joby

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[–] joby@programming.dev 20 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Is it just me, or do programmers only come in "lightweight" and "Rivals Þor in trying to drink the oceans dry" varieties?

Somehow I manage to be both. My alcohol tolerance is very high (which is great... I like a little buzz but never want to be actually drunk), but for me, one toke is over the line.

[–] joby@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago

I'm a fan of Botany in a Day. Rather than drilling down on all of the details of any particular species, the author covers the properties of a handful of families that make up almost everything we think of as plants. I.e. what is true of everything in the mint family, or the rose family.

[–] joby@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago

I'm not native, but have lived in Philly. The bell peppers bother me. Wiz, American, provolone, or Swiss all are pretty common in my experience. As is no cheese at all, which this appears to be. But then it's not a cheesesteak, it's a steak.

[–] joby@programming.dev 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

He did post another performance last year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBKm1MBsTbk

[–] joby@programming.dev 69 points 4 months ago (3 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Estate

Just like within actual government there's supposed to be balance of power between different branches or houses, there's this idea that the role of the press is to hold governments accountable.

(More of an ELI12, but that's the gist of the idea)

[–] joby@programming.dev 13 points 4 months ago

I've been running opensuse for years now. It's great. Welcome aboard

[–] joby@programming.dev 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It Could Happen Here is often talking about what's going on that week in the world. I wouldn't try to listen to their whole backlog, but I usually catch an episode or two a week.

Behind the Bastards is great. Since I found it (Summer 2020, I'd reckon), I've listened to most of what has come out since.

Cool People who did Cool Stuff is a sort of spin off of btb. Deep dives on people and movements who were resisting the bastards. It's only been going on a couple of years, so the backlog is more manageable if that's your thing.

I listen to Past Times on the Dollop feed most weeks. The Dollop is another deep dive history podcast. On Past Times, they read headlines and articles from different newspaper every week. Usually from the late 19th through early 20th century, but they've gone as far back as the 1600s.

Anything by Jamie Loftus is great. She's mostly done short run things on a single topic. She's on the Bechdel cast, too which I listen to occasionally.

You might enjoy The Deprogram, which has a less daunting backlog.

[–] joby@programming.dev 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Dime Store Adventures recently did a video on him: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NCGASYMJhI

[–] joby@programming.dev 67 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Before covid lockdown I made my living as a street performer, doing magic shows for crowds of strangers. In that very niche community, "Fat hats!" is a common farewell or replacement for "good luck". In this case "hat" refers to the donations in the hat rather than the actual hat.

Me in Jackson Square, New Orleans

[–] joby@programming.dev 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like they have been.

[–] joby@programming.dev 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

On your phone? As someone who lives in emacs and has done aoc in the past, I'm impressed

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