Qiviut
@raoulmiller.bsky.social
Scientist, Tech Exec, Outdoorsman, Traveller, Migrant. Live on the coast of Atlantic. Currently (temporarily?) retired.
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But shall this crazed old man be tamely suffered to drag a whole ship’s company down to doom with him?
December 12, 2025 at 3:47 AM
But shall this crazed old man be tamely suffered to drag a whole ship’s company down to doom with him?
Someone in my small town traded his mint 5 year old 200 series Land Cruiser for a new 250 series hybrid. I wonder how many times a day he regrets that choice?
September 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Someone in my small town traded his mint 5 year old 200 series Land Cruiser for a new 250 series hybrid. I wonder how many times a day he regrets that choice?
Isn’t it weird that when interest rates fall it takes approximately 3 minutes for that cut to be made to anything paying me interest? But it takes weeks, months or never for that cut in rates to affect accounts where I’m paying interest.
September 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Isn’t it weird that when interest rates fall it takes approximately 3 minutes for that cut to be made to anything paying me interest? But it takes weeks, months or never for that cut in rates to affect accounts where I’m paying interest.
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dan bongino and kash patel lying unconscious on the ground after bonking their heads together as they both bent down to examine what is later determined to be their own footprints
September 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
dan bongino and kash patel lying unconscious on the ground after bonking their heads together as they both bent down to examine what is later determined to be their own footprints
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Makes sense to me!
September 9, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Makes sense to me!
I feel like Webster Bank needs to keep searching for a director of solution architecture for another 18 months and then I’m sure they’ll find a person with all the shopping list of skills, willingness to drive to an office and accept 50% below market rate. Job’s been open since December 2023!
September 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I feel like Webster Bank needs to keep searching for a director of solution architecture for another 18 months and then I’m sure they’ll find a person with all the shopping list of skills, willingness to drive to an office and accept 50% below market rate. Job’s been open since December 2023!
Texas Roadhouse is now apparently the #1 restaurant chain in the US (taking over from Olive Garden). Checking the menu there are precisely zero vegetarian options for entrees (side salad doesn’t count). So that’s awesome…. 😑
September 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Texas Roadhouse is now apparently the #1 restaurant chain in the US (taking over from Olive Garden). Checking the menu there are precisely zero vegetarian options for entrees (side salad doesn’t count). So that’s awesome…. 😑
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Might frame this quote from this wonderful thread:
"Most (good) solutions are proposed not by newcomers, but by people who understand an issue deeply.
There are exceptions, of course, but generally, if a solution seems "obvious", it's because you don't understand the problem as well as you think"
"Most (good) solutions are proposed not by newcomers, but by people who understand an issue deeply.
There are exceptions, of course, but generally, if a solution seems "obvious", it's because you don't understand the problem as well as you think"
One of Silicon Valley's foundational myths is that newcomers to a field are uniquely equipped to solve its problems because they're not weighed down by biases and habits that make "experts" overlook obvious solutions.
"The most dangerous phrase in the language is: We've always done it this way." 🧵
"The most dangerous phrase in the language is: We've always done it this way." 🧵
August 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Might frame this quote from this wonderful thread:
"Most (good) solutions are proposed not by newcomers, but by people who understand an issue deeply.
There are exceptions, of course, but generally, if a solution seems "obvious", it's because you don't understand the problem as well as you think"
"Most (good) solutions are proposed not by newcomers, but by people who understand an issue deeply.
There are exceptions, of course, but generally, if a solution seems "obvious", it's because you don't understand the problem as well as you think"
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Absolute truth!
August 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Absolute truth!
In the latest version of enshittification of apps, the almost 1GB Samsung “smart things” app fails to function at all if you have any kind of privacy protection on your devices or network. Recent reviews are universally 1 and 2 stars but the average is still showing as 4.6.
August 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
In the latest version of enshittification of apps, the almost 1GB Samsung “smart things” app fails to function at all if you have any kind of privacy protection on your devices or network. Recent reviews are universally 1 and 2 stars but the average is still showing as 4.6.
