I thought I was already a cranky old guy about technology, but I glimpsed a shining new frontier in my evolution today when I decided not to install an ad tracking opt-out plugin because it had been created by some foundation rather than by a fellow grumpy old guy who hates ad tracking

Just launched the job that will launch 100 jobs that will ultimately, through a complicated web of dependencies, launch 3150 jobs in a way that gets around the cluster's 1500-job submission limit

Dreamed last night I got to watch a whole new US inter-city rail line open up. Didn't expect the phase after wanting socks for Christmas was wanting transit but in hindsight it tracks

I've heard people push back on the "vaccines cause autism" idea hundreds of times, but closest I've heard a non-activist say "...and autism isn't a bad thing" was Jon Lovett with "maybe this is how we'll finally get high-speed trains" which IS funny but I really should have more than one nickel here

Today my PI, who is a person who works in academia, described me as eccentric

Today I came up with a simple yet ominous explanation of quantum mechanics (specifically the multiverse interpretation):

Everything that can possibly be is mixed together as waves. Look closely and you get mixed in too

My mom assigned me to make the peppermint bark this year, knowing I've modified her recipe but not knowing how much. She just walked into the kitchen —

Mom, seeing the ginger out: what're you doing here?! Anything scary?

Me, trying not to draw attention to the ghost pepper: no :)

I'm infodumping? No, I just aliased my `--verbose` flag on startup

For a microbe, microdosing is just dosing

Check out this KO my friend texted me yesterday

Her: you're about to change the topic aren't you

Me: how could you tell?

Her: you were typing

Me, flirting: here's a physics calculation I did based on something you said offhand 46 hours ago

Somehow this just makes me want to go down it even more

I am so tempted to get a Houston airport 'Heme'/ 'Homo' hat

Hi! Lots of artists trying to find community again so here I am with my space pottery. Everything is hand-painted with glaze 💫

"What's the biggest animal you could take in a fight?" Idk but if a raccoon or squirrel is going at something the size of me I've already lost. They clearly want it more than I do

I've been here for a day and the vibe I'm getting is "elementary school when the teacher's stepped out of the room for a couple of minutes"