I have considered your point. I then addressed the framework you seem to be using to build that conclusion. You've assumed axioms from what you see as related disciplines are still useful in a context you're admittedly ignorant of. I suggest that familiarizing yourself with domains on which you are ignorant will provide the answers you're looking for.

It'll also explain why others already familiar with the topic find your reasoning falls short or isn't interesting enough to meaningfully engage with.

The way you're talking about the CMB and the questions you're asking about it suggest that you're unfamiliar with the topic's particulars. I'd start here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_microwave_background

You're making intuitive assumptions based in what you currently believe you know. Some of the concepts you're using to framework your thinking simply don't apply.