bjmacke
@strangelove.net
Third party risk day job, roller derby jobs the rest of the time. Chances are that I'm fact checking or researching some obscure point right now. Home is Minneapolis. He/him
Oh, yeah, we're just a few years away from a full semantic web.
November 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Oh, yeah, we're just a few years away from a full semantic web.
It's *close* but not quite:
October 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
It's *close* but not quite:
One of the wildest TILs I've had in a long time
July 30, 2025 at 12:53 AM
One of the wildest TILs I've had in a long time
Law of the Excluded Middle
June 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Law of the Excluded Middle
@roberttalisse.bsky.social Feel free to correct/sanction me, but I may have discovered what could be coined as a Talissean Congruity:
May 21, 2025 at 7:47 AM
@roberttalisse.bsky.social Feel free to correct/sanction me, but I may have discovered what could be coined as a Talissean Congruity:
Food science is a science because it asks if you "could" make something rather than if you "should" make something.
May 12, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Food science is a science because it asks if you "could" make something rather than if you "should" make something.
I know there's a reason for it, I just don't need to see the performative act.
March 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I know there's a reason for it, I just don't need to see the performative act.
I was searching for a quote, and Google failed on multiple levels.
This was in furtherance of a joke about character named "Thomas Thomas".
This was in furtherance of a joke about character named "Thomas Thomas".
March 8, 2025 at 6:57 AM
I was searching for a quote, and Google failed on multiple levels.
This was in furtherance of a joke about character named "Thomas Thomas".
This was in furtherance of a joke about character named "Thomas Thomas".
It's probably facing west because the crest of the slight hill on 66th is roughly in the same spot when compared to Google Maps
February 25, 2025 at 1:43 AM
It's probably facing west because the crest of the slight hill on 66th is roughly in the same spot when compared to Google Maps
Remarkably not the oldest photo of a pizza restaurant. This one is from 1960:
February 9, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Remarkably not the oldest photo of a pizza restaurant. This one is from 1960:
The Guggenheim thing was the corkscrew for a parking ramp on 4th Street.
February 7, 2025 at 4:47 AM
The Guggenheim thing was the corkscrew for a parking ramp on 4th Street.
See a black cat in a sunbeam? You're obligated to post a photo of her.
Sorry, but those are the rules.
Sorry, but those are the rules.
January 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
See a black cat in a sunbeam? You're obligated to post a photo of her.
Sorry, but those are the rules.
Sorry, but those are the rules.
I've started to look up the locations in the photo bot's posts. Most of the buildings featured don't exist, and sometimes the streets are gone too.
From Google, the Mobil station was apparently renovated into a car repair shop some time before Aug 2007. The buildings here appeared after Oct 2016.
From Google, the Mobil station was apparently renovated into a car repair shop some time before Aug 2007. The buildings here appeared after Oct 2016.
January 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I've started to look up the locations in the photo bot's posts. Most of the buildings featured don't exist, and sometimes the streets are gone too.
From Google, the Mobil station was apparently renovated into a car repair shop some time before Aug 2007. The buildings here appeared after Oct 2016.
From Google, the Mobil station was apparently renovated into a car repair shop some time before Aug 2007. The buildings here appeared after Oct 2016.
Almost the exact same angle, 17 years ago, also with a Nikon.
January 23, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Almost the exact same angle, 17 years ago, also with a Nikon.
Not the coldest in the thread, but measuring in the basement was coldest in the house because it's the closest to the line from the city.
January 21, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Not the coldest in the thread, but measuring in the basement was coldest in the house because it's the closest to the line from the city.
I'm not sure who needs to hear this, but you can definitely cook tater tots in a skillet. It's faster than an oven and slightly faster than an air fryer. Add some butter at the end and it'll be a dead ringer for fast food hash browns.
January 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I'm not sure who needs to hear this, but you can definitely cook tater tots in a skillet. It's faster than an oven and slightly faster than an air fryer. Add some butter at the end and it'll be a dead ringer for fast food hash browns.
In case you haven't seen this before:
January 14, 2025 at 3:43 AM
In case you haven't seen this before:
That's wild to me, since this tweet predates that visit
January 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
That's wild to me, since this tweet predates that visit
OK, this time it worked, the original file was too large.
But, yes, didn't expect my camera to be in your shot. Here's the view from that angle.
But, yes, didn't expect my camera to be in your shot. Here's the view from that angle.
January 12, 2025 at 5:27 AM
OK, this time it worked, the original file was too large.
But, yes, didn't expect my camera to be in your shot. Here's the view from that angle.
But, yes, didn't expect my camera to be in your shot. Here's the view from that angle.
I do find it cute(?) that this widget just gives up on a weather icon once it drops below 6F. Like the original designer can't imagine that anything but alarm would come to a place that drops below that temperature.
January 6, 2025 at 5:08 AM
I do find it cute(?) that this widget just gives up on a weather icon once it drops below 6F. Like the original designer can't imagine that anything but alarm would come to a place that drops below that temperature.
She wants to sleep, even if I think she wants a photo opportunity.
December 29, 2024 at 7:21 AM
She wants to sleep, even if I think she wants a photo opportunity.
Technically a reasonable amount of Chex Mix, first bake.
December 25, 2024 at 2:06 AM
Technically a reasonable amount of Chex Mix, first bake.
