Do Golems Dream of Concrete Sheep?

I’d totally watch a Blade Runner based on that book instead.

Their green lineup is fine. But as someone who used to go through multiple drill batteries every day at work, I’ve learned to appreciate the 18V stuff. So when I needed to replace my cheap drill at home, it was a simple choice. And I later bought a circular saw, and it’s nice to have interchangeable batteries and only one charger: All of my tools have their own battery, and I always have one extra in the charger that is good to go when needed.

And bosch

Not at all in itself. But the blue bosch (professional grade, as opposed to the consumer grade green) is generally pretty high quality, so I stick with that lineup for tools that I need beyond the stage where any cheap brand will do.

Spring. No more shoveling snow, and before summer makes it too hot. And it doesn’t come with the sideways rain of autumn.

Do they also shave off dead skin? I could use some of that.

The Offspring - She’s Got Issues

That song is embedded in my mind with the associated memory of Americana having released not long before, and we were playing Waveracer on N64 with a friend who has since passed.

I like it. It involves a varied combination of servers, network, robotics, travel, and ships.

I wouldn’t consider myself an audiophile, but I lean more in that direction than the average. I’ve had the pleasure of working in a sound studio, and as such I learned to appreciate the quality that comes with the gear.

In general, professional hardware is miles beyond consumer hardware. And enthusiast hardware is more akin to consumer hardware with extra fluff.

Nah. I live in the middle of nowhere, so it’d just be an annoyance with no benefit.

I haven’t locked my front door or car in years.

IT related to ships and geophysical surveys.

For larger projects, as long as the heavy duty work is out of the way, grabbing a beer or two with the meal is pretty common.

Related story:
We were mobilizing for a project, and I had a real headscratcher of a problem. Work day was over, and we all headed back to the hotel for the evening. We all met at dinner, and I called it “a night” early as I excused myself after a few beers to head back ip to my room.

Project manager, who knew of the issues I was having with the system said something along the lines of the issues being serious when it caused me to be the first to leave the bar. “Nah, I’m gonna VPN in and try something I just thought of”

Yup, turns out it was abgood idea: Misconfigured soanning tree was the root cause, and the fix took 5 minutes. It was fun rejoining the others and Announce that the system would be ready the next day after some cleanup, and all that was missing was a few beers. The Ballmer Peak is real.

Servers: it doesn’t have to be built for the purpose. In a pinch, any PC will do.

Chess: Fried liver attack doesn’t work above 700 ELO and is easily countered with a possibility for a smothered mate.

Guitar: Playing 5 minutes every day is better than playing an hour once a week.

My English is an odd mix, and I’ve noticed that I tend to subconsciously emulate the accent of whomever I’m speaking with. Lately it’s been mostly Texans, but as I work in an international environment I’ve been all over the place.

Not that many years ago my combination of coworkers resulted in some weird interpretations: Brits thought I was American, Americans and kiwis thought I was Canadian, and Canadians thought I was British. They all noticed something was up with my accent, but nobody was able to place it.

Dream Theater - A Change of Seasons. Because I want to make sure it lasts.

Alternatively, Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, as that’s technically one song.

Destiny Potato. Technically impressive, cool songs, catchy motifs, and at the same time they show that it’s possible to make fun music. Plus at the time of their first release, it was a refreshingly different kind of djenty progmetal.

They’re known as Sordid Pink now, by the way.

Yes

Uh, what?
You’re writing this as if each instance is run its own oligarch.

@[email protected] Can you confirm that you’re secretly filthy rich and that you’re funding the instance to push your agenda? Or any agenda? (No I’m not serious, in case there’s any doubt.)

I think I actually managed to block them all, as I haven’t seen any in a while now. I also have an instance-level block on Ani.social

Not legal. Nor will there be any repercussions. This is the Goya spectacle all over again, just even more so.

But hey, maybe the morons will buy EVs to “own the libs” instead of rolling coal.

Destiny Potato