UPS says my new Steam Deck is going to arrive today between 11:45 and 3:45. It's already 11:52 and it still hasn't arrived, so, I'll just be pacing back and forth for the next couple hours. 
If Star Trek communications worked like real world audio/video communications:
Uhura: Captain, the Klingon vessel is hailing us.
Kirk: Lt. Uhura, have we installed the Klingon video and audio codecs?
Uhura: Yes, captain, but they've updated their protocol since our last hail.
Captain: Mr. Spock, install the software for their new protocol.
Spock: Unfortunately, Captain, the new protocol has not been ported to Federation OS.
Captain: Just fire phasers on the Klingon vessel!
Dan Jones shared 8 months ago
2988. Maslow's Pyramid
2988. Maslow's Pyramid
title text: The local police, building inspector, and fire marshal are all contesting my 'safety' assertion, or would be if they could reach me past all the traps.
(https://xkcd.com/2988)
(https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2988)
Caption
Single panel comic. A pyramid with 5 tiers and some tiny people on the bottom for scale, one of which is gesturing at the pyramid. The tiers are labeled and have additional commentary on the side. From the bottom: 1. physiological needs (red X, provides basic shelter, but no food, water, heat, etc) 2. safety (green check, highly defensible) 3. belonging and love (red X, friends are worried about me) 4. esteem (red X, people seem less impressed by it than I hoped) 5. self-actualization (red X, honestly questioning my life choices here) Lower caption: I built Maslow's pyramid thing, but it's a total ripoff-- it's only providing 20% of my needs.
Dan Jones shared 8 months ago
Which Came First? A quiz from Google Arts & Culture in which you guess which historical event took place first. https://artsandculture.google.com/experiment/what-came-first/ZQGBUPErEE3bVg
Dan Jones shared 8 months agoThe FDA has approved a nasal flu vaccine that people can administer to themselves at home. (Prescription required, order it online, ages 2-49, available next year.) https://www.npr.org/2024/09/20/nx-s1-5121176/fda-flumist-flu-vaccine-at-home-approved
Dan Jones shared 8 months ago
I accidentally put my phone in the wrong pocket this morning.
My whole world was off, until I realized what my mistake was. It was like I put my hands on wrong, and I couldn't figure out how.
Dan Jones shared 8 months ago
The grudge.
![[a person walks up to another person standing at a bus stop]
Person 1: Oh yeah? At least I know how to read!
Person 2: What?
Person 1: You made fun of me for reading comic books. Well at least i know how to read!
Person 2: What are you talking about?
Person 1: We were by the swing sets. On the north side of school.
Person 2: Fifth grade? That was thirty -two years ago!
Person 1: Don't change the subject!](https://microwords.goodevilgenius.org/proxy/media/20270/rJNUZRSdi9G46lA7fTd2T1SG9Co-BGOJDhCOOASCi7M=/aHR0cHM6Ly9maWxlcy5tYXN0b2Rvbi5zb2NpYWwvbWVkaWFfYXR0YWNobWVudHMvZmlsZXMvMTEzLzE3Ny8wOTgvNjI1LzUyNi84NjAvb3JpZ2luYWwvYjQwMmY2MTFlNTUzY2QyYS5wbmc=/740 "[a person walks up to another person standing at a bus stop]
Person 1: Oh yeah? At least I know how to read!
Person 2: What?
Person 1: You made fun of me for reading comic books. Well at least i know how to read!
Person 2: What are you talking about?
Person 1: We were by the swing sets. On the north side of school.
Person 2: Fifth grade? That was thirty -two years ago!
Person 1: Don't change the subject!")
Caption
[a person walks up to another person standing at a bus stop] Person 1: Oh yeah? At least I know how to read! Person 2: What? Person 1: You made fun of me for reading comic books. Well at least i know how to read! Person 2: What are you talking about? Person 1: We were by the swing sets. On the north side of school. Person 2: Fifth grade? That was thirty -two years ago! Person 1: Don't change the subject!
- Bat Trek
- Bat Trek: The Next Robin
- Bat Trek: Deep Space Gotham
- Bat Trek: Batvoyage
- Bat Trek: Baterprise
- Bat Trek: Discover-bat
- Bat Trek: Strange New Villains
- Bat Trek: Alfred (about an old guy with an English accent)
- Bat Trek: Narrows
Dan Jones shared 9 months ago
The best ad about depression awareness I've ever seen.
Caption
Photograph taken in a subway, text above a man not smiling at all : STEFFEN HAS DEPRESSION. And another text above a man behind, laughing with a friend : THIS IS STEFFEN. Depression isn't as obvious as it seems, Find out more here: deutsche-depressionshilfe.de From German depression and suicide prevention
Dan Jones shared 9 months ago
<<
A programmer had a problem. He thought to himself, "I know, I'll solve it with threads!". has Now problems. two he
>>
https://x.com/ashevat/status/1350548449364623361?t=n4CFCR4TqICV5PwHXA3_gQ&s=19
Dan Jones shared 9 months ago
Hey y'all, this is just your general reminder that the phrases "wheelchair bound" and "confined to a wheelchair" are ablest as fuck. Please do not use them! The term is wheelchair user or wheelchair mobile. You may also refer to my wheelchair as a freedom chariot! Also, her name is zippy. Thank you for coming to my TEDTalk. 👩🦼🦮💨💨💨🤟🏻
A bit of Star Trek fan fiction.
