adhocfungus

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[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I haven't seen the movie, but the book is very detailed about how the death march is tearing apart their bodies and minds. Some basically sleepwalk and get the tiniest fraction of rest. But even those that do are driven insane.

I'm not really a fan of most of King's work, but The Long Walk is worth a read even if you don't like his other stuff.

[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 3 points 6 hours ago

Weird. I heard Tyrion did it, but he did claim he was innocent!

[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 80 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Posting AI output in here almost feels like cheating.

[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YET—Death waved a hand. AND YET YOU ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS SOME...SOME RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED.

-Terry Pratchett, The Hogfather

[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 3 points 3 days ago

Don't worry, the official standards are changing soon. Elon and others are already training us on the correct way to honor our supreme leader!

[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 1 points 3 days ago

I misread the title as, "Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser to Retire at End of War" and didn't even question it until I clicked on the article.

[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 4 points 1 week ago

Clearly it's the indecipherable logo of a death metal band. "CORRUPTED", maybe? Or "SPINAL LACK"?

[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 6 points 1 week ago

I was thinking of Norm Macdonald's monologue when he got to host SNL after being fired.

[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 1 points 1 week ago

Not as amazing to me as her other books, but I suspect that's only because I've never had to struggle because of (or with) my gender. Still a great book, and it hooked me faster than the Dispossessed did.

[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 2 points 1 week ago

Exactly what I thought of. No way this guy is serious; he just wants a wider dating pool.

 

I need to start making plans for when I am gone, much sooner than I thought, and I realized our finances are pretty opaque to my spouse. Our bank account is shared, but there are other sites that only I have access to.

The easiest solution would be to physically write down logins and what needs done, put it in an envelope, and tell my family where that envelope is. I'm not thrilled about that, because I would have to shred and rewrite it every time I update a password or a URL changes, and it'd be vulnerable to nosy guests.

Putting it in a shared Google Doc would be easiest for everyone. But then Google has that data. Even supposing I trust a cloud SaaS provider not to misuse the data (which is a big 'if') I do not trust them to never have a data breach.

Self-hosting seems like the next step, except I expect my home server to be the first thing to collapse once I'm gone. Filing login info with an estate attorney would still require frequent updates. Putting a document on a flash drive risks data loss, but is what I'm leaning towards.

Is there a solution I'm missing?

 

Wanted a loaded hot dog but found out half way through we only had mini-dogs.

Mini hotdogs and cheddar cheese broiled on a hotdog bun. Loaded up with rice, broccoli, oyster sauce, and Sriracha.

Ended up being delicious. A real hotdog would have been better; the minis kept falling out or moving with each bite. I'd put the Sriracha under the rice next time. It mostly ended up smearing on my face.

 

Posting one reaction image from my phone for each image I steal.

 

Posting a missing classic from my phone for each reaction meme I steal.

 

I saw an article about keelhauling and realized I don't know much about pirates (those on the sea, not the internet) beyond what I've seen in movies. Tell me your most interesting pirate facts. Mythical or historical.

 

cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/9219144

My son is obsessed with Mario LEGO and had his own little table in the corner of the LEGO room. It was overflowing and my wife hated how messy it looked. While she was away for a few days I made this.

Two partial sheets of 3/4" birch plywood with French cleats attached, painted white, were mounted on the walls. Then the desk just slots into the second-lowest cleat, using the bottom cleat as support.

As he grows we can raise the desk a couple times, eventually bringing it up to 29" from the ground which is about regular desk height.

I also made a few shelves and a box for him to organize with out of the plywood scrap.

He likes that he can rearrange his storage as he pleases. I made a couple more medium-sized shelves that aren't pictured, and I may someday make a corner triangular shelf for Bowser to sit on.

 

My son is obsessed with Mario LEGO and had his own little table in the corner of the LEGO room. It was overflowing and my wife hated how messy it looked. While she was away for a few days I made this.

Two partial sheets of 3/4" birch plywood with French cleats attached, painted white, were mounted on the walls. Then the desk just slots into the second-lowest cleat, using the bottom cleat as support.

As he grows we can raise the desk a couple times, eventually bringing it up to 29" from the ground which is about regular desk height.

I also made a few shelves and a box for him to organize with out of the plywood scrap.

He likes that he can rearrange his storage as he pleases. I made a couple more medium-sized shelves that aren't pictured, and I may someday make a corner triangular shelf for Bowser to sit on.

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