Dan
@lordofthegeeks.bsky.social
Lefty geek, doesn't eat things with a face, did physics in the distant past
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GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
February 7, 2026 at 5:01 AM
GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
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Reform are a genuinely anti-establishment party in the same way that Hannibal Lecter wearing a prison guard's flayed face was genuinely a prison guard
January 26, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Reform are a genuinely anti-establishment party in the same way that Hannibal Lecter wearing a prison guard's flayed face was genuinely a prison guard
It is December the 13th, dark outside and someone is mowing their lawn ...
December 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
It is December the 13th, dark outside and someone is mowing their lawn ...
Dear all customer service departments. I do not ever want to have to call you. If I am calling you I have tried ALL the options to get this done online.
If you make me spend a minute hearing how I could have done this online you are just making me annoyed.
Stop it
If you make me spend a minute hearing how I could have done this online you are just making me annoyed.
Stop it
December 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Dear all customer service departments. I do not ever want to have to call you. If I am calling you I have tried ALL the options to get this done online.
If you make me spend a minute hearing how I could have done this online you are just making me annoyed.
Stop it
If you make me spend a minute hearing how I could have done this online you are just making me annoyed.
Stop it
Ok. I don't use Excel much but I just changed an old spreadsheet from index and match to xlookup and if was amazing
November 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Ok. I don't use Excel much but I just changed an old spreadsheet from index and match to xlookup and if was amazing
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Why do we call it gaming addiction and not consoling ourselves
October 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Why do we call it gaming addiction and not consoling ourselves
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the Command & Conquer series is 30 years old today we so have an excuse to share this iconic moment with Tim Curry
September 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
the Command & Conquer series is 30 years old today we so have an excuse to share this iconic moment with Tim Curry
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Does Tylenol cause autism?
(A comprehensive neuroscientific response to the recent US govt report)
[Summary]
No, of course not! What's wrong with you?
[Full answer]
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-[1/237]
(A comprehensive neuroscientific response to the recent US govt report)
[Summary]
No, of course not! What's wrong with you?
[Full answer]
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-[1/237]
September 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Does Tylenol cause autism?
(A comprehensive neuroscientific response to the recent US govt report)
[Summary]
No, of course not! What's wrong with you?
[Full answer]
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-[1/237]
(A comprehensive neuroscientific response to the recent US govt report)
[Summary]
No, of course not! What's wrong with you?
[Full answer]
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-[1/237]
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As a guy who got a cancer that was probably caused by a virus, I think we should have /more/ vaccines.
September 8, 2025 at 12:49 AM
As a guy who got a cancer that was probably caused by a virus, I think we should have /more/ vaccines.
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This is *immensely* stupid advice. They don’t use energy while they’re sitting on a hard drive not being accessed. They very much use energy while you’re going through them all and deleting them.
It’s also a fraction of a fraction of the energy saving you’d make by driving less or similar.
It’s also a fraction of a fraction of the energy saving you’d make by driving less or similar.
The UK government has urged people to delete old pictures and emails as 'data centres require vast amounts of water to cool their systems'.
http://jrnl.ie/6788643
http://jrnl.ie/6788643
UK government advises people to delete old photos and emails as England faces water shortfall
The UK government has urged people to delete old pictures and emails as ‘data centres require cast amounts of water to cool their systems’.
jrnl.ie
August 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This is *immensely* stupid advice. They don’t use energy while they’re sitting on a hard drive not being accessed. They very much use energy while you’re going through them all and deleting them.
It’s also a fraction of a fraction of the energy saving you’d make by driving less or similar.
It’s also a fraction of a fraction of the energy saving you’d make by driving less or similar.
Niche peeve - I hate the joke:
"Why can't you trust Atoms?
Because they make up everything"
It is either 95% or 99.95% wrong depending how you interpret the language.
"Why can't you trust Atoms?
Because they make up everything"
It is either 95% or 99.95% wrong depending how you interpret the language.
August 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Niche peeve - I hate the joke:
"Why can't you trust Atoms?
Because they make up everything"
It is either 95% or 99.95% wrong depending how you interpret the language.
"Why can't you trust Atoms?
Because they make up everything"
It is either 95% or 99.95% wrong depending how you interpret the language.
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Does the word 'efficiency' really need both of those 'f's?
August 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Does the word 'efficiency' really need both of those 'f's?
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David R. Hagen just solved a small mystery that I mentioned 13 years ago in the mouseover text of a comic drhagen.com/blog/the-mis...
The Missing 11th of the Month - David R Hagen
Personal website of David R Hagen, scientific software engineer
drhagen.com
June 19, 2025 at 11:40 AM
David R. Hagen just solved a small mystery that I mentioned 13 years ago in the mouseover text of a comic drhagen.com/blog/the-mis...
