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@SECRET_ASIAN_MAN

If I may suggest your local ethnic butcher shop?

I posted this in Slack at work and it was really cool the number of people who were involved in BBSes back in the day.

He had a vanity plate that said XMODEM. Randy died years ago. End of an era where hobbyists could change the world during a blizzard.

@YouInMyEye

Ah, my bad. These days "causing pandemonium" usually means "alt-Reich dipshits out dipshitting" I figured someone had found something to be upset about with you know, food or school or children. 🤣

@YouInMyEye

I'm actually not sure what's causing any pandemonium about this. Head Start, early childhood education, free meals, healthcare, child tax credits - all keep kids in school and learning, which has a measurable impact in shrinking the school to prison pipeline.

I must have missed something... sorry.

Documentary series on BBS, episode one (Baud) features Ward and Randy Suess.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dddbe9OuJLU

Ward Christensen was a wonderful, humble, and brilliant man who built so many of the foundational pieces on which we rely today.

The first time I met him, he took me on a walking tour of Chicago - you have never met anyone so filled with curiosity and wonder.

RIP.

#Tech

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/ward-christensen-bbs-inventor-and-architect-of-our-online-age-dies-at-age-78/

Honestly, I'm a huge James Spader stan.

I remember him in Pretty in Pink, Less than Zero, Sex Lies and Videotape...

But, The Practice, Boston Legal, and (OFC) The Blacklist...

I could watch James Spader deliver well crafted, clever lines all day long.

And twice on Sundays.

@ATXJane

I admit I was pretty proud of this one. You could see it sink in. 😊

Talking to a couple of folks - both extremely religious, both Cuban immigrants, both waffling.

Me: I'm sure Stephen Miller isn't talking about Cubans when he references denaturalizing and deporting Hispanics and Latinos. I mean, the Cuban Adjustment Act was passed in '66 - no one would go back and undo accepted law.

Wow, serious shocked Pikachu faces.

Good.

#Immigration #Politics #CoSoPolitics

"If you are out there murdering people, on some level you want to be Christian. May I take you to church?"

OMG, Betty. 😱

@Tacitus_Kilgore

I'm loving a 90 day election season, even with all the blatant bullshit being thrown.

I think we should make it law.

As you said, there are a HUGE number of voters and non-voters who don't pay attention until the conventions.

Conventions to election - that's it.

Cosmic Jr. on a James Spader binge. I suggested Boston Legal.

Now I'm rewatching Boston Legal.

What an excellent show it was. Got all misty when Betty White showed up.

#CoSoTV

Well, alrighty then. Short game. 😲

Wordle 1,211 1/6

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#Puzzlescore #Wordle

The full Howard Stern interview with Kamala Harris.

#Politics #CoSoPolitics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNbwMrBMGgE

New Harris ad. Trump vs. Detroit.

#Politics #CoSoPolitics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPgQp2VuZwQ

Wonder what it would do with "stuffing"? Anyway, enjoy your wound coverings this holiday season...

@Warpspeed3

Oh, I got an incredibly detailed breakdown of the position. I know exactly what they are looking for and I'm a damned near perfect match.

And they didn't even play the salary game - all the numbers up front. 10 years ago, I'd have been all over it like a vulture in guts.

It's truly a shiny object... 😱

@SaltyVeruca

Yah. My last two positions were corporate and I felt like I always had to be turned up to 11.

I'm leaning towards being incredibly flattered, noting my new theoretical worth, and thanking them for reaching out.

I really enjoy my job and I have a great team that is really starting to hit their stride. I'm fully remote, have terrific work-life balance, great benefits.

All that said, I had a head hunter reach out with an absolutely head spinning position. Insane money, options, bonus, fully remote,great company. But corporate, with all that entails.

Golly. Think I should have the conversation or sensibly stick with the position that absolutely fits my life and not play with the greed fire?