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Davies@oldmandavies.bsky.social |
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MST3K fan. Gaming nerd and sports nerd. Buys games and books but never gets time to play/read them.
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Shiv Ramdas
@nameshiv.bsky.social
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there is genuinely something special about how an American will spend his life building a bunker to hide from lava and then throw himself into an erupting volcano with active glee because you told him not to jump in
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Hillary Monahan
@hillarymonahan.bsky.social
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Me, this summer and every summer.
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Davies
@oldmandavies.bsky.social
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This will somehow get banned in Commander. Slivers break everything : )
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Maddie (derogatory)
@pbastronaut.bsky.social
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Holy shit. I just found that Adam West, who famously played Batman in the 1966 TV series, also played millionaire Bruce Wayne. What a talented actor.
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d.ly
@dly.bsky.social
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THEM: nothing tastes as good as skinny feels ME: *cuts off the top half of the potato chip bag for easier access*
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Oregon the DMđ
@oregonthedm.bsky.social
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WE AIN'T FOUND SHIT
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Lauren
@laurenkayes.bsky.social
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Itâs so cool that cities are like âpweeease only turn your AC on if youâre actively dying and donât go below 79 đ„șđ€đ»đâ while the AI nobody asked for is slurping up the power grid to make 1 image of a girl with 5 tits
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David Marshall
@illdave.bsky.social
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I can't remember a tech campaign this relentless.
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Davies
@oldmandavies.bsky.social
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Came here to say this. Articles that compare the effectiveness of ShotSpotter to other methods are misunderstanding (if Iâm being generous) or misstating (if Iâm being truthful) the job that ShotSpotter does. ShotSpotter is there to create probable cause of thin air.
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Davies
@oldmandavies.bsky.social
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The best part is when your deductible resets for the year. Watching the color drain out of the face of the teenager working the counter at the pharmacy, as they try to figure out how to tell you that you owe $1,000+ for this months small paper bag.
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Davies
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Happy Fathers Day. Here is a post of one of the most âdadâ things my dad ever did.
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Plant Growth
@plantgrowth.bsky.social
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Polling shows that Biden maintains support from 73% of Sims currently in a relationship. However, support from independents who have been exposed to miasma in Dwarf Fortress has fallen from 40% to 32%.
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Davies
@oldmandavies.bsky.social
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Shhhh! You are giving them ideas. This is not the kind of Katie Influencing I support.
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Davies
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I love this from the company whose investors were out there tweeting that negative reviews were unethical. I am sure this will cause a great deal of self-reflection and a change in their future behaviors.
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Davies
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I captioned this stupid picture last year, when @kathryntewson.bsky.social was destroying Do Not Pay for their ârobot lawyers.â The evidence there seemed pretty strong that they were Mechanically Turk-ing pretty hard in 2023.
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Davies
@oldmandavies.bsky.social
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I need Britbox to add a couple more seasons of The Repair Shop to their US streaming. Look everything, everywhere is broken, just let me spend an hour a day watching people fix shit. Watching people give a shit about something. Thanks.
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Manning Krull
@manningkrull.bsky.social
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Professional etiquette tip: begin all work emails with "Newsflash, dipshit."
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Davies
@oldmandavies.bsky.social
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New, non-cannon Stark activity: after returning from Hell he steals every leaf blower he hears, (impossibly) filling up one of the Rooms.
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đłïžââ§ïž The Josie Zone
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đ¶MY LOVE FOR YOU LIKE CYBERTRUCK BERSERRRRKER MORE WHITE PEOPLE NEED TO FUCK BERSERRRRKER
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Stovey đ
@stovey.thequeer.house
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Michael Tae Sweeney
@mtsw.bsky.social
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I think honestly a key to Trump's popularity. He inverted the theatrical aspect from one where the Meet The Press class were in on the joke and the conservative voters were the rubes, to one where the conservative chuds were in on the joke and the DC crowd were the rubes bsky.app/profile/rinc...
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Davies
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I look forward to everyone I know unironically believing this.
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Jimmy Two Hands
@jimmytwohands.bsky.social
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Americans will use anything but the metric system
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Davies
@oldmandavies.bsky.social
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Ha! That Kyrie shot was such absolute garbage! I loved it!
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Davies
@oldmandavies.bsky.social
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(Nodding) Ah yes, the Boban rule
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Davies
@oldmandavies.bsky.social
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The goal of every token deck!
