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"Thinkers aren't limited by what they know…they're limited by what puzzles them, because there's no way to become curious about something that doesn't puzzle you." —Daniel Quinn
mirrored twin gables have an absolute chokehold on Nashville new construction. where did this perversion come from? a neoclassical French manor skeleton wearing a Tudor revival skin? @katewagner.wehwalt.net
October 13, 2025 at 4:02 AM
mirrored twin gables have an absolute chokehold on Nashville new construction. where did this perversion come from? a neoclassical French manor skeleton wearing a Tudor revival skin? @katewagner.wehwalt.net
regardless of graphic designer skill, liberal news comedies must ensure their funny composite graphics look deliberately photoshopped. visible cutouts must have mismatched lighting and text poorly warped to let viewers know they are not using AI
September 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
regardless of graphic designer skill, liberal news comedies must ensure their funny composite graphics look deliberately photoshopped. visible cutouts must have mismatched lighting and text poorly warped to let viewers know they are not using AI
I want a mechanical keyboard with no bezel. completely open deck so I don't have to disassemble the board and remove and wash the keys in a multi-day process like my dad and I undertook in the '80s. just dump out the board chow and run a q-tip between the rows
September 18, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I want a mechanical keyboard with no bezel. completely open deck so I don't have to disassemble the board and remove and wash the keys in a multi-day process like my dad and I undertook in the '80s. just dump out the board chow and run a q-tip between the rows
that no one has redecorated a coffee shop in Global Village or a shoe store in Frasurbane or a bookstore in Utopian Scholastic or put palm trees back in malls or just reopened Natural Wonders for the countless tourists it'd bring suggests a collective understanding it Would Not Be The Same
September 10, 2025 at 5:17 AM
that no one has redecorated a coffee shop in Global Village or a shoe store in Frasurbane or a bookstore in Utopian Scholastic or put palm trees back in malls or just reopened Natural Wonders for the countless tourists it'd bring suggests a collective understanding it Would Not Be The Same
if 1% of violent men were culled every generation for 600 years while women at the antisocial tail were only culturally constrained, only to have those constraints suddenly lifted, hibristofilia is simply the median woman recognizing the jailed violent offender as her ancestral median counterpart
September 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
if 1% of violent men were culled every generation for 600 years while women at the antisocial tail were only culturally constrained, only to have those constraints suddenly lifted, hibristofilia is simply the median woman recognizing the jailed violent offender as her ancestral median counterpart
reminding myself of women's indifference toward virginity, whether mates or property, in pursuit of forgiveness for mom pre-unboxing my Casio fx-7000GA to better disguise it for Christmas ~1990. lost it the 2020 move, so its eBay arrival today let me relive the lost experience
August 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
reminding myself of women's indifference toward virginity, whether mates or property, in pursuit of forgiveness for mom pre-unboxing my Casio fx-7000GA to better disguise it for Christmas ~1990. lost it the 2020 move, so its eBay arrival today let me relive the lost experience
you can instantly spot "engineered" floors in real estate listings from a janky JPEG. no cost-per-square-foot "superior in every way" substitute can duplicate the specular reflections of real hardwood. hell, we spend $2000 on RTX just to upgrade our video game floors from LVP to oak
August 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
you can instantly spot "engineered" floors in real estate listings from a janky JPEG. no cost-per-square-foot "superior in every way" substitute can duplicate the specular reflections of real hardwood. hell, we spend $2000 on RTX just to upgrade our video game floors from LVP to oak
magical thinking: my grades started tanking in college when i lost the Newton Lava mechanical pencil i used for all my homework at a soccer photo shoot 21 years ago. my dubious justification to rebuy is that $25 in the S&P 500 then would be the same i'm paying now
August 20, 2025 at 12:41 AM
magical thinking: my grades started tanking in college when i lost the Newton Lava mechanical pencil i used for all my homework at a soccer photo shoot 21 years ago. my dubious justification to rebuy is that $25 in the S&P 500 then would be the same i'm paying now
"He said some days he's captivated by the way a stream of sunlight hits the wood paneling."
visited my architect who has cancer and brought this story and photos of details i see every day in my home that enrich my life
visited my architect who has cancer and brought this story and photos of details i see every day in my home that enrich my life
August 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"He said some days he's captivated by the way a stream of sunlight hits the wood paneling."
