ReaderJane
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Re-reading The Hero and the Crown, by Robin McKinley. I love how, when Aerin tries to work out the recipe for Kenet, she sciences it: writes out all her ingredients, and the relative proportions she tries.
December 31, 2024 at 11:51 PM
Re-reading The Hero and the Crown, by Robin McKinley. I love how, when Aerin tries to work out the recipe for Kenet, she sciences it: writes out all her ingredients, and the relative proportions she tries.
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I would love to see a bunch of musical artists and celebrities put on a nationally televised tribute concert for Pres. Jimmy Carter on inauguration day with all proceeds going to Habitat for Humanity.
December 30, 2024 at 12:19 AM
I would love to see a bunch of musical artists and celebrities put on a nationally televised tribute concert for Pres. Jimmy Carter on inauguration day with all proceeds going to Habitat for Humanity.
I keep tagging various zoos in the other place to encourage to make an account here or post more often if they have one. I think there are at least 2 Zoo starter packs as well
December 16, 2024 at 8:38 AM
Huh. We’ve never had Tornado Test Siren day coincide with Election Day before. I hope that’s a good omen: “If this had been an actual facism event, you would have been instructed to stay in the lowest windowless room available…”
November 5, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Huh. We’ve never had Tornado Test Siren day coincide with Election Day before. I hope that’s a good omen: “If this had been an actual facism event, you would have been instructed to stay in the lowest windowless room available…”
I swear vengeance upon the next Guppy who says, “Thank you so much, it’s perfect!” followed five minutes later by “could you fix X?” Extra points off for pretending the “It’s perfect!” never happened.
November 4, 2024 at 3:53 PM
I swear vengeance upon the next Guppy who says, “Thank you so much, it’s perfect!” followed five minutes later by “could you fix X?” Extra points off for pretending the “It’s perfect!” never happened.
Reasons I love my home state: they message me to let me know my mail-in ballot is on its way, then to remind me to vote, then that they’ve received it, then that they’ve counted it. This is the kind of spam I like.
October 25, 2024 at 1:54 AM
Reasons I love my home state: they message me to let me know my mail-in ballot is on its way, then to remind me to vote, then that they’ve received it, then that they’ve counted it. This is the kind of spam I like.
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It’s telling that Walz is “redefining” American masculinity. The guy’s a stereotypical macho man—veteran, hunter and football coach—but the fact that he’s also a nice dude makes it a paradigm shift.
He isn’t known for his knitting skills. We’ve just come to associate masculinity with being a dick.
He isn’t known for his knitting skills. We’ve just come to associate masculinity with being a dick.
August 25, 2024 at 11:55 AM
It’s telling that Walz is “redefining” American masculinity. The guy’s a stereotypical macho man—veteran, hunter and football coach—but the fact that he’s also a nice dude makes it a paradigm shift.
He isn’t known for his knitting skills. We’ve just come to associate masculinity with being a dick.
He isn’t known for his knitting skills. We’ve just come to associate masculinity with being a dick.
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He goes now to his fathers, in whose mighty company he shall not be ashamed.
Bernard Hill, Lord of the Rings' Théoden King, Has Died
The beloved British actor, also know for his appearance in Titanic, was 79.
gizmodo.com
May 5, 2024 at 2:46 PM
He goes now to his fathers, in whose mighty company he shall not be ashamed.
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I unabashedly love this Holy Saturday meme.
March 30, 2024 at 6:53 PM
I unabashedly love this Holy Saturday meme.
TFW your colleague forwards your email explanation to business leaders… after reformatting it, changing the punctuation and sentence breaks, and in the process making it half nonsense.
Not my circus. Not my monkeys. La-la-la-la….
Not my circus. Not my monkeys. La-la-la-la….
March 27, 2024 at 6:40 PM
TFW your colleague forwards your email explanation to business leaders… after reformatting it, changing the punctuation and sentence breaks, and in the process making it half nonsense.
