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Rick Preston

@canadianbrewer.com
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Long-time software developer. A pleasant curmudgeon.

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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 25/09/2026
In any sci-fi killer-AI film, this latency would be the fatal design flaw that allows our protagonist to defeat the AI's plans to destroy humanity. Like Geordi LaForge's "if only we could route the warp plasma through the isolinear chip matrix ..." and then Data does just that.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 22/09/2026
My wife called it a "crocheting show" - I watch it and she crochets beside me, usually not paying much attention. But now she's hooked too.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 19/09/2026
Parents on both sides had unexpected mobility issues late in life. If your house can be retrofitted with an elevator and other zero/low barrier amenities it's the way to go, imo, if you want to stay in a house. Good plan to be thinking of this early.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 04/09/2026
Born and raised in Eastern and Central Canada, but with about 1/3 of that in PA and VA, now living in MN. The NYT quiz says I'm from Miami or Anchorage.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 03/09/2026
Last time I did this (LastPass - > 1Password) I shoved the LP export file into 1PW as a document until I knew everything transferred smoothly. But now we have passkey everywhere so that might not be so easy.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 03/09/2026
*maybe* they'll backtrack but likely not. Regardless, I'm paid up for several months so that $ is gone. I finally convinced my wife to use a pwm, bought the family plan, but she's been slow to install it. At least when I switch us over she won't have to unlearn and relearn.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 02/09/2026
I can absolutely see an elderly person doing this.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 02/09/2026
I wholeheartedly agree. I love Costco for the quality of their products (esp meats) but it's easy to go off-list and end up buying more than planned. Costco supplemented with our local ALDI has helped a lot.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 01/09/2026
Preferable to those Kris-Lindahl-with-giant-arms signs
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 01/09/2026
I see your Pretenders reference and raise you a Nails reference: Judy came from Ohio, She's a Scientologist Also a "schedule your colonoscopy" era tune, albeit less well-known.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 22/08/2026
Are there decent resources to guide people through this planning? I'm skeptical of generic google searches. Or is getting a "professional" involved sensible or worth the cost?
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 19/08/2026
No honor among thieves? From the Lakeville Police blotter: An unknown suspect opened an unsecured loan for more than $16,000 in the victim’s name last year. The investigation is ongoing but strangely enough, the suspect has been making on-time payments and helping the victim’s credit along the way.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 19/08/2026
Dealing with any of that on top of an aging parent's medical crisis is horrific. Lots of emotions, hard conversations, anger, disappointment, and shock when nobody involved is at their best.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 18/08/2026
This is how the Canadian invasion starts.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 03/08/2026
This LEGO set brought back a lot of childhood memories. I loved all the Tintin stories, read them all multiple times.
A completed LEGO set depicting the rocket ship used in the Tintin stories "Destination Moon" and "Explorers on the Moon".
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 27/07/2026
I got a new suit and a monogram inside the jacket was part of it. "Most people put their initials" the salesman said. Nah.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 25/07/2026
But that's the best way to add fiber to your protein!
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 02/06/2026
Ah yes, the "Mr Incredible" filter.
An image of Mr Incredible from the Pixar film "The Incredibles". Credit to Wikipedia for the image.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 28/05/2026
Made it several times and each time I think "why don't I make this more often?" Also great to turn just one tater tot 90° relative to all the others to annoy your partner.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 25/04/2026
Costco already has a very loyal base, a progressive persona, detailed member spending data, and a mechanism for returning money to its members. Great PR alone if they actually gave some of their tariff refund back.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 26/03/2026
That's a very odd interpretation of "Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life."
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 07/03/2025
Canadian dairy product prices (for dairy products made in Canada) have always been roughly double US prices. That's how dairy production works in Canada. So there's always been a tariff at the border for dairy products from the US. I even got dinged once bringing 4 gal of milk from the US to Canada.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 01/03/2025
They're really trying to reach you about your expiring car warranty.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 07/02/2025
Or say you're really studying fenders, but it got auto-corrected.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 24/01/2025
I love this idea. I've had something similar to this in my Windows Terminal for a while but that's not always in the foreground.
