Andrew
@neonelephant.bsky.social
Gamer. Software developer, software fixer, occasional software stop bath. he/him
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PRESENT DAY
PRESENT...TIME!
PRESENT...TIME!
December 25, 2025 at 1:48 AM
PRESENT DAY
PRESENT...TIME!
PRESENT...TIME!
Another good reminder that the older I get the better I understand the professor's comment of "what do they teach them in schools these days?" from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
I can't tell whether or not this is a good thing.
I can't tell whether or not this is a good thing.
December 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Another good reminder that the older I get the better I understand the professor's comment of "what do they teach them in schools these days?" from The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.
I can't tell whether or not this is a good thing.
I can't tell whether or not this is a good thing.
Surely now, with two weeks of vacation, I will be able to sit down and and settle on a game to enjoy.
December 20, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Surely now, with two weeks of vacation, I will be able to sit down and and settle on a game to enjoy.
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Reminding everyone for no particular reason that Section 230 is one of the last things standing between free speech online and Trump having control over everything you see and say on the internet
December 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Reminding everyone for no particular reason that Section 230 is one of the last things standing between free speech online and Trump having control over everything you see and say on the internet
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Does anyone have suggestions for SF & F in which the main character is a full time wheelchair user?
Literally asking this for a friend who uses a chair and wants to see themselves in a book.
Literally asking this for a friend who uses a chair and wants to see themselves in a book.
December 3, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Does anyone have suggestions for SF & F in which the main character is a full time wheelchair user?
Literally asking this for a friend who uses a chair and wants to see themselves in a book.
Literally asking this for a friend who uses a chair and wants to see themselves in a book.
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OK - pie discourse - best pie story:
In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
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In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
/1
November 26, 2025 at 5:02 AM
OK - pie discourse - best pie story:
In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
/1
In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
/1
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Art. I of the Constitution gives Congress the power to make rules and regulations for the armed forces — including codes of discipline and strictures against following illegal orders. You can’t punish members of Congress for articulating those rules. Also protected by Speech and Debate Clause.
November 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Art. I of the Constitution gives Congress the power to make rules and regulations for the armed forces — including codes of discipline and strictures against following illegal orders. You can’t punish members of Congress for articulating those rules. Also protected by Speech and Debate Clause.
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Military ethicist here. I used to be Associate Chair of Leadership, Ethics, and Law at USNA. We consistently taught our midshipmen that they should refuse to obey illegal orders. The Uniform Code of Military Justice makes this obligation clear. “I was just following orders” is not an excuse, period.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Military ethicist here. I used to be Associate Chair of Leadership, Ethics, and Law at USNA. We consistently taught our midshipmen that they should refuse to obey illegal orders. The Uniform Code of Military Justice makes this obligation clear. “I was just following orders” is not an excuse, period.
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ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
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when I visited korea last year I went to haeinsa temple to see the tripitaka koreana, a set of 80k+ wooden printing blocks for buddhist scriptures, made in the 13th century en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripita...
Tripitaka Koreana - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
when I visited korea last year I went to haeinsa temple to see the tripitaka koreana, a set of 80k+ wooden printing blocks for buddhist scriptures, made in the 13th century en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripita...
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EVERYBODY GO READ THE AWS INCIDENT WRITE-UP! aws.amazon.com/message/1019...
Summary of the Amazon DynamoDB Service Disruption in Northern Virginia (US-EAST-1) Region
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October 23, 2025 at 3:47 AM
EVERYBODY GO READ THE AWS INCIDENT WRITE-UP! aws.amazon.com/message/1019...
I don't think I disagree with the thesis that AAA games could be priced higher. I do sort of wonder whether, if they were, overall games spending would change (increase?), or just shift.
AAA video games should cost $100 on launch. this would still be extremely cheap for the amount of time and enjoyment you get out of them! But an audience of whiny babies has kept them literally at the same price for *two decades* despite both general inflation *and* sector-specific costs rising
October 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I don't think I disagree with the thesis that AAA games could be priced higher. I do sort of wonder whether, if they were, overall games spending would change (increase?), or just shift.
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Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay
October 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay
I don't know what I was expecting No Kings in Lakewood to look like, but it didn't involve a many people as were actually there.
October 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I don't know what I was expecting No Kings in Lakewood to look like, but it didn't involve a many people as were actually there.
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This administration has been, by far, the most censorial administration in my lifetime. They're punishing people for speech about Palestine, about Charlie Kirk, about ICE, about the President. It's been nonstop attacks on speech.
Mike Johnson: "The last time I checked, Americans have more freedom right now to express themselves and speak their minds after Republicans took over ... it is the Republicans who restored your right to share and speak your mind."
