Stephen Van Dahm
@vandahm.com
I live in Minnesota and write computer software.
https://vandahm.com/
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![Comic. [Person sitting at desk with laptop with machine labeled E-21 making “click click” noises on the floor behind] VOICE FROM LAPTOP: Hey all! Does your E-21 humidifier make an annoying clicking noise? Mine did, but I finally figured out that there’s an easy fix, so I made this video in case anyone else… PERSON AT DESK: Oh my god. Yes. *Yes.* [caption] I know there’s more important work in the world, but I feel like these people deserve, at minimum a statue.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreifdjde6wgflkeil7kf4kdh3zqk32k55rkljlwu6arzbw557ogbulu@jpeg)
November 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Watch someone from the Emma Repairs YouTube channel -- presumably Emma herself -- repair and restore this old Rhodes piano. It's a detailed account of a comprehensive rebuild, so you can see everything.
An Electric Piano Restoration Two Years In The Making
YouTube video by Emma Repairs
www.youtube.com
September 4, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Watch someone from the Emma Repairs YouTube channel -- presumably Emma herself -- repair and restore this old Rhodes piano. It's a detailed account of a comprehensive rebuild, so you can see everything.
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I would dedicate my life to bringing Blingee back if I thought it was possible.
Blingee.com & Internet Archaeology
YouTube video by STRANGE ÆONS
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May 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I would dedicate my life to bringing Blingee back if I thought it was possible.
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Would buy. A full size bed is a must have and I refuse to consider anything less.
Reintroduce an all-electric version of this and sell a million of them to liberal men.
May 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Would buy. A full size bed is a must have and I refuse to consider anything less.
This is everything that I have ever wanted: www.theverge.com/electric-car...
Slate Truck is a $20,000 American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, and no touchscreen
Would you buy a truck this bare-bones?
www.theverge.com
April 26, 2025 at 2:57 AM
This is everything that I have ever wanted: www.theverge.com/electric-car...
This guy has the right idea: reviews.ofb.biz/safari/artic...
Apple Needs a Snow Sequoia
The same year Apple launched the iPhone, it unveiled a massive upgrade to Mac OS X known as Leopard, sporting “300 New Features.” Two years later, it did something almost unheard of: it released Snow ...
reviews.ofb.biz
March 30, 2025 at 3:52 AM
This guy has the right idea: reviews.ofb.biz/safari/artic...
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They made Quebec support the idea of Canada u guys fucked up so bad
March 27, 2025 at 1:51 AM
They made Quebec support the idea of Canada u guys fucked up so bad
I can't find a picture of the cover art that isn't just a black square, but the first album I ever bought with my own money was Metallica's black album. I wish I had better taste when I was 13, but that comes later on in life.
Repost with the first album you bought with your own money.
February 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I can't find a picture of the cover art that isn't just a black square, but the first album I ever bought with my own money was Metallica's black album. I wish I had better taste when I was 13, but that comes later on in life.
A while back, I made a joke that I wished I could have DoorDash deliver a hacksaw to my current location. I guess I can do that now?
February 4, 2025 at 4:47 AM
A while back, I made a joke that I wished I could have DoorDash deliver a hacksaw to my current location. I guess I can do that now?
As someone who once had to write a profanity filter, this old story about Toontown resonates with me: habitatchronicles.com/2007/03/the-...
Habitat Chronicles: The Untold History of Toontown’s SpeedChat (or BlockChattm from Disney finally arrives)
habitatchronicles.com
January 29, 2025 at 7:11 AM
As someone who once had to write a profanity filter, this old story about Toontown resonates with me: habitatchronicles.com/2007/03/the-...
“Say what you will about it, there’s pretty much no problem in my life that can’t be solved by lowering my head, charging forward, and smacking my horns into whatever’s in front of me"
Ram Will Stop Headbutting Things When Headbutting Things Stops Working
DUBOIS, WY—Saying the one-size-fits-all approach had yet to let him down, a local ram told reporters Thursday that he would stop headbutting things when headbutting things stopped working. “Say what y...
theonion.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
“Say what you will about it, there’s pretty much no problem in my life that can’t be solved by lowering my head, charging forward, and smacking my horns into whatever’s in front of me"
Sadly, this is the best assessment of the Democrats I've heard yet.
