sort of a late registration
sort of a late registration
That would be like having every drum machine ever made fall on your head at once.
you know podcasts don't count
It's Roland gear, it will outlast Earth.
I know better than to record anything.
Thank you. This was more of a glancing bonk than a proper bell ring—but I'll keep an eye out.
dammit dan
A pink middle aged man in a gray T-shirt with gray chin stubble has some gauze and a bandaid on his forehead above his left eye. His hair is sticking up ridiculously. It's also gray. His face looks like someone who is kind of an idiot who got injured by a drum machine.
No one in my family is taking this seriously.
I have a lot of forehead, it's okay.
No one warns you about this when you go DAWless.
A Roland TR-8S drum machine fell on my head from a high shelf if you see me this week and wonder why I have a big bruise and scar above my left eye.
Hi, hurkle expert here. This hurkle is NOT a happy beast, hurkles only become visible when extremely stressed. There's also a real risk of hurkleborne titillative paraesthetic formication.
the worst part is that you can now make vsts
The parts of a disassembled machine lie on a white background. There are two large red rectangular pieces, a dozen or so smaller gleaming alumnium pieces that have been precision milled, a few small motors, an integrated circuit, and several shiny plastic pieces of casing
okay people what are you looking at here
no google image searching
just use your ol noodle
It was @jetsetjunta.bsky.social but now it's part of the culture.
This is amazing a million thanks!
I'm sure we'll get bored with it and complain about it soon enough!
Thank you, and kind of you to tell us!
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Thank you, I appreciate that and the spirit in which it was offered. I fully respect your disagreement on LLMs, of course. Unkindness is normal, but being called out as a member made me feel complicit in it, so it was the right time to remove the link. I wish everyone managing the site the best!
This is beautiful Jacob and I actually am doing that right now.
A mass-produced knit cap in extremely bright blue, yellow, white, and red stripes, with a large blue, yellow, and red pom-pom on top. The forehead-covering part of the cap reads, in enormous white knit-pixelated letters, OLD BAY.
I have lost all the other hats. Now I must wear the final hat.
This country elects some fucking winners huh.
Given the events of last week I think it's useful to remember the words of former President George W. Bush in 2000: “If the terriers and barriffs are torn down, this economy will grow.”https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_W._Bush
Right but is it, or is it CITYGOVMESSAGECENTER.NET charging for every EBCDIC byte? (It's probably Twilio.)
Just got 'em texted, too. So many API companies with metered usage are having wonderful days.
HOPEFULLY ONE OF THESE WILL WORK FOR YOU
Subject line/previews of emails from NYC public schools in Russian, French, and Bengali. Обратите внимание: школы будут закрыты без дистанционного обучения в понедельник, 23.02.2026. Проверьте schools.nyc.gov для получения последней информации о планах по открытию школ. Veuillez noter que les écoles seront fermées sans enseignement à distance le lundi 23 février 2026. Allez sur schools.nyc.gov pour obtenir les dernières informations sur les plans de réouverture des écoles. অনুগ্রহ করে লক্ষ্য করবেন: সোমবার, 02/23/2026 তারিখ, রিমোট শিক্ষা-নির্দেশনায় অংশগ্রহণ ছাড়াই স্কুলগুলো বন্ধ থাকবে। স্কুল পুনরায় খোলার পরিকল্পনা সংক্রান্ত সর্বসাম্প্রতিক তথ্যের জন্য schools.nyc.gov দেখুন।
it really is a funny city
Oh it's today! I had no idea. HUH.