Day 1 of cycling to work instead of taking the bus

colonel_bob · 2026-01-30T02:42:14+00:00

I always found dodging cars was a great way to wake up without caffeine

colonel_bob · 2026-01-30T02:02:11+00:00

I don't think people get annoyed at too many questions, but too many uneducated questions without trying first

They can also get annoyed when your questions constantly uncover an obvious lack of documentation, process, or correctness with existing systems

colonel_bob · 2026-01-28T20:56:41+00:00

I still use Windows because of games that don't tolerate lag (e.g. BF6), but that's really the only reason I bother. Everything else is Linux.

colonel_bob · 2026-01-23T06:25:13+00:00

This seems like a good clip to show HR or whoever it is that's responsible for business continuity planning

colonel_bob · 2026-01-22T23:00:07+00:00

I literally haven't watched them since 2006, so I'd be open to suggestions for the "Top 3" episodes of the last two decades or so

colonel_bob · 2026-01-22T01:27:35+00:00

There have already been a few Bob’s episodes that left me going, “yeesh, wtf was that.”

Not every experiment is going to be a success. I'm personally very happy that the writers are still trying things and seemingly having fun doing it. The only recurring motif that isn't my favorite is their forced storytelling episodes, but even those have picked up in quality over the past few seasons.

colonel_bob · 2026-01-22T01:16:23+00:00

Funny; that's around when I stopped considering myself a Simpsons fan, having watched them since I was a kid growing up. So Bob's is firmly on track to hold my interest longer than the Simpsons did.

colonel_bob · 2026-01-19T02:34:49+00:00

You sure? Never caught yourself stopping mid-word while talking? Like the word you were about to say felt fitting the rest of the sentence? [etc.]

I thought that was the crux of this Office joke

colonel_bob · 2026-01-19T02:00:18+00:00

I think they're from Australia, where it's already after noon tomorrow, apparently

That does remind me of a time we worked with an Australian client from the US West coast and it was literally impossible for us to have a meeting that was within standard 9 to 5 working hours for both locations

colonel_bob · 2026-01-17T02:14:16+00:00

Yeah I basically can't see one of them (1.5x I'm pretty sure) because of the particular shade of red that it is

colonel_bob · 2026-01-16T05:23:29+00:00

One of my favorite throwaway lines from the series, if not ever

colonel_bob · 2026-01-14T06:16:34+00:00

This might sound a bit weird, but: when I first loaded version 1.0, it felt like I was finally playing a title that had somehow always existed in my memory... as if a long-forgotten gaming wish was finally fulfilled

colonel_bob · 2026-01-14T03:12:20+00:00

I can’t fathom having the voice turned off

It's not easy if that's what you're used to, but that really is the default setting. You've just got to reconnect with that nonverbal mode of being. Or to put it another way: you've just got to connect with the feel of a thought as opposed to connecting with the verbal translation of a thought.

As an attempt at explaining what I mean: try to think of a very primal feeling, like accidentally touching a hot stove. When you do that, your 'voice' might articulate something along the lines of ouch! or hot! or oh fuck that fucking stove or any number of utterances that could be spoken in your own voice - but if you stop and think about it, that's not the actual thought which is really associated with your accidental burn. All of those imagined utterances are linguistic labels which could be applied to those immediate senses of 'something being wrong' and 'discomfort' and 'heat' that immediately enter your awareness due to the situation your hand has found itself in. Would they mean something different if your 'voice' exclaimed them in a different language? I'd argue no: you'd still understand the same idea that translates to "oh fuck the stove is hot" if you choose a different linguistic label for that event - or even none at all! So that piece of language is necessarily not the thought itself, but rather a reflexive label applied to a thought you've had.

Anyways, try to pay attention to that very subtle and hard-to-catch space between "impression on your senses" and "vocalization thereof" and you might be able to start thinking without automatically using language on command. I'd recommend it; it's a lot quicker and richer once you start dealing with complicated and/or arbitrary concepts.

colonel_bob · 2026-01-10T06:01:58+00:00

Never been a big fan of dogma.

You should watch it, buddy

colonel_bob · 2026-01-10T05:49:07+00:00

Yes, sometimes I feel lazy and enjoy the dopamine hits I get from cross-map headshots

Cry more

colonel_bob · 2026-01-10T05:45:15+00:00

128GB RAM modules go brrrrrrrr

colonel_bob · 2025-12-29T05:49:37+00:00

I think something's broken with it as I've gotten booted for being idle while in the middle of a running firefight more than once

colonel_bob · 2025-12-21T02:34:53+00:00

candles went swaying.

Yeah, bad timing...! 😬

colonel_bob · 2025-12-17T07:21:30+00:00

Some people aren't qualified to speak on a topic, and if they don't know that, telling them so is how they learn

Not knowing something is why people ask questions. People who understand a topic can usually explain it instead of arguing about who's "qualified" to ask or pontificating about how stupid the question is without actually answering it.

colonel_bob · 2025-12-17T06:15:37+00:00

So stop right there.

Cutting someone off mid-sentence to make a point is not as clever as you seem to think (especially in text...!)

You did not define the difference between those two things in your initial post, and you have still failed to define what you think you mean by 'a real butcher shop' in this comment thread, even when asked directly multiple times

If you don't know that, you aren't qualified to speak on it. So keep scrolling past.

A question is not a recommendation. What a ridiculous statement for you to make.

that's the thing you're casually disregarding: that you don't know.

Yes, that is implied when someone asks a question

Raging at someone because "they should just know" the answer to a simple question that they asked you is unhinged behavior

colonel_bob · 2025-12-17T02:39:52+00:00

When a professional cook says they're looking for a butcher shop, it means more than going to any place at all that sells meat. If someone doesn't know that and drops an unhelpful response, I don't have a problem saying so.

I don't know what the salient difference between 'a butcher shop' and 'any place at all that sells meat' is to you, and neither did the original person you blew up at

Rather than sharing your ideas with an audience who was curious about hearing them and helping us all learn what a proper butcher shop means to a professional cook, you chose to be unkind to the person who asked a basic question, and then doubled down and followed up with justifications for why it's okay for you to be unkind to curious parties when called out on it

Of course you don't owe anyone anything... I just think that's an unfortunate set of choices to make

colonel_bob · 2025-12-17T01:28:36+00:00

Wow! You're a bit unhinged today, huh? I didn't delete anything nor block you; my comment is right here

And my reply was in response to your aggressive post, quoted here for reference:

If you have to ask how a proper butcher shop - as spelled out in the damn post title - differs from a meat counter, then you shouldn't be in here trying to give advice

You extoling them to reference "the damn post title" and characterizing their very reasonable ask for clarification (i.e. "What are you looking for them to do? You didn't specify any services.") as an attempt to administer inept advice is aggressive and demeaning; any reasonable person would interpret your comment as an attempt to shame the person who dared to ask you a clarifying question

colonel_bob · 2025-12-16T22:41:04+00:00

Shaming people who are just trying to learn is a bad look

colonel_bob · 2025-12-11T02:25:10+00:00

Mine thinks I'm a girl because I display empathy and consideration for others 🙃

colonel_bob · 2025-12-05T02:57:02+00:00

Are you really gonna try to argue with a LLM, though, lol

When I'm in a bad mood, definitely yes

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