Rob Fagen

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Raised in Arizona; Not as funny as the movie.

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This is literature. xkcd.com/2947/

Pascal's Wager Trianglexkcd.com

This is one of those posts. We got a Ninja oven. I put a small batch of Trader Joe’s waffle fries in there as a test run of the “air crisp” function. They got a little overdone but not carbonized. Forgot to take a “before”, so here’s the “after” pic. Never were this good in the conventional oven.

You might say the company I work for is getting a little testy. Specifically, we are expanding our autonomous vehicle testing into Miami and Austin. zoox.com/journal/aust...

We’re expanding testing to Austin and Miamizoox.com Next stop, two iconic American cities: Austin and Miami, where we’ll soon begin testing.

If Israel’s prime minister was a droid in the Star Wars Universe, would his name be BB-H8?

This Accenture ad doesn't hit how they think it's hitting... Why in the hell would anyone want to reinvent, and supposedly "improve", the corporate grind? So that employees are "ground finer than ever before"? Maybe a better tag would be "We've reinvented the corporate grind out of existence." ?

Hear me out: a new Las Vegas hotel and casino modeled on Fallout — the rooms and dining look like a Vault (all the maids & food service workers wear numbered overalls) and the casino looks like The Wasteland (cocktail waitresses have Rad Roach costumes).

I’m not sure what to do here. I’ve been depending on this thermometer and liking how well it works. However, just for grins, I was boiling water for hard boiled eggs, and the probe never went higher than 211.1 when the pot was at a full rolling boil. My faith is shaken.

Just watched S1E1 of #DeadBoyDetectives. Stunning new entry in the Morphevurse. So happy to see Kirby’s reprise. Apologies @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com, as I know The Algorithm would prefer I binge to support renewal. However, I’m going to selfishly ration the delight. See you in a week.

The exchange leading up to this was a brilliant display of both trust in a partner and comedic timing. Daring to use ellipsis mid-word instead of typing out the full “IT Crowd” reference showed great restraint and style.

YES GODDAMMIT

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Congratulations on being the first one of these to cause me to literally laugh out loud.

It really is all it’s cracked up to be.

Isn’t that the room from the end of Soylent Green?

Only seven states have legalized human composting as a burial practice. That's why 29 percent of the bodies brought to Recompose, a composting facility in Seattle, come from out of state.

The ultimate green burial? Human composting lets you replenish the earth after deathwww.npr.org Only seven states have legalized human composting as a burial practice. That's why 29 percent of the bodies brought to Recompose, a composting facility in Seattle, come from out of state.

My son's swim team is raising some money to help support the program. No obligation to help out, and I promise I won't post any less if you don't. ... or maybe I should promise to post less if you do? Cheers. verticalraise.com/fundraiser/m...

Forgot to #caturday it.

Caturday is a thing right? Even if not, here is Aurora.

Hey @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com, if you don’t mind me asking, were you born with your apparent endless kindness and consideration? Or did you develop them over the course of your career? I ask because you certainly are the Neil we need, much more so than you are the Neil we deserve.

Anyone else watch John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight? His offer to Clarence Thomas was BRILLIANT!

Dear @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com: Has there ever been a meeting to your knowledge between Dream and The Doctor? It feels to me like a fertile and interesting ground. One lives a dreamlike existence weaving back and forth through both time and space. The other lives linearly, transcending space.

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Apart from everything else, the idea of art specifically tailored "for your tastes" makes no sense because the way you develop tastes is by encountering art and having a reaction to it.

Hey @jelenawoehr.bsky.social , you might appreciate this: What’s the difference between someone who never loses a coin flip and a mallard that chops down trees? One is dumber luck and the other is a lumber duck.

Is apple/onion soup a thing? Because I made pork chops cooked with Granny Smith apples and shallots, and there was a fair bit of simmering stock left after plating. It was really delicious and felt almost like it could be a soup on its own.

Ok. Someone has actually come up with a valid use case for Apple Vision. I’d be all over Tony Starking the hell out of CAD things. www.onshape.com/en/features/...

Onshape Vision | Immersive CAD and Spatial Computingwww.onshape.com Find out how the Onshape Vision app for the iPad extends the power of cloud-native CAD and PDM to Apple Vision Pro, a new wearable spatial computer.

Is the following a poem? Dog Shaped Hole A dog shaped hole, that’s what I’ve got. A dog shaped hole, it’s in my heart. Your life drained out while in my arms. Now all that’s left, a dog shaped hole.

If we are playing odometer poker, I’ve got a straight.

Ok, what the hell Temu? I can see that the thing on the left is an “Easycount”, but what exactly are you counting and what are you counting it with? And then whatever that is on the right…

Today we remember Roxy. From April 2012 to January 15, 2024 she had a good run. Until a few years ago when arthritis left her hobbling a bit. Now something neurological left her tripping on curbs and falling on walks and stairs. So I sat on the floor holding her and crying while the vet killed her.

I had no conscious idea CLOSER I AM TO FINE was about depression until I read a YouTube comment on the video saying that it was, and immediately I see that of course it is.

This, from the NYT daily newsletter, was enraging: "The head of the Teamsters union, which endorsed President Biden in 2020 but has yet to back a 2024 candidate, met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago." I've been skeptical of the "gangster" Teamster trope, but this sticks a shiv right into that skepticism.

For those of you that play the NYT Spelling Bee, are there any combination of letters + center that would score higher than "saeiort" with "s" being required? According to what I've been able to find using www.sbsolver.com/s/Saeiort it doesn't appear so.

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These dogs look like the villains in a movie where a golden retriever wins a snowboarding tournament