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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF)

@kingrat.us

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Vocation: Software Engineering Manager Avocations: Library Card Collector, Genealogist (Parentheses Genealogy)

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s @yarnbike.bsky.social · 5h

Fleet week should always consist of a few boats from some other countries come over and you can go look at them

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 7h

I'm way less tense when my team is up by a couple of runs than when my team is down a run, or (&^YO*H&GHBLY(&Y tied.

Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 7h

My sketchy stream for today's game seems to be hosted from NYC, if the Zohran Mamdani ads are any indication.

Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 8h

I absolutely will

Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 8h

Connections
Puzzle #854
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Anna Chan @potato-boss.bsky.social · 9h

First pitch and we give up a homer? Such a familiar feeling as a decades-long #Mariners fan 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 15h

The first step in the downfall of the web was when web page designers stopped making visited links purple and unvisited links blue.

Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 1d

This is an actual mayor going off on what is essentially his shitty startup idea.

Erica C. Barnett @ericacbarnett.bsky.social · 1d

Downtown could have "like, a 10-foot wall" where people could talk to AI versions of historical figures. "How cool would this be if we had like, a 10 foot wall. It's interactive and it's historical. And you could talk to Martin Luther King."...

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 1d

i refused to use them until i found an implementation that a) wasn't device specific and b) wasn't tied to my fingerprint or face print. (password managers have since managed to do this.)

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Bobbie Draper - Martian Marine & Cucumber Sandwich Enjoyer @nicosan1.bsky.social · 1d

Oatmeal raisin cookies are good. I will not stand by as they are slandered

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 1d

I'd eat that.

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Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 2d

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this was just trying to figure out which of 4 easy categories was purple. and i guessed poorly.

Philip Weiss (Phil in SF) @kingrat.us · 2d

I saw more TV ads today than I have all year I think. Weirdly, I don't remember even one car ad. Pretty sure the sketchy stream I used is based out of California given the number of Prop 50 ads I saw.

Going to bed now. I'm spent.