Not my circus. Not my monkeys. La-la-la-la….
Not my circus. Not my monkeys. La-la-la-la….
I really like the acknowledgement email from my county saying they got my mail-in ballot and counted it. Mission accomplished.
March 22, 2024 at 10:35 PM
I really like the acknowledgement email from my county saying they got my mail-in ballot and counted it. Mission accomplished.
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This is EXTRAORDINARY. I fucking love science.
🧪A child born with Cystic fibrosis in the ’50s could expect to live until age 5. In the early 2000s, age 35. With Trikafta, those who begin taking the drug in early adolescence, a recent study projected, can expect to survive to age 82.5—an essentially normal life span.
The Cystic-Fibrosis Breakthrough That Changed Everything
The disease once guaranteed an early death—but a new treatment has given many patients a chance to live decades longer than expected. What do they do now?
www.theatlantic.com
March 13, 2024 at 2:51 AM
This is EXTRAORDINARY. I fucking love science.
Dear Guppies,
If you request a new report, and you expect it to tie out with an existing report, YOU BETTER F’ING TELL ME THAT at the outset. Don’t wait until I’ve done all the development, then say, “But I thought Report B would be a breakout of Report A”.
Seriously. Don’t do it.
If you request a new report, and you expect it to tie out with an existing report, YOU BETTER F’ING TELL ME THAT at the outset. Don’t wait until I’ve done all the development, then say, “But I thought Report B would be a breakout of Report A”.
Seriously. Don’t do it.
March 7, 2024 at 10:28 PM
Dear Guppies,
If you request a new report, and you expect it to tie out with an existing report, YOU BETTER F’ING TELL ME THAT at the outset. Don’t wait until I’ve done all the development, then say, “But I thought Report B would be a breakout of Report A”.
Seriously. Don’t do it.
If you request a new report, and you expect it to tie out with an existing report, YOU BETTER F’ING TELL ME THAT at the outset. Don’t wait until I’ve done all the development, then say, “But I thought Report B would be a breakout of Report A”.
Seriously. Don’t do it.
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Woman in her twenties and thirties: carefully bookends refusals or criticism with "I'm awfully sorry but" and "I hope that's OK!"
Woman in her forties: inserts softeners out of that habit, consciously starts removing them.
Woman turns fifty: YOU WILL FEAR MY EMAIL AS YOU FEAR DEATH ITSELF.
Woman in her forties: inserts softeners out of that habit, consciously starts removing them.
Woman turns fifty: YOU WILL FEAR MY EMAIL AS YOU FEAR DEATH ITSELF.
March 6, 2024 at 10:48 AM
Woman in her twenties and thirties: carefully bookends refusals or criticism with "I'm awfully sorry but" and "I hope that's OK!"
Woman in her forties: inserts softeners out of that habit, consciously starts removing them.
Woman turns fifty: YOU WILL FEAR MY EMAIL AS YOU FEAR DEATH ITSELF.
Woman in her forties: inserts softeners out of that habit, consciously starts removing them.
Woman turns fifty: YOU WILL FEAR MY EMAIL AS YOU FEAR DEATH ITSELF.
I love Shindig. I love Kaylie’s dress; the way she delights in it is so sweet. I love the way Inara dances around Atherton Wing’s proposition. I just plain love Firefly.
March 5, 2024 at 1:16 AM
I love Shindig. I love Kaylie’s dress; the way she delights in it is so sweet. I love the way Inara dances around Atherton Wing’s proposition. I just plain love Firefly.
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Dr. Mensah: deadline.com/2024/03/noma...
Noma Dumezweni Joins Alexander Skarsgård In Apple Sci-Fi Series ‘Murderbot’
Noma Dumezwani (The Little Mermaid) is set as a lead opposite Alexander Skarsgård, in Apple TV+'s sci-fi drama series Murderbot.
deadline.com
March 1, 2024 at 10:31 PM
Dr. Mensah: deadline.com/2024/03/noma...
