John J
@3jnerd.bsky.social
Father, senior data guy, nonprofiter
Break the ICE. It's right there for the linguistic taking. Imagine the variety of stickers and signage!
January 12, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Break the ICE. It's right there for the linguistic taking. Imagine the variety of stickers and signage!
A landline with an answering machine was potentially asynchronous. Letters were asynchronous. Expecting a text before a call is like expecting an asynchronous heads up before someone interrupted you by visiting in the old days. It's a different form of an old normalcy.
January 10, 2026 at 4:02 AM
A landline with an answering machine was potentially asynchronous. Letters were asynchronous. Expecting a text before a call is like expecting an asynchronous heads up before someone interrupted you by visiting in the old days. It's a different form of an old normalcy.
Basically when it became possible to get confirmation of availability relatively unobtrusively, matched up against the increased likelihood that you could get a phone call at an incredibly bad time.
January 10, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Basically when it became possible to get confirmation of availability relatively unobtrusively, matched up against the increased likelihood that you could get a phone call at an incredibly bad time.
My daughter and I have an ongoing disagreement about how pig latin should work. In my dialect, it's "op-stay," but she insists the proper pig latin is "top-say." She claims to be the greater expert after knowing about the language for a few months (at age 9).
December 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
My daughter and I have an ongoing disagreement about how pig latin should work. In my dialect, it's "op-stay," but she insists the proper pig latin is "top-say." She claims to be the greater expert after knowing about the language for a few months (at age 9).
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The only factual connection between autism and vaccines was published in 2016 by @zachweinersmith.bsky.social.
www.smbc-comics.com/comic/autism...
www.smbc-comics.com/comic/autism...
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Autism and Vaccines
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Autism and Vaccines
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November 21, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The only factual connection between autism and vaccines was published in 2016 by @zachweinersmith.bsky.social.
www.smbc-comics.com/comic/autism...
www.smbc-comics.com/comic/autism...
Rather rude of them to limit it only to short people.
October 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Rather rude of them to limit it only to short people.
Also notable: almost the entire year I was 29, I was unemployed and technically homeless, crashing with different relatives for months at a time.
October 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Also notable: almost the entire year I was 29, I was unemployed and technically homeless, crashing with different relatives for months at a time.
The day after my 30th birthday, I moved to the city where I met my wife, had my first child, and built my career. I never would have guessed how it all was going to go, especially since the career took a sharp turn around age 34.
October 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The day after my 30th birthday, I moved to the city where I met my wife, had my first child, and built my career. I never would have guessed how it all was going to go, especially since the career took a sharp turn around age 34.
I've been drawn into reading the prophets of the old testament, and it's fascinating how many times the explanation for the coming wrath is "you mistreat people with less money/social status." Evangelicals don't seem to believe in that God either.
October 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I've been drawn into reading the prophets of the old testament, and it's fascinating how many times the explanation for the coming wrath is "you mistreat people with less money/social status." Evangelicals don't seem to believe in that God either.
Say something were to happen and Vance picks up the rei[g]ns. What really changes? Do the fired experts come back? Do the deportations stop? Or do the backers of Project 2025 keep it going? I'm betting on the latter, just with a little less public insanity out front.
August 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Say something were to happen and Vance picks up the rei[g]ns. What really changes? Do the fired experts come back? Do the deportations stop? Or do the backers of Project 2025 keep it going? I'm betting on the latter, just with a little less public insanity out front.
No right time now to read through the article. Does that account for differentiations around cost of living?
August 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
No right time now to read through the article. Does that account for differentiations around cost of living?
Just as long as the million dollar idea song doesn't make a comeback...
August 19, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Just as long as the million dollar idea song doesn't make a comeback...
No, because I don't have a subscription.
It's less a criticism of the work (or even necessarily the intent) as of the headline that makes it sound like "your old toys are needed" instead of maybe "have you seen this toy?"
And also I have trauma from sorting through pre-used crap after a disaster.
It's less a criticism of the work (or even necessarily the intent) as of the headline that makes it sound like "your old toys are needed" instead of maybe "have you seen this toy?"
And also I have trauma from sorting through pre-used crap after a disaster.
