Seated for the extended edition of THE TWO TOWERS with my Thing2! Did FELLOWSHIP yesterday & will do ROTK tomorrow
January 18, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Seated for the extended edition of THE TWO TOWERS with my Thing2! Did FELLOWSHIP yesterday & will do ROTK tomorrow
April 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
There is a very distinct cadence of generated text that has not yet been trained out of the available models, even the frontier ones. There are some phrasings it really likes -- "It's not X. It's Y," "But [thing1] is/was not [thing2]. It's [thing3 that doesn't really contrast to thing2]",
May 17, 2026 at 7:22 AM
There is a very distinct cadence of generated text that has not yet been trained out of the available models, even the frontier ones. There are some phrasings it really likes -- "It's not X. It's Y," "But [thing1] is/was not [thing2]. It's [thing3 that doesn't really contrast to thing2]",
Writing some C++, and I'm really missing the Rust syntax (default choice) of leaving off the extra parens in branches. That is, I've come to really like:
if thing != thing2 {}
compared to
if (thing != thing2) {}
if thing != thing2 {}
compared to
if (thing != thing2) {}
November 15, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Writing some C++, and I'm really missing the Rust syntax (default choice) of leaving off the extra parens in branches. That is, I've come to really like:
if thing != thing2 {}
compared to
if (thing != thing2) {}
if thing != thing2 {}
compared to
if (thing != thing2) {}
Plants watered as needed and baths for Thing1 and Thing2 accomplished 💪
May 24, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Plants watered as needed and baths for Thing1 and Thing2 accomplished 💪
They decided we could get on the plane
August 27, 2026 at 7:40 PM
They decided we could get on the plane
Visiting Thing2 and catching some Cawlidge Hawkey.
November 16, 2024 at 11:49 PM
Visiting Thing2 and catching some Cawlidge Hawkey.
Was talking about this today. In most of my work communications I turn compound sentences into bulletized lists.
"The item must have (thing1), (thing2), & (thing3)." Will be ignored, 15% success rate.
"The item must have :
- (thing1)
- (thing2)
- (thing3)."
Will have about a 75% success rate.
"The item must have (thing1), (thing2), & (thing3)." Will be ignored, 15% success rate.
"The item must have :
- (thing1)
- (thing2)
- (thing3)."
Will have about a 75% success rate.
April 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Was talking about this today. In most of my work communications I turn compound sentences into bulletized lists.
"The item must have (thing1), (thing2), & (thing3)." Will be ignored, 15% success rate.
"The item must have :
- (thing1)
- (thing2)
- (thing3)."
Will have about a 75% success rate.
"The item must have (thing1), (thing2), & (thing3)." Will be ignored, 15% success rate.
"The item must have :
- (thing1)
- (thing2)
- (thing3)."
Will have about a 75% success rate.
Thing2 is home. She smells like a thirteen year old should exactly smell.
I breathed her in. It’s bloody delightful.
I breathed her in. It’s bloody delightful.
December 9, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Thing2 is home. She smells like a thirteen year old should exactly smell.
I breathed her in. It’s bloody delightful.
I breathed her in. It’s bloody delightful.
At PDX on my way to help Thing2 move back into school & just learned that JFK is having issues with t-storms 😱 think good thoughts for us
August 27, 2026 at 4:52 PM
At PDX on my way to help Thing2 move back into school & just learned that JFK is having issues with t-storms 😱 think good thoughts for us
Thing2, packing for college: “Mom, do we have one of the small Danish butter cookie tins? I need something to put my sewing kit in.”
I raised them right.
I raised them right.
August 31, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Thing2, packing for college: “Mom, do we have one of the small Danish butter cookie tins? I need something to put my sewing kit in.”
I raised them right.
I raised them right.
Same with my husband and me. We stayed in my little bungalow until Thing2’s arrival was imminent. We’ve jointly owned two houses since.
May 13, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Same with my husband and me. We stayed in my little bungalow until Thing2’s arrival was imminent. We’ve jointly owned two houses since.
Thing1 and Thing2 know full well I’m leaving of course. Tavi especially has been very (very) under foot all morning, really adding to the challenge level.
September 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Thing1 and Thing2 know full well I’m leaving of course. Tavi especially has been very (very) under foot all morning, really adding to the challenge level.