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Davies
@oldmandavies.bsky.social
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Love this. My wife has heard so many of these declarations on the phone, âI am saying out loud that I locked the door at work, so I wonât have to come back later and check. I am taking a picture of the locked door, which is locked. Anyway, you were sayingâŠâ
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Randall Munroe
@xkcd.com
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Driving PSA xkcd.com/2932
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Davies
@oldmandavies.bsky.social
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Even your deliveries feel the need for speed
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Hillary Monahan
@hillarymonahan.bsky.social
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Richard Kadrey
@richardkadrey.bsky.social
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Good morning and Happy Mother's Day
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Davies
@oldmandavies.bsky.social
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My finance teacher used a similar idea. Start out with a large e-mail list. Tell half of them that the market is going up and the other half the market is going down. The next day, repeat the process with the half that got the correct prediction. Congrats, you beat the market as an analyst.
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Davies
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On the one hand, it is easy to dismiss the results since they couldnât hit a three and Cleveland couldnât miss. On the other hand, those Mitchell drives!
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Micah
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one thing I think is poorly understood about politics is that sometimes bad stuff happens not because politicians are taking direction from their plutocrat overlords but because they have idiosyncratic personal beliefs that suck shit
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Davies
@oldmandavies.bsky.social
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Iâve been on a scam/crypto trend lately: âGoing Infiniteâ - Podcast, If Books Could Kill âThe Big Shortâ - Michael Lewis âWhoâs behind these scammy text messagesâŠâ - Podcast, Search Engine âNumber Go Upâ - Zeke Faux I have strong feelings about the lack of a fiduciary duty in our society.
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Davies
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Finished âNumber Go Upâ after hearing Zeke Faux on the podcast âSearch Engine.â It covers the hits of the crypto sphere: SBF, Apeâs gone, Razzlekhan, trafficking victims being ransomed for YouYube views, etc. I hope when we explain this to future generations, it sounds ridiculous and not normal.
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The Author, SĂ©amas O'Reilly
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For those who don't know this story, which I first shared six years ago today.... This one time I got my days wrong at work and ended up alone in a room with my boss and the President of Ireland while I was on ketamine. đ§”
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Davies
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I tried to preorder this, but they wouldnât let meâŠ.since I apparently already preordered this. Very excited for this one.
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Davies
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When Michael said, âyou canât just make up a number and call it mathâ it reminded me of my favorite quote from Lewisâs book Moneyball: âWhen numbers acquire the significance of language, they acquire the power to do all the things which language can do: to become fiction and drama and poetry.â
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Micah
@rincewind.run
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Discworld QOTD, from Carpe Jugulum
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Davies
@oldmandavies.bsky.social
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I think this is what bothers me so much about it. It is just the employees looking at the manager and yelling, âYou all right! I learned it by watching you!â
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Davies
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Bo Nix to the Broncos! Thanks to transfers and Covid-years, so many old quarterbacks are in the draft and they are all going so early.
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Davies
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What just happened with the Falcons taking Penix at pick 8? They just signed Cousins this off season, and now they are taking a 24-year old who will sit for two years?
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Davies
@oldmandavies.bsky.social
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I love this for them. Now they need to follow the Bills strategy and give him time, patience, and extra weapons
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Davies
@oldmandavies.bsky.social
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I am still trying to teach this concept to my middle schooler. Games are fun when âeveryoneâ is having fun. People will play games with you *more* when that is the case. Iâve been trying to pick up more games with silly cards to drive that point home.
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Davies
@oldmandavies.bsky.social
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I heard this in their voices. I hated it so much. Well done!
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Jeremy Bearimy
@satyric.bsky.social
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well, thatâs going to be in my head all day
thank you SO much, @bittercupojoe.bsky.social
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Davies
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Ironically, Mr. Lewis would later forget this, as he fell under the spell of the fictional, dramatic, and poetic numbers compiled by Sam Bankman-Fried.
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Davies
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âWhen numbers acquire the significance of language, they acquire the power to do all the things which language can do: to become fiction and drama and poetry.â I read this Bill James quote 20 years ago, in Michael Lewisâs âMoneyball.â Truer and truer by the day, in all aspects of our world.
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Lar deSouza
@lartist.bsky.social
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What's the word for relaxing on a Sunday and *wanting* to do stuff but being kind of both over tired but also overwhelmed by too many choices and getting nothing done ultimately? :)
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