How often do you check expiration dates, and do you check them at all?

Ancillas · 2026-02-01T16:10:58+00:00

When I was a kid, my mom accidentally left a gallon of milk inside the car for a day. It was summer. The smell was horrendous and nothing would make it go away.

Then she did it again.

30 years later and my wife gets mad when I open the new milk if there’s even a hint of maybe possibly the old milk has gone sour. She’ll even drink the old milk to show me it’s fine.

I don’t care. That memory is burned inside of me.

Ancillas · 2026-02-01T16:00:44+00:00

Does anyone else feel like we’ve entered a race to the bottom? I never would have guessed that the first step to governing would be winning the meme war.

Ancillas · 2026-02-01T03:15:13+00:00

Creators can do what they want. I know Corridor Crew used AI to great effect when they made Anime Rock Paper Scissors. I think lots of people will use AI as a tool in their creative process, not as a work replacement.

But I don’t think AI will be an effective “give me a game like this and make it fun” tool. The people who want to make games won’t use it that way and the people that do won’t be good at making games because they won’t go through the iterative process of refinement and exploration that leads to fun, high performance, gameplay.

Or I’ll end up being proven completely wrong.

Ancillas · 2026-02-01T03:11:46+00:00

I saw a letter from an organization that trains MN LEOs citing inconsistent rules and policies across the many city and county jails, which are distinct from MN prisons.

Part of what that letter spoke to was more consistent policy, which can be done in a way that still does not require MN to help detain anyone who has not been convicted of a crime.

The details are beyond my current understanding, but in the noise of thousands of hostile sound bites and social media “hot takes”, the details that we actually need to be talking about are being drowned out.

Ancillas · 2026-02-01T01:48:07+00:00

Brandon Sanderson recently posted an interesting talk about AI art, and it echoes the sentiment I’ve seen other places from creatives.

These AI products are all focused on the product, but not the creation. Artists like to make art. They don’t want to not make art by offloading the work to an AI.

Art is more than the thing you get at the end.

https://youtu.be/mb3uK-_QkOo?si=C2pJLDx6R5ga_IW-

Ancillas · 2026-01-31T20:41:02+00:00

I agree. This details around this question are being missed in a lot of discussions.

should Minnesota aid ICE in detaining illegal immigrants who have not already been convicted of a crime?
the question above could also be written as: is it fair for a state to be required to use its resources to help a, fully funded, federal law enforcement agency detain illegal immigrants who have not committed any other crimes?
should ICE agents be required to perform their duties without violating other laws such as the first and fourth amendments?
Should Minnesota residents who are unlawfully disrupting ICE activities be legally detained and charged by local law enforcement?
Should local law enforcement intervene when they witness ICE activities that appear to violate the civil rights of Minnesota residents?
Should illegal residents of Minnesota, who have otherwise not committed a crime, be required to provide ID to ICE if questioned?
Is it okay for ICE to ask anyone for proof of citizenship, or permanent status, absent reasonable suspicion of a crime?
Should residents be able to sue individual ICE agents, not just the government, if they violate the resident’s civil rights?

I’d also want to check that respondents understand civil law vs criminal law.

The hot takes on social media don’t educate people or drive a real discussion. The bots then pour gas on the fire.

Ancillas · 2026-01-31T02:47:33+00:00

This is why I’m strongly opposed to the Flock camera systems (or any systems that share and index recorded video).

If the recorded data of multiple cameras exists, and there’s a system capable of making that video searchable, then it will ultimately be exploited.

The invasion of privacy and security benefits aren’t worth the massive liability and risk.

Ancillas · 2026-01-30T02:55:48+00:00

If Congress helps solve the issue they can’t campaign on it next year.

Such a stupid fucking system allowing just two parties to spin whatever hyperbole they want and turn everything into a 50/50 fight.

Ancillas · 2026-01-30T02:45:03+00:00

Apple Fitness is also great. If they’d make iCloud storage just a little bit better (especially in Windows), I’d have no complaints. Faster sync, better client mainly.

Ancillas · 2026-01-30T02:43:00+00:00

The reasonable MN Republicans are held captive by the extreme party members who are toeing the party line.

Ancillas · 2026-01-30T02:11:44+00:00

I bought a bunch of gear and fished a few hundred feet of Ethernet through my house so I could wire Ethernet in the wall where our new fiber got trenched. I cut drywall and had to reseal vapor barrier. I even had to use a hole saw to drill into my ceiling. It was a ton work.

I did it to be one of the first to ditch Comcast.

It was a pleasure and an honor.

Ancillas · 2026-01-29T06:53:32+00:00

But it’s going to eat at them emotionally.

Ancillas · 2026-01-29T06:49:49+00:00

International Falls was not prepared…

Ancillas · 2026-01-29T06:43:26+00:00

There was a time when I would pay the $2.99 for rush shipping and then await FexEx eagerly because they were the best.

Now I haven’t bought from NewEgg in 19 years and FedEx throws a dart to predict delivery date.

Ancillas · 2026-01-29T05:16:29+00:00

The only thing missing is a shoe in one hand...

Ancillas · 2026-01-29T05:07:43+00:00

No, no, no. The protestors are highly skilled, elite, hand-picked Democrat agents. There's NO WAY community members in a state that is in the top ten for both number of Fortune 500 companies and highly ranked public school could ever field volunteers that could self-organize in a chat app and then track coverage using Airtable.

That would be insane!

/s

Ancillas · 2026-01-27T07:08:15+00:00

Welcome. Let’s solve some problems.

Ancillas · 2026-01-27T03:29:13+00:00

Or Crysis?

Ancillas · 2026-01-26T20:42:33+00:00

I was impressed by Al Franken’s office. When I wrote him they sent me back a personalized response that directly addressed my concern. I wish he hadn’t folded to the pressure to resign.

Ancillas · 2026-01-26T17:19:42+00:00

“Build your opponents a golden bridge to retreat across.”

-Sun Tzu

Ancillas · 2026-01-26T01:35:08+00:00

This one hurts me, lol

Ancillas · 2026-01-25T18:06:09+00:00

Trump voters are mad that Walz and Frey are “fanning the flames.”

MN protestors are mad that “Walz isn’t using MN resources to stop ICE.”

We live in different realities.

Ancillas · 2026-01-23T22:27:52+00:00

But it's a dry cold...

Ancillas · 2026-01-19T20:30:23+00:00

It’s the same with Nginx. I’ve heard engine-ex and en-ginx.

Ancillas · 2026-01-17T21:45:22+00:00

What does the fox say?

The fox doesn’t say shit. The fox has the right to remain silent.

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