I'm at that point where I'm asking
"What's the project about?"
in an email chain titled
RE: RE: RE: Thing1 and Thing2 - These are the Things this Project is About
"What's the project about?"
in an email chain titled
RE: RE: RE: Thing1 and Thing2 - These are the Things this Project is About
January 27, 2026 at 6:03 PM
I'm at that point where I'm asking
"What's the project about?"
in an email chain titled
RE: RE: RE: Thing1 and Thing2 - These are the Things this Project is About
"What's the project about?"
in an email chain titled
RE: RE: RE: Thing1 and Thing2 - These are the Things this Project is About
I thought it was hilarious to hear thing1 and thing2 there, referred to as 'Ernie and Bert' this morning. Hapless Johnson needs a bit of height.
February 25, 2026 at 10:20 PM
I thought it was hilarious to hear thing1 and thing2 there, referred to as 'Ernie and Bert' this morning. Hapless Johnson needs a bit of height.
ah well, i guess i don't have to worry about adam showing up at cannes while i'm busy helping thing2 move out of their dorm, then
time for a walk in the hazy sunshine to reset my mood
time for a walk in the hazy sunshine to reset my mood
April 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
ah well, i guess i don't have to worry about adam showing up at cannes while i'm busy helping thing2 move out of their dorm, then
time for a walk in the hazy sunshine to reset my mood
time for a walk in the hazy sunshine to reset my mood
This is the issue. Everyone else in this thread is missing the point, it seems.
UNITY_LOG( stuff, (thing + " stuff " + thing2).c_str() );
UNITY_LOG( stuff, (thing + " stuff " + thing2).c_str() );
March 5, 2025 at 1:21 AM
This is the issue. Everyone else in this thread is missing the point, it seems.
UNITY_LOG( stuff, (thing + " stuff " + thing2).c_str() );
UNITY_LOG( stuff, (thing + " stuff " + thing2).c_str() );
update: success! they've been delivered to thing2's dorm! now if only the cake delivery could go along with less drama, that would be good
April 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
update: success! they've been delivered to thing2's dorm! now if only the cake delivery could go along with less drama, that would be good
Absolutely down for the count this morning. Thing2 is going to have to do the grocery shop, I can hardly walk around the house.
Jfc if I’m this puny after the 1st shingles shot I’m going to be in a world of hurt from the 2nd one
Jfc if I’m this puny after the 1st shingles shot I’m going to be in a world of hurt from the 2nd one
June 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Absolutely down for the count this morning. Thing2 is going to have to do the grocery shop, I can hardly walk around the house.
Jfc if I’m this puny after the 1st shingles shot I’m going to be in a world of hurt from the 2nd one
Jfc if I’m this puny after the 1st shingles shot I’m going to be in a world of hurt from the 2nd one
Just booked Thing2's one way ticket for their departure for college this fall, which is a bit of a A Complicated Emotions Moment
June 20, 2024 at 11:39 PM
Just booked Thing2's one way ticket for their departure for college this fall, which is a bit of a A Complicated Emotions Moment
2/ (Note: My COBOL knowledge is from ~1960-1970.)
It's verbose. You write stuff like
ADD THING1 TO THING2 YIELDING THING3
instead of thing3=thing1+thing2
It reflects computer designs of the 1950s-70s, before 8bit-bytes were universal, numbers were stored in odd formats like Binary-coded-decimal,
It's verbose. You write stuff like
ADD THING1 TO THING2 YIELDING THING3
instead of thing3=thing1+thing2
It reflects computer designs of the 1950s-70s, before 8bit-bytes were universal, numbers were stored in odd formats like Binary-coded-decimal,
March 31, 2025 at 3:32 AM
2/ (Note: My COBOL knowledge is from ~1960-1970.)
It's verbose. You write stuff like
ADD THING1 TO THING2 YIELDING THING3
instead of thing3=thing1+thing2
It reflects computer designs of the 1950s-70s, before 8bit-bytes were universal, numbers were stored in odd formats like Binary-coded-decimal,
It's verbose. You write stuff like
ADD THING1 TO THING2 YIELDING THING3
instead of thing3=thing1+thing2
It reflects computer designs of the 1950s-70s, before 8bit-bytes were universal, numbers were stored in odd formats like Binary-coded-decimal,