Macneil Shonle
@macshonle.bsky.social
INTP, Abolitionist Vegan, FIPWarrior 🐈⬛
ClarkU ‘00 (BA), Sun Microsystems (UNIX), UCSD ‘09 (PhD)
San Diego, CA — He/Him/His
ClarkU ‘00 (BA), Sun Microsystems (UNIX), UCSD ‘09 (PhD)
San Diego, CA — He/Him/His
Saying "I haven't seen Severence" is the new "I haven't seen The Wire."
February 13, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Saying "I haven't seen Severence" is the new "I haven't seen The Wire."
Unpopular Opinion: E/c = m*c
February 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Unpopular Opinion: E/c = m*c
So, anyone have plans for 9pm Pacific time? #Severance
January 16, 2025 at 10:47 PM
So, anyone have plans for 9pm Pacific time? #Severance
How can you tell if someone has availability bias? Don't worry, they'll tell you.
January 16, 2025 at 1:43 AM
How can you tell if someone has availability bias? Don't worry, they'll tell you.
Hi y'all, I'm interested in China!
January 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Hi y'all, I'm interested in China!
There's no validity to "Blue Monday" (the so-called most depressing day of the year in the US and UK), but boy do we have a whopper of one coming.
January 15, 2025 at 3:32 AM
There's no validity to "Blue Monday" (the so-called most depressing day of the year in the US and UK), but boy do we have a whopper of one coming.
We are closer in time to the Year 2038 Problem than we are to the Y2K Problem.
January 13, 2025 at 4:58 AM
We are closer in time to the Year 2038 Problem than we are to the Y2K Problem.
There's only 11 more days this year where the American and European ways of writing dates agree with each other 🤝 — make them count! Let's meet again at 2/2/2025 (*unless it's -40 degrees).
January 13, 2025 at 1:51 AM
There's only 11 more days this year where the American and European ways of writing dates agree with each other 🤝 — make them count! Let's meet again at 2/2/2025 (*unless it's -40 degrees).
If someone talks about "Linux," and they don't mean the kernel, I'll take extra pains to say "GNU/Linux" and—as an extra bonus—if I'm not talking about ice or steam, I will say "liquid water."
This is not a hill that I will die on. It is the hill I will drink my liquid water on until I win.
This is not a hill that I will die on. It is the hill I will drink my liquid water on until I win.
January 12, 2025 at 11:52 PM
If someone talks about "Linux," and they don't mean the kernel, I'll take extra pains to say "GNU/Linux" and—as an extra bonus—if I'm not talking about ice or steam, I will say "liquid water."
This is not a hill that I will die on. It is the hill I will drink my liquid water on until I win.
This is not a hill that I will die on. It is the hill I will drink my liquid water on until I win.
Heads up: Talking about the binary dwarf planet system Pluto–Charon as just "Pluto" is like showing a map of the world without New Zealand. In the sense that everybody does it and it's now a good inside joke, so keep on…
January 12, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Heads up: Talking about the binary dwarf planet system Pluto–Charon as just "Pluto" is like showing a map of the world without New Zealand. In the sense that everybody does it and it's now a good inside joke, so keep on…
Google Gemini wisely stays above the fray when it comes to critical questions…
January 12, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Google Gemini wisely stays above the fray when it comes to critical questions…
Imagine being a five-carbon sugar and literally having oxygen but then Big Ribose decides you deserve the nickname "deoxy"?
January 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Imagine being a five-carbon sugar and literally having oxygen but then Big Ribose decides you deserve the nickname "deoxy"?
I'm trying to give Bluesky a go, but I have to say that the 300 character limit really ought to be 20% more generous.
January 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I'm trying to give Bluesky a go, but I have to say that the 300 character limit really ought to be 20% more generous.
Kind of annoying that after you do jury duty and learn the legal meaning of "circumstantial evidence" that there are situations when you want to describe something that term, but you can't because if you say it the person might think you mean the exact opposite of what you were thinking?
January 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Kind of annoying that after you do jury duty and learn the legal meaning of "circumstantial evidence" that there are situations when you want to describe something that term, but you can't because if you say it the person might think you mean the exact opposite of what you were thinking?
At pillar of salt factories, do you think they use lot numbers?
January 10, 2025 at 6:53 AM
At pillar of salt factories, do you think they use lot numbers?
Found out about the nyctographic alphabet and kept clicking on links about how the inventor was this ordained deacon named Charles Dodgson and all of the creepy controversies surrounding him and that was just a whoosh through so many subjects I wish there was a term to describe that kind of state.
January 6, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Found out about the nyctographic alphabet and kept clicking on links about how the inventor was this ordained deacon named Charles Dodgson and all of the creepy controversies surrounding him and that was just a whoosh through so many subjects I wish there was a term to describe that kind of state.
If it's ever -40 degrees out, and least you can complain about it to American and European audiences without having to specify any units
December 7, 2024 at 8:25 PM
If it's ever -40 degrees out, and least you can complain about it to American and European audiences without having to specify any units
What we really need are more Social Construct Reveal Parties
December 7, 2024 at 8:15 PM
What we really need are more Social Construct Reveal Parties
Saw someone talk about how much he's into doing sports and I was like, man, this guy is a nerd but with doing sports.
December 5, 2024 at 4:30 AM
Saw someone talk about how much he's into doing sports and I was like, man, this guy is a nerd but with doing sports.
The physicist and mathematician Schrödinger established the theoretical foundation of molecular biology. He predicted the existence of "aperiodic crystals" which heavily influenced Watson and Crick who later discovered the double helix structure of DNA.
December 2, 2024 at 8:39 AM
The physicist and mathematician Schrödinger established the theoretical foundation of molecular biology. He predicted the existence of "aperiodic crystals" which heavily influenced Watson and Crick who later discovered the double helix structure of DNA.
I missed this detail when I was four: When Pinocchio becomes a real boy, he gets five fingers on each hand.
December 2, 2024 at 3:26 AM
I missed this detail when I was four: When Pinocchio becomes a real boy, he gets five fingers on each hand.
Reposted by Macneil Shonle
Google Meet quiz on what someone just said
November 30, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Google Meet quiz on what someone just said
The Venn Diagram of people who say "Venn Diagram" but actually mean an "Euler Diagram" is a rectangle that says "I bet you didn't even pronounce Euler correctly."
November 30, 2024 at 4:33 PM
The Venn Diagram of people who say "Venn Diagram" but actually mean an "Euler Diagram" is a rectangle that says "I bet you didn't even pronounce Euler correctly."