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davidr

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Heinlein is problematic for a lot of reasons, but I've always been inspired by this:

"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."

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davidr, to IBM
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Big anniversary! What should I get her?

I know! Nobody ever got divorced for buying

davidr, to guitar
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Having a heck of a time figuring out what chord is playing here. The intro is G Em Am D. "although she will concede" looks like a C. "the cold rather gets to her knees" is ???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPRxSi79scA

Ultimate Guitar thinks the C is Am (by ear maybe, by eye no way) but worse thinks the unknown chord is a D7. That's definitely wrong both by ear and eye.

davidr, to ADHD
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takes on

** input works great! **

I like saying "set a 10 minute timer", "remind me at noon on Tuesday" or "play Song X" because I can do it NOW without have to fumble through my phone or clean my hands if I'm cooking

** output does not work well **

Alexa, what's the weather?

Today's forecast is already stopped listening

Ugh. ALEXA. What's the weather?

Today's foregone

A L E X A what is the high temperature today?

67

That's all I need!

davidr, to music
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So....first of all, they still sell Official Sheet of popular songs. I bet it's a huge business for tribute and cover and school jazz bands, etc, but it's still funny to me

And second of all the "official" sheet music is in at least one case in a different key than the release itself.

why. why would you do that.

Ride by Twenty One Pilots (yes, I'm going to attempt to make and play my own lead sheet based on this) is F# on the radio but F on paper.

davidr, to guitar
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Make my own lead sheet(s) instead of the stupid chord sheets/tabs available everywhere.

seems really great for this.

The only problem is that while I know about than a chord sheet assumes I know less than I probably need to, for instance, line the lyrics up with the beat.

But it's all a process! It's OK to be terrible! Everyone starts somewhere! (he snarled through gritted teeth)

davidr, to microsoft
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Dear

Please fuck completely off.

Love
Every Unfortunate Person Forced
To Use This Sorry Excuse For An Operating System

davidr, to windows
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10 virtual desktop. Most apps are behaving, but keeps popping up on other desktops.

Googling this gives me solutions for putting it on all desktops. I want to pin it to a single desktop.

I know I did this before on another machine.

davidr, to cocktails
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Recent have been

⭐Cuba Libre
⭐Long Island Ice Tea
⭐White Russian
⭐Kamikaze
⭐Sidecar

✅Between the Sheets
✅El Presidente
✅Gin Rickey

❌Bacardi Cocktail
❌Blue Lagoon

What I've learned so far is that I like a long, strong cocktail, probably with fruity flavors, especially citrus.

(I suspect the Blue Lagoon was a misfire. I like Cointreau and Triple Sec, so I should like Blue Curacao. But I felt yucky afterwards.)

davidr, to Software
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I knew he was smart albeit cocky.

I stopped him on everything he was doing to concentrate on a branch he's been "this week for sure"ing for months. (Those other things weren't moving either)

I suggested that we pair-program it to get it optimized

He turned me down on Thursday

Today he changed his mind

As a parent of 5, I know how to be gentle but firm. I've been told I'm good at teaching. I love fixing things

I feel like tomorrow will be fun.

davidr, to blender
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Why are there no tools (for ) that work like a engine? I want to do more than rotate and zoom. I want to translate my rotation point. I want to walk around inside my . Let me explore parameter space directly.

If it doesn't already exist, maybe I'll have to make my own style plotting tool.

davidr, to Engineering
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Been aiming towards a technical accomplishment for months that isn't on any statement-of-work. Getting mostly polite nods and agreements from coworkers.

Yesterday I got it working. Nodders were suddenly excited. "Hey, this is giving me ideas!"

No kidding.

Even in an R&D context, too many are project-focused instead of tool-focused. It isn't about delivering a result, it's about ending up with a capability!

davidr, to random
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I've got two recent grads in my group under my de facto...mentorship? Command?

They are both very smart. One is very confident he can do things but is less effective, one is less confident and more effective.

I'm very unused to constructive criticism and other skills so I'm not sure how to turn down the confidence and turn up the effectiveness.

I mean, I know what to do. "Test. Be skeptical of your own work/ideas."

I don't know how to say that.

davidr, to PetBirds
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I installed a feeder. I thought these things were unhealthy, but the gods of say go ahead

https://www.audubon.org/news/how-make-hummingbird-nectar

Anyway, we've had 4-5 sightings from two different people, so I think it's working.

davidr, to castiron
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Is there, like, peer-reviewed seasoning instructions out there? Science-based?

I'm sick of "this is what my grandfather taught me" or "I've always found that" info. I want F A C T S.

This is "making clear ice", "guaranteed peelable hardboiled eggs" or "how to stop hiccups" all over again.

(In all seriousness, if you @ me with anecdata, I will block you.)

davidr, to random
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Flying "business class" (i.e. American first class) on and this is my first time in a lounge.

wtf, over.

Why can rich people have all-you-can-eat buffet and custom catering for FREE and poor kids can't have school lunches?

davidr, to random
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If Putin and divorce, who gets custody of the kids (Trump, Carlson, Jones, Vance, etc)?

davidr, to ADHD
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Pre-covid, I had a very structured life. Every day had a pattern. I knew at the time that I was storing critical data in those patterns, but I didn't know how much.

I have lost my earbuds more in the last 3 months than in all of pre-2020 combined.

I have no clue this time. Case is empty. No idea when I saw them last, but it must be over a week. Searched the whole house and car, plus all my pants and shirts pocke...no wait! Last week's pockets!

To the laundry!

davidr, to random
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17 just expressed interest. They say "a beginner one".

We have a skate park across the street.

What am I looking for in a beginner skateboard?

davidr, to random
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Here's a thing that apparently still exists.

davidr, to ADHD
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Last time, I asked the Dr about an dx. He said there's only one person in the entire state and it would take a year+ just to get an appt..

He offered to write a prescription and just see if that helped. I declined for reasons I'm not clear about. I think I just don't like taking things. I want someone to snap their fingers and Make It So.

I have another visit this week. Considering asking again.

It feels like cheating. And like maybe knowing is more important than treating?

davidr, to random
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I realize I'm getting a little obsessed with , but.

The kids (15-22) and I played a few tasks from the book this afternoon. I thought we'd have a little fun but ultimately be fairly uncreative.

One person ended up inside the washing machine.

davidr, to random
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I love the old in our . So when I needed a door stop, I made a scale of the door itself.

an old-style new wooden door stop (unpainted)
side view of both door and stop

davidr, to random
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OK, what am I missing?

Why would a product labeled "power adapter" have a way to plug into a UK outlet (standard 220v) and have a way to plug a US prong into it (standard 110v)

BUT ALSO BE LABELED "NOT A VOLTAGE CONVERTER"?

Am I to understand that if I plug a standard US cord in I will get 220v into my device? Why would that be useful for anyone not attempting to start a fire?

davidr, to animals
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Our alerts us to mice.

He doesn't alert on the sound of mice in the walls.

He doesn't alert on the sight of mice.

He doesn't catch any mice or even chase any mice.

Our cat is so stupid I'm not sure he would even recognize a mouse.

But when our cat is meowing around the house there is a mouse.

The mouse is always already dead, caught in one of my traps.

Our cat is a mouse spirit medium.

davidr, to random
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Meanwhile there's a security guard here who radiates the entirely opposite vibe. I've never talked to him in person, but I see him on the internal mailing list all the time.

He's a nature photographer. He treks all over the area hiding in bushes and standing in water, etc and has all these amazing and sometimes hilarious pictures of foxes and owls and eagles and things.

He posts them in the mailing list and also offers them for sale.

What's the opposite of an energy vampire? Energy injector.

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