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Enema_Cowboy

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Software Developer. Blue Geezer in TX. Veteran. EVE Online player. Fan of pop-culture image responses. I like to cook, but I'm not very good at it.

I block MAGAs, "Conservative Christians", self-described patriots, chuds, crypto-bros, anti-vaxxers and other assorted louts.

Location: Fort Worth, TX

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dilmandila, to scifi
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I just binged on Silo, the Apple TV series, and it's so hooking. Kind of a fresh take on dystopia. Now I want to read the books, they are by Hugh Howey, and I wonder if they are worth a read? Anyone got an insight?

@bookstodon

Enema_Cowboy,
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@GregHester @dilmandila @bookstodon

I used to follow Hugh Howey on Twitter. I wonder if he's active on another platform.

KeithDevlin, (edited ) to wordpress

Shout out to @automattic, the folks behind , etc., for providing great customer service.

I've been making modifications to profkeithdevlin.org and my 90s era expertise with unix, html, etc. is hopeless in the css world (which I guess is the online media equivalent to my beloved, but now rusty, LaTeX).

now struggle with the stuff they helped create ☹️

Enema_Cowboy,
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@KeithDevlin Small changes over time make things unrecognizable.

Enema_Cowboy, to bookstodon
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@bookstodon For some reason I imagine Stephen Daedelus as being portrayed by David Hyde-Pierce.

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@bookstodon

I have just finished reading All The Kings Men (restored edition). Willy Talos would be a better candidate for office than some Democrats and every Republican.

Well_Worth_A_Read, to weirdfiction
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Did you have a good holiday? I have been feeling kind of blah and not reading too much lately but I did manage to finish this short story about strange goings on in the aftermath of a hurricane. My review of Dead Cats of Civilization is posted at https://wellwortharead.blogspot.com/2023/12/dead-cats-of-civilization-by-douglas.html
@bookstodon @horrorbooks

Enema_Cowboy,
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@Well_Worth_A_Read @Jennifer @bookstodon @horrorbooks

I've can only recall three books on my fiction DNF list, all from well-known authors that pissed me off.

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@Well_Worth_A_Read @Jennifer @bookstodon @horrorbooks

  1. Digital Fortress by Dan Brown. The writing was not credible and clearly wasn't vetted by anyone with a background in digital security.

  2. Anathem by Neal Stephenson. I have a love/hate relationship with Stephenson. He writes beautiful prose and has some cool ideas, but he diverges on far too many tangents.

  3. Streets of Laredo by Larry McMurtry. McMurtry stuck his finger clearly in the eye of Lonesome Dove fans in chapter 2.

Enema_Cowboy,
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@Well_Worth_A_Read
The worst book in that I've read in that regard is The Enemy, by Lee Child. I was in the Army around the time that book was set in, and I've spent more time at Fort Irwin than I would have liked. Too bad there aren't any soldiers with which he could have consulted.
@Jennifer @bookstodon @horrorbooks

kimlockhartga, to books
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@bookstodon
My Best Books of 2023 List:

Black River Orchard, Chuck Wendig
Blue Hour, Tiffany Clarke Harrison
Bread and Circus (poetry) Airea Dee Matthews
Chang-gang All-stars, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Clytemnestra, Costanza Cosati
The Deep Sky, Yume Kitasei
Every Drop is a Man's Nightmare, Megan Kamalei Kakimoto
Good Night, Irene, Luis Alberto Urrea
The Infinity Particle (graphic novel) Wendy Xu
Lady Tan's Circle of Women, Lisa See
Land of Milk of Honey, C Pam Zhang
Normal Rules Don't Apply: Stories, Kate Atkinson
Old God's Time (content warning), Sebastian Barry
Ordinary Notes (nonfiction) Christina Sharpe
Red Rabbit, Alex Grecian
Reproduction, Louisa Hall
Sea Change, Gina Chung
The Skin and its Girl, Sarah Cypher
Stamped From the Beginning: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, Joel Christian Gill (illustrator)
A Stone is Most Precious Where it Belongs, Gulchera Home
Thin Skins: Essays, Jenn Shapland
The Vaster Wilds, Lauren Groff
White Cat, Black Dog: Stories, Kelly Link
The Wind Knows My Name, Isabel Allende, Francis Riddle (translator)

Enema_Cowboy,
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@kimlockhartga
My 2023 List:

Call for the Dead, John Le Carre
Red Rising, Pierce Brown
Code That Fits in Your Head, Mark Seeman
The Damned Engineers, Janice Holt Giles
Mistborn, Brian Sanderson
Anansi Boys, Neil Gaiman
Parable of the Sower, Octavia Butler
Circe, Madeline Miller
Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman
The Giver, Lois Lowry
Wild, Cheryl Strayed
Born a Crime, Trevor Noah
Ulysses, James Joyce
The City We Became, N. K. Jemisin
The Golden Age, John C. Wright

