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Christopher Owens

@scavamungus.bsky.social
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History, economics, electronics. Test automation grayhair. Manufacturing and software Quality. Robot quality engineer If you speak Shewhart and ROS hmu Greater Houston area

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Paperback Paradise @paperbackparadise.bsky.social · 12/08/2024
book
Science fiction book cover featuring a tired looking woman with a tweaked out alien standing way too close to her face. Text reads:


"Hello Girl."
Did YOU Like
THOSE MEMES
THAT I SENT YOU
Volume 17 in a series of new messages
React to every one of them. Enjoy the memes and laugh. Smile when the meme is done.
What I like is funny and i am funny by proxy. by P. Lease Approve
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Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Just gave a presentation to coworkers about Root Cause Analysis and Poka-Yoke. I had to learn a lot to give a decent presentation. It was a good exercise, and a good reminder I can still learn things despite being an old dog. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root-ca... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poka-yoke
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Poka-yoke - Wikipedia
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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever
A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Who, Me? was a top secret, sulfurous, non-lethal chemical weapon developed by MIT-graduate Ernest Crocker for the U.S. Office of Strategic Services during World War II.[1][2] Who, Me? smelled strongly of fecal matter, and was issued in pocket atomizers intended to be unobtrusively sprayed on a German officer to humiliate him and, by extension, demoralize the occupying German forces.[3]

Who, Me? had a high concentration of extremely volatile sulfur compounds that were very difficult to control: more often than not, the person who did the spraying also ended up smelling as bad as the one targeted.[4] After two weeks, it was concluded that Who, Me? was a failure.
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Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
it's coming y'all #Houston #weather
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Hoffman @h0ffman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We begin this year's #MODtober uploads with a proper little roller. Taken from the game Eugatron, it earned its name when Korruptor (the original developer) requested the player's collision box be shrunk by 1 pixel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae0e...
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h0ffman -- Collision Box [Eugatron Soundtrack]
YouTube video by Hoffman
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Sara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
oh my god look at this dog you could be short-term fostering in Houston this weekend! His name is Nibbler. rescuedpetsmovement.org/become-a-fos...
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Kirsten Bladh @kerstanley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Why can't LA build more affordable housing? Well, you see, because a building located in an R5(CW) zone shall not cast a shadow on a lot located in the R4 or R5 zone for more than two hours each day between the hours of 9AM and 3PM on the Winter Solstice and 9AM and 5PM on the Summer Solstice.
A corrective comment from a zoning review for a 100% affordable housing project in Los Angeles that reads, "BUILDINGS OR STRUCTURES ON A LOT LOCATED WITHIN THE R5(CW) LAND USE CATEGORY SHALL NOT CAST SHADOWS ON A LOT LOCATED IN THE R3 OR R4 ZONE, OR THE R4(CW) OR RC4(CW) LAND USE CATEGORY FOR MORE THAN TWO (2) HOURS EACH DAY BETWEEN THE HOURS F 9 AM AND 3 PM ON THE WINTER SOLSTICE AND 9 AM AND 5 PM ON THE SUMMER SOLSTICE. THE PROJECT APPLICANT SHALL SUBMIT A SHADE.
SHADOW ANALYSIS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION FOR PROJECT PERMIT COMPLIANCE REVIEW."
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Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
i forget, which is the correct holiday to watch Nightmare Before Christmas?
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Joseph Lorenzo Hall, PhD @josephhall.org · 01/10/2026
But here’s the thing I learned: you don’t bet against Ben. Today, VotingWorks has the first US-federally certified open-source voting system: www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
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VotingWorks Makes History as First Open-Source Voting System to Earn Federal Certification
/PRNewswire/ -- VotingWorks, a nonpartisan nonprofit maker of voting equipment, announced today that its voting system has been certified to VVSG 2.0, the U.S....
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 01/10/2026
if you think about it, winning via a direct connection to the divine father of all creation through His appointed emissary on Earth is a much more egregious cheating scandal than banging on trash cans
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Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The bad news is my wife left her airpods in her pocket and washed them. The good news is they still work. The even better news is "And now they're clean too!"
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Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula.
Paul Rubens (yes that Paul Rubens) in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
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Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It wasn't so much that Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart were good as it was that every other band at that time was so wretched that the Invaders were forced upwards by a sort of mediocrity peristalsis.
