I love Good Omens. A friend recommended it to me as a comedy to read. I was skeptical having never read a comedy before, but it was hilarious and entertaining all the way through. The show on Amazon does a pretty good job of capturing the spirit of the book I think too.

Maybe this makes me old, but I much prefer a written document explaining how an API works over Swagger.

Yeah I stopped using it for a while but picked it up again to deal with Bile Titans when I bring a Flamethrower. Nothing is more disappointing than getting a direct hit and seeing them casually stroll out unscathed.

That’s what I don’t understand either. It can’t just be about money at that point right? Like they must intentionally be trying to bring back slavery or something.

Seriously. This image convinced me hell is real and I’m going there for having seen it.

Same. Especially since I’ve been building EDWs for most of my career. People are always surprised that it actually takes time to integrate with different systems.

“What do you mean you can’t just pull all the data out of this system that we don’t have database access to and are still building out the APIs?”

I kid… The people asking for stuff don’t know what backend databases and APIs are.

One of my neighbors likes to brag that he’s never changed his kid’s diaper. It’s not impressive like he thinks it is.

I feel like a large news organization should take their chances with a lawsuit. Bezos has got enough money to have the Washington Post do it. Make Trump argue in court that while he was found guilty of paying off a pornstar to cover up his adultery, it doesn’t mean he’s an actual adulterer.

Is there some disease being spread by avocados or something? I vaguely remember seeing something like that not too long ago. Still, I love me some avocado and would probably take my chances.

That would have been fine for me too. I don’t own the API, so I can only speak from a consumer perspective in saying: I don’t want a HTTP 200 if my request didn’t succeed.

Someone mentioned that Hitler Dood thing was actually Afrikaans, not Dutch. But yeah, poor Dutch and their notities…

I was talking to a friend just yesterday. She got offered a job but has to take a drug test and it somehow slipped her mind that this would be a possibility. So when the HR person gave her the offer and mentioned the need for a drug test, my friend said “oooohh yeah, I’m going on vacation this week and next, so I can get that scheduled when I get back.”

The HR person said, “we should get it done ASAP before you go on vacation. Delaying a drug test isn’t a good look.” My friend told me her internal thoughts, which were “dammit can’t you just be cool for like a MINUTE!”

I remember growing up hearing that most people voted for the candidate they thought they could sit down and have a beer with. Then I started paying attention to politics and kind of forgot this really basic idea. It’s almost like a trap, the more you educate yourself, the more you assume that other people are doing the same thing. Then you’re flabbergasted when people vote against your preferred candidate since it seems so obvious. But seriously, look at the last few decades of presidents:

• Bill Clinton seemed more relatable and someone you could have a beer with than Bush Sr, then also with Bob Dole.

• Dubya, bless his dumb little heart, felt more down to earth than Gore or Kerry.

• Obama was infinitely cooler than McCain or Romney.

• Trump, as much of a jackass as he is, certainly seems more fun to hang out with than Hillary.

• The major outlier here was that Biden beat Trump. It kind of goes to show you just how bad Trump fucked up. Had he just somewhat competently managed COVID, there’s a good possibility he would have won in 2020.

Most people don’t give a shit about appointing Supreme Court Justices, immigration policy, monetary policy, disaster preparedness, etc. They just wanna look at a politician and say “Yeah, they’d probably be my friend if we met” and that’s it.

Edit: this made me think of this Dave Chappelle stand-up before he was an asshole. https://youtu.be/KQ2dquaHO7Q

Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t believe ecstacy is actually dehydrating. Dancing at a rave for hours on end without drinking anything is though.

Oh yeah, they never explain the slowing down part huh? But they also seem to be self propelled somehow since they are zipping all over the place and slamming into particles inside of our particle accelerators.

Yeah that’s happened to me several times too lol

If you’re ever overwhelmed, running outside the mission area for 10 seconds is a surprisingly effective strategy!

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Porn drives all sorts of technological adoption, so it makes sense if you think about it. If your product enables people to see some titties easier, it’s gonna be a success.

I’m curious if that included classified and dating messaging services. Aziz Ansari has a good book where he interviewed people who met using those services back in the day, and were embarrassed to tell people that’s how they met.