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E-Something@nullinterface· 29d

A bit of overlap here with FOSS promoters in my casual experience

4-panel comic, Poorly Drawn Lines:
1) A: I'm Mad!
2) B: Here's a solution. (presents manila folder)
3) A: I don't want a solution. (sets fire to manila folder)
4) A: I want to be mad.

E-Something@nullinterface· Jul 12

ILOL'ed

Flock camera lying on the ground, pole severed. American flag taped to the ~1m of remaining pole.

E-Something@nullinterface· Jul 12

At times like this I miss the early internet when word salad required the effort to faceroll across a keyboard vs today where the near-illiterate can just angrily yell incoherent stream-of-consciousness into their phones and smash post

Nextdoor post:
"
Jas anyone missing drawn last weekend while spying on my home
"

E-Something@nullinterface· Jul 11

Guess I'm doing a yard sign for the first time ever. In red Denton County, TX.

E-Something@nullinterface· Jul 11

Must be a good spot to moult: discarded carapace has been there for at least a week shaking around in the constant breeze.

Underside of leaves at night, lit by a flashlight. Upper-left: discarded cicada carapace. Lower-right: a cicada settling in to perform its final moult.

E-Something@nullinterface· Jul 9

• Appearance : Industrial chemistry • Aroma : Imminent death • Taste : Existential dread • Finish : Impending cancer

Facebook ad
Tamworth Distilling
"
Spray 2-3 spritzes over your cocktail for a bright citrus aroma and fewer uninvited guests
"

Skeeter's nookatone flavored whiskey
120 proof

Product page ad copy:
"
Born in the Tamworth test kitchen, Skeeter’s is a nootkatone infused whiskey crafted to stop the buzz without killing it. Nootkatone’s natural bug-repellent properties come from an organic compound found in grapefruit and cedar, offering a bright, citrusy aroma that humans love and leaves mosquitos feeling offended.
"

E-Something@nullinterface· Jul 7

VW circa 1965 would like a word

VW ad circa 1965
"
Sooner or later, your wife will drive home one of the best reasons for owning a Volkwagern.
Women are soft and gentle, but they hit things. If your wife hits something in a Volkswagen, it doesn’t hurt you very much. VW parts are easy to replace. And cheap. A fender comes off without dismantling half the car. A new one goes on with just ten bolts. For $24.95 plus labour. And a VW dealer always has the kind of fender you need. Because that’s the one kind he has. Most other VW parts are interchangeable too. Inside and out. Which means your wife isn’t limited to fender smashing. She can jab the hood. Graze the door. Or bump off the bumper. It may make you furious, but it won’t make you poor. So when your wife goes window-shopping in a Volkswagen, don’t worry. You can conveniently replace anything she uses to stop the car. Even the brakes.
"

E-Something@nullinterface· Jul 5

I chose violence relative to the usual Shiner variant

Background: Weber grill cooking burgers + dogs + brats
Foreground: Real Ale Black Quad Quadrupel tall boy, 10.5% ABV

E-Something@nullinterface· Jul 4

Happy Independence Day. While I'm not feeling especially celebratory I still fly a single small flag on national holidays of civic significance because it's my country too.

A small American flag planted in the ground, captured as a breeze caused it to wave

E-Something@nullinterface· Jun 29

Edgelord and Wokescold sounds like a modestly successful Indie duo

Vice social media posting:
"
For our special spring issue, we worked with AI experts to create two archetype bots based on some of the most annoying members of VICE’s audience. We’ve programmed them to comment on our social media posts in the time-honored edgelord and wokescold styles.
"
AI-generated image of their bots:
Wokescold is a blue-haired female with eyeglasses wearing a coarse-knit sweater
Edgelord is earing a frayed-edge camo cap, horn-rimmed glasses, a flannel shirt over a gray T-shirt with an incorrectly-rendered American flag.

Caption:
INTRODUCING: OUR NEW AI RAGEBOTS!

E-Something@nullinterface· Jun 25

Cicada emergence is ongoing

Green cicada mostly emerged from its shell, wings still compacted, arching downward

20 minutes later, the cicada has emerged, perched upon the brick below its discarded carapace

E-Something@nullinterface· Jun 23

So patriotic. Does it transubstantiate into the flesh and blood of patriots once eaten?

Star-shaped cream-filled donut with blue frosting, white star sprinkles and blue+red sprinkles.

E-Something@nullinterface· Jun 21

An odd juxtaposition as these are annual cicada who emerge continuously all summer with plenty of elbow room. Also happened the same night as they were not present the day prior l.

Two discarded cicada carapaces, one perched atop the other

E-Something@nullinterface· Jun 18

Needed some weights for the adhesive setting then remembered that I'm a nerd and have conveniently-dense metal available

Stair retread in progress. Three steps with lead-acid batteries from UPSs weighing them down.

