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@nigelthebold

Mobile developer. Sourdough from Alaska, now a Buckeye (I guess).

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Hey, #WritingCommunity, what do you use for version control?

I'm a software developer, so I just use git. I use LyX for my editor, giving a plain-TeX (pun intended) doc format, so I can use git features like cherry-picking; it makes sense.

Wouldn't work for binaries as well. So what do you use?

15.03.2026 02:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Why The Beachcombers Matters
Why The Beachcombers Matters YouTube video by Canadian History Ehx

Grew up in Southeast Alaska, but our feed was from CBC. Sure, we got MASH and All In The Family (which probably explains why I am the liberal I am today), but we also got things like Beachcombers.

This show was unique, and very few shows can claim its pedigree.

10.03.2026 01:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Must be spring.

Just saw the first ants of the season in my bathroom sink.

09.03.2026 16:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"After deep reflection and with the support of my loving family..."

I have seen this many times in my life. Every time it is to elide harm done by the one posting, most often (but not entirely) by a GOP member.

She set herself *on fire*. I will not ever forget that.

And neither should you.

06.03.2026 06:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Your Flag Decal Won't Get You into Heaven Anymore
Your Flag Decal Won't Get You into Heaven Anymore YouTube video by John Prine - Topic

From the "Songs everyone should know" department:

06.03.2026 05:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Take care of tomorrow tonight, and tomorrow will take care of itself.

There. I just wrote a best-selling self-care book.

06.03.2026 05:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not every business needs a goddamned mobile app.

03.03.2026 20:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You never grow more intelligent by reading decidedly unintelligent ravings of others.

01.03.2026 04:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The Staple Singers - Masters Of War (Official Audio)
The Staple Singers - Masters Of War (Official Audio) YouTube video by The Staple Singers

This isn't something to be posted almost daily, like "God Is A Bullet," but is now appropriate.

Considered posting the original Dylan version, but decided gospel-infused version more appropriate.

01.03.2026 04:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Strange Season
Strange Season YouTube video by Michael Penn - Topic

All I'm saying is Michael Penn deserved more love.

More talented than his brother Sean?

Maybe.

26.02.2026 03:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Reminder: Throw Momma From The Train is a Rob Reiner movie. Not because he directed it (Danny DeVito did that), but because he has one of the best cameos ever.

20.02.2026 15:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

But most importantly, HOW DO YOU REVIEW? You can't.

AI created code is bad enough as it is. Considering how LLMs work, you can never fully trust it without through review.

Considering bad actors can already taint the public corpus with malign code, emitting binaries is a horrible idea.

16.02.2026 17:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The idea of AI emitting binaries instead of source is the most bone-headed idea pretty much all time.

First, it's a tragic waste of resources. Compilers are efficient and deterministic.

AI is orders of magnitude less efficient. Creating binaries for different targets is a huge inefficiency.

1/2

16.02.2026 17:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, no! I'm so surprised. ICE agents inflict violence and then *lie* about it?

Like cops have been doing for the entire existence of copping?

Eliminate the entire agency and hold public trials for these motherfuckers.

15.02.2026 01:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So, the new No Man's Sky update was *definitely* inspired by Death Stranding.

Gotta be careful with those deliveries so you don't lose packages.

14.02.2026 14:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Streaming services cancelled.

Turns out we don't watch much anymore.

13.02.2026 20:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Charro beans and TexMex chicken and rice.

A perfect dinner.

08.02.2026 03:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

After 1469 days of uptime, I finally upgraded paperdove.org from Debian 9 to Debian 13. Also, I re-provisioned the service, so I have 4 times the RAM and SSD for the same price.

Now to set up Apache/Nginx and Postgres.

I used to love sysadmin stuff. Not so much anymore.

30.01.2026 16:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Could write bill or add amendments to direct funds to funding more immigration judges and lawyers, decent facilities for incoming asylum seekers, and streamline the naturalization process.

28.01.2026 22:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If she wants to pretend to be soldier, maybe should join US Marines and be real soldier.

Why have weapons in press conference, anyway? Just looks silly.

28.01.2026 21:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Vere are your paypers?

28.01.2026 20:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Took a coding challenge for an interview today.

Gotta say, not a fan.

First two were pretty easy, with obvious simple elegant solutions.

Third question had simple solution, but was not elegant. I get that; see what applicant knows about engineering. Don't fall for simple solution.

Did simple.

28.01.2026 05:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Want breakfast?

Take whatever leftovers you have, heat them up, but a fried egg on top. Maybe some hot sauce.

Bam. Breakfast.

25.01.2026 17:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Man, I miss Stan vs Evil.

14.01.2026 03:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Federal Agent Told Combat Veteran 'You're Dead, Liberal' At Little Village Encounter, Attorneys Say The allegation comes as ICE and Border Patrol are increasingly facing pushback for using tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets and other measures against peaceful protesters and bystanders.

So, while writing novel, I wrote this as placeholder:

Goon 1 (pointing weapon at Senator): Bang Bang, Senator.

Yeah. Never mean to predict future.

And worse, my writing is falling behind.

09.01.2026 02:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey.

Society is defined by what we allow. What we, as a group, are willing to accept.

We can choose to allow harm, or we can choose to prosecute those who harm.

Society is what we decide it is.

09.01.2026 02:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There are limits we imagine, and there are limits actualized.

You might think there is a limit when a paramilitary force shoots a woman stone-cold in her face. You might imagine a national backlash so severe, there is immediate lashback. The murderer held accountable. A national reflection.

Nah.

08.01.2026 03:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This day is horrible for all of us.

It’s like, how much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black.

Not quoting for irony. Quoting because this shit hurts.

15.12.2025 05:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well, this is a weird and tragic turn of events.

Will miss you, Rob.

And I'll always cherish what you have left us.

Especially Princess Bride.

15.12.2025 05:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fuck this guy.

Truly hope Stephen Miller is going down. But don't trust reporting saying so.

14.12.2025 01:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0