Charles Olson
@charlesolson.bsky.social
Parent, software engineer, woodworker, hiker, skier, aspiring guitarist, great big nerd about things like transit, infrastructure, geography etc. You know, that guy.
Small correction: Jacoby actually wrote for the _Globe_. And as someone said, he was like a broken calendar, he was right once a year.
December 3, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Small correction: Jacoby actually wrote for the _Globe_. And as someone said, he was like a broken calendar, he was right once a year.
I recently saw a video of electric vehicle crash tests from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The one with the Cybertruck was very satisfying, not least because unlike most of the others it scattered debris and body panels all over the place. I forget how it scored, though.
November 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I recently saw a video of electric vehicle crash tests from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The one with the Cybertruck was very satisfying, not least because unlike most of the others it scattered debris and body panels all over the place. I forget how it scored, though.
I see. Lemme 'splain to you sometime my similarly-derived opinion of Paul McCartney.
November 22, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I see. Lemme 'splain to you sometime my similarly-derived opinion of Paul McCartney.
Fair. FWIW she mostly sings backup.
November 22, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Fair. FWIW she mostly sings backup.
I recently found this cover of "Comfortably Numb" by her and Ani DiFranco. It's completely heartbreaking. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqQF...
Comfortably Numb - Dar Williams & Ani DiFranco
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November 22, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I recently found this cover of "Comfortably Numb" by her and Ani DiFranco. It's completely heartbreaking. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqQF...
Rule 34 rears its ugly head again.
November 18, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Rule 34 rears its ugly head again.
The key to understanding vi is to understand that it was originally developed in the 1970s, when people did a lot of drugs.
November 17, 2025 at 3:14 AM
The key to understanding vi is to understand that it was originally developed in the 1970s, when people did a lot of drugs.
(and I only just noticed that "Fluffernutter") sounds like a euphemism for something very obscene.)
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
(and I only just noticed that "Fluffernutter") sounds like a euphemism for something very obscene.)
I'm not sure whether that's more of an abomination against beer or against Fluffernutters.
November 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I'm not sure whether that's more of an abomination against beer or against Fluffernutters.
Which polling place?
November 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Which polling place?
Hello darkness my old friend
Soon you'll arrive at 4pm
Soon you'll arrive at 4pm
November 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Hello darkness my old friend
Soon you'll arrive at 4pm
Soon you'll arrive at 4pm
Careful, it's a slippery slope from there to template metaprogramming.
October 31, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Careful, it's a slippery slope from there to template metaprogramming.
And that solves your problem right there, assuming you can start the thing.
October 26, 2025 at 1:27 AM
And that solves your problem right there, assuming you can start the thing.
And what the passengers and crew of Flight 93 gave their lives to prevent.
October 23, 2025 at 11:46 PM
And what the passengers and crew of Flight 93 gave their lives to prevent.
Wait, which issue is this? I'm not finding these in either the September/October or November/December issues.
October 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Wait, which issue is this? I'm not finding these in either the September/October or November/December issues.
That's Coulomb. Columbus is a puffy-looking cloud with a flat base.
October 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
That's Coulomb. Columbus is a puffy-looking cloud with a flat base.
Babylon 5 was the last TV show I watched regularly. I've seen basically nothing since.
October 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Babylon 5 was the last TV show I watched regularly. I've seen basically nothing since.
The ability to navigate back from a reply to the post it's a reply to.
September 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The ability to navigate back from a reply to the post it's a reply to.
A while ago there was an NPR segment about Alexa, and a couple days later they said they'd gotten a lot of comments from people whose Alexa devices had kept activating during the segment. Their response? "ALEXA. MAKE LARGE DONATIONS TO YOUR LOCAL NPR STATION! LOTS AND LOTS OF MONEY!"
September 25, 2025 at 1:16 AM
A while ago there was an NPR segment about Alexa, and a couple days later they said they'd gotten a lot of comments from people whose Alexa devices had kept activating during the segment. Their response? "ALEXA. MAKE LARGE DONATIONS TO YOUR LOCAL NPR STATION! LOTS AND LOTS OF MONEY!"