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Taradox @avataradox.com · 15h

Gifted kid. Yeah, I get it; been there. It's a set-up for an adulthood of self-doubt and imposter syndrome.

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 08/10/2026

So very random of you.

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 06/10/2026

And if you're *not* a word nerd, don't you think it's time to rethink your life choices?

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 06/10/2026

Oh, yes, Lingthusiasm is amazingly good, and I've been following these two brilliant women for years now. If you're a word nerd like me, and you're not subscribed, what are you waiting for?

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 30/09/2026

My office desk phone actually rang for the first time in several years. We do everything with Teams and other online services, so the ringing phone startled me. Wow, something so urgent that somebody is actually calling me! It was a wrong number. #theUniverseIsLaughingBehindMyBack

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 22/09/2026

And, as it turns out, the birthday of a coworker, who was very aware he shares it with the two Bagginses. These two Hobbits have had a profound impact on my life in ways I never would have expected when I first picked up The Hobbit. That was [mumble] years ago, and yet remains fresh. #hobbit #LOTR

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 18/09/2026

As a software developer, "brunchlibs" made me think of some sort of software library that allows an application to ingest data at a moderate rate. "How should I handle parsing this? Oh, I know, I'll link in the brunch.lib framework."

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 17/09/2026

I'd explain it, but I'm too lazy

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 17/09/2026

This is what happens when one uses a chatbot to write the story.

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 15/09/2026

It's that getting up every morning way before sunrise to go pray that would have done me in. What, no coffee?!

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 15/09/2026

And then there's "label", which has neither suffix, and constantly taunts me with the misspelling "lable".

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 15/09/2026

So now I sit here in the office, listening to a couple of coworkers hack and sniff and sneeze. One is a new hire, and no doubt hasn't accrued sufficient "combined leave" to feel like he can stay home. Oh great.

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 15/09/2026

That last changed in July, when, thanks to mandates from on high, we had to return to office five days a week, because "serendipity at the water cooler!". #officeMythology

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 15/09/2026

I have been sick enough to stay in bed all day exactly once since the Covid lockdown. I attribute that to a combination of good handwashing practice, healthy diet, exercise, luck of the genetic draw, plain luck, and (drum roll) remote work. #lateStageStupidity

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 15/09/2026

I wonder what word or phrase you'd use instead of 'amoral'

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 13/09/2026

Those of us who are not transphobic are pretty wonderful. Not that I'm biased.

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 13/09/2026

Also, I feel like the claim that "our product is so dangerously powerful that only the most intelligent and careful of people can safely use it" involves a lot of marketing hype.

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 12/09/2026

I've done that many times with Tolkien and Le Guin.

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 11/09/2026

Hmm. Reruns of Gilligan's Island or Lassie, maybe? Or maybe it was just the general zeitgeist. Come to think of it, Quicksand Zeitgeist is a great band name. #quicksand

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 11/09/2026

Because every drama or adventure show in the '60s and '70s had our intrepid hero either getting caught in it, or rescuing someone from it.

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 09/09/2026

I'm not sure why I'd want to use a closed source SaaS password manager that requires network access anyway. There are more resilient ways to synchronize, including several open source options that aren't tied to corporations with horrific politics.

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 09/09/2026

"Too much garlic" is syntactically erroneous.

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 08/09/2026

And implemented in some weird helical code, I'm guessing.

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 08/09/2026

Apparently I'm the only one who thinks Funko Pops are creepy.

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 08/09/2026

Are these body parts plug-and-play, or do you have to download the right drivers?

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 07/09/2026

Would that they actually did consult experts, yes.

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 07/09/2026

Exactly. And extra points for the Carroll reference.

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 07/09/2026

Pedantic can be annoying, yes. But precision can be important when one is trying to frame things legally. If non-technical lawmakers ban algorithms, what does that end up meaning, practically?

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 07/09/2026

As also a developer, I'll note that displaying posts in chronological order is also an algorithm. Computer programs are algorithms all the way down.

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 07/09/2026

Don't forget Cuba, Missouri.

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 06/09/2026

I just took a look, and only two of the top 38 are folks I follow. And I do follow you. So your in my top 38.

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 06/09/2026

Yes, unfortunately. My guess is a bad ribbon cable that connects the screen. How repairable that is I don't know, as it's a hardware problem, and I'm a software developer.

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 29/08/2026

Because real dogs wouldn't work with them

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 28/08/2026

Pfff. I took my kids to see those films. Talk about aging!

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 26/08/2026

I suppose his official portrait, that his sycophants like to post everywhere, is meant to look tough and determined. But to me it has always looked constipated.

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 25/08/2026

And does Trumpty Dumpty not know that "America" comes from Italian, Amerigo Vespucci? Really, in the depths of his profound ignorance and lack of curiosity, I'm sure he doesn't.

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 25/08/2026

Will Google kowtow again and rename Lake Ontario on their maps, as they did with the Gulf of Mexico?

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 25/08/2026

Except, instead of a gun or a hammer, this monkey has the nuclear codes

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 25/08/2026

He plainly is. And no, I wouldn't shake his hand, eww!

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 24/08/2026

I discovered this series in Libby as we were looking for audio books for a long road trip. Books 1 and 2 got us from Memphis all the way home to Maryland. What a pleasure!

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 24/08/2026

I am about 2/3 through Book 5. In the memes section of Discord server for The Prancing Pony Podcast, there was discussion this morning of lapis lazuli. So I had to mention Lapis Lazuli House, of course.

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 24/08/2026

But the age difference ...

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Taradox @avataradox.com · 24/08/2026

I was pondering Jack just this morning. And let us not forget any of the other Reprobates Ten, as well as the giraffe. (I kid. I think.)

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