Living in an old house is the gift that keeps on giving. After specially ordering 27” wide appliances to fit through our 27.25” wide doorways I find that they are in fact 26.8” wide at the bottom. Lovely.
August 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Living in an old house is the gift that keeps on giving. After specially ordering 27” wide appliances to fit through our 27.25” wide doorways I find that they are in fact 26.8” wide at the bottom. Lovely.
Almost funny to read this. Most of the people I know who have retired early (including me) have done so because ageism in industry makes us unemployable. I’d love to work for a few more years but employers bin my CV immediately when they work out my age.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Get early retirees off the golf course and back to work – why early retirement isn’t good for UK plc
Giving up work in your 50s is a wealthy indulgence that should be discouraged – the new pension commission needs to widen its remit
www.theguardian.com
July 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Almost funny to read this. Most of the people I know who have retired early (including me) have done so because ageism in industry makes us unemployable. I’d love to work for a few more years but employers bin my CV immediately when they work out my age.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Good call, Lemmy. Good call…
July 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Good call, Lemmy. Good call…
As the world burns around us, here’s a picture of a street dog sleeping peacefully
June 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
As the world burns around us, here’s a picture of a street dog sleeping peacefully
Today I learned that the Great Wall Tank 300 SUV has the same 8spd ZF transmission as my Land Rover Defender. Just in case you were wondering how quickly Chinese vehicles are catching up to the rest of the world.
June 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Today I learned that the Great Wall Tank 300 SUV has the same 8spd ZF transmission as my Land Rover Defender. Just in case you were wondering how quickly Chinese vehicles are catching up to the rest of the world.
HMRC in the UK currently taking 2+ months (???) to respond to letters. 3+ hours to talk to someone on the phone, which is *always* the wrong department. No way to contact them online. Maybe I should send a telegram or carrier pigeon? Is this really 2025?
May 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
HMRC in the UK currently taking 2+ months (???) to respond to letters. 3+ hours to talk to someone on the phone, which is *always* the wrong department. No way to contact them online. Maybe I should send a telegram or carrier pigeon? Is this really 2025?
Maybe electing / appointing people who are really conservatives to be the leader of the Labour Party is not a great idea after all. And the ratchet of the Overton Window moves ever further rightward…
May 16, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Maybe electing / appointing people who are really conservatives to be the leader of the Labour Party is not a great idea after all. And the ratchet of the Overton Window moves ever further rightward…
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"our bodies know what to do"
yes that's right. life expectancy has indeed been the same throughout human history.
yes that's right. life expectancy has indeed been the same throughout human history.
May 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
"our bodies know what to do"
yes that's right. life expectancy has indeed been the same throughout human history.
yes that's right. life expectancy has indeed been the same throughout human history.
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“The people who are the strongest written communicators” are also the best engineers at using AI-enabled dev tools like Windsurf & Cursor. Similar goes for engineers who see the big picture (architecture, product mgmt etc). -Bryan Pitts #minnebar
May 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
“The people who are the strongest written communicators” are also the best engineers at using AI-enabled dev tools like Windsurf & Cursor. Similar goes for engineers who see the big picture (architecture, product mgmt etc). -Bryan Pitts #minnebar
Ordering my fourth different size shape of cabinet hinges for the kitchen because apparently whoever built the cabinets just used whatever came to hand. Joys of an old house.
April 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Ordering my fourth different size shape of cabinet hinges for the kitchen because apparently whoever built the cabinets just used whatever came to hand. Joys of an old house.
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The Rug Pull administration. Your panic is their profit.
April 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The Rug Pull administration. Your panic is their profit.
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COBOL is like Asbestos: it’s more work taking it out sometimes so it’s best just to seal it in place for everyone’s safety.
March 29, 2025 at 8:29 PM
COBOL is like Asbestos: it’s more work taking it out sometimes so it’s best just to seal it in place for everyone’s safety.