PurpleMarsAlien
@purplemarsalien.bsky.social
PNW software engineer, but still a Chicagoan.
Pronouns, she/her. 40-something in tech. I like knitting, enjoy dogs and have a happy teenager.
Pronouns, she/her. 40-something in tech. I like knitting, enjoy dogs and have a happy teenager.
I have also been informed I should probably stop calling him the kid since he turns 20 this year.
December 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I have also been informed I should probably stop calling him the kid since he turns 20 this year.
Also, the beef stew was absolutely delicious.
December 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Also, the beef stew was absolutely delicious.
The quality of much spell checking has been on a steady decline for years, with a steep fall since GenAI has been introduced. It's a brilliant example of something that functioned well becoming worse.
December 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The quality of much spell checking has been on a steady decline for years, with a steep fall since GenAI has been introduced. It's a brilliant example of something that functioned well becoming worse.
You can get them as snack packs in the pnw
December 20, 2025 at 6:45 AM
You can get them as snack packs in the pnw
Crunchy and they taste good with chili flavor
December 20, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Crunchy and they taste good with chili flavor
And now my house smells delicious.
December 20, 2025 at 1:49 AM
And now my house smells delicious.
And I shall bake biscuits from a tube, and call it dinner.
December 20, 2025 at 1:34 AM
And I shall bake biscuits from a tube, and call it dinner.
This was actually a very good idea because all the going questionable onions, carrots, celery, fennel bulbs, and potatoes in the house are now in the instant pot too.
December 20, 2025 at 1:32 AM
This was actually a very good idea because all the going questionable onions, carrots, celery, fennel bulbs, and potatoes in the house are now in the instant pot too.
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We all know there’s nobody human actually behind the Merriam-Webster account, tho. It’s just the actual dictionary rage-posting through this era to make it to the next.
December 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
We all know there’s nobody human actually behind the Merriam-Webster account, tho. It’s just the actual dictionary rage-posting through this era to make it to the next.
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it's a dawn of an era of complete mediocrity...
December 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
it's a dawn of an era of complete mediocrity...
Nah, we still have a Sears too.
December 18, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Nah, we still have a Sears too.
I received the email too, Amazon US :(
December 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I received the email too, Amazon US :(
Mine gave me a beta blocker.
December 15, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Mine gave me a beta blocker.
Yesterday afternoon I spent my time working up three different but related css table stylings for our massive UI framework and it was satisfying.
December 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Yesterday afternoon I spent my time working up three different but related css table stylings for our massive UI framework and it was satisfying.
It's always amazing to me when an adult reveals they are jealous of the way actual children are treated.
December 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
It's always amazing to me when an adult reveals they are jealous of the way actual children are treated.