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Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then...
Playing Pips difficult level, the key is to know when to hit the Clear button and start fresh.
January 8, 2026 at 5:41 AM
Playing Pips difficult level, the key is to know when to hit the Clear button and start fresh.
I don't write a lot of formal letters, but my god, how does Google Docs no longer have a simple template for a business letter?
January 7, 2026 at 5:03 PM
I don't write a lot of formal letters, but my god, how does Google Docs no longer have a simple template for a business letter?
I've been thinking about this all day. I don't disagree, but I think it also highlights how much we rely on relationships, chains of trust, and (dare I say) credentials as we assess the information we receive from others.
All that the Turing Test proves is that human are much, much stupider than Alan Turing ever suspected.
January 7, 2026 at 3:59 AM
I've been thinking about this all day. I don't disagree, but I think it also highlights how much we rely on relationships, chains of trust, and (dare I say) credentials as we assess the information we receive from others.
⚠️ Tornado warning in the Bay Area! ⚠️ Sounds like southern rural parts of San Mateo county, but also sounds like it's moving northeast, so...
January 6, 2026 at 12:06 AM
⚠️ Tornado warning in the Bay Area! ⚠️ Sounds like southern rural parts of San Mateo county, but also sounds like it's moving northeast, so...
Dislocated my neck pulling off my crewneck pajama top in 2nd grade.
fell off a car cleaning snow off the roof in elementary school and fractured both my wrists
What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain.
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January 5, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Dislocated my neck pulling off my crewneck pajama top in 2nd grade.
Sitting in a restaurant waiting for my takeout order. TV is on.
God damn, motion smoothing is an abomination.
Not sure who thought it was a good idea, or why it is ubiquitously the default setting. Makes even the best filmed shows look like shit.
God damn, motion smoothing is an abomination.
Not sure who thought it was a good idea, or why it is ubiquitously the default setting. Makes even the best filmed shows look like shit.
January 5, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Sitting in a restaurant waiting for my takeout order. TV is on.
God damn, motion smoothing is an abomination.
Not sure who thought it was a good idea, or why it is ubiquitously the default setting. Makes even the best filmed shows look like shit.
God damn, motion smoothing is an abomination.
Not sure who thought it was a good idea, or why it is ubiquitously the default setting. Makes even the best filmed shows look like shit.
Feature idea: screen capture tools should offer the user the choice to grab OCR-able text and source URL (if the captured screen includes a browser screen) and stick it in the captured image's metadata so that downstream services could auto-populate alt text and source URL.
It’s no guarantee but the first thing you should do if you see an outrageous story that’s just an image or screenshot or video with no link to a reputable source is to check the replies and see if someone is saying “that’s an AI fake.” And then don’t spread it either way because it’s not sourced.
January 2, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Feature idea: screen capture tools should offer the user the choice to grab OCR-able text and source URL (if the captured screen includes a browser screen) and stick it in the captured image's metadata so that downstream services could auto-populate alt text and source URL.
Within 2-3 points of Queen Bee, smashing every random 4 letter combination I can think of.
January 2, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Within 2-3 points of Queen Bee, smashing every random 4 letter combination I can think of.
Wednesday NYT crossword, downs-only, 20:04. Not blazing fast, but good for me on a Wednesday.
December 31, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Wednesday NYT crossword, downs-only, 20:04. Not blazing fast, but good for me on a Wednesday.
Not long after 9/11, I was flying out of Dulles. The security line, unsurpisngly, was extremely long and snaked back on itself several times. As a result, I stood next to Gheorghe Mureșan, who was ahead of me in the line, several times.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Not long after 9/11, I was flying out of Dulles. The security line, unsurpisngly, was extremely long and snaked back on itself several times. As a result, I stood next to Gheorghe Mureșan, who was ahead of me in the line, several times.
I haven't watched a lot of football since the Raiders lost the Super Bowl in 2003, but my god, that 49ers/Bears game was a 60 minute demonstration of shockingly poor defense. Pretty sure that even the drives that didn't result in a TD (or the 1 fg) had multiple 1st downs. Like watching Pop Warner.
December 29, 2025 at 4:43 AM
I haven't watched a lot of football since the Raiders lost the Super Bowl in 2003, but my god, that 49ers/Bears game was a 60 minute demonstration of shockingly poor defense. Pretty sure that even the drives that didn't result in a TD (or the 1 fg) had multiple 1st downs. Like watching Pop Warner.
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.
December 28, 2025 at 1:40 AM
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.
Our NYT Sunday paper wasn't delivered two Sundays ago... So we didn't get the Super Mega. Holiday tradition fail. Is there any online copy available? @rexparker.bsky.social
December 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Our NYT Sunday paper wasn't delivered two Sundays ago... So we didn't get the Super Mega. Holiday tradition fail. Is there any online copy available? @rexparker.bsky.social
Watching Christmas on the Alpaca Farm (m.imdb.com/title/tt2815...) and pleased that I can still detect a Newfoundland accent, 30 years after I moved away.
