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Kevin
@kevincounihan.bsky.social
Software @ higher ed.
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(Grocery store)

Hi little green pepper, I'm taking you home with me!

Would you prefer a slow death in the fridge or would you rather go straight to the composter?
December 16, 2024 at 12:08 PM
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why is everyone at the netflix datacenter yelling at me? sure it's my second day on the job but i think i'm operating this backhoe just fine
November 16, 2024 at 5:09 AM
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Why aren't you using alt text?
November 11, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Blue Skeeters, I'm looking Youtube video suggestions, ~10-20 minutes long, that do a good job explaining the January 6 insurrection.

Audience: my international friends, who aren't familiar with our political process or what happened on 1/6.

Bonus points if it's an explanation in Spanish!
October 30, 2024 at 11:05 PM
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You can't end or streamline grief with a computer program and I think it's incredibly unhealthy to do so. Loss is an inevitable part of the human experience.
Anyone who says they want to see the “complete and total eradication of grief” vastly overrates what bots will be able to do but also speaks to how tech solutionists misunderstand what it means to exist in the world. A hollow amalgam of a loved one’s utterances can never replace what is lost.
Back from the dead: could AI end grief? – video
Tech entrepreneur Justin Harrison is on a mission to fundamentally change how we experience loss, using artificial intelligence to recreate the essence of dead loved ones from their digital footprint....
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2024 at 5:40 PM
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The State Department launched online passport renewal today! It's the culmination of years of effort.

www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...
State Department goes big with online passport renewal
The latest pilot has been ongoing since June, but limited in scale. Now, Americans can renew online anytime.
www.nextgov.com
September 18, 2024 at 3:54 PM
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On an evening bus out of Worcester. A stoned passenger is sitting on the back seat, playing a flute. The driver just audibly muttered "When the fuck is Tom Bombadil getting off my bus".

We journey on, into the darkness. With musical accompaniment.
September 17, 2024 at 8:03 PM
A double quarter pounder with cheese will fix me.
September 17, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Like I always said, I'm one in 3,228,661 😌
September 16, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Me (no automotive skills, questionable track-record as a responsible adult): “This car maintenance will probably be $50 and only take an hour”

Shop: “sign here to put up your home as collateral for all possible bills, and expect it to be ready in 2-20 weeks”

Me: “Who could have predicted this?!”
July 27, 2024 at 3:17 PM