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Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume? Sys-admin: that's a bug in the printer firmware which causes an extra line advance if certain bogus data is in the print file. The vendor hasn't put out a fix yet.

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Hacksaw @mrthesaw.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Michelob Ultra Zero: not bad.

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Hacksaw @mrthesaw.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Doctor Who in the House. I guess that could be a triple. “The Adventures of a gaggle of time traveling medical students, their irascible addict preceptor, and their seemingly immortal pilot as they galavant through time and space on their xenobiology rotation”

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Hacksaw @mrthesaw.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Sanford and Sons of Anarchy.

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Hacksaw @mrthesaw.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

All must pass the basic rule: things gotta be fun. That said, the allure of a three way triple word score is great.

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Hacksaw @mrthesaw.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Is “all touching lines must be words” nonviable? I could see where that might make some intersections quite difficult.

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Hacksaw @mrthesaw.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

People think rock and roll is dead, but I keep seeing vids of kids learning the skills, wailing on axes, playing the stompers, and writing new ones. The passion is there. I think what is dying is the music system, plagued by a cancer of greedy bean counters.

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Hacksaw @mrthesaw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Yep. In 1992-1993 I did a bad thing to my thumb with a chinese vegetable cleaver, via a block of cheese. That raised my vigilance a lot. It's a level of stress that keeps me from using it very much.

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Hacksaw @mrthesaw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I don't even mess with the glove. If I can't use the holder, or keep my fingers well away from the blade, I cut it safely, if slowly, with a knife. (I just saw a vid from a guitar player who injured himself with a mandoline)

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Hacksaw @mrthesaw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

PSA: When operating things with blades, practice visualizing the path of the sharp edge, and how it will interact with the food, and especially whatever is *beyond* the food. If the thing beyond the food is you, reconfigure. And please, please use the food holder with a mandoline. Please.

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Hacksaw @mrthesaw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Eh, you seen one colon you've... been slightly squicked out...

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Hacksaw @mrthesaw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I taught myself the basics of meditation by watching water boil. It’s actually pretty interesting if the light is good.

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Hacksaw @mrthesaw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

There's few faster ways to turn me off on your PAC or charity than to text me on my phone when I've never talked to you before, even if I'm nominally in favor of your success. #ColdCallsSuck

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Hacksaw @mrthesaw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A great quote from John Green in his eulogy for Mikey T: “I want you to think of what you put into the world as art, as an attempt to refashion the raw materials of Earth into something better and more interesting than it needs to be.” @amberying.com

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Hacksaw @mrthesaw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Oh, I suspect she might be stage one copy editing, it's such a useful role. I had a writing buddy, we would meet on Sundays and read each other's stuff, so many little gaffes and typos caught.

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Hacksaw @mrthesaw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Not that I have any special knowledge, but I feel like having Athena in the loop would result in a different book than if it’s just John. She doesn’t strike me as passively typing.

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Hacksaw @mrthesaw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I very much want thoughtful people getting a chance to grab the reins. You being there might be extremely important.

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Hacksaw @mrthesaw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Not in a million years. “Oops, I gave all your money to a Nigerian Prince AI…”

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Hacksaw @mrthesaw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Great, so #RayBan and #Meta made the new version of their glasses to look like standard RayBans, so now the coolest shades are forever off the list, 'cause I don't want to be fielding questions regarding wearing 'pervert glasses'.

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Hacksaw @mrthesaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Wisdom from a Sleep Buddha.

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Hacksaw @mrthesaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Well shots. Cheap bourbon is still pretty drinkable. Well, unless you don’t drink. Well scotch is generally awful, regardless of whether you drink.

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Hacksaw @mrthesaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Dinner tonight: corn dogs and ‘mater sandwiches.

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Hacksaw @mrthesaw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A friend (who is a string arts wizard) and I estimated that, at the reasonable rate of $20 an hour, a hand knit adult sweater using acrylic yarn would run $1300.

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Hacksaw @mrthesaw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I think it’s still the case that pro baseballs are hand stitched because machines aren’t precise the right way.

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Hacksaw @mrthesaw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Well, that’s no fun. May her memory be a blessing.

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Hacksaw @mrthesaw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Following a forty post skeet is extraordinarily frustrating. Is there a better #bluesky #client wrt this?

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Hacksaw @mrthesaw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Fall is fell Set a spell Have some f’ing PSL

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Hacksaw @mrthesaw.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Naturally the tape died, so I bought the songs on iTunes.

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Hacksaw @mrthesaw.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Finder (Severed Heads) Hyperreal Selector (The Shamen) The Bog (Bigod 20) Kooler Than Jesus (Thrill Kill Kult) Radio Babylon (Meat Beat Manifesto) Higher Than the Sun (Primal Scream) This being a partial selection of songs recorded from VXU by E, and were a major part of our shared sonic space.

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Hacksaw @mrthesaw.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

After the phrase “I need a new toy”, a voice whispers “taaaaaah”. For some reason, my brain said “that’s Thomas Dolby”. That when I looked it up, and discovered he produced the song. You can learn some things surprisingly well.

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Hacksaw @mrthesaw.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Lena Lovitch long ago released a song New Toy. I like it a lot, and have prolly heard it a few hundred times. A few years ago I was listening to it on decent speakers, very carefully.

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Hacksaw @mrthesaw.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

"Who knew despair was fluffy?" #WritingPrompt inspired by #LastEmprox

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Hacksaw @mrthesaw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Well, I've been paring down the music collection, getting rid of the songs I never really listened to.

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Hacksaw @mrthesaw.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

How often do you hear about workers protesting *in favor* of a CEO? For those not familiar, MBs don't have loyalty cards, pharmacies, or self checkout. The one I went to in Somerville was generally very busy until minutes before close.

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Hacksaw @mrthesaw.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

In 2013-2014, Workers and customers protested the removal of the CEO of Market Basket, a grocery chain in the eastern MA area. The workers didn't strike, but protested on their breaks or after their shifts. After months of this, the ousted CEO was sold controlling shares of the chain. 2/

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Hacksaw @mrthesaw.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I wish that more companies could be like Demoulas, though maybe minus the family drama. The company has avoided getting unionized by treating their workers well, and having good products at a great price. How well does this work? 1/

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Hacksaw @mrthesaw.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Some weird mix of confirmation bias, cults of personality, and the madness of crowds.

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Hacksaw @mrthesaw.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Oh noes this... really didn't stop from shipping at all.

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Hacksaw @mrthesaw.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

BAD #UX: Display a window, which has a mode button. When you switch modes, move the mode button, and maybe hide it in some bid to declutter the display. This is awful UX. Worse yet if it's a bug in the UI Library.

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