100% Team Stromboli @deaduncledave@mastodon.social

Hi Mastodon, I killed my Twitter account a few weeks ago, and 15 minutes ago I pulled the plug on Facebook.

I wanna be your friend! We could talk about #bicycling or #Cheesemaking or #Baking or maybe #Writing? Maybe we could play frisbee and get a water-ice later?

How do I get into this scene?

RT @forgedonyx@twitter.com
This is what a scientist looks like. ⁣⁣
Show the children. ⁣⁣
Especially the children of color. ⁣⁣⁣⁣
This is what a scientist looks like.
#thisiswhatascientistlookslike #BlackandSTEM #STEM #blackgirlmagic #noirpixiedust
@IfThenSheCan@twitter.com

Whoops. My hand slipped.

Why did it take me so long to realize I can use a desk fan with a bubble wand?

[PROCEEDS TO FILL CUBE-FARM WITH BUBBLES]

Special kinda joy when I get to introduce my coworkers to Numbers Stations. I creeped my service manager out so badly, he stuck his fingers in his ears and ran back to his desk.

Solving the morning problems.

H: UUUGH Sun tea!
Me: Yep. I mean, I liked it as a kid?
H: It's just bullshit tho.
Me: Right, I recall at one point realizing that hot tap water was as good IF NOT BETTER.
H: We realized the lies of Sun tea at the same time, I think.
Me: Yeah, wait, was it when you moved to Humboldt?
H: ... yeah? Yeah! Gosh that's it! No Sun in fucking Humboldt?
Me: And me I was goth and ya know what doesn't happen when yer goth?
Both: SUN.

This is so firmly in my wheelhouse I'm gonna have to start saluting: https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfOccultHermeticAndAlchemicalSigils/page/n39

QOTD regarding problematic faves: "You can keep it, but keep it in context." #MetaFilter

. @bootjack :
"I love southwestern spitebotany.

[tiny gnarled juniper sticking out of a crag 500 feet above the ground like a middle finger at the universe]"

Lad next to me halfway through his pint and chips: "Yeah you just install something called Grindr and wait half an hour." I'm so curious.

H: Is there such a thing as NOT undercover espionage? Do people just walk into to your office all, "Beep boop, I'm here to steal your secrets?"

One method for processing animal bones in order to remove flesh is called cold maceration. But that is absolutely not what speech to text hears when you try to pronounce that word.

Anybody want to hazard a guess as to what Google /thinks/ it hears?

https://youtu.be/7uvUiq_jTLM
#moore #Mooreslaw

RT @monsterinmendes@twitter.com
The hero we never knew we needed #Area51storm

Someone snuck a bunch of interns into my office while I was concentrating on initial configs. I cursed "Oh fuckbutter" under my breath and this was apparently the funniest thing imaginable.

I've now got a sign under my door placard which reads "Mr. Fuckbutter." Might have to list that on my performance review for next year.

Live as Gen X, scene 1:

H: Hey.
Me: Uh?
H: ...Remember "Hootie?"
Both: [CACKLE MADLY]
Me: Aw shit, Hootie. Man!
H: Yeah. Heh, yeah. Fucking Hootie.

So what's better for home networking needs? A full PoE switch, or a mult-port POE injector?

Thots, network people?

I came here as soon as I heard about Richard Stallman, and I find the fediverse response to be...

Well, TBH my standards are a bit higher when it comes to salt. No threats of violence? No painful hand wringing about death of society?

It's almost like his defenders aren't really sure they believe their own message.

Obnoxious uber-nerd loses job isn't much of a story nowadays. Whats next?

#RMS #PearlClutching