The young Klingon woke up on the ground, before a set of great, iron gates. The gates were large and imposing. Everything beyond the gates seemed to disappear. What could be behind those gates, he couldn't possibly guess. It seemed like it must protect some great building.
He wondered how he got there. But, just as the thought entered his mind, the gates began to open, and a great man walked out and stood before him.
He stood up to face this larger-than-life figure. The man had flowing white hair, and more scars on his face and arms than he'd ever seen. He carried a bat'leth strapped to his side.
The bat'leth was larger than most, and an old-fashioned style. He'd never seen one like that before, except in textbooks. He recognized it: The Sword of Kahless.
"Are you Kahless?"
"Yes, young Warrior, I am."
"Am I dead?"
"Yes, you are." He smiled, with compassion, at the boy.
"I was sick. I've been sick a long time. They couldn't find a cure. Some Federation doctors came and tried to help, but I guess I wasn't strong enough.
"Do I now face Fek'Ihr to be admitted to Gre'thor?"
"Young One, why should you deserve the fate of the Dishonored?" He kneeled before the child, and looked him directly into his eyes. "Why should you spend your afterlife with those who ran from a challenge, or mistreated their kin, or did those things that would bring disgrace upon them and their house?"
The boy was shaken. He trembled slightly before this great man. "Sir, I was no warrior. I committed no deeds of glory. And my parents are dead, so I have no family to commit any great deeds in my name. I spent most of my life in a hospital bed, too sick to do anything that would bring honor to my name. I am not worthy of being with warriors like you."
Kahless placed his hand on the boy's shoulder. "Young Warrior, you have battled, alone, for years on end, against an adversary unseen to all, but felt keenly by you. You have done so bravely, never wavering in your determination. It matters not that you lost the war. You fought it bravely and with great honor."
"So..."
"I am here to welcome you to Sto'Vo'Kor, to spend your next life among those who lived their lives with honor."
"I ... will be honored?"
"I know not how you will be remembered on Qo'noS. But here, you will be celebrated as one of the great warriors of your time.
You will meet others here who were seen as less worthy during their life, but who are still great warriors. Some, like you, fought against disease, or a failing of their own body. Some fought against hatred from their own people because of who they are, or who they loved. Some fought against their own minds.
I fought on battlefields of dirt and rock, armed with my blade. My fights, however, are no less deserving of honor than yours, fought within your own body, armed with nothing but your own spirit."
Kahless stood and reached his hand out to the Warrior. They took hands, and walked through the gates together, in glory.
#FanFiction #CreativeWriting #AmWriting #FlashFiction #MicroFiction #StarTrek #Klingon
Dan Jones shared 9 months ago
Musicians with a poor sense of time end up behind bars.
Dan Jones shared 9 months ago
For the longest time, I’ve been hearing about <selectmenu> as the future proposed solution to styling of dropdown options in forms.
Apparently, there’s a whole new plan in the works now which does away with the separate markup structure of a <selectmenu>, and instead takes a more progressive enhancement approach building on top of the existing <select> and <option> syntax.
Your feedback is requested to help the spec sprint to the finish line!
Dan Jones shared 9 months ago
Geordi,
I understand that it is funny that my name rhymes with dwarf, but I would prefer to change my D&D character to a half-orc.
Worf
Dan Jones shared 9 months ago
Caption
Beast from the X-Men turns to say to people off screen, “Though as Hemingway said, ‘Never think that war no matter how necessary nor how justified is not a crime.’”
Dan Jones shared 9 months ago
“This specification defines a new HTTP method, QUERY, as a safe, idempotent request method that can carry request content.”: https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-httpbis-safe-method-w-body-05.html
I just gave two weeks notice at my job. I was offered another job that has better benefits and pay, and I couldn't turn it down.
I've only been at my current job for a month, though, and it was an extremely difficult decision. I don't know if my boss has seen my email yet. Slack says he's online, but he hasn't sent me a message yet this morning.
I'm nervous, but I already pulled the Band-aid off, so to speak. I don't like this, but it was the best thing for me an my family.
Six weeks ago, I was sick with worry about finding a new job before my savings ran out. And now I'm worrying about the fact that I have too many jobs. Obviously this situation is better than that, but it's crazy how things can change so quickly.
If you use a time parsing library that "humanizes" times, and it thinks that 2 years, 364 days, and 11 hours ago is "2 years ago", instead of "3 years ago", you should probably use a different library.