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Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Overheard at work: "You did the right thing, Juan. You don't want to be involved with humanoids."
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 30/09/2026
Had to document this lest it be lost to history
a 27 inch dell monitor with Computer on a legal sticky note attached to its bezel. It's underlined
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Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I think there's something to this.
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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is the most remarkable story Ray Bradbury ever shared with me. He told it to me late one night, sitting in his den of antiquities and mementos. Take five minutes to read this. It’s pure magic. #Writing #Living #Creativity #RayBradbury #BookSky
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Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
THE PEOPLE DEMAND MORE NIXON'S HEAD IN A JAR www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_99...
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Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Giving a presentation at work on Friday on Root Cause Analysis and Juran's "Diagnostic Journey." Also a dash of Shingo's "Poka Yoke" ("Mistake proofing") in considering how to fix engineering and manufacturing process problems. Should be a good one!
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Rachel Hallie @dazedrachel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I am not saying our current system is perfect or anything but civilization simply cannot survive on mural painting and baking sourdough alone. Also I really, really wish people would stop trying to equate gardening with agriculture. People like gardening in part because it is LOW STAKES
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Good Samaritan @goodsamaritanhq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I love when a recipe says “prep time: 10 minutes.” Ten minutes for WHO? A professional chef with eight hands? It takes me ten minutes to find the paprika. Then another five staring into the fridge hoping the ingredient I forgot to buy will spontaneously appear out of shame.
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Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Past quote of myself: I definitely felt a lot more optimistic about the future of the USA when we were the good guys.
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Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Prince. Who is Prince? A mellow guy by exterior, kinda lovable, but underneath, lurks things that might be unexpected."
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Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My new friend ken and his new friend Itty Bitty
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Micah Lee @micahflee.com · 16/09/2026
HaJ3FgupAm8RrDJW3MHgT9X7Ft27eVaD What is that? That's a hard-coded API token that Flock cameras use to identify themselves and get OAuth credentials, which can then be used to talk to Flock's production servers. Like, anyone on the internet can probably do this right now.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
People say Bluesky is a bubble, but mostly it's because the entire rest of the internet is an absolute sewer
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I’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.
You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night.
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Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Just start walking. You'll find it eventually.
A very long hallway with a FIRE EXTINGUISHER sign pointing down the hall. In the furthest distance, not visible without zooming in, there is a fire extinguisher hanging from a pole.
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Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Everyone knows you don't run Linux on a new computer. You have to wait until all the chips finish their burn-in, the capacitors all stabilize, and the sharp corners are worn off the clock signals.
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Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Me sometime in the early 90s: "check this out I downloaded something called POV-RAY last night"
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Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Given the amount of resources OpenAI has available, it looks to me like it is trying to get away with a sort of due-diligence plausible-deniability approach to the problem of their products encouraging, enabling, and coaching horrific violence and criminal behavior.
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Ryan North @ryannorth.ca · 23/09/2026
Pompeii is a UNESCO world heritage site not because it was remarkable in its prime, but because it survived to our era untouched: one moment, preserved for all time. But future generations won't know what OUR world was like unless we do the same. This is why we MUST bury Toronto with a volcano
Picture of the streets of Pompeii, from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pompei_-_panoramio_(26).jpg. Taken by Tanya Dedyukhina, used under CC
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
went to go print my new boarding pass lmao
kiosk error screen
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
If only a US senator had agency and the ability to vote in a legislative body on this matter.