E-Something@nullinterface· Jun 16

That took longer than expected. Also less than surprised that void is an archeological site of sorts.

Three steps leading to landing. The carpet has been removed and just the treads and risers remain.

Photo through a tread:riser gap. 30+ year old construction waste.

Photo through a tread:riser gap, alternative angle. More 30+ year old construction waste.

E-Something@nullinterface· Jun 16

> practice witchcraft Consequence of quitting soccer early: never got to become a warlock.

X post by Michael Knowles:
"
Soccer is not a sport. It is a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages Americans to leave their spouses, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism, and become lesbians.
"

E-Something@nullinterface· Jun 15

incompetently taught and gatekept you say?

"If the authors of programming textbooks wrote arithmetic textbooks"

Suppose you have one rabbit. (shows a rabbit)
Now suppose someone gives you one more rabbit. (shows two rabbits)
Now if you count your rabbits, you have two rabbits. So one rabbit plus one rabbit equals two rabbits. So one plus one equals two.
1+1=2
And that is how arithmetic is done.
Now that you understand the basic idea behind arithmetic, let's take a look at a simple easy-to-understand example that puts into practice what we just learned.
Try it out example 1.7
[14 lines of integral calculus with complex algebraic notation]

E-Something@nullinterface· May 30

Circa 1980 K-10 Scottsdale I believe

Right side view of a red Chevrolet K-10 Scottsdale

E-Something@nullinterface· May 29

Neighborhood things

The neighborhood Ginger Chonk complained at me but refused to come any closer

A surprisingly well-placed spiderweb I almost didn't see passing under it the first time

The largest frog I've ever seen in the neighborhood. A good ¼ mile from the greenbelt - almost surely because of all the rain

E-Something@nullinterface· May 28

Strange times at the megalomart

65" of screen space for less than seven Benjamins. By compare a fairly basic bitch low-tech stainless 13 gallon trash can (step-actuated lid) is 85 f__king dollars.

Megalomart-branded EV DCFC coming soon. Looks to be the same equipment as Ionna, so 400kW ports.

The Zipline drones are surprisingly large - ~2m wingspans

E-Something@nullinterface· May 27

🤣

[Apparent James Talarico interview]
Interviewer: What do you think of Ken Paxton calling you a vegan?
Talarico: I've an 8th generation Texan. I've been eating BBQ since before Ken Paxton's first indictment.

E-Something@nullinterface· May 25

Now that there are vacuum-insulated margarita glasses might as well pack it in. There's nothing left to achieve in life. Everything afterward is meaningless.

A pair of vacuum-insulated margarita tumblers on a shelf with plastic sealing lids like one would see on a conventional tumbler - the shallowness of it brings into question the actual utility.

E-Something@nullinterface· May 19

I guess Paxton's dream finally came true

Meme showing Ken Paxton at CPAC, looking up and to the right.
Caption: Why doesn't Trump-Senpai notice me?

E-Something@nullinterface· May 18

A concise summary of Texas GOP rhetoric in the last ~6 months

(Jealous girlfriend meme)
Boyfriend: Texas Republicans
Girl in red: anti-Muslim rhetoric
Girlfriend: 30 years of failed GOP policies

E-Something@nullinterface· May 11

Well that about sums up everything

2-axis area graph.
• X-axis space, 10^-15m >> 10^26m
• Y-axis time, 10^-23s >> 10^17s
(box labelled "Human experience" occupying approximately 1/16th of the area, lower-right boundary approximately at the midpoint of both axes)
Caption: "Figure 1.1: Human experience of space and time in the physical world."

E-Something@nullinterface· May 11

I so very rarely see frogs by the house.

Low angle right side view of a frog on concrete

E-Something@nullinterface· May 10

Reminded of Rivers Roads & Rails

Box cover for Ravensburger Rivers Roads & Rails tile game

E-Something@nullinterface· May 10

Denton, TX

E-Something@nullinterface· May 9

Specific to my situation - replacing a 93 octane-fueled 2.0L turbo WRX with an AWD Ioniq 5 - it's broadly cheaper to *fast charge* the Ioniq than fuel the WRX (to say nothing of L2 charging).

Chart depicting cost-per-mile basis for operating a vehicle
• EV
• efficiency ranging 350-270 Wh/mile
• electrical cost ranging $0.20/kWh - $0.60/kWH; reference points $0.20 slow charging, $0.50 fast-charging
• ICE
• Efficiency ranging 20-27, 30 MPG
• Fuel cost $3.50 - $$5.00/gallon, reference 93 octane at $4.50/gallon

E-Something@nullinterface· May 9

The definitive argument. Is funny because of the anger it invokes.