The row of 20XXs makes me laugh. Looks real bright around 2077, you cyberpunk nuts.

At this point I’m referring to all Lemmy meme storms as beans.

Not poopin’? That’s a bean.
Moths? That’s a bean.
Beans? Oh you better believe that’s a bean.

Many years ago when we finally sunset out first generation servers, we took them out to a gun range and let the support department have the first shots.

You could take a stab at figuring out what happened to Amalia Earhart, who DB Cooper was, or why Big Foot doesn’t eat at Burger King (but loves Dairy Queen). The big questions of our time.

Years ago I used to sign up for free samples of things (found on a freebees sub) using the name Freema Balczak, because then I’d know if one of them sold my info… but mostly for shits and giggles.

In 1975 Barry Manilow wrote the songs that made the whole world sing, the songs of love and special things.

It was a joke. I feel like we’re all living Brazil 2.

Holy crap! I just got used to thinking that its been over a year since the blackout… but that shocking realization was a year ago now. Thanks, everyone!

Wait, those weren’t made as a prop for Brazil 2?

We were born into a system that requires that we make money if we want to participate. Hopefully the means of doing so has at least some desirability beyond that, even if only “this line of effort seems interesting enough that I wont constantly fantasize about stepping in front of a fast moving bus, and thus ruining its driver’s money making obligation too.”

It all becomes normal after a while but I still stress about the things that could take it away. Treefalls during big storms and fire hazards and places where people might trip and gutter overflows and was that a carpenter ant and and and.

A now, ten years later, we’re doing some minor remodeling and a lot of those money stresses and fears of the unknown are coming back.

The Leading Edge Model D. An 8088 from the late 80s that we got 3rd hand

It had 2 double density 5.25" floppy drives and 256K of RAM! If I let it warm up 10 minutes it could even run Print Maker Pro.

Not usually, but Chris Cornell hit me hard. I had no connection other than loving his music and everything he did for Seattle musicians in the late 80s and early 90s, but I still think about it.

There’s an old saying in software development: The only thing worse than no optimization is premature optimization.

It can be a true statement (if a bit hyperbolic), but far too many people seem to think it means “don’t worry about performance until the end.”

You should pay attention to code optimization throughout development and take time to solve rough spots periodically. You just have to know that some optimization strategies can become tech dept by gumming up on-going development.

Nice way to chain unrelated features together to make something more than it was before. I’m bookmarking this video in case I’m ever asked “what is hacking.”

In my day vibe coding meant a delivery pizza, loud music, an eighth, and no other plans for the day.

I am being a judgemental asshole toward myself because I ended up on Reddit per that flowchart.

Janeane Garofalo circa Reality Bites.

I like that you can date so many things since the pandemic by BDG’s hair.

Recently it’s been Los Ageless by St. Vincent. I can’t get the steel guitar out of my head.