Christmas on the Alpaca Farm (TV Movie 2023) ⭐ 5.7 | Romance
1h 30m | TV-PG
m.imdb.com
December 25, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Watching Christmas on the Alpaca Farm (m.imdb.com/title/tt2815...) and pleased that I can still detect a Newfoundland accent, 30 years after I moved away.
A Gilmore Girls spinoff with only Paris, Michel, and Emily.
December 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
A Gilmore Girls spinoff with only Paris, Michel, and Emily.
This headline and subhead are unbecoming of the times. Reminds me of Toronto Star headlines about the 1990's Blue Jays: "Bell Tolls in Key to Jays Victory" and the like. Funny for a rag, but weak for the NYT.
December 18, 2025 at 11:42 PM
This headline and subhead are unbecoming of the times. Reminds me of Toronto Star headlines about the 1990's Blue Jays: "Bell Tolls in Key to Jays Victory" and the like. Funny for a rag, but weak for the NYT.
Do the Germans have a word for when autocorrect swaps in words you don't want, while also ignoring the obviously misspelled words?
December 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Do the Germans have a word for when autocorrect swaps in words you don't want, while also ignoring the obviously misspelled words?
Not sure if this is true (it could be!), but as I've gotten better at the NYT crossword, my favorite days have become Monday and Tuesday, which I do downs-only, and the occasional Thursday (when the gimmick is reasonably wacky). Fridays and Saturdays are occasionally fun when challenging.
my most middle agèd crank opinion is that the NYT crossword has gotten too easy and not enough people are talking about it
December 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Not sure if this is true (it could be!), but as I've gotten better at the NYT crossword, my favorite days have become Monday and Tuesday, which I do downs-only, and the occasional Thursday (when the gimmick is reasonably wacky). Fridays and Saturdays are occasionally fun when challenging.
@nbcswarriors.bsky.social @bontahill.bsky.social seriously, this is unwatchable when you switch to that overhead view.
@nbcswarriors.bsky.social this overhead view is terrible. It's fine for replays, but please quit showing it for live play.
December 13, 2025 at 4:10 AM
@nbcswarriors.bsky.social @bontahill.bsky.social seriously, this is unwatchable when you switch to that overhead view.
@nbcswarriors.bsky.social this overhead view is terrible. It's fine for replays, but please quit showing it for live play.
December 13, 2025 at 3:48 AM
@nbcswarriors.bsky.social this overhead view is terrible. It's fine for replays, but please quit showing it for live play.
I took a very vocational approach to my education (Computer Science + Economics) and took very few electives outside my majors. I've regretted that ever since, and have taken a variety of online classes to make up for that: Special Relativity, Egyptian History, Intro to Mathematical Thinking.
The customer model presupposes they have complete preferences across all options already & are fully informed.
But education is premised upon NOT KNOWING a bunch of stuff! Students are served when new horizons are opened for them. Will every attempt work? No. But the world's impoverished without it
But education is premised upon NOT KNOWING a bunch of stuff! Students are served when new horizons are opened for them. Will every attempt work? No. But the world's impoverished without it
This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
December 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I took a very vocational approach to my education (Computer Science + Economics) and took very few electives outside my majors. I've regretted that ever since, and have taken a variety of online classes to make up for that: Special Relativity, Egyptian History, Intro to Mathematical Thinking.
@ericapricot.bsky.social Nice to see the Warriors able to rest Pat Spencer in the 4th quarter.
December 8, 2025 at 2:13 AM
@ericapricot.bsky.social Nice to see the Warriors able to rest Pat Spencer in the 4th quarter.
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
I've always thought most all sports would be better if the participants had rifles strapped to their backs and periodically had to stop what they're doing and shoot at some targets. Marathon? Yes! Figure skating? You bet! Free style swimming? Sure, why not!
I love the biathlon
"okay, so we got two sports, see"
"with you so far"
"one of them is cross-country skiing"
"sure, yes, sounds like winter, I like it"
"the other one is shooting a gun"
"what now"
"okay, so we got two sports, see"
"with you so far"
"one of them is cross-country skiing"
"sure, yes, sounds like winter, I like it"
"the other one is shooting a gun"
"what now"
December 6, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I've always thought most all sports would be better if the participants had rifles strapped to their backs and periodically had to stop what they're doing and shoot at some targets. Marathon? Yes! Figure skating? You bet! Free style swimming? Sure, why not!
I want the meats, but I officially live in an Arby's desert.
December 5, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I want the meats, but I officially live in an Arby's desert.