Elf M. Sternberg
@elfsternberg.bsky.social
Husband to a gorgeous wife, father to two great kids, greying leatherfairy, infamous furry, and world-class software engineer. If you can read this, you're running code I wrote.
How is this not just some kind of zaitech ponzi scheme making it look like they have a market when they're not bringing in nearly as much from outside?
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
How is this not just some kind of zaitech ponzi scheme making it look like they have a market when they're not bringing in nearly as much from outside?
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Geez, just one of these and I forget what I'm watching. Not a day drinker.
November 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Geez, just one of these and I forget what I'm watching. Not a day drinker.
The age of self-help is over. The only thing that can save you now is becoming a furry.
November 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The age of self-help is over. The only thing that can save you now is becoming a furry.
Does nobody remember the OS-tans, including Firefox?
November 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Does nobody remember the OS-tans, including Firefox?
Civilization desperately seeks a reason to live, a new flavor to experience, anything to rouse them from their torpidity and ennui.
November 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Civilization desperately seeks a reason to live, a new flavor to experience, anything to rouse them from their torpidity and ennui.
Fred asks the most important question in his blog post: How ARE you gonna keep skateboarders off that things? www.patheos.com/blogs/slackt...
November 8, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Fred asks the most important question in his blog post: How ARE you gonna keep skateboarders off that things? www.patheos.com/blogs/slackt...
The grey cat is 15 and feeling all of it. She sleeps most of the time and wants our comfort and presence when she can get it.
November 6, 2025 at 5:31 AM
The grey cat is 15 and feeling all of it. She sleeps most of the time and wants our comfort and presence when she can get it.
Ron DeSantis continues his efforts to concentrate as much of the country's disease and corruption in Florida. If this was a fantasy novel, a lot of people would wonder when the human sacrifices for the world-ending spell would start.
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Ron DeSantis continues his efforts to concentrate as much of the country's disease and corruption in Florida. If this was a fantasy novel, a lot of people would wonder when the human sacrifices for the world-ending spell would start.
I guess when you seize the means of production, the unproductive rentier class flees.
November 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I guess when you seize the means of production, the unproductive rentier class flees.
Mamdani won New York City, Democrats are winning in many places, Dick Cheney is dead, and I'm at an election party where this is the brew of choice.
It's a lovely pilsner with strong lemon undertones.
It's a lovely pilsner with strong lemon undertones.
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Mamdani won New York City, Democrats are winning in many places, Dick Cheney is dead, and I'm at an election party where this is the brew of choice.
It's a lovely pilsner with strong lemon undertones.
It's a lovely pilsner with strong lemon undertones.
I'm sorry, but that expression just demanded I, er, edit the message.
November 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I'm sorry, but that expression just demanded I, er, edit the message.
As a huge Boggle! fan, this is cool: the highest-scoring board has been found, scoring 3625 points,if you could find and write all 1045 Scrabble-legal words in 180 seconds.
arxiv.org/abs/2507.02117
arxiv.org/abs/2507.02117
November 2, 2025 at 8:45 PM
As a huge Boggle! fan, this is cool: the highest-scoring board has been found, scoring 3625 points,if you could find and write all 1045 Scrabble-legal words in 180 seconds.
arxiv.org/abs/2507.02117
arxiv.org/abs/2507.02117
Paleontologists confirm the existence of a "mid-sized" tyrannosaur species, Nanotyrannus lancensis, which would have stood "only" 3 meters standing fully erect, rather than Tyrannosaurus rex's 5 meters.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Paleontologists confirm the existence of a "mid-sized" tyrannosaur species, Nanotyrannus lancensis, which would have stood "only" 3 meters standing fully erect, rather than Tyrannosaurus rex's 5 meters.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The New York Times has some serious chutzpah today, given how much they've excused the Republicans, deflected, and sought to blame Democrats, LGBTQ+ people, and minorities for "demanding their fundamental rights too much."
We're all looking for the guy who did this, indeed.
We're all looking for the guy who did this, indeed.
November 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The New York Times has some serious chutzpah today, given how much they've excused the Republicans, deflected, and sought to blame Democrats, LGBTQ+ people, and minorities for "demanding their fundamental rights too much."
We're all looking for the guy who did this, indeed.
We're all looking for the guy who did this, indeed.
The local microbrewery makes fantastic seasonal brews, with equally wonderful themes. This Autumn's pumpkin brew is low in bitterness and quite tasty.
October 30, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The local microbrewery makes fantastic seasonal brews, with equally wonderful themes. This Autumn's pumpkin brew is low in bitterness and quite tasty.
Post a perfect album from 1989, a perfect music year. I was a weird kid, okay?
October 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Post a perfect album from 1989, a perfect music year. I was a weird kid, okay?
Post a perfect album from 1989, a perfect music year.
October 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Post a perfect album from 1989, a perfect music year.
So do we! I keep it in this container. I've had that label on it container since before the kids were born. When they were old enough to watch The Dark Crystal, my younger kid, Kouryou-chan, said, "Dad? You're sick." But she didn't say I should change the label.
October 28, 2025 at 1:58 AM
So do we! I keep it in this container. I've had that label on it container since before the kids were born. When they were old enough to watch The Dark Crystal, my younger kid, Kouryou-chan, said, "Dad? You're sick." But she didn't say I should change the label.
"I'll get more in case there are leftovers."
October 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
"I'll get more in case there are leftovers."
We got our new fridge a couple of months ago, but I hadn't put the magnets back up. The previous one was made of aluminum so magnets didn't stick. This one, we made sure. I found my two favorites today.
October 25, 2025 at 1:37 AM
We got our new fridge a couple of months ago, but I hadn't put the magnets back up. The previous one was made of aluminum so magnets didn't stick. This one, we made sure. I found my two favorites today.
I'm disappointed by two things: This Ikea "Bed for your Phone" isn't for sale in the United States, and isn't a charger. Adding both would make it epic.
October 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I'm disappointed by two things: This Ikea "Bed for your Phone" isn't for sale in the United States, and isn't a charger. Adding both would make it epic.
Sigh. No wonder my brain was off on la-la land this afternoon. Left this on the kitchen table and took my lunch downstairs.
October 23, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Sigh. No wonder my brain was off on la-la land this afternoon. Left this on the kitchen table and took my lunch downstairs.
October 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Yep, the ADHDemon is telling me that today is gonna be a day when I won't just be using the Time Cube, I'll also be putting a post-it note on top telling what the damn task is.
October 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Yep, the ADHDemon is telling me that today is gonna be a day when I won't just be using the Time Cube, I'll also be putting a post-it note on top telling what the damn task is.
This October, most people will think this is a warning sign. I say it's an invitation!
From @lluisabadias.bsky.social, and goddamn if finding a new artist to love doesn't make me want to pick up the pencil again.
From @lluisabadias.bsky.social, and goddamn if finding a new artist to love doesn't make me want to pick up the pencil again.
October 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
This October, most people will think this is a warning sign. I say it's an invitation!
From @lluisabadias.bsky.social, and goddamn if finding a new artist to love doesn't make me want to pick up the pencil again.
From @lluisabadias.bsky.social, and goddamn if finding a new artist to love doesn't make me want to pick up the pencil again.