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futurebird, to random
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In the late 80s ‘concern’ about childhood obesity caused complaints about fast food advertisements directed at children. Happy Meals if ordered without modifications contained more calories than was recommended for a meal for a child under 12. This is why Wendy’s McDonalds and other have “apple slices” — if you replace the fries in a kids meal with apples the meal comes just under the limit. The funny thing is i love fast food apple slices they are my guilty pleasure. 1/

Enema_Cowboy,
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@merletastic
Don't they turn brown?
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Enema_Cowboy,
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@futurebird
What kind of apples did McDonald's use? Red Delicious?
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mmiasma, to random
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Derisive snort.

I can't watch one more boomer in a MAGA hat telling a journalist "We're taking our country back!"

It was never just your country. A lot of people from many places worked to make better futures here. A lot of them weren't allowed a choice or the benefit of their efforts.

How about you sit down, shut up, share your toys and play nice in the sandbox for awhile?

Enema_Cowboy,
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@mmiasma
I've long thought that conscription levies should be equally distributed by congressional districts by state, without educational deferments.
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Enema_Cowboy, to random
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Early start for

Likewise, to kindle
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Kindles are a uniquely portable magic.

Enema_Cowboy,
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@RVLara23 @Likewise @bookstodon

My father has managed to convince relatives living in different cities to let him use their library cards for eBooks.

futurebird, to random
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The electoral college is the original sin against the idea of the people governing ourselves. It opened the door to these greater perversions of the system. I’ve heard moderate and even “left-leaning” people defend the idea that systems like the Senate, districting and the EC are fair because “otherwise big cities and states would dominate too much” but who decides what is too much?

Why is my south bronx vote less important? Why is that good or fair? it’s BS. (And don’t get me started on DC. )

Enema_Cowboy,
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@futurebird
I have yet to see how the tyranny of the minority is somehow better than the tyranny of the majority.

StillIRise1963, (edited ) to random
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Never lived on a street with an alley. They seem cool.

Enema_Cowboy,
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@StillIRise1963
IIRC, some municipalities assess a fee for houses having alleys, possibly for snow removal.

willmckinley, to generationx
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(1933–1998) would have been 89 today.

He introduced his alter ego Geraldine Jones on a 1969 special that inspired NBC to give him his own variety series.

And (1970-74) became TV’s second-highest-rated show from 1970-72!

Enema_Cowboy,
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@willmckinley
WYSIWYG
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RememberUsAlways, to cryptocurrency
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Anyone regretting not investing in in 2023?

Why or why not?

Enema_Cowboy,
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@RememberUsAlways I was "investing" in paying off a foundation repair.

Bam, to Jewish
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    Enema_Cowboy,
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    @Bam @mazeldon Pickled onions might be good.

    GottaLaff, to random
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    Many of you are forgetting that you said Trump would be "toast" in 2016.

    Now many of you are saying if Trump somehow gets defeated or otherwise removed from the primaries/candidacy, the next GOP Fascist Party candidate will be "toast."

    Personally, I don't do speculation for reasons.

    Enema_Cowboy,
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    @GottaLaff In Sept/October 2016 I was dismayed by how many supported Trump, however, I still thought Hilary would win.

    thomasfuchs, to random
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    ✅ Exhaustive list of things at "AI" generated text has made better:

    ❌ Non-exhaustive list of things that "AI" generated text has made worse:

    • Search results
    • Scientific studies
    • How-to articles and repair instructions
    • Cooking recipes
    • Information on poisonous plants and mushrooms
    • Information about disease symptoms
    • News
    • Marketing copy
    • Customer support replies
    • Product descriptions in online stores
    • Bugs and data corruption through subtly wrong generated code
    • Ripping off authors
    Enema_Cowboy,
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    @thomasfuchs

    appassionato, to books
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    The Proud Tower
    A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914

    "The diplomatic origins, so-called, of the War are only the fever chart of the patient; they do not tell us what caused the fever. To probe for underlying causes and deeper forces one must operate within the framework of a whole society and try to discover what moved the people in it."

    @bookstodon


    Enema_Cowboy,
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    @appassionato @bookstodon

    I need to read this. I loved The Guns of August.

    Enema_Cowboy, to random
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    I have never observed a churches having acquisitions or mergers.

    Enema_Cowboy,
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    @kierkegaank Historically, I think the Catholic church has done this. I haven't seen much on the Protestant side.

    eeyam, to random
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    What stage of capitalism is this?

    Enema_Cowboy,
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    @eeyam This is Libertarian message board fodder.

    Enema_Cowboy, to random
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    Huevos rancheros from scratch.

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