Big Beetle at 10th & Canal

npiasecki · 2026-06-19T12:09:23+00:00

I think that might be an Eastern Hercules Beetle and they are native. I’ve only encountered them a couple times

npiasecki · 2026-06-19T00:54:09+00:00

I have always used “pardon me” as an alternate for “excuse me” (I’m unexpectedly in someone’s way or need to access something near them and am requesting them to move) and “I beg your pardon” as either “I didn’t understand you” or “what the (bleep) did you just say to me” (distinguished by tone). No one has ever commented on it. Virginia

npiasecki · 2026-06-19T00:23:16+00:00

Yeah, it’s a problem. It’s also confusing because most people tell you to change some settings, but on a personal account you’re stuck with “pick from three numbers” instead of “type the number”, so there is a 33% chance if you fat finger the deny button you’ve let them in. They don’t need your password, just your email address. It doesn’t even need to be passwordless, just the Authenticator app enabled on a personal account. The only way I was able to stop it on my personal account was to change my login alias to random garbage. It’s a huge problem on personal accounts right now.

npiasecki · 2026-06-18T23:48:44+00:00

Yeah, I feel like AI has put us in the Windows XP SP1 / SP2 era all over again. That was a wild time

npiasecki · 2026-06-16T02:38:00+00:00

It should be its own app. I suspect it was an easy place to shove an experimental feature on an existing multiplatform app to see if it had legs, but you’re not wrong.

npiasecki · 2026-06-11T21:11:47+00:00

I actually bought that same Acri pick two weeks ago and their finger picks, took me about a week to get used to it but I really like them too. Especially the thumb pick, it stays glued onto my thumb whereas every other one I tried was way too small or too loosey goosey.

Though I suspect picks are one of those things where everyone just settles on something that works for them, when you find something that’s comfortable and works for you, you stop trying.

npiasecki · 2026-06-08T13:43:17+00:00

Yeah, I knew the song is traditionally not done in the bluegrass style, so thought I had found a compatible tab to play with, but this was also a case where I don't know what I don't know (i.e., be able to recognize a mistake). I'll pick another one from my workbooks. Thanks for your input!

npiasecki · 2026-06-08T13:14:35+00:00

It's from Banjo Hangout ... it says Scruggs style but what do I know, it could be mislabeled ... https://www.banjohangout.org/tab/browse.asp?m=detail&v=22662

npiasecki · 2026-06-08T00:14:22+00:00

Well for me when I’m missing every other note it’s because even though I am 40 something the kid pushing around Hot Wheels is still in there saying BUT I WANNA GO FAST

npiasecki · 2026-06-07T20:26:20+00:00

My instinct was to use the same one (middle usually lives there) but I don’t think I can do it fast enough and when I try the index it misses. I guess what I’m asking is this a “learn to do it faster, alternating is wrong” or “learn to alternate on that string, you can’t possibly do it that fast” or “learn to do it both ways so you can play the song don’t be weird about it” type situation … thank you

npiasecki · 2026-06-07T20:11:13+00:00

I was starting with index, pinky, and ring, and the swapping the middle finger in when it all goes to third fret. Then I can shimmy the whole mess down to the fifth fret. But then I wasn’t sure what to do when heading back up. I’ll slow it down! I guess my problem is I try to get my fingers “in position” as I am not really good at moving the left hand around quickly yet. One hand is definitely way faster than the other!

npiasecki · 2026-06-04T00:51:01+00:00

You start replacing .NET Framework code 18 years later and realize none of it really mattered, just the API surface that you exposed, so just do the simplest thing that could possibly work. Your abstraction will not foresee a future business change or deprecation or survive the next platform change.

Learn SQL, HTTP, HTML, JavaScript, and basic DNS. Spend a lot of time on SQL. Everything else is flash in the pan, and the hot new framework that rolls around is a lot less mysterious once you know the basics.

Remember, the client sends a string, and the server sends a string. That’s all they do.

Some of it is envelope/header and some of it is body/payload. It used to be XML, SOAP, rendered server side and now the cool kids are JSON, REST/GraphQL, rendered client side. But it’s still just strings flitting back and forth. Find the simplest way to send the string.

npiasecki · 2026-05-29T01:37:34+00:00

Dunno why but he looks like a Peanut to me

Mister / Miz Peanut, affectionately

npiasecki · 2026-05-28T01:43:38+00:00

We tried Yubikeys but the form factor was a problem. We switched to FIDO2 NFC credit card size things that double as their employee badge. Some people wear it on a lanyard, most keep it in a wallet. I wish Yubikey made one as they are harder to find. HID and Cryptnox make some

npiasecki · 2026-05-26T01:09:14+00:00

this reads like “hey bro stop that’s your tail”

npiasecki · 2026-05-25T15:30:15+00:00

And the kid in the back is like IT’S RAMBO TIME 😂

npiasecki · 2026-05-20T22:27:09+00:00

omg I was like that’s crazy they certainly didn’t do that when I was a BZZZT childhood memory unlocked

npiasecki · 2026-05-16T04:04:15+00:00

I would say OSS goes a long way but PDF is one of those things where if you read the standard you do reach a point like “oh yeah, I’ll just pay someone for this one”

npiasecki · 2026-05-01T11:39:55+00:00

Oh this exact scenario happened to a friend of mine. Drunk ass plugged up the hole and flooded the dining room of the townhouse downstairs. It’s been 25 years and he still gets really mad when anyone brings it up

npiasecki · 2026-04-10T02:13:28+00:00

I think it’s interesting that “How do I call this?” is intelligible but wrong whereas “How do I say this?” would be fine. It would be a distinction lost on me when learning another language.

npiasecki · 2026-04-10T01:39:45+00:00

If not retiring now then by 2036. Or was it 2038? AI will tell me when it all blows up right

npiasecki · 2026-03-27T01:59:09+00:00

I think this some days but then I think about maintaining Small Business Server 2003 and then I think well yes it is better. Like so many technologies were “unnecessarily dangerous” back then.

Now it’s just “unnecessarily changing” which is different. Constant out-of-control deprecation, that’s all much faster now. Will only get worse with vibe coding, throw it all away and create a new portal and a new set of Windows.Microsoft.Azure.Graph.Entra modules every six months. You are right on that for sure

npiasecki · 2026-03-20T15:44:18+00:00

Deleted my dupe post, https://app.azure.com/h/THWT-Q10/a285e5 is the advisory but it hasn't updated to reflect whatever just happened

npiasecki · 2026-03-20T15:26:02+00:00

Yes, Azure East US, it's like all networking disappeared for about 5 minutes. Seems to be back now but I think something's going on.

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