The Greek god Zeus is now working as the mascot for Macy pachinko parlors in Japan.
Spending my precious evening time getting peeved at co-workers in spreadsheet comments because they a) didn't bother with column headers and b) used data that aren't useful for the current task, which I would've known in advance had there been headers identifying it.
There is a thing which I am supposed to have working tomorrow (which I did not know until Monday), and the thing underlying it is glitching in a way which makes no sense.
Just a reminder that there's a Will Shakespeare miniseries from the heyday of BBC historicals starring Tim Curry as Shakespeare and Ian McShane as Marlowe, and it's on youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpxC...
I entirely forgot that I made this anti-ASMR video (Sound warning headphones users)
Now watching. I'm starting to get the idea that this is not the most accurate of biopics.
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Robert Komaniecki@komaniecki.bsky.social · 4w agoWe are all dogs locked in god’s hot car
There were several Terran missions in single-player Starcraft where I spent more time gathering resources and building than actual fighting (modulo fixed defenses holding off zergling rushes). Being able to move buildings was such a boon to capturing new resource sites.
DrRamblings@drramblings.bsky.social · 3w agoGimme the old school RISK (Gen X) or “Command & Conquer” (Millennials) players handling logistics and things would have been over MONTHS ago in Iran.
One of Zork's signature weapons had better be a brass lantern.
Rebekah Valentine@duckvalentine.bsky.social · 4w agowhat the fuck is this
yeah boss, I made the spreadsheet people real fucking sexy, just like you asked
The people using the em dash as a sign of AI use are fools. It's at the level of throwing someone into a river and if they float they must be a witch.
Too much Alf hog.
Bluesky@bsky.app · 4w agoWe apologize for yesterday’s service problems. Bluesky experienced a DDoS attack—a flood of junk traffic meant to knock servers offline—over a period of 24 hours. We have upgraded our defenses in response, and we continue to monitor the situation. Follow @status.bsky.app for any updates.
Less unusual than it sounds if you know that one of the largest deepwater ports in the western US is in Idaho.
Reconstructionist@unavaleable.bsky.social · 4w agothe united states navy built the largest warehouse depot in the world to support its operations. Where did they build it? Utah.
Napoleon was born #onthisday in 1769. After the collapse of his empire in 1815, “le petit caporal” was imprisoned on St Helena, and while there started learning English. One resident of the island called his English “the oddest in the world” — publicdomainreview.org/collection/n... #otd
Harbour-kun, a friendly ship, is the mascot for Yokohama Harbour chestnut sponge cakes, which are shaped like ships.
THE STORM IS SAFE THE STORM IS GOOD BASK IN THE PEACE AND GLORY OF THE MANY
Seth Masket@smotus.bsky.social · last mo.Are deadly fungal storms bad
I find it fascinating that in the 1990s, the US managed to re-create early twentieth-century Vienna café culture only to have it gradually decay over the first quarter of the twenty-first century such that now most coffee shops are closed by six PM.
tell enough stories about a someone and you will inevitably hit the Turned Into A Horse episode qwantz.com/index.php?co...