October 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This administration has been, by far, the most censorial administration in my lifetime. They're punishing people for speech about Palestine, about Charlie Kirk, about ICE, about the President. It's been nonstop attacks on speech.
The memes and snark about the game tonight have been incredible.
October 11, 2025 at 5:24 AM
The memes and snark about the game tonight have been incredible.
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if i were running an intelligence agency spinning up paradox mods as an influence ops is absolutely something I’d be doing
it's honestly fucked up to think about how most of the people who understand the references in here understand them because of HOI4 mods
October 9, 2025 at 11:38 PM
if i were running an intelligence agency spinning up paradox mods as an influence ops is absolutely something I’d be doing
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The trump administration has been murdering people off the coast of Venezuela. This is not a small technical thing or an abstract constitutional testing of the war powers. Even if everyone on the boats were exactly who the Trump admin says they are they aren't enemy combatants, just criminals.
Trump has been illegally bombing boats off the coast of Venezuela.
Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff forced a vote on reasserting Congress's role over war powers and ending this reckless
warmongering.
It failed 48-51.
Murkowski and Paul voted yes.
Fetterman voted no.
Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff forced a vote on reasserting Congress's role over war powers and ending this reckless
warmongering.
It failed 48-51.
Murkowski and Paul voted yes.
Fetterman voted no.
October 9, 2025 at 3:12 AM
The trump administration has been murdering people off the coast of Venezuela. This is not a small technical thing or an abstract constitutional testing of the war powers. Even if everyone on the boats were exactly who the Trump admin says they are they aren't enemy combatants, just criminals.
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This is personalism. It's the Charles I scenario -- the king rules without the a legislature and simply taxes and spends in whatever way he feels like.
Impeach, remove, disqualify.
Impeach, remove, disqualify.
Well that's not how appropriations work at all
*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT
*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT
October 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This is personalism. It's the Charles I scenario -- the king rules without the a legislature and simply taxes and spends in whatever way he feels like.
Impeach, remove, disqualify.
Impeach, remove, disqualify.
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CHOTINER: This game you like to play, what's it called?
ME: Slay the Spire.
CHOTINER: And you play it on the computer?
ME: Yeah. Well, I also have it on my phone. I played another 300 hours.
CHOTINER: And these other games in your Steam library. Have you finished them?
ME: Now hold on a second,
ME: Slay the Spire.
CHOTINER: And you play it on the computer?
ME: Yeah. Well, I also have it on my phone. I played another 300 hours.
CHOTINER: And these other games in your Steam library. Have you finished them?
ME: Now hold on a second,
September 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
CHOTINER: This game you like to play, what's it called?
ME: Slay the Spire.
CHOTINER: And you play it on the computer?
ME: Yeah. Well, I also have it on my phone. I played another 300 hours.
CHOTINER: And these other games in your Steam library. Have you finished them?
ME: Now hold on a second,
ME: Slay the Spire.
CHOTINER: And you play it on the computer?
ME: Yeah. Well, I also have it on my phone. I played another 300 hours.
CHOTINER: And these other games in your Steam library. Have you finished them?
ME: Now hold on a second,
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i leave message here on service but you do not call
June 30, 2024 at 3:31 AM
i leave message here on service but you do not call
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we very specifically and over decades had earned a reputation for being a place where you could come and study or work and be treated ~fairly rather than tyrannically.
that reputation was a big deal. I hope in time we can rebuild it.
that reputation was a big deal. I hope in time we can rebuild it.
September 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
we very specifically and over decades had earned a reputation for being a place where you could come and study or work and be treated ~fairly rather than tyrannically.
that reputation was a big deal. I hope in time we can rebuild it.
that reputation was a big deal. I hope in time we can rebuild it.
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I have a couple of comments about the "free speech hero" narrative about Charlie Kirk.
First, was Charlie Kirk really notable for supporting the free speech of people he disagreed with? I haven't noticed that, though I could have missed it.
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First, was Charlie Kirk really notable for supporting the free speech of people he disagreed with? I haven't noticed that, though I could have missed it.
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September 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I have a couple of comments about the "free speech hero" narrative about Charlie Kirk.
First, was Charlie Kirk really notable for supporting the free speech of people he disagreed with? I haven't noticed that, though I could have missed it.
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First, was Charlie Kirk really notable for supporting the free speech of people he disagreed with? I haven't noticed that, though I could have missed it.
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Who here do I know that hosts their own webpages or blogs? A postdoc colleague and I would like to ask a few fast questions about your traffic patterns over the last 5 years.
(please reshare for reach thank you!)
(please reshare for reach thank you!)
September 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Who here do I know that hosts their own webpages or blogs? A postdoc colleague and I would like to ask a few fast questions about your traffic patterns over the last 5 years.
(please reshare for reach thank you!)
(please reshare for reach thank you!)