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"war-torn" pdx | NET | cascadia | something else (i have my tribal membership discount card for the reservation gas station, do you?)
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lots of bike cops all over downtown already. i don't even know if this particular NoKings rally is marching
crowd is the biggest it's been in months. filling the whole square in front of the battleship oregon memorial
crowd is the biggest it's been in months. filling the whole square in front of the battleship oregon memorial
January 10, 2026 at 7:35 PM
lots of bike cops all over downtown already. i don't even know if this particular NoKings rally is marching
crowd is the biggest it's been in months. filling the whole square in front of the battleship oregon memorial
crowd is the biggest it's been in months. filling the whole square in front of the battleship oregon memorial
it's 3am and i've hijacked the grow tent venting system (that we use for our resin printer) to finish painting a flag for no kings tomorrow—p100s getting their pre-game early, maybe, hopefully not, i got enough teargas in 2020
i need to throw up sheets and have a real painting booth in the basement
i need to throw up sheets and have a real painting booth in the basement
January 10, 2026 at 10:51 AM
it's 3am and i've hijacked the grow tent venting system (that we use for our resin printer) to finish painting a flag for no kings tomorrow—p100s getting their pre-game early, maybe, hopefully not, i got enough teargas in 2020
i need to throw up sheets and have a real painting booth in the basement
i need to throw up sheets and have a real painting booth in the basement
maybe it's because i was a writer long before i was a programmer, but the huge gains in NLP into actually processing the meaning of words the last few years has been pretty stark
not just storing and retrieving statistically likely outcomes, but systems that seemingly work directly with meaning
not just storing and retrieving statistically likely outcomes, but systems that seemingly work directly with meaning
January 10, 2026 at 7:57 AM
maybe it's because i was a writer long before i was a programmer, but the huge gains in NLP into actually processing the meaning of words the last few years has been pretty stark
not just storing and retrieving statistically likely outcomes, but systems that seemingly work directly with meaning
not just storing and retrieving statistically likely outcomes, but systems that seemingly work directly with meaning
there's a fun irony that dash's markdown post has several markdown parsing errors
it's a lovely little spec, but it's been an absolute shitheel to implement and standardize for decades
it's a lovely little spec, but it's been an absolute shitheel to implement and standardize for decades
It’s true, I don’t know about plain text files. 🤣 lmao, the Techier Than Thou neckbeards get defensive any time you explain that the human aspects matter more than the technical ones, and retreat to trying to condescend about minutia.
January 10, 2026 at 7:37 AM
there's a fun irony that dash's markdown post has several markdown parsing errors
it's a lovely little spec, but it's been an absolute shitheel to implement and standardize for decades
it's a lovely little spec, but it's been an absolute shitheel to implement and standardize for decades
epub reader settings that let me turn every serious textbook or novel into a conspiracy-theorist's infinite-scroll webpage, my beloved
January 9, 2026 at 11:33 AM
epub reader settings that let me turn every serious textbook or novel into a conspiracy-theorist's infinite-scroll webpage, my beloved
pop_os (cosmic) has a fun quirk where dragging a window into another will trigger a "make this program open this other program" feature. most of the time one or both apps crash
and tbf a lot of linux distros have this quirk and to some degree i appreciate the optimism, if not the lost browser tabs
and tbf a lot of linux distros have this quirk and to some degree i appreciate the optimism, if not the lost browser tabs
January 9, 2026 at 10:24 AM
pop_os (cosmic) has a fun quirk where dragging a window into another will trigger a "make this program open this other program" feature. most of the time one or both apps crash
and tbf a lot of linux distros have this quirk and to some degree i appreciate the optimism, if not the lost browser tabs
and tbf a lot of linux distros have this quirk and to some degree i appreciate the optimism, if not the lost browser tabs
i feel like the constant confounding of nicotine and smoke is a total and complete failure of the medical science community
and it seems intentional every time a paper or web page primer elides over the unknowns by just saying "and/or combustion byproducts contribute to X"
ok? and absent that??
and it seems intentional every time a paper or web page primer elides over the unknowns by just saying "and/or combustion byproducts contribute to X"
ok? and absent that??
