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gknauss, 5 days ago to random

Long shot here, but: Science fiction short story about a guy who has slowed down the aging process, but at the (unintended) cost of slower perception. The world around him goes faster and faster, decades strobing by, and the story ends with him sitting at a typewriter, tapping out the last letters of his suicide note over the course of hundreds of years.

It’s probably been 30, 35 years since I read it.

Ring any bells?

gknauss, 9 days ago to random

Remember, MAGA faithful: When you make a death threat against a judge or juror, be sure to use your real name and include your Social Security Number, so President Trump can thank you personally when he returns to the White House.

gknauss, 10 days ago to random

I can’t imagine how it must feel to be Howard Dean.

gknauss, 11 days ago to random

What sadistic bastard put a spell checker in Visual Studio? Like, for variable names?

This is the company that invented Hungarian Notation! Incoherent gibberish is their legacy!

gknauss, 12 days ago to random

Amazon offering contract-negotiation advice to its employees.

gknauss, 13 days ago to random

“Have fun staying right.” — AI bros

gknauss, 13 days ago to random

Noooooo.

gknauss, 13 days ago to random

You know how there’s a big barrel where you can empty your water bottle before you go through airport security?

Texas has the same thing, but it’s for guns.

gknauss, 14 days ago to random

If you thought the whole concept of a “salad bar” had been killed by the pandemic, well then, you’ve never been to Lubbock.

If you thought the whole concept of a “salad bar” required salad, well then, etc etc etc.

gknauss, 14 days ago to random

Hamas dreams of being the terrorist organization that the Netanyahu administration is.

gknauss, 14 days ago to random

Texas post-wedding brunch.

This is my personal “The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point” meme.

gknauss, 15 days ago to random

At the Buddy Holly Center in Lubbock, there are large panels with context and background on his career, and quotes from people like John Lennon and Mick Jagger.

And the attributions for the quotes inconsistently use em- and en-dashes before the name.

And it’s driving me crazy.

This is your goddamned fault, Internet. People weren’t meant to be like this. You broke me.

Migueldeicaza, 16 days ago (edited 16 days ago) to random

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Love it.

gknauss, 16 days ago to random

I’ll be in Texas for the weekend, and am looking for things to do that can be hard in California.

Like gestating a child against my will, or being taken seriously while wearing a cowboy hat, or voting for the physical embodiment of the word “sniveling,” or just up and killing a guy and having the governor pardon me with an apology because my victim was at a BLM rally.

Oh! Also: Finding really good BBQ.

gknauss, 18 days ago to random

Why the hesitation to question the transparently corrupt Alito and Thomas?

Can we please get someone with concentrated microplastics in Democratic leadership?

gknauss, 18 days ago to random

Deiter rules.

(Sound on.)

A video of a car on fire in the parking lot of Dodger Stadium, while Dieter Ruehle, the organist, plays “We Didn’t Start the Fire.” Video originally from https://x.com/ericstaniford/status/1793402373089698208.

gknauss, 18 days ago to random

Alito, showing up for work tomorrow shirtless; his face painted red, white, and blue; and wearing a buffalo headdress: “…What?”

gknauss, 18 days ago to random

The views you’re trying to hide don’t generally end up on flagpoles in your yard. It’s what inside Alito’s skull — and implicit in his decisions — that’s really terrifying.

gknauss, 18 days ago to random

Of course it’s a Tesla. Of course.

gknauss, 19 days ago to random

It’s like they opened an Arby’s. https://www.nbc4i.com/news/state-news/large-amount-of-meat-dumped-on-ohio-road/

gknauss, 20 days ago to random

According to my wife, I sat up in bed last night, shouted “BULLSHIT!”, then lay down and started snoring again.

So I’m fully prepared for the Presidential debates.

gknauss, 20 days ago to random

In any given situation, you can be sure that Sam Altman will carefully think through any potential societal, legal, and moral outcomes.

And then ignore them to see what he can get away with.

gknauss, 20 days ago to random

... What.

gknauss, 22 days ago to random

Perhaps, sir, you’d find a more receptive audience for your message IF YOU WEREN’T ON A BIKE PATH, YA FRIGGIN’ MAROON.