The other day was my 3-year #fediversary, which I missed because I thought it was 3 days later. 🙄 Regardless, Mastodon continues to be the greatest place to be. The wide range of people I’ve connected with, the number of things I’ve learned, staying informed. I love how the people here are […]

A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages James Iry; Thursday, May 7, 2009 1801 - Joseph Marie Jacquard uses punch cards to instruct a loom to weave "hello, world" into a tapestry. Redditers of the time are not impressed due to the lack of tail call recursion […]

In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ... ... listen to Steve Wozniak.

Man, I know I’m late to Slow Horses, but what an incredible show. Finished season one this evening and we’re definitely hooked.

It never fails. I’m taking a vacation day today, but my brain simply can’t stop thinking about design problems at work. Right before falling asleep last night, I had an idea for a solution to something we’d kind of written off as not feasible yesterday. So, I made a reminder for today to sketch […]

Life is easier when you recognize the kids who never did any work on the group project grow up to be the adults who never do any work on the group project because they’re busy posting on LinkedIn

Spending some time on this #freecadfriday doing some CFD. I got it working on my Linux machine because I didn’t want to have to run a Docker container on MacOS. #freecad

#California’s state agency CalPrivacy is building a new Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP 😂). Starting Jan 1, 2026, you’ll be able to submit a request through DROP, asking data brokers to delete your data. Starting Aug 1, 2026, data brokers are required to start regularly processing […]

In late 2026, Voyager 1 will become the first human-made object to reach one light-day away from Earth. https://www.iflscience.com/on-november-13-2026-voyager-will-reach-one-full-light-day-away-from-earth-81432

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If you need something hilarious in your ears, may I suggest this episode of The Flop House (@flophousepodcast ) https://www.flophousepodcast.com/2025/11/episode-464-the-crow-2024-with-scott-weinberg/

In this episode of @shanselman’s podcast, there is a moment near the end where they discuss the relationship between junior and senior engineers, and how senior engineers need to let juniors know that they are going to make mistakes because they made them themselves, even in a senior role […]

I never really thought about the Dutch word wedstrijd with respect to #cyclocross, but it sure is appropriate given what a strijd it can be sometimes. #BikeTooter

For all of my fellow #bluegrass musicians, you’ve probably already seen this, but I saw it for the first time today. It goes without saying how virtuosic these two are, but this is a song that at least feels a little bit accessible as a guitar player. I know a lot of musicians that would throw […]

8 days late, but my contribution to #freecadfriday is a custom face plate for a coworker that is restoring an early 70’s Plymouth Duster. It had an AM radio with a bezel that was held on via the posts for the knobs. He removed the radio and doesn’t plan on […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

[Great British Bake Off Potential Spoiler] I can definitely say that I know who I’m rooting for in the finals of #TheGreatBritishBakeOff, and it’s not the guys. #teamjasmine

If you want something good to put in your ears to start the week, why not give the Answer Me This podcast a try? I’ve been listening to Helen and Olly (and Martin the sound man) for many years, and each episode is intriguing, funny, and downright enjoyable. New episodes are released on the last […]

It was so fun to watch #crew96 absolutely crush FC Cincinnati tonight. Cinci getting a red card in the first half was hilarious. Kubo deserved it, and now they’re without him in Game 3 😂 #mlsplayoffs #glorytocolumbus #hellisreal

Try my new file format, OCSV: Oxford Comma Separated Values

LET’S GO #TorontoBlueJays ! #worldseries #baseball

Today was the first day I was able to ride a bike in a month due to an infection in one of my toes. It's the longest I've ever gone without riding a bike (as a cyclist) since I started in 1996. There have been times where I might have been off for 2 weeks […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

I feel like a complete idiot for not being able to find it, but I just updated #icecubesapp on my iPad, and I can’t find the “Resume” button for my timeline. What am I missing? @IceCubesApp

Just canceled my #spotify subscription. I encourage everyone else to do the same. #DeSpotify #spotifyboycott

A little dinner-making music. #nowplaying #vinyl #whitestripes

I didn’t expect this morning to be my first time driving over the new southbound OH-8 bridge by downtown #Akron. I also didn’t realize that last night would likely be my last time driving over the old bridge. It’s been really interesting watching the construction over the last couple of years […]

Back in 1978, the band The Ozark Mountain Daredevils came to Marietta College, where my dad was attending. The same night, there was another concert that my mom wanted to go to. So, my dad went to that instead. (Funnily enough, I was 7 months old at this point) […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

Who doesn’t take their favorite toy to bed? (Also, why have your whole body on the bed when you can just lay your head on it?) #dogsofmastodon

I was just informed that while I’m at work all day, our dog is busy synergizing his paradigms.

