Derek Lyons
@derekl1963.bsky.social
Anime and other random things.
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Old Bay and Johnny's, the secret weapons of many a cook...
December 2, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Old Bay and Johnny's, the secret weapons of many a cook...
I know three of the four, and am thus disinclined to google the fourth.
December 2, 2025 at 7:25 AM
I know three of the four, and am thus disinclined to google the fourth.
I'm on two subreddits that are all about talking about floor plans... And we keep having idiots flogging "AI powered" floorplan generators.
And, Oh Lord, the fails...
And, Oh Lord, the fails...
December 2, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I'm on two subreddits that are all about talking about floor plans... And we keep having idiots flogging "AI powered" floorplan generators.
And, Oh Lord, the fails...
And, Oh Lord, the fails...
But then, SSPO had an entire office dedicated basically to what amounted to configuration control on all our procedures. Very much a non trivial task.
December 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
But then, SSPO had an entire office dedicated basically to what amounted to configuration control on all our procedures. Very much a non trivial task.
Curious why that's not great? It was pretty standard for the procedures I used in the Navy to refer to other procedures.
In fact, we had a specific type of high level procedure (for certain big tasks), that was pretty much nothing *but* references to other procedures.
In fact, we had a specific type of high level procedure (for certain big tasks), that was pretty much nothing *but* references to other procedures.
December 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Curious why that's not great? It was pretty standard for the procedures I used in the Navy to refer to other procedures.
In fact, we had a specific type of high level procedure (for certain big tasks), that was pretty much nothing *but* references to other procedures.
In fact, we had a specific type of high level procedure (for certain big tasks), that was pretty much nothing *but* references to other procedures.
I've been pondering a photoshoot like that for years... Only with a jack-o-lantern aflame from the inside.
December 1, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I've been pondering a photoshoot like that for years... Only with a jack-o-lantern aflame from the inside.
This. Lots of children talking about "replacing the Constitution" to avoid our current situation repeating itself...
They fail to grasp this basic law of governance.
They fail to grasp this basic law of governance.
November 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This. Lots of children talking about "replacing the Constitution" to avoid our current situation repeating itself...
They fail to grasp this basic law of governance.
They fail to grasp this basic law of governance.
Though, in the interest of full disclosure, I'd just gotten back from an 80 odd day underway period that had been...
Let's just say "challenging" and leave it at that.
Let's just say "challenging" and leave it at that.
November 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Though, in the interest of full disclosure, I'd just gotten back from an 80 odd day underway period that had been...
Let's just say "challenging" and leave it at that.
Let's just say "challenging" and leave it at that.
I think my record is 90 odd hours. My roommate said I got up, used the bathroom, had a bowl of cereal, and went back to bed every 6-8 hours, which I didn't remember doing at all.
November 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I think my record is 90 odd hours. My roommate said I got up, used the bathroom, had a bowl of cereal, and went back to bed every 6-8 hours, which I didn't remember doing at all.
Crossing fingers for you!
November 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Crossing fingers for you!
No, crunchyroll dot com is a different site.
November 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
No, crunchyroll dot com is a different site.
Probably because wix dot com already exists.
November 28, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Probably because wix dot com already exists.
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Different from our Guinea pigs - who are gloriously indifferent to the world around them. Except for footsteps in the kitchen when they think it should be veggie time or the rattle of a veggie bag at any time of day or night.
November 26, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Different from our Guinea pigs - who are gloriously indifferent to the world around them. Except for footsteps in the kitchen when they think it should be veggie time or the rattle of a veggie bag at any time of day or night.
I feel the same way about "Alas Babylon"... I spent a good part of my youth in Jacksonville FL - and knew many small towns like Fort Repose. So it resonated with me because I could clearly see the location of the novel in my mind's eye.
November 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I feel the same way about "Alas Babylon"... I spent a good part of my youth in Jacksonville FL - and knew many small towns like Fort Repose. So it resonated with me because I could clearly see the location of the novel in my mind's eye.
Which is... not wrong. But don't even get me started on the misuse of inflation calculators. (Especially for food prices.)
November 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Which is... not wrong. But don't even get me started on the misuse of inflation calculators. (Especially for food prices.)
It's not a neutral term, like "warrior" it carries specific meaning. And it's the term the proto-fascists started using back in the 90's... Because even they weren't dumb enough to use in public the word they really wanted to use - Crusader.
And yes, that means exactly what you think it does.
And yes, that means exactly what you think it does.
November 25, 2025 at 1:15 AM
It's not a neutral term, like "warrior" it carries specific meaning. And it's the term the proto-fascists started using back in the 90's... Because even they weren't dumb enough to use in public the word they really wanted to use - Crusader.
And yes, that means exactly what you think it does.
And yes, that means exactly what you think it does.
I was a sailor goddammit. A term hallowed by time, salt, and blood.
Fuck that "warrior" and "warfighter" nonsense.
I am an American Sailor
goatlocker.org/resources/na...
Fuck that "warrior" and "warfighter" nonsense.
I am an American Sailor
goatlocker.org/resources/na...
Welcome to the Goatlocker
goatlocker.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I was a sailor goddammit. A term hallowed by time, salt, and blood.
Fuck that "warrior" and "warfighter" nonsense.
I am an American Sailor
goatlocker.org/resources/na...
Fuck that "warrior" and "warfighter" nonsense.
I am an American Sailor
goatlocker.org/resources/na...
It's all the same psychology.
November 24, 2025 at 4:02 AM
It's all the same psychology.
I know *why* the sail appears to be on stilts... But it still looks very weird.
November 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I know *why* the sail appears to be on stilts... But it still looks very weird.