January 9, 2026 at 6:59 AM
i feel like the constant confounding of nicotine and smoke is a total and complete failure of the medical science community
and it seems intentional every time a paper or web page primer elides over the unknowns by just saying "and/or combustion byproducts contribute to X"
ok? and absent that??
and it seems intentional every time a paper or web page primer elides over the unknowns by just saying "and/or combustion byproducts contribute to X"
ok? and absent that??
it's such a gloomy grey day in portland the street lights are coming on at 2pm
this is what they mean when they say pnw winters deal psychic damage instead of cold
this is what they mean when they say pnw winters deal psychic damage instead of cold
January 8, 2026 at 10:18 PM
it's such a gloomy grey day in portland the street lights are coming on at 2pm
this is what they mean when they say pnw winters deal psychic damage instead of cold
this is what they mean when they say pnw winters deal psychic damage instead of cold
"if only the gestapo were better trained this wouldn't happen"
ice agents simply aren't trained well enough to be on the street. they are a genuine danger to citizens
January 8, 2026 at 1:33 PM
"if only the gestapo were better trained this wouldn't happen"
the small victory of standing up a proxy and database server and successfully getting a login request to walk the full system path and return access/refresh tokens
the bigger victory of doing it without vibe coding it. just going through the fundamentals and actually internalizing them
the bigger victory of doing it without vibe coding it. just going through the fundamentals and actually internalizing them
January 8, 2026 at 2:36 AM
the small victory of standing up a proxy and database server and successfully getting a login request to walk the full system path and return access/refresh tokens
the bigger victory of doing it without vibe coding it. just going through the fundamentals and actually internalizing them
the bigger victory of doing it without vibe coding it. just going through the fundamentals and actually internalizing them
i keep getting drawn into the helicopter highline strike in telegraph canyon. the highline had a notam, potentially incorrect in stating an altitude of 2800' MSL, but correctly noting 600' AGL. flight records show N3502P skimming less than 100' AGL leading up to the crash
January 7, 2026 at 8:30 AM
i keep getting drawn into the helicopter highline strike in telegraph canyon. the highline had a notam, potentially incorrect in stating an altitude of 2800' MSL, but correctly noting 600' AGL. flight records show N3502P skimming less than 100' AGL leading up to the crash
whenever Very Bad Takes over the shapes of bodies goes around i'm reminded of "changes" by neil gaiman [let's death of the author here, so bear with me]. pills are accidentally invented that do fully reversible transitions. and everyone truly, literally, calms their tits about each other's bodies
January 6, 2026 at 5:38 PM
whenever Very Bad Takes over the shapes of bodies goes around i'm reminded of "changes" by neil gaiman [let's death of the author here, so bear with me]. pills are accidentally invented that do fully reversible transitions. and everyone truly, literally, calms their tits about each other's bodies
a mildly infuriating command prompt couplet. you have to wonder what happened at microsoft / that typescript team that day that their clean and build flags are order-dependent
January 6, 2026 at 4:40 AM
a mildly infuriating command prompt couplet. you have to wonder what happened at microsoft / that typescript team that day that their clean and build flags are order-dependent
"inline code completion (now with machine learning)" in webstorm has got at least a 40% miss rate and that's something i can't have waiting in ambush under my tab-to-compete hotkey
January 3, 2026 at 8:03 PM
"inline code completion (now with machine learning)" in webstorm has got at least a 40% miss rate and that's something i can't have waiting in ambush under my tab-to-compete hotkey
that's the corner of Powell's with the big outdoor sculpture
No war on Venezuela protest: 1/3/26 Portland, Oregon
SW 10th & SW Burnside
3:30 p.m.
SW 10th & SW Burnside
3:30 p.m.
January 3, 2026 at 5:53 PM
that's the corner of Powell's with the big outdoor sculpture
i think it's kind of funny that the naysayers on the big For You thread are kind of telling on themselves or their immediate network, "why is my feed full of weird shit i'm not into??"
