doughanke

doughanke, 10 days ago to random

The Chandra X-Ray Observatory needs your help!

https://www.savechandra.org/why

doughanke, 23 days ago to random

I'd ask if we'd reached an "At long last, have you no sense of decency, sir?" moment, but I know they don't.

https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2024/05/this-is-america-3

doughanke, 24 days ago to random

All of the donuts I purchased for morale are gone now. What will we do now?

doughanke, 1 month ago to random

Achievement unlocked: seeing Northern Lights
#aurora

More whisks of green and pink
This was right as I walked out the door. In person this looked more like a cloud.

doughanke, 1 month ago to random

I went and looked earlier, no auroras for us yet in Stumptown.

Other folks are having a lot of luck!

https://aurorasaurus.org/

doughanke, 2 months ago to random

Courtesy of the Today in Tabs Discord, a great read about Paul Linebarger, who wrote science fiction under the name Cordwainer Smith.

https://buttondown.email/thehypothesis/archive/how-a-science-fiction-obsession-led-me-to/

My favorite story of his is probably "The Game of Rat and Dragon," but "Scanners Live in Vain" is certainly the one I could never forget.

When he wasn't writing science fiction, he and his dad hung out with Sun Yat-Sen. Oh, and eventually Linebarger also wrote the book on psychological warfare for the Army.

doughanke, 2 months ago to random

What are people using to host their small domain projects these days? My last provider stopped letting me update payment methods and then were mystified why my bill stopped being paid.

Like many of you, I have several domains just sitting there. Where should I put them? What's the new hotness?

doughanke, 2 months ago to random

This is probably my favorite version of this song now. When that last chorus is revealed, gets me every time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cZ_EFAmj08

doughanke, 3 months ago to random

As always, I think of the Utah Phillips quote about how "The people killing the earth have names and addresses."

Since we live in a society, the least we can do is a class-action lawsuit against these companies and everyone who ran them, on behalf of everyone who is going to be affected by this shit for the rest of their lives.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/15/recycling-plastics-producers-report

doughanke, 4 months ago to random

Evidently we missed the Lion Dance at Uwajimaya this afternoon, so that's a bummer.

On the other hand, I finally figured out where they hide the dried shrimp, so I got that going for me today.

doughanke, 4 months ago to random

Well this has been a shitty day.

I had a bad feeling about this year and it's doing its best to live down to that expectation.

doughanke, 4 months ago to random

So the other night I finally ripped the Xenoblade Chronicles Trinity Box set soundtrack.

It doesn't have a 10-hour version of Chain Attack, but I have the internet for that.

Also dammit Guar Plain is such a great tune.

My only problem is that there's not really a good picture to use for box art for it. I may have to get creative.

doughanke, 4 months ago to random

Sure, it's perfectly normal to pump a 90-year-old full of antibiotics like a turkey and then shove him back to work. Great system we got here.

https://apnews.com/article/grassley-senate-hospital-infection-ad1b263dff2d9d081f22fb34b479ee92

doughanke, 5 months ago to random

My favorite TikTok channel right now is this series of cooking videos by Jacques Pepin. They’re really informative and lovely, and you get to watch the captions flail around to decipher a French accent.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRcxVSGR/

doughanke, 5 months ago to random

I see snow may be in the forecast for Portland this weekend. Commence city-wide freakout: now.

DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH MILK AND BREAD? ARE YOU SURE?!?

doughanke, 5 months ago to random

What are the best pieces of advice you've ever received?

I can think of a couple off the top of my head.

My college advisor, when I told him I wanted to go to grad school, mentioned that, "You're good at computers. You should do something with that."

@Binder once told me to "Care, but care differently." I am still trying to live up to that one.

doughanke, 6 months ago to random

I thought about going to get coffee this morning, but a small cat is resting her head on my leg so I am stuck here.

doughanke, 7 months ago to random

On this day in 1970, mistakes were made, a news crew was there, and things got wildly out of hand. But it made one reporter's career.

Happy Exploding Whale Day to all who celebrate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6CLumsir34

doughanke, 7 months ago to random

Every day I regret how much of my mental capacity is devoted to the long, slow demise of Twitter.

I killed my account months ago, why can't I just turn away?

doughanke, 7 months ago to random

Some day I will run the linter before checking in my branch.

Today is not that day.

doughanke, 8 months ago to random

Confidential to @Binder, file this under "Care, but care differently."

https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/your-organization-probably-doesnt-want-to-improve-things/

fraying, 10 months ago to random

I think it’s fair to start judging people for staying on Twitter now.