Since the beginning of this year, I’ve had two 3d prints taken from my desk at work. Earlier in the year, a little gear fidget thing ended up missing. Then, between yesterday afternoon and this morning, a phone stand has disappeared. The only people that I know were in my office in that time […]

This experience pissed me off so much I wrote a whole ass blog post about it: https://a.wholelottanothing.org/bmo-stadium-in-la-added-ai-to-everything-and-what-they-got-was-a-worse-experience-for-everyone/

"Linux sucks, you need a programming degree just to install apps." How to Install Programs on Linux: A Comprehensive Guide Step 1) Go to the app store. Step 2) Search the app you want. Step 3) Hit 'Install'. Enjoy that new programming degree. :neodog_floof_cute: You earned it. #linux #foss

I’ve been in Boeing plants before, but visiting the assembly plant in Charleston, SC today was pretty cool. I only drove by it the last time I was here, but it was cool being in their paint booth where they paint the airline logos on. A building large enough to drive a 787 into is quite a thing.

[#uspol] Hell yeah, #cleveland! I definitely didn’t see it going through #cle today. From: @samlitzinger https://journa.host/@samlitzinger/115368812690299038

A great record I picked up at Flipside Sounds in Oakland, MD Del and Woody Original Lyrics of Woody Guthrie set to music by Del McCoury #nowplaying #vinyl #thedelmccouryband #woodyguthrie

I can’t believe I held a #strava KOM for 10.5 years by 7 seconds, and it got beat today by 3 seconds. Nothing to do now but go take it back! #BikeTooter

This proposed ‘service’ is so profoundly stupid, for all of the reasons stated by Prof Lawler’s thread. How any person could look at the downsides and approve it can only be described as willful ignorance for some kind of short-term ‘profit’. From: @sundogplanets […]

After 30 years of watching Monty Python and the Holy Grail, a line uttered by one of the French guards on the castle wall finally made sense because of a sign in our vacation cabin in Maryland. #TheMoreYouKnow ⭐️🌈

Over 40 years, we were collectively told to give tax cuts to rich people. And we were told that if we did that, wealth would trickle down and everyone would be better off. Over 40 years, pretty much everything got cut to fund these tax cuts. Schools. Hospitals. Public housing. Public […]

Has something changed in @IceCubesApp where it only loads like 40 posts and then you have to hit “Load More” and it either randomly loads posts above or below that button causing you to sometimes lose your position in the timeline? It’s kind of infuriating because it used to gradually load […]

I really love riding on weekday mornings. You almost feel like you have the world to yourself because everyone else is at work or in school. #BikeTooter (I took today off because we’re going to the #ClevelandGuardians playoff game today. It will also be fun being at a weekday afternoon […]

#cyclocross race day!

The brain is a funny thing. We've been trying to troubleshoot a strange hydraulic issue at work. Our mechanic had some photos of how a particular circuit was "supposed" to be hooked up, and it wasn't working consistently. Unfortunately, we didn't have a schematic for the circuit to check […]

This satirical blog post really illustrates the problem with a lot of technical writing. Amazing technical writing is so good and then everything else reads like this https://anniemueller.com/posts/how-i-a-non-developer-read-the-tutorial-you-a-developer-wrote-for-me-a-beginner

@foosel I just learned of Bernd, and I would love to know how dieses brot plays into your life?

It’s #cyclocross race day! 🚴

“since when does it matter where I save things to???” My daughter enters college and discovers the file system for the first time.

It is mind-boggling to me that a manufacturer would call a 20-26 week lead time “quick”. Especially for a product that is already designed and proven, not a new thing that has never been built before.

The first #cyclocross race of the season is this weekend, and my training has been focused on getting ready for ‘cross for the last few months. Last week, I was doing some remount practice, and even though I’ve done it countless times since 1999, it just wasn’t working. I’m lucky all I injured […]