visited my architect who has cancer and brought this story and photos of details i see every day in my home that enrich my life
visited my architect who has cancer and brought this story and photos of details i see every day in my home that enrich my life
July 27, 2025 at 11:50 PM
the GR III absolutely cooks the new X100VI on sharpness (center and edge) even when Fuji is downsampled to match resolution. trend-chasers paying 2x for a "portable" camera 2x the volume and 2x the weight that looks good sitting on a café table instead of pixel peeping reviews paid the vibe tax
July 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
the GR III absolutely cooks the new X100VI on sharpness (center and edge) even when Fuji is downsampled to match resolution. trend-chasers paying 2x for a "portable" camera 2x the volume and 2x the weight that looks good sitting on a café table instead of pixel peeping reviews paid the vibe tax
showing this uneven typography to my next suitress as a modern day Princess and the Pea test
July 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
showing this uneven typography to my next suitress as a modern day Princess and the Pea test
jumping on the skincare bandwagon and have divided my countertop into a morning and night side with sink as boundary. the unhabituated psychological torture of an always-coated face is comparable to the second week of Invisalign
July 7, 2025 at 4:42 AM
jumping on the skincare bandwagon and have divided my countertop into a morning and night side with sink as boundary. the unhabituated psychological torture of an always-coated face is comparable to the second week of Invisalign
they ignored the diagram despite being emailed it as an invitation
June 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
they ignored the diagram despite being emailed it as an invitation
restless night panicking a rabies bat nesting in my newspaper box grazed me as i checked the mail. woke up to pull dashcam footage to confirm it was a bird
June 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
restless night panicking a rabies bat nesting in my newspaper box grazed me as i checked the mail. woke up to pull dashcam footage to confirm it was a bird
TV remotes having 3 planes of symmetry is proof aesthetics are prioritized over usability. it should be 1 only: left to right. top to bottom if there are protruding rubber buttons (prefer a waterproof membrane), but absolutely not front to back
May 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
TV remotes having 3 planes of symmetry is proof aesthetics are prioritized over usability. it should be 1 only: left to right. top to bottom if there are protruding rubber buttons (prefer a waterproof membrane), but absolutely not front to back
feels like false advertising that this isn't what you see on closer inspection of a ZIP System® build
May 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
feels like false advertising that this isn't what you see on closer inspection of a ZIP System® build
discussed with a college friend how her circle navigates a problem i imagine: how do you distinguish men who are fellow students at college bars from age-matched blue-collar interlopers who are poor long-term prospects because their life trajectory will not provide the expected lifestyle and status?
May 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
discussed with a college friend how her circle navigates a problem i imagine: how do you distinguish men who are fellow students at college bars from age-matched blue-collar interlopers who are poor long-term prospects because their life trajectory will not provide the expected lifestyle and status?
1. i started an HDR lover (OLED in the basement), angry Nolan crushed then raised the black floor in The Prestige disc
2. turned against HDR, recalling how X-Files hid drama in the shadows
3. won over again by Wolfs and the DR in this scene. Arri Alexa 35 can do 17 stops? 6× the contrast of my Z8!
2. turned against HDR, recalling how X-Files hid drama in the shadows
3. won over again by Wolfs and the DR in this scene. Arri Alexa 35 can do 17 stops? 6× the contrast of my Z8!
May 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
1. i started an HDR lover (OLED in the basement), angry Nolan crushed then raised the black floor in The Prestige disc
2. turned against HDR, recalling how X-Files hid drama in the shadows
3. won over again by Wolfs and the DR in this scene. Arri Alexa 35 can do 17 stops? 6× the contrast of my Z8!
2. turned against HDR, recalling how X-Files hid drama in the shadows
3. won over again by Wolfs and the DR in this scene. Arri Alexa 35 can do 17 stops? 6× the contrast of my Z8!
driving by, i get why every TRT tee-ball dad is primed for rage. showing my own insecurity, but living here would also give me daily existential dread that i am nobody, nothing special, not meant for anything, and make me liable to flip out at anyone whose disrespect confirmed that fear was true
May 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
driving by, i get why every TRT tee-ball dad is primed for rage. showing my own insecurity, but living here would also give me daily existential dread that i am nobody, nothing special, not meant for anything, and make me liable to flip out at anyone whose disrespect confirmed that fear was true
@ehaspel.bsky.social this graph seems uniquely misleading in how it encourages your eye to measure "male breadwinner" as a diagonally narrow stripe, making it seem like a transient effect, while vertical snapshots are significant for a hundred years
May 2, 2025 at 8:43 PM
@ehaspel.bsky.social this graph seems uniquely misleading in how it encourages your eye to measure "male breadwinner" as a diagonally narrow stripe, making it seem like a transient effect, while vertical snapshots are significant for a hundred years
being too good at digital camera shopping means my entire library from 1999 to today was spared the vintage look other than a few 2004 RAZR photos
April 13, 2025 at 5:35 AM
being too good at digital camera shopping means my entire library from 1999 to today was spared the vintage look other than a few 2004 RAZR photos
another uncanny ability people haven't tried prompting: reconstruct an aerial view of the near portion of this photo looking out a window
April 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
another uncanny ability people haven't tried prompting: reconstruct an aerial view of the near portion of this photo looking out a window
not the logarithmic increase in size I want, and the bottom sphere is way too small, but the basic idea
March 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
not the logarithmic increase in size I want, and the bottom sphere is way too small, but the basic idea