TFW you’re about to go back to the house to find out what the missed call from your spouse was about when you remember that he was calling you to help you locate the phone you’d set down and couldn’t find. #MysterySolved #BrainFart
March 1, 2024 at 7:02 PM
TFW you’re about to go back to the house to find out what the missed call from your spouse was about when you remember that he was calling you to help you locate the phone you’d set down and couldn’t find. #MysterySolved #BrainFart
Me: “So, Developer Guppy, I see that your code performs a divide operation at this point. Is there any chance that could ever result in Divide By Zero? “
DG: “No chance.”
Me: “You’re lying. Add a trap for Divide By Zero”.
DG: “No chance.”
Me: “You’re lying. Add a trap for Divide By Zero”.
February 29, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Me: “So, Developer Guppy, I see that your code performs a divide operation at this point. Is there any chance that could ever result in Divide By Zero? “
DG: “No chance.”
Me: “You’re lying. Add a trap for Divide By Zero”.
DG: “No chance.”
Me: “You’re lying. Add a trap for Divide By Zero”.
Ah, it’s time to play the “is this colleague just elaborately polite by nature? Or does he know my name from someone whom I’ve snarled at in the past?” Who knows?
February 28, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Ah, it’s time to play the “is this colleague just elaborately polite by nature? Or does he know my name from someone whom I’ve snarled at in the past?” Who knows?
Can I also say how delightful I find it that autocorrect changes Murder to Murderbot? Slightly annoying, but delightful nonetheless. 😀
February 26, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Can I also say how delightful I find it that autocorrect changes Murder to Murderbot? Slightly annoying, but delightful nonetheless. 😀
Woo-hoo! Richard Osman talks about his new mystery series. He’s said separately that he will go back to the Thursday Murder Club series sometime, but for now I’m happy to try the new one too.
www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/a469...
www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/a469...
February 26, 2024 at 10:37 PM
Woo-hoo! Richard Osman talks about his new mystery series. He’s said separately that he will go back to the Thursday Murder Club series sometime, but for now I’m happy to try the new one too.
www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/a469...
www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/a469...
There comes a time when you need to give up saying, “This code SHOULD work, dammit!” and just admit that it doesn’t, and apply whatever kludgy fix gets it working. Even if the fix is awkward as hell. You just have to move on.
February 26, 2024 at 3:49 PM
There comes a time when you need to give up saying, “This code SHOULD work, dammit!” and just admit that it doesn’t, and apply whatever kludgy fix gets it working. Even if the fix is awkward as hell. You just have to move on.
Just for the record, I’ve got no more fucks left to give for guppies who want to play the, “We’ve asked for an insanely complicated report, but we want you to make it look clean and simple. Please guess what will look simple to us.”
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February 20, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Just for the record, I’ve got no more fucks left to give for guppies who want to play the, “We’ve asked for an insanely complicated report, but we want you to make it look clean and simple. Please guess what will look simple to us.”
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It’s Name Your Favorite Typo Day!
“Not” in place of “Now”
C’mon Guppies. Most of the time I know what you meant to say, and it doesn’t really matter. But a typo that directly negates what you were trying to say? Really? REALLY??
“Not” in place of “Now”
C’mon Guppies. Most of the time I know what you meant to say, and it doesn’t really matter. But a typo that directly negates what you were trying to say? Really? REALLY??
February 20, 2024 at 8:17 PM
It’s Name Your Favorite Typo Day!
“Not” in place of “Now”
C’mon Guppies. Most of the time I know what you meant to say, and it doesn’t really matter. But a typo that directly negates what you were trying to say? Really? REALLY??
“Not” in place of “Now”
C’mon Guppies. Most of the time I know what you meant to say, and it doesn’t really matter. But a typo that directly negates what you were trying to say? Really? REALLY??