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oh look it’s almost dark at 5 o’clock apparently some people like this
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thank you, @Coburnicus, this is where my brilliance peaked for the day.
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one thing i’ve really accelerated on between jobs is at-home IT tech debt. it’s like letting the engineers plan the sprints all by themselves!
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hit me baby standard time
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my dog did not recognize our schedule for daylight savings, but i am going to adjust to his schedule of taking naps all the time
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today’s quick but useful project - cutting a base to attach to my new chop saw and a block to hold longer material level. allows me to store the saw standing up (eventually i’ll put eyelets on the edge and literally hang it on the wall)
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me: i’m finally caught up with that long weekly tech podcast i listen to! yay!
(checks twitter)
long weekly tech podcast: new ep yo
(checks twitter)
long weekly tech podcast: new ep yo
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do you remember when companies were trying to use foosball tables to get us to work for them? lol
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that thing where you reply to a tweet with a dumb joke and then you think “oh no what if someone else already made that joke” so you check all their replies and you SEE YOUR JOKE and you panic for a sec and then you realize that was your own reply
…
(i should prob still delete)
…
(i should prob still delete)
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I think it’s time I sat my boys down and have THE TALK
about
why you never take dad’s tape measure and leave it somewhere else in the house
about
why you never take dad’s tape measure and leave it somewhere else in the house
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the sun dropped below the clouds and i had about 45 seconds to get this shot tonight
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first perfect month ever
(in the month i turned 48)
(in the month i turned 48)
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shout out to all the other dads in garages handing out candy. it’s awkward but we’ll get through this and maybe clean things up too!
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ehh… minus two mice. ugh.
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minus one mouse.
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good news: i figured out where the dead mouse is in my truck! bad news: i can’t get to it. 😕
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one of the gems i found in my college papers: Virus Characteristics List v57, 1989.
pdf: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TF0vfiJ4EwUDfGPGfQhzNdeAiuRGDgbl/view?usp=sharing
pdf: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TF0vfiJ4EwUDfGPGfQhzNdeAiuRGDgbl/view?usp=sharing
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i’m glad i found this in my old stuff; i still haven’t beat the top 16 video games from … 1982.
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does Neal Stephenson get a cut of all this ‘metaverse’ crap?
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plains states experiencing unprecedented avocado
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also i just realized i don’t have to reply with a photo description - in tweetbot after you attach an image to a tweet you can tap and hold, get a context menu to Add Description! awesome.
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(photo is filling up a 6-gallon bucket with tap water. if the power goes out, will use this to refill toilet tanks. if power doesn’t go out, i’ll dump it into the next load of laundry we do tomorrow)
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storm prediction level:
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it’s a whale of a storm
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wait… do flat-earthers base this belief because they played too much Minecraft?
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i’ve been trying not to say ‘maybe’ and doubt myself as much. there are times though, where that’s still valid; where the context is not clear, if i’m talking to someone who doesn’t know me, and especially if i wasn’t really confident about a subject in the first place.
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tools of persuasion
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i realized i had turned the corner from being burned out when i noticed this shift:
i want to fall asleep quickly so that it’s tomorrow sooner, instead of
i want to fall asleep quickly so today will be over sooner
i want to fall asleep quickly so that it’s tomorrow sooner, instead of
i want to fall asleep quickly so today will be over sooner
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so far in 2021 i’ve (re)read:
(Gibson)
Neuromancer
Count Zero
Mona Lisa Overdrive
(Stephenson)
Snow Crash
Diamond Age
(and for 1st time)
(Gibson)
Pattern Recognition
Spook Country
Zero History
The Peripheral
Agency
—
what else should i fit in before Gibson’s Jackpot #3 is out?
(Gibson)
Neuromancer
Count Zero
Mona Lisa Overdrive
(Stephenson)
Snow Crash
Diamond Age
(and for 1st time)
(Gibson)
Pattern Recognition
Spook Country
Zero History
The Peripheral
Agency
—
what else should i fit in before Gibson’s Jackpot #3 is out?
mike susz
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rule #1 of taking apart old bikes is: get them back together before you lose any of the parts
rule #2 of taking apart old bikes is: you were not quick enough to avoid rule #1
rule #2 of taking apart old bikes is: you were not quick enough to avoid rule #1
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It’s almost like everyone forgot how mad they were about Flash.
https://twitter.com/mikesusz/status/1450819551810162688
https://twitter.com/mikesusz/status/1450819551810162688
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I’m seeing a lot of cool looking “CSS only” animation on Twitter, and none of it works in any browser besides Chrome. Just call it “Chrome only” animation.
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i know opinions vary, but i think Tim Cook is out standing in his field
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“Can we stop this Scooby-Doo nonsense and you just pee on something? Seriously, we’re not out here to solve mysteries”
- me, to my dog, every night
- me, to my dog, every night
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this level was a grind (required 15.5m XP). next level needs 18m XP #PokemonGo
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ACCEPT COOKIES
YOU MUST ACCEPT COOKIES
now choose which store is near you, how would we ever remember that?
YOU MUST ACCEPT COOKIES
now choose which store is near you, how would we ever remember that?
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debugging an error in a project for 15 minutes before i realized i installed a plugin in the wrong .babelrc file 🤦♂️
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this is the equivalent of rescuing a child from a burning building, then getting arrested for kidnapping. https://twitter.com/GovParsonMO/status/1448697768311132160
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this is the 3rd 5-gallon pail of acorns we’ve pulled out of the yard https://twitter.com/mikesusz/status/1444338965671256075
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the iOS sleep reminder lullaby sound is a little patronizing, i’m 48 years old
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it seems my path to my next job is paved with “screw up each interview a little bit less until someone will hire you”
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my recommended products. AI should be regulated.
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i just typed ‘yarn sadd’ and that’s pretty accurate for me
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Manually typing a password because my Apple Watch is on the charger
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i’ve been wanting to watch Hackers again for some time, so tonight i made my kids watch Hackers with me (i had to zoom through a couple parts) and they ended up liking it.
now i can start using references to Hackers ALL THE TIME
also: https://twitter.com/Hackers_bot/status/1445817667403792384
now i can start using references to Hackers ALL THE TIME
also: https://twitter.com/Hackers_bot/status/1445817667403792384
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here we are again. this is why dad bought three of those replacement servo gear kits (and now i need to order more 😐 )
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my new insulated water/coffee/etc bottle. outside the U.S. do they rebrand this as Iron Clask?
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do you know when your SSL cert expires?
do you?
go check.
do you?
go check.
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we all joke about exiting vim (heck, i sell stickers about it, ahem) but do you remember how to detach and reattach to screen?
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