I wish I could afford a mid-life crisis. I'm definitely due for one.
My five-year-old daughter: "If they don't have a beard, they're not a real dad."
But, by dad, she meant man. She refers to all adult men as dads, and all adult women as moms.
So, my five-year-old, through no instruction on our part, has concluded that without facial hair, you can't be a real man.
By the way, we did, of course, correct her misunderstanding.
Summer time means that I have to kick my kids off Netflix from time to time because we only have a two-screen maximum account, and I want to use it.
Dan Jones shared 16 days ago
My need for a new job has gone from “I'm unhappy and need a change" to “I don't hardly have any savings and if I don't get a new job ASAP I will be bankrupt in a month or so”, because I was laid off today.
So:
Hi! I'm Jamie. I write code in Swift, with the exact target/platform not mattering to me so much. I own a powerful Mac so I can contribute to indie/smaller projects without any particular investment. I also have experience managing teams, and I can quickly pick up new skills.
The role would have to be remote or located in the Baltimore, MD area as I have a mortgage that I can't just get out of.
Oh, man. I got Intro Skip set up on my Jellyfin this weekend. I've been slowly migrating away from Plex. On Plex, intro skip is a Premium feature, but on Jellyfin, it's just a plugin.
Anyway, I just finally tried it out, and it works fantastically. Just like a regular streaming service. Sure, it took a few hours to build an index for all my library after I installed the plugin, but honestly, that wasn't that long.
I should've fully switched to Jellyfin ages ago. As long as my wife is cool with the Jellyfin interface (at least, in the Roku client), I can fully delete Plex Media Server and forget about it.
The only feature that Plex has that I don't see any way to make work easily with Jellyfin is sharing my library (or shows from my library) with people outside my household. I never actually used that feature on Plex, since it also requires a Premium subscription, but it would be cool if Jellyfin could figure something out like that.
Dan Jones shared 21 days ago
From his lighthouse evermore,
But to us he gives the keeping
Of the lights along the shore.
🔗: https://pixai.art/artwork/1884239714136139195
#AIArt
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Illustration of a lighthouse. The lighthouse is the only structure on a lonely rock jutting out into the sea. In addition to the light coming from the lantern, the whole building seems to be emanating light. This storm clouds cover the sky above and a lone seagull flies past. Waves are crashing upon the rocks below. Even the waves are illuminated by the light from the lighthouse.
Any time I want it to rain, all I have to do is water my lawn, and within the next day or two, it will rain.
In the word "queue", only the first letter is pronounced. The other four are silent (quietly waiting their turn).
#DadJoke #DadJokes #Humor #Linguistics #FrenchMakesEnglishWeird
I like to put TV on in the background while I'm working. One of those work from home benefits. On an average day of 8 hours of work, after taking out time for meetings, I can usually watch anywhere from 8 to 12 episodes of TV (depending on the length of the episodes, of course).
But today, I spent most of the morning, and some of the afternoon pairing with a new developer on the team, so I couldn't have my TV on in the background while we worked through his stuff together. So now, I'm almost 6 hours into my 8 hour day, and I'm just now finishing my second episode.
And even though it makes absolutely no sense at all, my brain has somehow come to associate the amount of TV I've watched while working with my productivity. And so, somehow, I feel like I've had a less productive day because I've watched less TV, even though that obviously makes no sense at all.
Dan Jones shared 24 days ago
Variable naming conventions by programming language:
Python: the_thing
JavaScript: theThing
TypeScript: theThing: any
Java: AbstractFactoryPatternSingletonInstanceManagerThing
C: i
Go: thing, err
Rust: maybe_the_thing
Dan Jones shared 28 days ago
Chicago Sun-Times Prints AI-Generated Summer Reading List With Books That Don’t Exist. Just straight-up hallucinated books by the likes of Percival Everett & Andy Weir. The writer: “I’m completely embarrassed.” https://www.404media.co/chicago-sun-times-prints-ai-generated-summer-reading-list-with-books-that-dont-exist/
Dan Jones shared 30 days agoWhoa, look at the interior of this new Japanese restaurant in NYC called Shirokuro — all of the surfaces (floors, chairs, walls, counters, etc.) are painted to look like a 2-dimensional drawing. https://kottke.org/25/05/nyc-restaurant-interior-or-black-white-drawing
Dan Jones shared a month ago
Fuck.
Spread the word and light up those phone /email lines.
We just learned yesterday that the majority on the House Ways and Means Committee added language to the reconciliation bill that would give the administration unchecked power to revoke nonprofit tax status for organizations.
Section 112209 raises profound constitutional concerns, as it opens the door to restrictions on free speech and could be weaponized against organizations that promote civil rights and liberties and racial justice.
They paused that nonprofit EO because the sector immediately mobilized and was prepared.
These sneaky shits hope we don't notice this time around.
Have a favorite nonprofit? Speak up on their behalf.
Dan Jones shared a month ago
Maybe you or somebody you know has a #Windows10 computer, which works perfectly fine, but will lose support on October 14 because it cannot be updated to Windows 11 for hardware support reasons.
Please, do not turn the computer into unnecessary e-waste but keep using it and give it a new life by installing #Linux on it. There are plenty of advantages in doing so, the biggest one being it's waaaayyy cheaper.
For more, see:
https://endof10.org/
Dan Jones shared a month ago
Hunger is a policy choice. By cutting food assistance programs like SNAP, Republicans are choosing to let folks go hungry. Let’s be clear about that.
Dan Jones shared a month ago
Arborists often operate a shady business.
Dan Jones shared a month ago
Vaccines are not only immensely useful; they also embody something beautifully human in their combination of care and communication. Vaccines do not trick the immune system, as is sometimes said; they educate and train it. As a resource of good public health, they allow doctors to whisper words of warning into the cells of their patients. Vaccines are not conspiracies or tools of control; they are molecular loving-kindness.
-- The Economist (In an Ugly World, Vaccines Are a Beautiful Gift (Oct 5th, 2023))
⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #TheEconomist #Medicine #PublicHealth #Science #Vaccines
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photo by richard rathe
Dan Jones shared a month ago
it’s always disappointing when i think i’ve found a good picture to caption but it doesn’t bear fruit
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A group of black bears foraging around a large pile of apples on the ground beneath a tree.
Dan Jones shared a month ago
Last year I stood up throughout a meeting because I had cystitis and sitting down was too uncomfortable. Apparently the men took it as a power move and listened for once. Cystitis has been cured for months but I still stand in meetings and seem to get attention.
Dan Jones shared a month ago
