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Ryan S. Dancey @ryandancey.com · 24/09/2026

Do you think your cat knows it has a name? In other words does your cat associate some set of sounds that you make with "me"?

picture of a grey cat sitting on a windowsill looking at the camera

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Ryan S. Dancey @ryandancey.com · 30/06/2026

If Amy Coney Barrett were not a good person Birthright Citizenship would be dead. Today's decision isn't a win for stare decisis. It is a posted notice that says "try again later".

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Ryan S. Dancey @ryandancey.com · 23/06/2026

The "Norwegian Row" is my new favorite thing. ROW! ROW! ROW! The Vikings Are Coming! Proud Grandson of Norway! 🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴

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Ryan S. Dancey @ryandancey.com · 19/06/2026

Next year we'll be as far removed from the year Austin Powers was released as Austin Powers was from the point when he was frozen in the 60s. Yeah Baby!

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Ryan S. Dancey @ryandancey.com · 07/03/2026

I received confirmation today that Gen Con LLC has approved my event submissions for this year's show! This post is in regards to a presentation I will be hosting on July 30th at 3pm in Meeting Room 8 titled "Five Minutes to Midnight"

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Ryan S. Dancey @ryandancey.com · 24/02/2026

Launched my new company today. Wide Pacific Horizon will allow me to continue my consulting work in business analysis, strategy, marketing and podcasting.

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Ryan S. Dancey @ryandancey.com · 10/11/2025

Our new game Mystic Lands, designed by John D Clair, is live on Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ald...

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Ryan S. Dancey @ryandancey.com · 27/10/2025

From today's UnderstandingAI www.understandingai.org/p/16-charts-...

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Ryan S. Dancey @ryandancey.com · 08/10/2025

The world is on fire but the guy in the #61 Dump Here jersey at the ALDS last night is my current hero.

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Ryan S. Dancey @ryandancey.com · 15/09/2025

Andor was the best mass media (don't care about size of screen) I have seen in the past two years. Well deserved.

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Ryan S. Dancey @ryandancey.com · 29/08/2025

The Digital Economy Lab has posted a report about the effect of AI on software engineering. This chart summarizes the effect of AI in this field. This is what I would expect to see if AI coding was "working" in the sense that it was allowing smaller teams to get the same velocity.

A graph showing the rapid decline of headcount for Early Career software engineers starting in October 2022

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Ryan S. Dancey @ryandancey.com · 09/08/2025

With the help of my AI buddy @warp.dev I have been recovering the digital history of OrganizedPlay.

An AI analysis of an OrganizedPlay server from 2006

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Ryan S. Dancey @ryandancey.com · 01/08/2025

JM Fun running the @alderaceg.bsky.social 30th Anniversary Party

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Ryan S. Dancey @ryandancey.com · 01/08/2025

@alderaceg.bsky.social booth at Gen Con 2025 up and running for day 4 (of 7)

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Ryan S. Dancey @ryandancey.com · 12/07/2025

Here's my Jimmy Olsen theory from the new Superman movie: He's got whatever tech Clark uses in his glasses. Maybe Mr. Terrific made it for him. Clark's glasses make people unable to see Superman. Jimmy's gizmo makes him irresistible to women.

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Ryan S. Dancey @ryandancey.com · 08/07/2025

This may be the first image known to be taken of the mysterious Planet 9; a new planet millions of miles beyond the order of Neptune. This is data from two Japanese sky studies that indicate a source of heat in the far outer solar system exactly where predicted arxiv.org/pdf/2504.17288

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Ryan S. Dancey @ryandancey.com · 10/06/2025

TIL that the lyric "but I won't do that" refers in all cases to the action described in the previous verse.

Meat Loaf diagramming the lyrics of I Would Do Anything For Love

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Ryan S. Dancey @ryandancey.com · 23/05/2025

There's an Alternate Universe where the vision of Tony Gilroy's version of Star Wars is the path Lucasfilm chooses to pursue and we get a 5 year series where the ISB and the Rebellion engage in a taught cat & mouse game across the galaxy building towards the Battle of Yavin.

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Ryan S. Dancey @ryandancey.com · 15/05/2025

Stack Overflow is a proxy for how AI is impacting software engineering. As programmers increasingly use AI tools to get answers to the kind of routine questions that Stack Overflow used to provide interaction with other humans on Stack Overflow crashed.

graph of activity on Stack Overflow showing a peak 2014 then a steady decline followed by a rapid decline to the same level as it began with in 2009

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Ryan S. Dancey @ryandancey.com · 08/04/2025

CATUPDATE Cat probably dors NOT have cancer. Vet prescribes some meds. Maybe Elfie uses another of her 9 lives!

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Ryan S. Dancey @ryandancey.com · 07/04/2025

Our cat Elfie, who survived almost losing her tail last year, is going in tomorrow for an ultrasound test that will likely determine she has cancer. She is a tough little kitty. I love her very much.

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Ryan S. Dancey @ryandancey.com · 15/03/2025

The Service obligation was not necessarily military. Here is what Heinlein himself said about it.

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Ryan S. Dancey @ryandancey.com · 04/02/2025

This chart is from Asmodee's prospectus. What this chart tells us is that Asmodee is a wholesaler with a sideline in publishing.

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Ryan S. Dancey @ryandancey.com · 04/02/2025

Comics fan? When you think of Galactus, how big do you think he is? Here he is in his debut in Fantastic 4 #50 in 1966

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Ryan S. Dancey @ryandancey.com · 04/02/2025

And every time he sees this image he knows his wife would fuck Trudeau if given the opportunity.

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Ryan S. Dancey @ryandancey.com · 01/01/2025

Last game of 2024 River of Gold from Office Dog / Asmodee A lightweight euro set in the world of Legend of the Five Rings. Players trade along the river, picking up trade goods, delivering orders, gaining regional influence and pursuing various objectives to gain the most victory points amd win.

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Ryan S. Dancey @ryandancey.com · 08/12/2024

An amazing night with the AEG team and all the Big Game Night Helpers. Thanks to everyone who participated! #paxunplugged2024

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Ryan S. Dancey @ryandancey.com · 04/12/2024

On my way to Philly for #paxunplugged 2024! 🎲🃏🧌🚀

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Ryan S. Dancey @ryandancey.com · 03/12/2024

This weekend Zippy & I put some serious miles on the Model Y! Over 400 miles in various round-trips for Thanksgivings & Birthdays. Those 400 miles cost me … $14 in electricity.

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Ryan S. Dancey @ryandancey.com · 30/11/2024

Tell me you're not looking forward to your flight to PaxU without telling me you're not looking forward to your flight to PaxU

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Ryan S. Dancey @ryandancey.com · 25/11/2024

Look like a phishing attempt but really be official communication from a state government agency with critical, must-file requirements:

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Ryan S. Dancey @ryandancey.com · 19/11/2024

This is how I feel now most days.

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Ryan S. Dancey @ryandancey.com · 17/11/2024

This is Zippy. Zippy is a fox. I found Zippy while shopping at Target and he told me that he would like to come home with me. He rides in my car and keeps me company in my home office. I'm sad these days. Sometimes it is good to have someone like Zippy to hug.

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