Dan Jones shared 1 year, 8 months ago
For those interested in blocking AI bots from scraping your personal website, this link has some information on that topic.
https://neil-clarke.com/block-the-bots-that-feed-ai-models-by-scraping-your-website/
Dan Jones shared 1 year, 8 months ago
I get confused with the differences between elves, fairies & pixies.
I just don't understand the gnomenclature
#WordWeavers #DayOne #WritingPrompts #WIP #Writing #AmWriting
Describe your main character from the perspective of the antagonist
My current story doesn't exactly have an antagonist. My MC is kind of their own antagonist, so I'll let them introduce themself.
My name is ....
I don't suppose it really matters now. It's going to change soon.
I've lived this life for a very long time. The year is 2374. I was born in 2232. But I don't have long left.
The doctor tells me I probably have a few months left. I don't have the heart to tell him he's off by a few months. I've got maybe a few hours left.
I only know this because, every time I get this near the end of a life, some memories from my previous lives start to come back.
I'm starting to wonder where and who I'll be in a few hours. My lives aren't exactly in order, so I could end up in any time. My last life was in the 19th century. And before that, I was a colonist to Alpha Centauri. We've still got several years before we'll get there, thankfully.
Dan Jones shared 1 year, 8 months ago
There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are written about on Wikipedia.
Welcome... to Night Vale.
Have they started letting teenagers join the Tabernacle Choir? Some of the men looked like they couldn't be more than 13.
Dan Jones shared 1 year, 8 months ago
#JoaquinECosta
Covenants are not transactional. They are transformational.
I want to be better in the morning like this brother, not looking at my phone first but starting with a prayer.
Elder Christofferson talking about how individuals can break the cycle of familial dysfunction/abuse and build a loving family of their own is important, but, as he said, this is an imperfect world and not everyone can make this happen.
Everyone has a different situation, and we shouldn't get so stuck on what we think of as the ideal that we forget that all people can build a good life for themselves in many different ways.
Dan Jones shared 1 year, 8 months ago
Shameless LDS invitation
Shameless LDS invitation
#LDS #GeneralConference is this weekend with sessions on Saturday and Sunday. This twice-annual gathering mostly features gospel sermons and music but also includes procedural announcements about the church as an organization, including where new temples were built.
If you have an interest, check out the link below. I might post some about it (using appropriate CWs of course), but I’m on night shift so I won’t catch most of it.
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/broadcasts?lang=eng
For much of my life, I would get Mark Wahlberg (a.k.a Marky Mark) mixed up with Mack Wilberg (conductor of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir). So, sometimes when I listen to the Choir, I think of Dirk Diggler. Or, if I watch Ted, I think of the Tabernacle Choir. #LDSConf #GeneralConference
Dan Jones shared 1 year, 8 months ago
The Moon is Full 🌝
Dan Jones shared 1 year, 8 months ago
@pmonks @ewdocparris
0r-8acel looked on the boy and knew his journey had been difficult; to travel so far into Antarctica wasn't easy, even in these times.
"You’ve come a long way to see and old robot. Why?" The boy genuflected.
"I need your counseling wise one. There’s an evil man who feigns goodness by wearing holy vestments. He plans to kill millions in the name of righteousness. I know what I have to do, but not how to do it?”
“Tell me what you need to do?”
“Steal the man’s eyes.”
When you're new CTO starts out his first All-Hands meeting with "I know these constant changes can be really exhausting", and then goes on to tell you about the huge changes he's now implementing. 
Dan Jones shared 1 year, 9 months ago
Be relentless against your enemies, but be ready to show mercy and grace should the opportunity arise to turn a foe into a friend. People can change, and honor is a path through the complex landscape of life, not a fence to keep out trespassers.
Dan Jones shared 1 year, 9 months ago"Nothing lasts forever" is a phrase with two meanings, and they're both true.
Welcome... to Night Vale.
Dan Jones shared 1 year, 9 months ago
There should be a reverse Indiana Jones film where a South American tribe sneaks into the Vatican, steals some relics, and gets away on a boat while a bunch of men in golden robes shake their fists and shout their strange language.
Dan Jones shared 1 year, 9 months ago
Well, will you do it?
The US Senate is composed of a lot of very old men and women. I bet the Senate chamber is just constantly filled with flatulence.
Dan Jones shared 1 year, 9 months ago
Elon is about to charge monthly for Twitter and there will likely be a huge migration wave to Mastodon.
Black, Indigenous, and other POC have had so many issues since Elon took over Twitter so let's welcome them when they come to the Fediverse
Dan Jones shared 1 year, 9 months ago
Open Source projects either die a failure or survive long enough to become a security risk
Dan Jones shared 1 year, 9 months ago
Little. #parenting #kids #comics
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Child: Aww, I remember this movie! I was really into it when I was a kid.
Parent: What are you talking about? You're still a kid.
Child: No, I mean when I was little.
Parent: You're still little.
Child: Whatever, it was forever ago!
Parent: This movie came out three years ago!
Child: Well now that I'm grown up I can barely, remember it!
Parent: You're only nine!!!](https://microwords.goodevilgenius.org/proxy/media/20273/LvQmowlQyCLJNWUlT75vTUyjpOfJ3bLhJ8FsC6XkD9I=/aHR0cHM6Ly9maWxlcy5tYXN0b2Rvbi5zb2NpYWwvbWVkaWFfYXR0YWNobWVudHMvZmlsZXMvMTExLzEwNS80MjgvODc5LzMxMC84Njgvb3JpZ2luYWwvMjg0NTI5OGNkZDU1NjU5NC5wbmc=/740 "[a child and a parent are sitting on a couch and looking at a tablet]
Child: Aww, I remember this movie! I was really into it when I was a kid.
Parent: What are you talking about? You're still a kid.
Child: No, I mean when I was little.
Parent: You're still little.
Child: Whatever, it was forever ago!
Parent: This movie came out three years ago!
Child: Well now that I'm grown up I can barely, remember it!
Parent: You're only nine!!!")
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[a child and a parent are sitting on a couch and looking at a tablet] Child: Aww, I remember this movie! I was really into it when I was a kid. Parent: What are you talking about? You're still a kid. Child: No, I mean when I was little. Parent: You're still little. Child: Whatever, it was forever ago! Parent: This movie came out three years ago! Child: Well now that I'm grown up I can barely, remember it! Parent: You're only nine!!!