Posts by lemgandi@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #B0cjocvTcgxMdkxmGu by lemgandi@mastodon.social
2025-11-26T02:41:26Z
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@ai6yr Also: 5 gallon batches are much better. Temperature stays more stable for one thing. And you will discover a whole new meaning to alcohol as social lubricant. Need a ride to the airport? Covet some computer gear your sysadmin friend is upgrading at work? A six pack of homebrew will work wonders..
(DIR) Post #B0r7X2nZoCSQmbr732 by lemgandi@mastodon.social
2025-12-03T01:16:57Z
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@futurebird The navy kills narco terrorists. The president pardons drug smugglers.
(DIR) Post #B1LmawfWSz9pnCrhbc by lemgandi@mastodon.social
2025-12-17T20:18:29Z
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@futurebird Ants are dumb. Ant _nests_ are smarter than we are.
(DIR) Post #B1Wi9kYzN4L1ottrGK by lemgandi@mastodon.social
2025-12-23T02:50:35Z
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@futurebird Ants rule the earth. Our opinion that we are significant is just an accident of scale.
(DIR) Post #B1XqL94LapXfnfTKpE by lemgandi@mastodon.social
2025-12-23T15:57:00Z
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@futurebird @blogdiva I always assumed that cats are doing Calculus in their heads.
(DIR) Post #B1Yd7Sat6Bww3TnSXg by lemgandi@mastodon.social
2025-12-24T01:03:34Z
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@futurebird I 3D print a stamp from a sentimenally important photograph.
(DIR) Post #B1ZgZM3ZUZfuuPAM3k by lemgandi@mastodon.social
2025-12-24T13:16:55Z
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@futurebird And yet I refer to all my computers as "she".
(DIR) Post #B1drHTxPFu6uKMnnzU by lemgandi@mastodon.social
2025-12-26T13:35:45Z
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@futurebird Rumor has it that there are catfish the size of a sedan deep in Lake Lanier ( North Georgia, USA ). I've dived Lake Lanier, visibility is usually 1 meter or less. Haven't been deep there tho.
(DIR) Post #B1myY8hJzzEzPvo9a4 by lemgandi@mastodon.social
2025-12-30T23:09:38Z
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@lowqualityfacts The story I heard is that Otto von Bismark originally set the social security age to 65 because no worker actually lived that long.Also cf: the tobacco industry's long-standing story that tobacco is good for the economy 'cause it kills old people off.Lovely folks.
(DIR) Post #B24ryITXkCBHUUU3bE by lemgandi@mastodon.social
2026-01-08T14:20:42Z
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@lowqualityfacts I bake my own bread and don't trust the corporations.After a couple of months of home-made bread, store-boughten bread starts to taste like solvent.
(DIR) Post #B28vFGVxMic0pIEdKy by lemgandi@mastodon.social
2026-01-10T13:16:16Z
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@futurebird First few days on a new job in the '90s. Everyone at lunch is gossiping about Jerry, George, and Elain. No idea who all those people were. A few months later I learned they were characters in a sitcom called "Seinfeld". Weird.
(DIR) Post #B2B1NmOpgnWO4eGY40 by lemgandi@mastodon.social
2026-01-11T13:34:29Z
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@futurebird An old mentor of mine introduced me to a useful acronym: KMAFYOYO'Kiss My Ass Fella, You are On Your Own'It is even phonetic.
(DIR) Post #B2DG7e9EUK4rTeecZE by lemgandi@mastodon.social
2026-01-12T15:29:01Z
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@futurebird @cstross Wilhoit's Law
(DIR) Post #B2FzfhPljWy1hxv80O by lemgandi@mastodon.social
2026-01-13T23:08:52Z
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@futurebird Also CF:_The Fire Ants_ (Walter Tschinkel, 2013, Belknap Press)One of the finest popular biology books I have ever read. Seriously. Go read it right now.
(DIR) Post #B2IIu7oMftCx4jw9q4 by lemgandi@mastodon.social
2026-01-15T01:53:47Z
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@futurebird So very Cool!
(DIR) Post #B2OInifAQcvGI3L9Ci by lemgandi@mastodon.social
2026-01-17T23:20:45Z
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@futurebird @moira @Photo55 Well, maybe ant *nests* hibernate. I'd bet money that, like honeybee nests, they are endothermic.
(DIR) Post #B2OJ8Yra3iXHyh5IvY by lemgandi@mastodon.social
2026-01-17T23:24:40Z
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@futurebird @moira @Photo55 Ah, very cool. I was thinking more in terms of S. Invicta. Probly bigger biomass, even in winter.
(DIR) Post #B2PoKUqo5v6QkHqzmy by lemgandi@mastodon.social
2026-01-18T16:48:10Z
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@fsf **Totally Worth It.**
(DIR) Post #B2RgqD9SkL9tXRf5UW by lemgandi@mastodon.social
2026-01-19T14:34:23Z
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@futurebird And he's gonna force the public schools to teach ARABIC NUMBERS!!!!111
(DIR) Post #B2W09TWwkZQ1bFNwgK by lemgandi@mastodon.social
2026-01-21T16:29:35Z
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@futurebird Wasn't the original use of those fake cracked phone cases to discourage thieves?