January 3, 2026 at 4:46 AM
i think it's kind of funny that the naysayers on the big For You thread are kind of telling on themselves or their immediate network, "why is my feed full of weird shit i'm not into??"
it feels inevitable that we'll eventually see someone try malicious requests explicitly permitted in the .claude files
i mean, widely distributed scripts or "skills" run by a closed-source program prone to hallucinations just doesn't sound safe at all
i mean, widely distributed scripts or "skills" run by a closed-source program prone to hallucinations just doesn't sound safe at all
December 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
it feels inevitable that we'll eventually see someone try malicious requests explicitly permitted in the .claude files
i mean, widely distributed scripts or "skills" run by a closed-source program prone to hallucinations just doesn't sound safe at all
i mean, widely distributed scripts or "skills" run by a closed-source program prone to hallucinations just doesn't sound safe at all
the resers fought for years to not be known as graverobbers, but here we are
and yes, these resers:
and yes, these resers:
December 31, 2025 at 3:43 AM
the resers fought for years to not be known as graverobbers, but here we are
and yes, these resers:
and yes, these resers:
streaming services don't really implement pregap audio and it's a fucken shame
it completely takes the magic out of live albums. all the chit-chat and the noodling and the off-hand remarks, lost to negative time
it completely takes the magic out of live albums. all the chit-chat and the noodling and the off-hand remarks, lost to negative time
December 31, 2025 at 2:50 AM
streaming services don't really implement pregap audio and it's a fucken shame
it completely takes the magic out of live albums. all the chit-chat and the noodling and the off-hand remarks, lost to negative time
it completely takes the magic out of live albums. all the chit-chat and the noodling and the off-hand remarks, lost to negative time
do kids these days even know about negative timestamps on CDs?
they hid whole-ass hidden tracks in the negative spaces
but also, every live song on streaming services sounds wrong without the crowds sounds and the lead-up words from the vocalist or the noodling from the band before the song starts
they hid whole-ass hidden tracks in the negative spaces
but also, every live song on streaming services sounds wrong without the crowds sounds and the lead-up words from the vocalist or the noodling from the band before the song starts
December 31, 2025 at 2:40 AM
do kids these days even know about negative timestamps on CDs?
they hid whole-ass hidden tracks in the negative spaces
but also, every live song on streaming services sounds wrong without the crowds sounds and the lead-up words from the vocalist or the noodling from the band before the song starts
they hid whole-ass hidden tracks in the negative spaces
but also, every live song on streaming services sounds wrong without the crowds sounds and the lead-up words from the vocalist or the noodling from the band before the song starts
replacing my gpu and it finally happened, i don't have any vga or dvi slots anymore
maybe it's finally time to toss that old box of cables
maybe it's finally time to toss that old box of cables
December 29, 2025 at 6:01 AM
replacing my gpu and it finally happened, i don't have any vga or dvi slots anymore
maybe it's finally time to toss that old box of cables
maybe it's finally time to toss that old box of cables
a deeply misogynistic, self-involved, and self-aggrandizing project made by a petulant manchild with zero understanding or context about the world outside their incredibly narrow slice of experience...
what else would you name it but Grok?
what else would you name it but Grok?
December 28, 2025 at 9:13 AM
a deeply misogynistic, self-involved, and self-aggrandizing project made by a petulant manchild with zero understanding or context about the world outside their incredibly narrow slice of experience...
what else would you name it but Grok?
what else would you name it but Grok?
in retrospect we should've taken the war more seriously, instead now we're seriously considering falling back and ceding the rest of September to christmas
when is enough enough?
when is enough enough?
In retrospect the Bush-era War On Christmas stuff seems more ominous than it did at the time. It was just cable news guys crying about dumb/fake shit, then and now; I mean the campaign to turn Christmas, which most everyone likes and feels warmly about, into just another thing to get mad about.
December 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
in retrospect we should've taken the war more seriously, instead now we're seriously considering falling back and ceding the rest of September to christmas
when is enough enough?
when is enough enough?
i don't think i'll ever not be mad/amused that "fleece" stopped meaning wool and now means plastic and has also somewhere along the way become a synonym for fraud
December 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
i don't think i'll ever not be mad/amused that "fleece" stopped meaning wool and now means plastic and has also somewhere along the way become a synonym for fraud
it boggles my mind every year that peacock lane is open to car traffic
you'd think portland of all places would do better
on the plus side, the hotdog carts are a new-to-me addition that i fully endorse
you'd think portland of all places would do better
on the plus side, the hotdog carts are a new-to-me addition that i fully endorse
December 25, 2025 at 3:45 AM
it boggles my mind every year that peacock lane is open to car traffic
you'd think portland of all places would do better
on the plus side, the hotdog carts are a new-to-me addition that i fully endorse
you'd think portland of all places would do better
on the plus side, the hotdog carts are a new-to-me addition that i fully endorse