jridderhoff.bsky.social
Luddite programmer, left-handed introvert; lover of beautiful places, dark skies, WoSo, and music that connects with the spirit. Psalms 19:1
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There’s even a term for that!
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semanti...
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Every page just says, "Wave a light over it..."
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Can't tell if planned obsolescence or shrinkflation. 🫤
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Wait, really?! I hadn't even remotely considered buying, but what -- and I emphasize -- the actual hell?
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Quick, tsunamis: now’s your chance!
*sad science noises*
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It’s quite clearly Yanny.
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Holy cow, that’s heartbreaking. Stunned to hear.
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Clearly it’s Ron Wilson, Bus Driver
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Also, a great nod to the 1980s Disney film “The Last Flight of Noah’s Ark”—a seriously underrated gem—starring a future Star Trek cast member.
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Listening to her and Peabo as we speak; absolute legend. Super sad to hear the news.
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I was afraid of that; really hoped it it might be either a restaurant or possibly even private event space… but always assumed it was just going to be offices/employee space.
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It did 😉
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Even more confusingly, some of them have a hand and a half.
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Oof. Good thing the plate didn’t fully seal, that could have been a really tuff morning.
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Absolutely! Great stories are great stories, no matter what you call your group of aliens with varying nose ridges. 😉 May the Force be with you!
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I'm in the early days of a 'This Is Us' rewatch (just finished 'Memphis'; gonna need a minute). Might have to give that a try after I'm done--always need me more Randall!
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You couldn't pay me to fly commercial right now. But that's... well, many reasons.
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That speech was life. I got a smidge choked up.
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In a twist of irony, please let it be replaced by Speedway.
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It's just such an awkward acronym to say in full, and shortening it to "America" is obviously egotistical. I don't feel like there's a great internationally-respectable short way to refer to this country.
I guess as long as we're in the habit of renaming everything... "Vespucci," anyone? 😉
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Chris, ya bleedin' legend you. It's beautimous; wish someone would pick this thing up already.
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Man, the mid-90s were a wild time to be online, eh? I briefly worked for Prodigy back then where I fell in love with HTML for the first time; started building a website for work unofficially to help the team in '97; still at it today. What a ride...
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There are so many possible candidates for this comment, I can't even begin to guess which one you're talking about. But in general, I 100% agree.
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Oh my gosh, I adore that show. There are so many nights that I got through just by watching WILTY and Mock the Week clips/episodes on YouTube. I've loved David Mitchell for a long time anyway, but that show just took it to a new level.
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Much of my work over the past dozen or so years has been paid for off of either indirect or matching grants. As an IT nerd, I can't begin to tell you how much I view grants experts who allow me to keep working as heroes. Seriously underappreciated rock stars of public service.