Happy Easter to those that observe it. I celebrated by making omelettes and crepes for my family.
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Bo Brinkman
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Software engineering, computer ethics, Magic the Gathering
Miami University, Princeton, University of Washington
From: KCMO
Now: Irvine, CA
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New achievement: Nightmare within a nightmare.
I'm discovering that some great authors sell their ebooks DRM free on bookshop.org, so I will actually be able to read them on my new e-Reader! So ... for Brandon Sanderson ... should I do Stormlight Archives or Mistborn first?
All I can think of is https://wiki.loadingreadyrun.com/index.php/Nsburg#Town_Slogans
Maybe "We're trying" for mine?
My first #MagicTheGathering deck was Shivan Dragons and Counterspells. I definitely played Uthden Troll and Orcish Oriflamme.
Replying to
@phillmv When I was a prof I used to teach it in my 2nd year data structures class because the core ideas of the data structure are *so* *cool*.
I'm having a good time trying to figure out Home Assistant stuff. I hope all of these doo-dads actually work.
I'm turning into Linux Grandpa. I just installed the i3 window manager and I'm in love.
Reading Children of Dune and wondering if this quote is the literal truth.
My 14yo: "I was going to write about a song I like, but I fell down a rabbit hole researching the lyrics and now it is 'What is the Self?'"
Teens are great, actually.
Today's the day to set up i3 on my home machine, and also PiVPN
I need, but cannot find, VERY flat rj45 and 12v plugs. So out come the knives and tape.
If you are a musical lover, the Merrily We Roll Along pro-shot is now on Netflix. The show is so good.
And I don't want to watch it again because it makes me so depressed.
So I'm watching QI on my phone while my family watches it.
I run the kind of household where my teen is afraid to tell my they are getting bored of peanut butter based snacks and desserts
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@polotek@social.polotek.net I've been thinking about whether/how to make my containerized local DB automatically back it self up, so I can easily move it. I have a bad habit of doing a bunch of manual tinkering in my databases, and I'm looking to try to reduce the temptation.