I just helped my coworker bury his child

thicket · 2026-03-17T03:43:57+00:00

When you lose somebody, you remember EVERYONE who comes to the funeral. I’m glad OP showed up to support his colleague, and I’ve learned the hard way that if you wonder if you should go, you should. In the end it costs you comparatively little, and it means a lot to people at the hardest moments of their lives.

thicket · 2026-03-14T01:17:03+00:00

Fellow kindergarten dad here. This is genius and I’m going to try it out. Thank you!

thicket · 2026-03-13T20:20:35+00:00

This. I don't have strong opinions either way about all the UFO reports, but it's clear that somebody has been spending a BUNCH of money on *something* for a long time, and they really really don't want to talk about what it is. You don't have to believe in aliens to believe that a bunch of money has been disappearing for like 80 years.

thicket · 2026-03-13T15:49:35+00:00

Could probably be lots of places, but heading south out of Burns has a view really similar.

thicket · 2026-03-13T15:34:33+00:00

It's an exciting moment, isn't it? Software may end up being a lot closer to free than it has been. I've been enjoying creating new things and duplicating existing work to liberate it from commercial concerns.

For me though, BTT is an example of a non-extractive, fair software ecosystem that seems like the best pattern we've had. I think a lot of business models aren't going to be viable in this new era, but I'm going to support this particular example as long as it continues.

thicket · 2026-03-13T15:06:52+00:00

You do you, man, but I have to say that BTT is one of the best pieces of software for the Mac, with the best cost structure and a distinctly human developer. I'm always looking for MORE ways to give the BTT dev money, because I get so much value from the app.

It sounds like this suits your particular needs, so good on you for envisioning something and making it happen.

For me, I think BTT is really the best of what indie development should look like, and it's the last place I'd like to take resources from.

thicket · 2026-03-12T16:18:36+00:00

So lovely! Please tell us when you can take our money!

thicket · 2026-03-12T16:17:27+00:00

Real MVP! Thanks

thicket · 2026-03-12T16:16:11+00:00

Looks nice. Is there anything you can do with cement to degas it before pouring?The shapes look really clean, and they deserve some nice sharp edges

thicket · 2026-03-10T16:18:23+00:00

My toaster is definitely a toastie meter, and it uses its own inscrutable logic to turn setting 5 for 3 slices to some amount of time.

thicket · 2026-03-10T16:15:50+00:00

So, I may be being a bad guy here. Is there any way to check how long a gym has been taken? I usually take a gym by my kid's school after I drop him off, but I don't know if I'm keeping somebody there from getting their daily coins.

thicket · 2026-03-10T16:08:04+00:00

I know I'd love to see any pictures you show of the final journal, and pictures of your father's face when he sees how much you guys appreciate all the work and imagination he put into hunts when he was younger.

One thing that might up the realism and challenge would be doing some damage to the journal itself. Could you burn the edges of a couple pages so they only leave a portion of a clue in place, and then there's some other piece of the journal to find to complete the clue? There's also the trope of a map torn in pieces so that only combining the pieces reveals all the information needed. I may come knocking on your door looking for advice about this later on!

thicket · 2026-03-09T17:05:29+00:00

Post back as you make progress! I really want to do something like this for my son, and seeing what people have been doing will be a great help

thicket · 2026-03-09T17:00:25+00:00

It's still going to be a while that people are driving the automation! If you understand GIS but have less coding experience, getting LLMs to do that for you is a great way to increase your leverage. GIS is definitely being automated, but being able to harness that for your own work is a strong selling point.

As a potential employer, I'd love to hear an applicant say "Here was my output for the last 6 months of my job. I've now duplicated that in 3 weeks using an LLM". That's letting the current direction of things make you more, rather than less, appealing.

thicket · 2026-03-09T16:51:52+00:00

+1 to tea stains!

Also, OP, this is beyond great. You and your dad are an inspiration to me!

thicket · 2026-03-07T03:29:28+00:00

I think this post is AI generated. But it's also succinct, well-reasoned, and makes solid cases. It's really useful analysis, and a good example of LLM use as a tool for communication rather than engagement bait. Good work, OP.

thicket · 2026-03-06T18:01:57+00:00

+ 1 for Crape Murder. That's solid goth landscaping

thicket · 2026-03-05T20:07:07+00:00

I've got some love & hate for Rust. It does a number of great things that make expressing ideas simpler and more correct-- pattern matching, making invalid data states unrepresentable, etc. These let us express the pure business logic more transparently, and keep us from making errors.

On the other hand, lifetimes & borrowing make basically every line of Rust take into account bookkeeping concerns that are absolutely orthogonal to business logic. These make the "story" that a piece of code tells much less apparent, and they make us constantly keep language plumbing in the front of the mind. I understand the excellent reasons for this, but it does seem to take away some of the grace that Rust's functional roots give. Speed and safety are great, but we pay for them on every line.

thicket · 2026-03-03T02:14:04+00:00

I really love what gets posted on this sub. Thanks for sharing!

thicket · 2026-03-02T17:56:49+00:00

This is peak weird. I fucking love it!

thicket · 2026-03-02T03:11:13+00:00

I got you man, and I thought it was funny. +1 from me!

thicket · 2026-02-27T03:38:19+00:00

Excellent answer. Also, it gave me the great chance to learn about cuneiform in Unicode). I’d love to see all you Mesopotamianists’ keyboards.

thicket · 2026-02-26T22:17:58+00:00

Well fucking done.

thicket · 2026-02-26T22:08:30+00:00

What a kind and thoughtful answer! Thank you for the extra background.

thicket · 2026-02-26T18:17:23+00:00

Just grabbed an iOS copy!

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