A Windows Terminal prompt that displays the current battery level is shown. The background image 
shows a cool solar flare eruption.
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Susan DuBose @houseofbast777.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die. ~ Blade Runner, Tears in Rain monologue by Roy Batty / Rutger Hauer
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 23/01/2025
@early80saholeguy.bsky.social
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a police officer says " let 's be careful out there "
ALT: a police officer says " let 's be careful out there "
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 15/01/2025
My mid-20s kids give me the "watch out for deer" line when I drive home.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 15/01/2025
Our poodles seem to have inherited the "I'm judging you" gene.
A ginger and a black poodle look judgingly at the camera.
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 08/01/2025
Jeff Atwood steps up to be a thing that’s sorely needed in tech right now: a leader. He actually *gives* half of his current net worth (not a pledge — he already cut checks) to 8 organizations helping the most vulnerable. blog.codinghorror.com/stay-gold-am... An inspiring move, when it most matters.
blog.codinghorror.com
Stay Gold, America
We are at an unprecedented point in American history.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 04/01/2025
The patron saint of winter footwear?
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 01/01/2025
I've thought of a home water treatment system for a while in case of a Flint, MI situation or, more recently, PFAs. Dysentery and cholera (and others) were not use cases I thought I'd need to worry about.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 26/12/2024
Tell me you're in Canada without telling me you're in Canada. #canada #kraftdinner #kd
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 24/12/2024
Potatoes are acceptable at the following meals: Breakfast Second Breakfast Elevenses Luncheon Afternoon Tea Dinner Supper
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 24/12/2024
Minnesota disappoints me. Those things are an abomination. But Florida? That just confuses me. For the record, my Christmas baking favorites are (in no particular order): #shortbread #nanaimobars #buttertarts
Google's 2024 map of most searched Christmas cookie recipes by state.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 22/12/2024
So $25. Before or after tax? USD or gift source currency? MSRP or actual price? As Jack Reacher says, details matter. But you're right. The dual standard is ludicrous.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 18/12/2024
All-Dressed chips are a viable substitute for broccoli.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 06/12/2024
I would like an AI trained on nothing but Letterkenny and Shorsey. I'd use it to write those emails where you *really* want to get your point across without devolving to corporate jargon.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 05/12/2024
I had mine for a good six months before I learned that the slider was attached magnetically and not mechanically.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 05/12/2024
On the flip side, I'm holding in my hand a package that arrived yesterday, but USPS says it won't be delivered until tomorrow.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 04/12/2024
When I do that, I think Rider gives me an option to reset all editor fonts to my default. Must be a common problem if they added a UI feature to reset.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 27/11/2024
Listening to the Time Machine Weekend on 89.3 The Current is one of my favorite parts of Thanksgiving - every hour, music from a different year, spanning many genres. I tuned in and the first thing I heard was Bobcaygeon by the Tragically Hip. Off to a good start.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 15/11/2024
My general rule with most recipes is to double (at least) the garlic. Side bonus is zero vampire problems.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 12/11/2024
Greetings!
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 30/10/2024
Thursday forecast: high of 42, low of 27. Rain and snow possible. A crazy swing. But no, childless cat ladies and the dietary habits of Ohioans are clearly the critical issue.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 22/10/2024
"I've been going to this high school for seven and a half years. I'm no dummy."
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Joe Gerteis @joegerteis.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
I posted this on fb to friends, thought I would say something more generally. JD Vance was in Minneapolis this week, speaking outside the burned-out 3rd precinct police station and talking about the city as a lawless, frightening place 1/n www.cbsnews.com/amp/minnesot...
cbsnews.com
JD Vance claimed Minneapolis residents are giving up on the city. But is that true?
Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance claimed in a visit earlier this week​ that Minneapolis is so overrun by crime that residents are fleeing the city, but is that claim true?
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 02/10/2024
I'm sorry I drove up the cost of your house, Joe.
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Rick Preston @canadianbrewer.com · 22/09/2024
Prolegomenon: I learned a new word, but not sure how well I can work it into my daily discourse.
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