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"Well yeah, that's as it should be.
Just because they're shorter than the average person doesn't mean they deserve less mon...
Oh, I see"
- Me, upon first seeing this headline
Just because they're shorter than the average person doesn't mean they deserve less mon...
Oh, I see"
- Me, upon first seeing this headline
June 18, 2025 at 10:34 AM
"Well yeah, that's as it should be.
Just because they're shorter than the average person doesn't mean they deserve less mon...
Oh, I see"
- Me, upon first seeing this headline
Just because they're shorter than the average person doesn't mean they deserve less mon...
Oh, I see"
- Me, upon first seeing this headline
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A few ideas.
Soul Music - fairly obvious, oh and please let me play Susan. Binky is a puppet.
Monstrous Regiment - Oh what a lovely war style. I would like to be Mal, with an entire patter song devoted to love of coffee (not blood).
Soul Music - fairly obvious, oh and please let me play Susan. Binky is a puppet.
Monstrous Regiment - Oh what a lovely war style. I would like to be Mal, with an entire patter song devoted to love of coffee (not blood).
May 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM
A few ideas.
Soul Music - fairly obvious, oh and please let me play Susan. Binky is a puppet.
Monstrous Regiment - Oh what a lovely war style. I would like to be Mal, with an entire patter song devoted to love of coffee (not blood).
Soul Music - fairly obvious, oh and please let me play Susan. Binky is a puppet.
Monstrous Regiment - Oh what a lovely war style. I would like to be Mal, with an entire patter song devoted to love of coffee (not blood).
My wife really is the best. Added to my work bag and emergency kit of everything I always forget!
May 19, 2025 at 6:23 AM
My wife really is the best. Added to my work bag and emergency kit of everything I always forget!
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The difference between a tornado WATCH and a tornado WARNING is that a WARNING means it's imminent 🚨 but if it's a WATCH you've got time ⌚
(yes I've seen the taco/sandwich/whatever memes but this is the only one I can remember because it has the watch-time word association)
(yes I've seen the taco/sandwich/whatever memes but this is the only one I can remember because it has the watch-time word association)
May 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The difference between a tornado WATCH and a tornado WARNING is that a WARNING means it's imminent 🚨 but if it's a WATCH you've got time ⌚
(yes I've seen the taco/sandwich/whatever memes but this is the only one I can remember because it has the watch-time word association)
(yes I've seen the taco/sandwich/whatever memes but this is the only one I can remember because it has the watch-time word association)
When people say BEVs are pointless as sustainabile fuels are the future they seem to forget costs ...
May 3, 2025 at 10:42 AM
When people say BEVs are pointless as sustainabile fuels are the future they seem to forget costs ...
Trump lies even more than my washing machine timer
May 1, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Trump lies even more than my washing machine timer
Trying to get out the door to work today was harder than normal but cute
April 14, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Trying to get out the door to work today was harder than normal but cute
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I bet your DMs were rammed...I said RAMMED *tap tap* is this thing on?
April 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I bet your DMs were rammed...I said RAMMED *tap tap* is this thing on?
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This time seven years ago I was on the toilet texting our marketing manager that I had things "under control"
Seven years today since we first introduced you to this absolute unit.
April 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This time seven years ago I was on the toilet texting our marketing manager that I had things "under control"
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It always boggles my mind that I, a journalist, am expressly forbidden from trading stocks, but members of Congress, with vastly greater knowledge of market-moving news, are allowed to profit by front-running markets, and so may profit by in essence stealing from the public they represent.
April 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
It always boggles my mind that I, a journalist, am expressly forbidden from trading stocks, but members of Congress, with vastly greater knowledge of market-moving news, are allowed to profit by front-running markets, and so may profit by in essence stealing from the public they represent.
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🚨NEW: 19 UK & EU industry bodies have joined forces to call for a mutual recognition agreement on conformity assessment.
Sounds technical - but CRUCIALLY this is a practical, achievable measure to reduce unnecessary barriers to UK-EU trade. Proposed by @uktradebusiness.bsky.social in 2023!
Sounds technical - but CRUCIALLY this is a practical, achievable measure to reduce unnecessary barriers to UK-EU trade. Proposed by @uktradebusiness.bsky.social in 2023!
April 8, 2025 at 11:56 AM
🚨NEW: 19 UK & EU industry bodies have joined forces to call for a mutual recognition agreement on conformity assessment.
Sounds technical - but CRUCIALLY this is a practical, achievable measure to reduce unnecessary barriers to UK-EU trade. Proposed by @uktradebusiness.bsky.social in 2023!
Sounds technical - but CRUCIALLY this is a practical, achievable measure to reduce unnecessary barriers to UK-EU trade. Proposed by @uktradebusiness.bsky.social in 2023!