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John Christensen
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Software Developer, Gamer, Geek, Craftsman living in Rochester. He/him
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I printed a mini! It looks a bit trash because I used low print settings - I wasn’t sure if it would work, and wanted to know in 2 hours instead of 8+
October 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Locked in to run D&D tonight.
September 30, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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More photos
Papers, vinyl, and tools A cricut machine with workstation (and my laptop) General storage The sewing machine table
September 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Rochester Makerspace’s sewing, vinyl, and paper craft area. 1/2
A photo of an old sewing machine, on a table of five. Threads and an additional sewing station. Heat press machine and some sort of shoe repair machine General workstation
September 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Weirdly, a fresh session gave the correct answer. It definitely searched the web for it, though. Not sure why in the original instance the algorithm didn't decide to do a web search.
July 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Good news, everyone! Our current national Trump administration nightmare.. never happened according to ChatGPT.
July 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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The post-graduate conception of the adult world:
May 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Shaxs is an example to us all.
May 28, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Well, looks like we’re the Spaceballs officially now. Dirty deeds, anyone?
May 23, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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So I see we’ve decided to go full Spaceballs.
May 15, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Sound familiar?

www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
After returning to power in October 2023 he abolished an anti-corruption police unit and a special prosecutor’s office which was prosecuting Smer mps. The government shortened the statute of limitations on corruption cases and reduced penalties for bribes. It transformed the state broadcaster into a pro-government mouthpiece. Heads of cultural institutions such as the National Gallery have been replaced by party loyalists. Mr Fico grew more radical after a failed assassination attempt last May. Many accuse him of leading an autocratic transformation of the state, like that of Viktor Orban in Hungary.
February 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Stickers arrived. My current iPad back.
February 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Nanamo Ul Namo, the Sultana of Ul’Dah I’m FF14.
December 29, 2024 at 2:44 AM
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From “How premodern energy shaped Britain”
Thus began a “domestic revolution”, in the phrase of Ruth Goodman, a historian. Coal was quickly adopted, and then adapted to. Wood smoke could find its way out of the crannies of wattle-and-daub houses and small openings of thatched roofs but coal smoke could not. Houses were rebuilt with chimneys to whip away the noxious gases. The “Great Rebuilding” of London in the 17th century, aided by the Great Fire in 1666, turned a wood-powered city into a coal-fired one. Houses changed from being open-plan structures built around a central communal hearth, Ms Goodman notes, to individual rooms with fireplaces built into walls. Tapestries, which would collect coal dust, were dispensed with. Women began to devote more hours to cleaning soot from walls, surfaces and dishes (and less time on outdoor chores like going to the market or ploughing fields). Britain’s medieval cuisine, cooked over the low and stable heat of wood, was replaced with boiled vegetables and baked meat, easier to manage with the hotter and more variable flame of coal. Britain’s reputation for cookery has never recovered.
December 27, 2024 at 11:35 PM
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Murdering CEOs is BAD!

Meanwhile:
An ad for Artisan, an AI company, that reads "Artisans won't complain about work-life balance; The Era of AI Employees Is Here"
December 11, 2024 at 3:32 PM
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The Economist says the quiet part out loud:
More esoteric forms of speculation, although not technically gambling in most regulators’ eyes, are growing equally fast. Day-traders are loading up on futures and options that expire in hours, as a way to bet on how a share-price will move in the very short term. Most such contracts earn little or no return, but some yield ten or 100 times the initial outlay. By the same token, much of the enthusiasm for certain cryptocurrencies can seem like a high-octane game of chance. Tot all of this activity up—betting in physical and online casinos, on sport and on elections—and Americans are on track to wager $700bn in 2024, up from $400bn five years ago. In addition, they are probably betting several hundred billion dollars more each year on short-term equity moves.
December 6, 2024 at 5:42 PM
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Looks like driving range season is finished this year.
December 5, 2024 at 2:07 PM
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My current laptop sticker setup, just because.
December 2, 2024 at 5:17 PM
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If we grew apart as friends, there is a 100% chance I’m cheering for you from afar and that I still love you.
November 30, 2024 at 2:40 AM
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Sound familiar? (From www.foreignaffairs.com/world/how-en...)
An article snippet describing the characteristics of authoritarian and populist rule.
November 29, 2024 at 9:53 PM
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FTR, my FF14 Warrior of Light.
November 29, 2024 at 7:31 PM
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November 28, 2024 at 6:12 PM
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Thanksgiving Dinner handled, thanks to Best Grocery Store.
November 28, 2024 at 5:25 PM
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Sorry, Cookie Monster
November 27, 2024 at 11:26 PM
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It is so on-brand for you to do a Disney Cruise! I hope you enjoy it! Also, I thought this was a purple rain. But I'm no expert!
November 26, 2024 at 7:28 PM