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Crackhappy

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Developer for 30+ years, father of four.

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The clock I keep on my bedside table. It's always watching you.

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I had no idea this was a thing and not just a song name. Thanks!

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One might think that Gluons and Klingons are related, but in fact they're not, because Gluons have no honor.

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The actual plane is in a museum in McMinnville, Oregon. Right next to a water park made out of an airliner.

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That's both titillating and disgusting. Bravo.

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I'm typing this past my dripping lips. How did you make something so appetizing?

I demand a recipe.

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It was fascinating reading through your playlists, colored by your description of them.

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I am enjoying all of your experiences. Every one of you has broadened my musical mind.

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Boom Blocks - Wii - top of my list. Not because it's a good game, but because my kids and I had uproarious hours spent playing it together.
Video game I have not yet figured out the name of. It came out in 1986(ish?) and it had a robot/cyborg in a kind of metroidvania level set. Macintosh.
Doom, the original. Scared the PISS out of me. Then I played it hardcore after that. Doom II came out and I set up LAN parties and opened up my nascent IT outsourcing business for those.
Helldivers 2 - Honestly, I haven't actually engaged with a game this hard for decades.
Senua's Sacrifice - This game helped me considerably, in understanding the people I love.
Doom 2016 - What's not to like. It's perfect.
Starcraft II - When it came out. Excellent weaving of story and gameplay.
HI-FI Rush - Unexpected fun.
Zork - I would have never expected this level of amazing story telling this many years ago.
I know I am short of 10, but I can't think of anything else.

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Listening to you is like listening to me.

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Meanwhile IRC and Usenet are still doing fine.

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I'll answer this question honestly, but I'll first misinterpret the question.

I'll change it to the person I most appreciated in life.

That person was my 6th grade teacher. She was a former catholic nun turned atheist. She was 70 years old when I had her as my teacher. She was quick with a ruler and quick with a lesson. She never actually hit any kid, but my lord, when she thwacked that long ass ruler on a table, we all paid attention. Critical thinking was her passion, emphasis on science and facts over rhetoric were her bywords.

I didn't look up to her, I didn't want to be her. But her lessons were paramount in shaping my life from thence to this.

Ms. Wrech, I still remember you.

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It's not just younger people. Asking to use my well earned time off was a chore, and I had to justify it! Like.. WHAT THE FUCK. I work 12-14 hours a day and you think I need to justify needing some time off?

Meantime, I'm looking for a new job.

Greater Idaho movement: 13 counties in eastern Oregon have voted to secede and join Idaho ( ktvz.com )

On Tuesday, voters in Crook County passed measure 7-86, which asked voters if they support negotiations to move the Oregon/Idaho border to include Crook County in Idaho.  The measure is passing with 53% of the vote, and makes Crook County the 13th county in eastern Oregon to pass a Greater Idaho measure.

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I say let's split oregon in twain, then let western Oregon join Washington and northern California to create an Ecotopia.

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Newt Gingrich has been banned from stepping foot on the first 3/5 of my lawn since 1996.

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If you immediately know the candlelight is fire, then the meal was cooked a long time ago.

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Congratulations! You have been promoted to Senior Overthinker #2! Make your way down this corridor (ignore the bodies) and collect the prize!

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Touche random internet friend

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The best part of this is that it looks like it was printed on paper.

The brutal heat in Mexico is causing howler monkeys to drop dead from trees ( wapo.st )

Over the past year, an ongoing and severe drought has parched most of Mexico, draining reservoirs and leaving parts of the country grappling with an acute water crisis. Since mid-March, scorching temperatures have led to at least 26 heat-related deaths, according to the nation’s health ministry. The double-whammy of weather...

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I absolutely hate monkeys, they're little shits. But this is awful and I hope a solution is found.

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95% of the time, nothing at all. Now you have to guess what I do for money. :)

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Nope. Rodeo clown.

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Years ago, in the distant past, a youth with no learning, I set out to figure out a way to scare off the crows on my father's land.

I put up some sticks, but that didn't work.

Eventually I figured out that fleshing out that skeletal figure worked better. I gave that figure some more depth and dimensionality.

I propped up that skeletal figure, put some clothes on him and stuffed him full of straw. He did good. He scared off the crows.

He was my straw man. He was good at his job. How good is your straw man?

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I go outside and roll around in the grass with my dogs. There's no enshittification outside.

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Mmmm a nice warm pile.

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It's just marketing bullshit for the college more than anything else.

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The Himalayas are indeed the highest mountains in the world.

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Specifically Ezra Miller. God damn, fuck that guy.

Obscure screw added so appliance cannot be disassembled ( lemmy.world )

Basic blender went bad (motor ran but spindle wasn't rotating). I wanted to disassemble to see if it could be repaired. Three of the four screws were Phillips head. I had to cut the casing open in order to discover why I couldn't unscrew the fourth. It was a slotted spanner.

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I have sent him a few letters already, and will not plan to stop. I have also told Obama the ways I was disappointed in him.

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