Chris Ice

@mobydickatsea.bsky.social

I found this interesting - the inner workings of a windmill and how much crossover there is between it and sailing (roller-reefing, who knew?). And, yes, I am a hit at parties. #sailing #themoreyouknow

tringhistory.tringlocalhistorymuseum.org.uk/Windmills/c_...

YouTube video by Joe Lynch Boards of Canada "Olson" on a 1959 PDP-1 Computer

A friend did the programming for this - so cool! @cyberciti.biz @thisoldcomputer.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=wubk...

Comic. “Measure [Twice], cut [Once]” -Carpenty Proverb. [Scatter plot with number of measurements on y axis and number of cuts on x axis. Points in a descending line on graph: surveyor, surgeon, good carpenter, careless carpenter, really bad carpenter, serial killer]

Measure Twice, Cut Once

xkcd.com/3149/

if the meat proteins pack you up, the bran will clear you out - a match made in heaven

a lunchmeat connoisseur, I see

So...what kinda cereal are we talking here? Cap'n Crunch? Maybe Fruity Pebbles? Or we going basic with something like Quaker Oats people-chow?

YouTube video by Black Sabbath BLACK SABBATH - "War Pigs" (Live Video)

"Generals gathered in their masses....just to listen to dumbasses" ... the original song isn't very charitable to the military industrial complex. However it is up to military leaders to show that we are not what we once were. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3b6...

But you can be happy if you've a mind to

If only we had more cowbell. @normdeplume.bsky.social

The turtle makes it for me

Probably. We have a water fountain in the yard which is what they hang out near, and maybe after they scored a dozen eggs they decided to just stay.

This is Mr Nuts (aka Dennis) - he and Mrs. Nuts come visit us every day now....for...well, nuts. #ravensarecool

...and the plus side of this option is, after doing this and you decide you hate it, you can always revert back to "vanilla" android and you've got a more mainstream phone again.

I was just thinking that the cats and dogs are no longer being eaten, the fentanyl crisis has just disappeared, the war in Ukraine was supposed to be over by now, oh, and unemployment has risen.

First Slice Of Orange Suggests Eating Rest Of Orange Gonna Be Real Fucking Slog

First Slice Of Orange Suggests Eating Rest Of Orange Gonna Be Real Fucking Slog

GrapheneOS: the private and secure mobile OS GrapheneOS is a security and privacy focused mobile OS with Android app compatibility.

Your alternative is to get a Pixel phone and load GrapheneOS on it. Last-year's/refurb Pixels go for pretty cheap and they are quite capable hardware wise. grapheneos.org

puri.sm/products/lib...

Whew, thank heavens. And here I am with nothing to wear.

description of cemetery symbolism

A Graphic Guide to Cemetery Symbolism

www.atlasobscura.com/articles/a-g...

"Don't believe everything you think." Wise words indeed.

99-100% relative humidity here since - oh - Sept 4. Pretty done with it, TBH.

IT Security in the 1990s.

@cyberciti.biz

this premier will get me to re-up Netflix. Just sayin'

YouTube video by skeler. Dido - Thank You (Skeler Remix)

Silky smooth - with some BoC bonus in there for extra flavor.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=buih...

#nowplaying

As a complete aside, Amsterdam is a very flat area, most of which is below sea level. There is one hill, about 300ft tall. No houses are allowed to be built there because the rich people would all do it. By ensuring everyone builds at the same risk-level, that means everyone is in it together.

S&P 500 Companies Ranked by CEO-to-Worker Pay Ratios S&P 500 Companies Ranked by CEO-to-Worker Pay Ratios

Shareholders want profit - paying the CEO $10Mn is cheap if they can avoid the >$100Mn it would cost to pay 30k workers 10% more. Not saying it's right. Interesting view - tech skews "better" due to higher base ee pay, but shows it can be done outside of tech: www.madisontrust.com/information-...

Having spent time with these people, 3 things - 1) you give up your life to hold these jobs and that should be compensated, 2) the *knowledge* of how to run a Google or General Motors is not something just anyone can do so supply/demand pricing is in play, 3) at some point, surely enough-is-enough.

YouTube video by Skye Nott I Am Electro

Oh yea I do! www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9up...