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r🎃cc🎃 @essencerare.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
child: draw a snake me: ok child: draw the snake’s hands me: snakes don’t have hands child: ḑ̸̨̧͚̟̭͖̺̺̖̣̊̋̀͑̉͜r̴̖̜̦̮̺̫̯̺̞͇̦͖̝͍͖̥̊̿͜ͅã̴̡̢̪̤͎̰̤̼̤͍̫͓̬̙̫͈͒̒̃̃̉̍̽̔̈́́͛͑͊͜ͅͅw̷̨̛͖̲̻̤̳̭̖̝͓͎̎̎̀̏͗́͘͜͠ ̵̡͍͍̹͚̦̜̳̤̻̙̼͈̽͘t̶̠̝̜̿̀̀͋͒͋̿̆͂̉̇́͆̐̉̏͑̚͝ḧ̶̨̢̢̧̨̧̛̥̱̣̺͓̦̤̹̼̗͈̻̓̿́͋̌͘͝e̵̬̤͚͓͕̹͙̅͐̅̉͛̍̚͘ͅ ̶̲̘̼̣̞͇̪̫͖̪͛̓͑͆̍́̓̕͜ṣ̸̑̔̈́̈́͑̎͋̈̈́̈̇̚͝ń̷̡̹̟͓̮̝͉͍̹̟̹̩̥̜̦a̶̢̧̨̮̺̳͉̦͗͗̔͂̔̎͐͂̃̔͊̀̉̓̄k̷̨̭͇͖̠̯̝̪͈͚̭̳̤͕̯͓̅̍̈́̅͂̇͑͝ͅe̴̜͆̽̋̆̈́̀͌̐̉̔̆̀’̵̭̳̪̦̰̳͉͓̗̗̪̼̲̻͕̩̮̓̈́̀̓̓͝ͅs̵͙͇̯̱̀ ̵̯̱̘͚̟̥̥̍̚͜͝ȟ̵̥̠͍͕̻̘̘̞͉̂̿̇̿a̴̡̧̙͈̱͍̩̯̝̺͔͓͚͔͈͍͌̽͂̑ͅn̴̛͓̬̩̬̘̟̪̟̰̘̘̞̯̆̇̆̅̔͝ͅd̵̢̡̛͓̬̲̼͍͗͗̂̅̋́͒͒̄̃̆̆̂͂̚͘͘ŝ̵͇͖̞̺̻͚̬͈̥͉ͅ
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⚡⚡MAD DOCTOR IMPOSSIBLE⚡⚡ @impossiblephd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
*Frothing at the mouth with excitement* HEY GUESS WHAT, YOU DON'T HAVE ONE BRAIN, YOU HAVE TWO! med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
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Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research finds
Stanford Health Care delivers the highest levels of care and compassion. SHC treats cancer, heart disease, brain disorders, primary care issues, and many more.
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Joe Flynn @chinajoeflynn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Throwing out all the Mel Brooks DVDs I bought 25 years ago when I finally realize he's Jewish.
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Maritime RSS @shipbot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Iran Keeps Up Pressure, Hitting Another Tanker as US Asserts Hormuz is Open Maritime Executive · 21 Sep 2026 #StraitOfHormuz #IranWar
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Iran Keeps Up Pressure, Hitting Another Tanker as US Asserts Hormuz is Open
Iran hit another tanker on September 21 in the Strait of Hormuz, causing injuries to two seafarers and maintaining its assertion to have control over...
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Heavy bomber drones delivered the kamikaze robots, while air defense and electronic warfare systems suppressed Russian drones. "Wars are won by infantry, but we protect our infantrymen, so robots go to the enemy first" - 3rd Army Corps.
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Sam Barlow 🔥 @mrsambarlow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Can we please go back to the old internet where Search was a bunch of efficient SQL queries? Please, I'm so done with this
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Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Robot sculpture by mosaic artist Sherry Tobin Haney
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Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Watching the old Mark Williams Big Bangs show on youtube and he gets quite worked up about some of the explosions. My wife comes in, watches for a moment, exclaims "Settle down there, Father Brown!"
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Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Good news, everybody. They've figured out why we're losing the Iran war and are going to fix the problem once and for all.
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Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Imagine having all the information in the world literally at your fingertips and instead of asking "I wonder why this is so; I'll spend a few minutes looking it up and learn something" you say "NO. I PREFER BEING TOLD LIES THAT TERRIFY ME."
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Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Yeah, hard to say what the limits are while Calvinball rules are in play.
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Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
POTUS should order the US shipbuilding industry to make submarine oil tankers immediately. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Straight Arrow @san.com · 17/09/2026
The D.C. Police Union filed a complaint against the department after internal affairs used Flock cameras to track officers suspected of misconduct. san.com/cc/union-cri...
Union cries foul after DC police use Flock cameras to track cops accused of misconduct
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Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
right on
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Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
my wife sent me this pic from costco and I briefly lost my mind until she clarified that $15 is for four packs that size, which are glued together in a stack Inflation is bad enough without scaring me!
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