Who was it that originally encapsulated our current reality so perfectly when they said:
The Democrats are like the goofy old guy in a Disney movie, pointing at a rule book and screaming, "But a dog can't play basketball!" while a dog dunks on them over and over and over.
The Democrats are like the goofy old guy in a Disney movie, pointing at a rule book and screaming, "But a dog can't play basketball!" while a dog dunks on them over and over and over.
January 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Sadly, this is the best assessment of the Democrats I've heard yet.
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I think everyone who has an opnion, good or bad, about LLMs, should read how @simonwillison.net has summer up what’s happened in the space this year. He’s the most credible, most independent, most honest, and most technically fluent person watching the space. simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/31/...
Things we learned about LLMs in 2024
A lot has happened in the world of Large Language Models over the course of 2024. Here’s a review of things we figured out about the field in the past …
simonwillison.net
December 31, 2024 at 9:37 PM
I think everyone who has an opnion, good or bad, about LLMs, should read how @simonwillison.net has summer up what’s happened in the space this year. He’s the most credible, most independent, most honest, and most technically fluent person watching the space. simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/31/...
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Huge congratulations to Manfred (Dragon Age: Veilguard) for winning the 2024 award for Best Little Guy In Gaming!
Thanks for all the great little guys for being part of the games we love. You all got lots of votes.
Thanks for all the great little guys for being part of the games we love. You all got lots of votes.
December 7, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Huge congratulations to Manfred (Dragon Age: Veilguard) for winning the 2024 award for Best Little Guy In Gaming!
Thanks for all the great little guys for being part of the games we love. You all got lots of votes.
Thanks for all the great little guys for being part of the games we love. You all got lots of votes.
At some point, when I was a teenager or something, I saw a photograph of a World War II soldier in North Africa frying an egg on the armor plating of a tank. I attached no significance to this photo and forgot all about it -- until I saw a Cybertruck in my neighborhood: defector.com/i-would-like...
I Would Like To Put Lunchmeat On The Cybertruck | Defector
I saw my first Tesla Cybertruck in person a couple weeks ago. I’d driven my family into an outer satellite town of D.C., well outside our normal circuits, and there it was, around the corner from us i...
defector.com
October 9, 2024 at 8:15 PM
At some point, when I was a teenager or something, I saw a photograph of a World War II soldier in North Africa frying an egg on the armor plating of a tank. I attached no significance to this photo and forgot all about it -- until I saw a Cybertruck in my neighborhood: defector.com/i-would-like...
I normally don't buy European arguments that ubiquitous use of English is ruining local European languages, but I have to concede that "Deppenapostroph" is a great word: www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...
Germans decry influence of English as ‘idiot’s apostrophe’ gets official approval
Linguistic body has relaxed rules on use of apostrophe to show possession, not traditionally correct in German
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2024 at 6:53 PM
I normally don't buy European arguments that ubiquitous use of English is ruining local European languages, but I have to concede that "Deppenapostroph" is a great word: www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...
I wonder what the cops are up to tonight?
September 10, 2024 at 3:37 AM
I wonder what the cops are up to tonight?
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if you're not recording ominous audio logs and strewing them about the estate on self-playing machinery, can you even say you're ready for houseguests??
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July 22, 2024 at 1:26 PM
if you're not recording ominous audio logs and strewing them about the estate on self-playing machinery, can you even say you're ready for houseguests??
qwantz.com/index.php?co...
qwantz.com/index.php?co...
Surely there's someone around here who can make this happen.
May 31, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Surely there's someone around here who can make this happen.
I just got an ad encouraging me to join the United States Marine Corps. I have a five-star island in Animal Crossing -- I don't think I'm the hero that will lead America to victory on the battlefield.
May 31, 2024 at 2:25 PM
I just got an ad encouraging me to join the United States Marine Corps. I have a five-star island in Animal Crossing -- I don't think I'm the hero that will lead America to victory on the battlefield.
We use the word "feckless" to mean "weak and ineffective," so it stands to reason that we would also use the words "feckful" to mean "potent and effective" and "feck" to mean "effectiveness." But we don't have those words, at least not in common modern English.
May 28, 2024 at 5:28 PM
We use the word "feckless" to mean "weak and ineffective," so it stands to reason that we would also use the words "feckful" to mean "potent and effective" and "feck" to mean "effectiveness." But we don't have those words, at least not in common modern English.