@mjd From the "long future career" perspective, 2014 was an epic fail. Maybe they should add "not currently dying of cancer" to the list of qualifications.

(Sorry, I recognize that this is extremely dark humor and probably I should not post it, but for some reason humor is often my response to tragedy).

@mjd @yourautisticlife I would not describe him as a big deal, but I would say he's an author I love, and Worth The Candle is probably my favorite of his.

@mjd Garlic, but cinnamon is a close second because of its baking uses.

@mjd Your intuition might also be off because most commonly-used metals (other than aluminum) are so much denser than rock, even though we just think of both as "heavy".

@mjd @ology I actually think this is a more reasonable question than it maybe seems. It would be totally valid for said generator to work by generating a thousand songs and picking the "best" one (by some criterion). That's how the puzzle generator for my game Deco Deck works.

Of course, a computer cannot tell what music you personally will like, but it could certainly apply some quality filters.

@jmac I don't think that's quite right. The idea is to give the strongest version of the argument, so that the attacks hit the right surface. Because folks have a tendency to attack the weak form of an opposing argument.

@mjd @yourautisticlife "I heard it from a phonograph playing in the middle of nowhere on a loop, recorded by a dead man who had heard it from others who were also dead," -Alexander Wales, Worth The Candle.

@jmac Just take it out at a 115 internal temperature (for farm-raised salmon), and it'll be perfectly rare.

@b0rk The staging area is where you build up the commit you're about to make (if you use the no-file-args git commit). Git add tells git that a file you've modified or just created should be part of that next commit.

@mjd @rowat_c Do you know about dorodango?

@NanoRaptor Someone made one.

@dave I've bought small bananas before at a Chinatown produce stand in NYC, but it was a very long time ago. Not sure if they were Thai, but definitely not Cavendish.

@mjd I sometimes just end a file to CraftCloud and get a model in the mail in a few weeks, if I need nicer finishes than my (probably poorly-calibrated; I got it for free) printer.

If you don't like the surface feel and don't want to spend 100 years with sandpaper, I recommend a two-part epoxy called XTC-3D.

re: Discussion of personal appearance

@bkuhn I am not an expert on clothing (you know how I dress), but that's what makes sense to me.

re: Discussion of personal appearance

@bkuhn I can envision you in suspenders, and I think they will be perfect. Belts are great if your waist is bigger than your hips, but not everyone has that build.

@bkuhn If you can't decide, you can borrow mine! It's "Maxwell", after Max in "Where The Wild Things Are".

@feorag https://www.oed.com/dictionary/duchessship

@attoparsec I have to disagree. I don't like vanilla-flavored water. I don't like lime-flavored water. I do like vanilla-lime (which I make myself).

@ranjit fresnel lens; wistar rats.

@mjd Yeah.

@mjd Sweet vs dent

re: west slope skunks, best slope skunks

@ranjit Park slope skunks, spraying drunks, to wash away the pain....

@NanoRaptor I think I found an earlier one...

@mjd Fast and loose

@SuperDicq I heard it, myself, from the person to whom it happened. I have to admit that I forget who I heard it from, but I remember where it was (a book release party for a fantasy novel, in NYC, in either 2006 or 2007). I was either working for, or had recently quit working for, the FSF.

@SuperDicq I once met a woman who RMS had hit on while they were sharing a taxicab. She had been 14 at the time. He was old enough to know better.

@tedu Actually, honk query for you: Imagine that I'm following person A, and person B, whom I am not following, replies to person A. I can follow the link to A's instance and see B's reply, but how do I reply to B's reply without following B? Ideally, I would like a "load replies" button on the convoy, but maybe there's a better way?

@alchemistsstudio https://youtu.be/sfeGaZUHJDY?si=4us4seNqGGV3LaxP&t=377

@mjd OK, but the free trial is still called a "stool sample", right?

@mjd Interestingly, profanity tends to use matching vowels instead (see this study of "shitgibbons")

@mjd Recognizing that this is a specific rather than general suggestion, use Larry Wall's rename.

@b0rk Too bad -- Danielle's brother is going to be giving a talk!