(...which costs liek $120, which we didn't have, but it was a private school and most of the other students' parents were successful professionals -- unlike us, who had to ask the kid's grandma to pay for it, but that didn't cover supplies...)
Teachers in my day: Calculators not allowed.
Teachers now (or ~10 years ago, anyway): You must have this specific model of graphing calculator.
Three years of daily selfies, strung together into a ninety-second timelapse, to document my hormonal transition.
I am so glad that I started this weird little project three years ago, part of the absolutely wild leap of faith that was starting HRT. I had no idea where I'd end up, but I hoped it would be something I wanted to share.
It's never too late, fam.
#TransitionTimelline #TransJoy #TransGEM #HRT #trans #transgender #timelapse
Me yesterday: This week I am finally going to do a cat picture to join in with Caturday.
Me today: Finally gets round to drawing a cat, and realises I've missed doing my usual Silent Sunday post.
I sense a theme.
Anyhow, better late than never and all that. CAT!
ACARS Message From: N362NB / NW1063
Message: OH MAN. ALRIGHT I WAS GONNA SAY I PICKED THE WRONG DAY TO QUIT SNIFFING GLUE BUT FIGURED THAT WOULD REALLY LOOK BAD IF THE SNOW TOOK ME OFF THE PAVEMENT.
Area: Louisville, KY, USA
@EveHasWords They seem to be having server issues at the moment... will leave that open in a tab ^.^ @wendypalmer
@EveHasWords This indirectly inspired the thought: (a) whatever happened to monthly book clubs, and (b) has anyone applied this concept to indy authors? Cuz, like, it could be crowdsourced instead of giving too much power to individual reviewers...
"Just a thought; y'all have a nice day." -- Beau
@hellomiakoda I have no particular favorite color (kinda like purple, but in general I like ranges of colors within a rainbow) -- does that just confirm that I'm weird? :blobcatthinkingportal:
@jon_bon :paw: ✅
(...and a couple of related emoji, but none of them are appearing in the popup yet; try :paw later today to see if they show up...)
@devopscats They should require a special license -- I'd initially suggest it should be the same license you'd need in order to drive a tractor-trailer, but since the safety issues are different maybe the license requirements should be different -- even in the US.
That said, the best way to get rid of them would probably be to change the CAFE regulations that caused them to be created by the car-makers in the first place.
(...and that said, I need to watch the video -- NJB probably has better insight into the whole "how to get rid of them" thing than I do.)
@shadowfals Mm, yeah, I've been lucky to have the funds available for multi-terabyte HDs from Costco when they went on sale, and the skills to set them up for backup usage. ...and none of them have gone bad yet, due to only being used for storage.
...but if you have multiple terabytes of stuff to store, hard drives (~100 GB/$) are now way cheaper than DVD-Rs (~10 GB/$). (...and even the largest Blu-Ray would be kind of small for a USB stick.)
I've been wanting for years to figure out how to offer free/pay-what-you-can backup space for folks with less equipment (or stability or knowledge or cash or whatever makes it impractical to have enough backup space). It's still mostly in the conceptual phase at this point...
[refrains from going off into a technoramble]
I’ve added an Excess Deaths Comparison page to my analysis on that topic. Here I’m comparing the UK, Sweden, Australia and New Zealand, to June 2025.
My method projects "Expected Deaths" using a linear regression on the weekly deaths (4-week average) from a baseline of 2015-2019 deaths.
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Hey all,
I've been an iOS dev since 2010 and am looking for work. I've shipped dozens of apps over my career, of varying levels of size and scope.
Have quite a schmorgasboard of other skills too including writing mobile-supporting backends in java and python.
If your company is looking for someone with that skillset, or you're looking for someone to do freelance, consider giving me a holler!
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#softwareIdea An app which lets you loan out your DVD backups to exactly one person at a time via internet, so it's technically legal.
Unless modified by the user, it will make sure to delete borrowed copies once they are "returned".
@stragu @timo21 @stevewfolds @StillIRise1963 @hwll
I'm working on [the foundations of] a way to make it easier for people to express their discontent, collectively and individually.