Posts by SKleefeld@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #AuPxy5s68F1c0VIbKq by SKleefeld@mastodon.social
2025-05-24T11:40:03Z
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@futurebird I've not checked the scene in years, but I met my wife of 10 years via eHarmony in 2008. I did a quick scan of changes in the company since then, and it looks like they made substantial changes in 2016-2018 that would inherently make matches considerably looser. Presumably to make the sign-up process easier/a lower entry barrier to get more people's money.
(DIR) Post #AuahkBGoX3sKFvblVw by SKleefeld@mastodon.social
2025-05-29T15:59:34Z
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@bartholin Skrull and ancient Egyptians with laser pistols? What is this from?
(DIR) Post #AuaiLDrNrlN30ENOHQ by SKleefeld@mastodon.social
2025-05-29T16:06:30Z
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@bartholin Wow -- I have all the issues in through there, and that doesn't look at all familiar! Time for a re-read, I guess! Thanks!
(DIR) Post #Av4Amy8Jl7UkSGsTse by SKleefeld@mastodon.social
2025-06-12T12:14:35Z
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On this day in 1967, Loving v Virginia was decided and rendered all US laws banning interracial marriage as unconstitutional. I'm over a decade into a marriage that could not have existed before then, and I remain grateful to the Lovings for standing up for what's right.
(DIR) Post #Av4Oo91s8FEvtdJl0C by SKleefeld@mastodon.social
2025-06-12T23:49:17Z
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@tomjennings It was the same year my parents graduated high school.
(DIR) Post #AvDdeG4yJRzYbJ9PQ8 by SKleefeld@mastodon.social
2025-06-17T10:47:50Z
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@futurebird Presumably, the rear-facing display inverts the numbers so the person across the table can read 0.7734 properly? 😁
(DIR) Post #AvctJKE0nTmYy9ExGK by SKleefeld@mastodon.social
2025-06-29T14:48:19Z
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This is what I'm saying!https://www.gocomics.com/bill-bramhall/2025/06/28
(DIR) Post #AvtkkgerOH9ME9Re9x by SKleefeld@mastodon.social
2025-07-07T11:46:45Z
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When I was a kid, I sometimes wondered how a sprinkler "knew" how to change directions without being powered with electronics. I think it wasn't until I was in my late 30s that I came across this GIF and I realized how insanely genius a simple sprinkler really is.
(DIR) Post #AwKCKqt4rL2jBed1Bg by SKleefeld@mastodon.social
2025-07-20T12:36:59Z
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@futurebird Nick Sousanis (@nsousanis) does his syllabi as comics. I'm not sure if he has data on how often they're *actually* read, but I can't help but believe it's considerably more than your average syllabus. https://spinweaveandcut.com/education-home/
(DIR) Post #AwvmnA2eDS8DttEraK by SKleefeld@mastodon.social
2025-08-07T15:49:48Z
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@futurebird Well, this one's up to 231 views but easily the most interesting I've seen recently that's under 1000. It's a comic book artist that is making wearable armor that looks like tree bark.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wQ_HF6Q2QE
(DIR) Post #Ax9gSL08OWNwIVBovI by SKleefeld@mastodon.social
2025-08-13T13:50:29Z
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@RickiTarr
(DIR) Post #AxjDwqF8tnfstsxaW8 by SKleefeld@mastodon.social
2025-08-31T12:14:56Z
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@futurebird So called "civil forfeiture" accounts for the loss of nearly $3.5 Billion (with a B!) in the US every year.https://ij.org/report/policing-for-profit-3/
(DIR) Post #AxzsHb9NJZVYrp4cSm by SKleefeld@mastodon.social
2025-09-08T13:02:16Z
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@futurebird When I was working on my MBA twenty years ago, it was *regularly* brought up that C-suite execs were explicitly rewarded based on their near-term/quarterly performance and they have effectively zero incentive for working to improve things on any sort of time scale longer than that. They build things up as much as possible in the short term, everyone cashes out, and then they all move on to the next company. Wash, rinse, repeat.
(DIR) Post #Axzt2U3BWsqSSRXDuK by SKleefeld@mastodon.social
2025-09-08T13:10:43Z
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@futurebird Well, it's not leadership at all. It's wealthy shareholders changing the rules to make themselves even wealthier. C-suite execs aren't leading at all, but just playing the game to their own advantage. Actual leadership is actively DIScouraged.
(DIR) Post #Ay2iu6TirxhgxzC0vY by SKleefeld@mastodon.social
2025-09-09T22:01:19Z
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@grickle Whoa -- *very* Charles Addams! 😆
(DIR) Post #AyJI0wE08dFcLj2tjU by SKleefeld@mastodon.social
2025-09-17T21:50:06Z
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@futurebird You can almost hear the "dun dun DUUNNNNNN!!!" 😄
(DIR) Post #AyMX8D2c5yf7JmWYyG by SKleefeld@mastodon.social
2025-09-19T10:30:32Z
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@bartholin Having her marry T'Challa, and then having the two of them join the FF were both monumentally bad story ideas IMO.
(DIR) Post #AySdZjGe9TkZl5Ly6K by SKleefeld@mastodon.social
2025-09-22T10:04:05Z
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@futurebird Been a few years since I've paid any attention to her at all, but I don't remember her being THAT batshit crazy! Even if she doesn't believe any of that and is just trying grab attention, wow, that is some bonkers stuff!
(DIR) Post #AybpRSTgRlu2eiXaPg by SKleefeld@mastodon.social
2025-09-26T20:29:28Z
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@futurebird Heh. I'm reminded of MST3K's takedown of "xtreme"-ing everything. 😄 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JePOUmbkixA
(DIR) Post #AygLwc5KketYavtHMG by SKleefeld@mastodon.social
2025-09-29T00:43:58Z
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"The difficulty lies not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones."-- John Maynard Keynes"In the mind of the beginner, there are many possibilities. In the mind of the expert there are few."--Shunryu Suzuki