Caught them a month ago (and last year, supporting Alvvays); it was so much fun. Enjoy!
December 10, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Caught them a month ago (and last year, supporting Alvvays); it was so much fun. Enjoy!
I generally prefer to boil my shells, TBH, then add a nice cheese sauce --- and that would be a pain to get out of the toaster.
December 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I generally prefer to boil my shells, TBH, then add a nice cheese sauce --- and that would be a pain to get out of the toaster.
Fun fact: 5 out of 6 SREs in a recent survey(*) print boarding passes because they know entirely too much about how computers work. The sixth used to, but recently stopped due to storing PDFs on multiple devices.
(* - survey conducted last week at a holiday party, results may not be replicable)
(* - survey conducted last week at a holiday party, results may not be replicable)
December 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Fun fact: 5 out of 6 SREs in a recent survey(*) print boarding passes because they know entirely too much about how computers work. The sixth used to, but recently stopped due to storing PDFs on multiple devices.
(* - survey conducted last week at a holiday party, results may not be replicable)
(* - survey conducted last week at a holiday party, results may not be replicable)
FWIW, I find that threatening to rebuild malfunctioning electronics as a toaster isn't effective, but makes me feel better. I haven't tried this on a toaster, though.
December 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
FWIW, I find that threatening to rebuild malfunctioning electronics as a toaster isn't effective, but makes me feel better. I haven't tried this on a toaster, though.
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They didn’t have ChatGPT when I was a newborn and I was repeatedly killed.
December 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
They didn’t have ChatGPT when I was a newborn and I was repeatedly killed.
This is almost certainly just shorthand for the distinction between generation and transmission, which it turns out is kind of important, not least if you're someone who could plausibly use a colocated generation facility.
In the bottom 0.1% of the massive mountain of errors, broken arguments and cotton-brained ignorance at play in this classic Yglesias work, but when you generate electricity, you aren't "making electrons", you are pushing them around!!!!!
The heart doesn't 'make blood' folks!!!
archive.ph/wip/XN3RL
The heart doesn't 'make blood' folks!!!
archive.ph/wip/XN3RL
December 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
No need to wait, even: in many cases, state AGs will also be delighted to take the files.
December 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
No need to wait, even: in many cases, state AGs will also be delighted to take the files.
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One quick note, the antihistamine protocol will not help most people with anything other than the COVID vaccine. For shingles, the preventative is to be INCREDIBLY super hydrated! Like, "peeing waterfalls" levels of hydrated.
December 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
One quick note, the antihistamine protocol will not help most people with anything other than the COVID vaccine. For shingles, the preventative is to be INCREDIBLY super hydrated! Like, "peeing waterfalls" levels of hydrated.
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Not as nakedly evil, but when I first heard years ago about people in poorer countries getting paid to grind videogames to level up characters for resale I was like "ah, the cyberpunk has arrived at last!"
December 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Not as nakedly evil, but when I first heard years ago about people in poorer countries getting paid to grind videogames to level up characters for resale I was like "ah, the cyberpunk has arrived at last!"