Brian Dill

YouTube video by Nic Barker UTF-8, Explained Simply

The best explainer I have seen on UTF-8 if you want to take a short trip down the encoding rabbit hole. youtu.be/vpSkBV5vydg?...

Can we outlaw the rubberized coating on plastics that turn into a sticky goo after a few years? Or at least require labeling?
#consumersfirst

Why can't someone make an 18650 Li-ion charger that stops charging at 4.10V?

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"... it’s far easier to lead ourselves astray when the practical consequences of being wrong are small or nonexistent, while the social consequences of being “wrong” are severe. It’s no coincidence that this describes many controversies that divide along partisan lines."
Ch 1 of
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avacado on napkin 6.02 x 10^23

Where my #chemistry geeks at?
Avocado's number anyone?
If you don't store it carefully it will probably be eaten by a mole!

I'm always weary of pre-trial hype, but if true this is more than a watershed moment. This is species changing.
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photo of Ann Wilson and Nancy Wilson of the band "Heart"

The iconic group "Heart" had two songs hit # 1 on the #BillboardHot100 Can you name them?

Don't peek until you have guessed: shiny.briandill.net/BillboardHot...

Artists with 3+ simultaneous Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The Beatles 1964
The Bee Gees 1978
none in the 80's, 90's, 00's until
Adele in 2012
Justin Bieber 10-weeks 2015-16
Drake - the first to have 6 2018
Taylor Swift - the first to have 8 - 2022, 2023, 2024

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live More Cowbell - SNL

Today in "let's make you feel old"...

The SNL "more cowbell" skit (2000) is closer to the release of Blue Oyster Cult's "Don't Fear the Reaper" (1976) than today (2025).

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Guess who was POTUS for 9 of the 10 largest single day drops of the DOW? #ArtOfTheDeal #ColdHardFacts

ICD-10-CM codes

See the full table of data here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

ICD-10-CM code categories ranked by most common

I'm down the rabbit hole in ICD-10-CM codes. I guess it's not surprising that the category with the greatest number of codes is dislocation and sprain of joints.

What I would NOT have guessed is that "Other disorders of the eyelid" would be the 3rd highest!

#icd10 #icd10cm

Senate Popular Vote and Proportion of Population Represented by Party 1990-2024

Since 1998, Democratic senators have continuously represented more Americans than Republican senators have, but Republicans won control of the Senate in 8 of the last 14 elections anyway.

Likewise, Republican senators have not won more combined votes than Democrats since the 1990s.

Source data:

1) The Senate will be 53-47 GOP while Dems represent 53.5% of the 50-state population

2) 51% of Americans live in the 9 biggest states & get 18 senators; 16% in the 25 smallest states get 50

3) CA is > the 21 smallest states combined & 67 times > WY

4) 4 million citizens in DC & PR get 0 senators

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Conservatives in:
1865 - don't mess with slavery
1920 - women shouldn't vote
1957 - separate but equal - keep segregation
1965 - anti-civil rights act
2010's - "gays" should stay in the closet
2020's - trans isn't a "thing"

Josh Hawley didn't pay his smile coach enough! 😃

Bidet is the way.

Boy he is really gonna stick it to the guy that wrote the US Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA). I wonder who that guy was.

LOL Tim Pool in his beanie.

The usual suspects are out there yelling "There are 23 million government workers! Fire most of them!" No awareness that most work for local governments, and most of *them* are schoolteachers. Federal employment hasn't grown since the 1950s

stacked bar chart for each state showing the percent of operating revenue from federal, state, local, and other. Hawaii has zero percent local funding whereas most states' libraries have most of their funding from local sources.

Interesting to note that HI doesn't have any local funding for public libraries.
#rstats #imls #PublicLibraries

data: www.imls.gov/search-compare

I stand by my assessment. The only question I is "will he nominate another "F" or will he nominate a "D"?

Democrats vs Republicans Democratic vs Republican Stats Brian Dill (https://briandill.com) Last Updated: 2024-11-21 Summary Historically Republicans have been viewed as being better on the economy than Democratic administrati...

Some additional (D) vs (R) stats.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Democrats vs Republicans Democratic vs Republican Stats Brian Dill (https://briandill.com) Last Updated: 2024-11-21 Summary Historically Republicans have been viewed as being better on the economy than Democratic administrati...

Some other important historical data/stats.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Soon, the zombies will come for Medicaid. Clearly, Rs will try to push many off the program with work requirements. Except anyone who has looked at the numbers knows that more than 1/2 of the money goes to the elderly and disabled ... 1/

There you have it. Texas is the first state to officially offer up their state for the concentration camps

TN election history

Some easily digestible historical data: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

The upcoming prices will tariff-y you!

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Some lists of libraries after a little bit of searching:
www.imls.gov/search-compare (download available)
publiclibraries.com/state/ (just addresses/phone)
librarytechnology.org/libraries/us... (personal project of Marshall Breeding) - phone, website and catalog links