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Forest Gregg
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ontological expert
"using my custom formula, I would get a prediction"

he/him
the laurie berkner band has an album of club remixes of laurie berkner band hits.
Laurie Berkner: The Dance Remixes | The Laurie Berkner Band
laurieberkner.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM
here's a little bash script that you can put in your precommit to make sure your commit on your django project is not introducing untranslated strings (assuming all the strings you care about are already gettext wrapped)
Script to check that you have not introduced untranslated strings.
Script to check that you have not introduced untranslated strings. - check-translations.sh
gist.github.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:21 PM
agent llms change programming from a greedy activity of deep concentration and flow to a casual activity that is not just full of interruptions, but is interruptible: entirely different regimes of attention.
November 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
i was annoyed there are no really safe and robust formatters for django html templates. so, i thought about it this weekend, and, even in the restricted case it would require a formatter that could solve the halting problem.

the very restricted case might be still be worth doing though.
November 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
djlint got really far, and many thanks to chris pickering for it!

i hope that @djangoproject.com or astral.sh might consider picking it up.
November 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
always intrigued when i interact with a professional under 60 who is bad at email. like, what has your life looked like?
November 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
selfishly, i would prefer it if we didn't fuck up the sleep schedules of small children twice a year for basically no reason.
November 1, 2025 at 11:48 AM
if i think about halloween candy long enough, i will, against my will, eventually think about agnes callard.

that's branding!
October 31, 2025 at 11:50 PM
i wrote a lot of good code this week.
October 31, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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only one’s spouse should be allowed to call. no voice calls before marriage.
October 31, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Oh, hey, #a2council, here we go again. I have been fortunate to represent Ward 5 since 2022 and am asking you to elect me to represent you for another four years starting in 2026. a2jenn.org for more info, to support my campaign secure.actblue.com/donate/reele...
October 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
🎵bath problems🎶
🎵bath problems🎶
🎵problems in the bath🎶
October 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
i'm at a stage in my life where i find myself considering organizing a multi-year fundraiser for a playground that could be built in five years.
October 29, 2025 at 2:28 AM
2025 is the year mr. frumble catches his hat.
October 26, 2025 at 10:56 PM
one thing i didn't know about spirit halloween is that it's mainly for grown people.
October 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
i did it. i made the apple strudel.
October 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
here's the deal with ebikes:

15% of the thrill of motorcycles, but at only 2% of the social opprobrium
October 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
i've seen enough. huntrix costumes will be the plurality of the 2025 halloween costumes in ann arbor michigan.
October 25, 2025 at 12:26 AM
postgres's trigram operators are so powerful.
F.35. pg_trgm — support for similarity of text using trigram matching
F.35. pg_trgm — support for similarity of text using trigram matching # F.35.1. Trigram (or Trigraph) Concepts F.35.2. Functions and Operators …
www.postgresql.org
October 24, 2025 at 2:57 AM
ancient greek when the bard started in on another tale of the odyssey: not this same fucking IP again
October 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
i'm reading peter friedlander's /the emergence of a uaw local, 1936-1939/ and it's as good as @gabrielwinant.bsky.social says.

i'm once again struck about the way that union organizers are a kind of applied sociologists (though of 1950s small-group dynamics school).
The emergence of a UAW local, 1936-1939 : a study in class and culture | WorldCat.org
A firsthand account of the experience of unionization in personal and social terms. Freidlander describes the transformation of a working-class community by its own actions and the ensuing stratificat
search.worldcat.org
October 23, 2025 at 5:02 AM
i helped a group of people come to a decision they were ready to make today, even though they didn't think they were.
October 23, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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every job posting is like: looking for someone passionate about AI ethics & responsibility to come research building more AI so my donors can make more money. funded by our friendly genocidaires. dream job alert!
October 23, 2025 at 3:39 AM