July 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
No, because I don't have a subscription.
It's less a criticism of the work (or even necessarily the intent) as of the headline that makes it sound like "your old toys are needed" instead of maybe "have you seen this toy?"
And also I have trauma from sorting through pre-used crap after a disaster.
It's less a criticism of the work (or even necessarily the intent) as of the headline that makes it sound like "your old toys are needed" instead of maybe "have you seen this toy?"
And also I have trauma from sorting through pre-used crap after a disaster.
Exactly what I came to say. Managing physical donations is logistically costly.
Besides which, if my daughter lost her favorite stuffed toy, I can guarantee that getting something completely different and pre-owned would do nothing to make her happy. She'd want a 1-1 replacement, which takes money.
Besides which, if my daughter lost her favorite stuffed toy, I can guarantee that getting something completely different and pre-owned would do nothing to make her happy. She'd want a 1-1 replacement, which takes money.
July 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Exactly what I came to say. Managing physical donations is logistically costly.
Besides which, if my daughter lost her favorite stuffed toy, I can guarantee that getting something completely different and pre-owned would do nothing to make her happy. She'd want a 1-1 replacement, which takes money.
Besides which, if my daughter lost her favorite stuffed toy, I can guarantee that getting something completely different and pre-owned would do nothing to make her happy. She'd want a 1-1 replacement, which takes money.
What is the most llama-like fish?
July 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
What is the most llama-like fish?
That's a very reasonable starting point, sure. The problem strikes me, though, that it's hard to prove the negative, that there's no strategic weakness built into the system. You can only say that you don't see the weakness in the system so far. So then the question becomes one of risk tolerance.
July 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
That's a very reasonable starting point, sure. The problem strikes me, though, that it's hard to prove the negative, that there's no strategic weakness built into the system. You can only say that you don't see the weakness in the system so far. So then the question becomes one of risk tolerance.
If you believed in zero-sum thinking, how would you draw the lines of how much to trust a competitor country to manufacture core energy infrastructure?
I'm not saying that's a super strong argument when we're getting all our communication infrastructure from foreign chips, but I kind of get it.
I'm not saying that's a super strong argument when we're getting all our communication infrastructure from foreign chips, but I kind of get it.
July 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
If you believed in zero-sum thinking, how would you draw the lines of how much to trust a competitor country to manufacture core energy infrastructure?
I'm not saying that's a super strong argument when we're getting all our communication infrastructure from foreign chips, but I kind of get it.
I'm not saying that's a super strong argument when we're getting all our communication infrastructure from foreign chips, but I kind of get it.
I'm sorry to say you mixed up your word order. Your backyard is leaking a spring.
July 1, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I'm sorry to say you mixed up your word order. Your backyard is leaking a spring.
I'm sure he'd lean towards it for a while: a criminal who becomes successful at business and politics? Absolutely!
And then Valjean went and adopted that kid instead of trafficking her; what a loser.
And then Valjean went and adopted that kid instead of trafficking her; what a loser.
June 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I'm sure he'd lean towards it for a while: a criminal who becomes successful at business and politics? Absolutely!
And then Valjean went and adopted that kid instead of trafficking her; what a loser.
And then Valjean went and adopted that kid instead of trafficking her; what a loser.
I remember watching Bozo regularly, but I can't for the life of me remember anything about the show other than the buckets game.
June 9, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I remember watching Bozo regularly, but I can't for the life of me remember anything about the show other than the buckets game.
Ridiculous. Magic bean stalks strictly use atmospheric radiation to grow, not conventional photosynthesis.
May 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Ridiculous. Magic bean stalks strictly use atmospheric radiation to grow, not conventional photosynthesis.
Oh hey, the ads are going again. Congrats?
May 28, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Oh hey, the ads are going again. Congrats?
Ugh, I wish! Despite vaccinations I've gotten COVID 4 years in a row. The first time was the worst time, but I still don't take it for granted that another bout could take me out.
May 28, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Ugh, I wish! Despite vaccinations I've gotten COVID 4 years in a row. The first time was the worst time, but I still don't take it for granted that another bout could take me out.