Reposted by Christopher OwensPaperback Paradise @paperbackparadise.bsky.social · 12/08/2024book 162312571
Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Just 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-yokeen.wikipedia.orgPoka-yoke - Wikipedia 010
Reposted by Christopher OwensTim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever 40118583078
Reposted by Christopher Owensdepths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 02/10/2026d 171219166
Reposted by Christopher OwensHoffman @h0ffman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We 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...youtube.comh0ffman -- Collision Box [Eugatron Soundtrack]YouTube video by Hoffman 02614
Reposted by Christopher OwensSara Cress @saracress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026oh 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... 12211
Reposted by Christopher OwensKirsten Bladh @kerstanley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Why 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. 1836857
Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026i forget, which is the correct holiday to watch Nightmare Before Christmas? 000
Reposted by Christopher OwensJoseph Lorenzo Hall, PhD @josephhall.org · 01/10/2026But 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...prnewswire.comVotingWorks 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.... 1101
Reposted by Christopher Owenslauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 01/10/2026if 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 532084296
Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The 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!" 010
Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula. 000
Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It 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. 100
Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Overheard at work: "You did the right thing, Juan. You don't want to be involved with humanoids." 010
Reposted by Christopher Owenslauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 30/09/2026Had to document this lest it be lost to history 4163942
Reposted by Christopher OwensSam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This 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 401540611
Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026THE PEOPLE DEMAND MORE NIXON'S HEAD IN A JAR www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_99... 110
Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Giving 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! 000
Reposted by Christopher OwensRachel Hallie @dazedrachel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I 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 218614
Reposted by Christopher OwensGood Samaritan @goodsamaritanhq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I 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. 2073606351
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." 000
Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026My new friend ken and his new friend Itty Bitty 010
Reposted by Christopher OwensMicah Lee @micahflee.com · 16/09/2026HaJ3FgupAm8RrDJW3MHgT9X7Ft27eVaD 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. 382530851
Reposted by Christopher OwensBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026People say Bluesky is a bubble, but mostly it's because the entire rest of the internet is an absolute sewerthemomoftheyear.substack.comI’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. 1973395
Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Just start walking. You'll find it eventually. 100
Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Everyone 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. 000
Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Me sometime in the early 90s: "check this out I downloaded something called POV-RAY last night" 000
Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Given 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. 001
Reposted by Christopher OwensRyan North @ryannorth.ca · 23/09/2026Pompeii 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 11767611625
Reposted by Christopher Owenssarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 23/09/2026went to go print my new boarding pass lmao 15235155
Reposted by Christopher OwensBrian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 22/09/2026If only a US senator had agency and the ability to vote in a legislative body on this matter. 416640
Reposted by Christopher Owensr🎃cc🎃 @essencerare.bsky.social · 21/09/2026child: draw a snake me: ok child: draw the snake’s hands me: snakes don’t have hands child: ḑ̸̨̧͚̟̭͖̺̺̖̣̊̋̀͑̉͜r̴̖̜̦̮̺̫̯̺̞͇̦͖̝͍͖̥̊̿͜ͅã̴̡̢̪̤͎̰̤̼̤͍̫͓̬̙̫͈͒̒̃̃̉̍̽̔̈́́͛͑͊͜ͅͅw̷̨̛͖̲̻̤̳̭̖̝͓͎̎̎̀̏͗́͘͜͠ ̵̡͍͍̹͚̦̜̳̤̻̙̼͈̽͘t̶̠̝̜̿̀̀͋͒͋̿̆͂̉̇́͆̐̉̏͑̚͝ḧ̶̨̢̢̧̨̧̛̥̱̣̺͓̦̤̹̼̗͈̻̓̿́͋̌͘͝e̵̬̤͚͓͕̹͙̅͐̅̉͛̍̚͘ͅ ̶̲̘̼̣̞͇̪̫͖̪͛̓͑͆̍́̓̕͜ṣ̸̑̔̈́̈́͑̎͋̈̈́̈̇̚͝ń̷̡̹̟͓̮̝͉͍̹̟̹̩̥̜̦a̶̢̧̨̮̺̳͉̦͗͗̔͂̔̎͐͂̃̔͊̀̉̓̄k̷̨̭͇͖̠̯̝̪͈͚̭̳̤͕̯͓̅̍̈́̅͂̇͑͝ͅe̴̜͆̽̋̆̈́̀͌̐̉̔̆̀’̵̭̳̪̦̰̳͉͓̗̗̪̼̲̻͕̩̮̓̈́̀̓̓͝ͅs̵͙͇̯̱̀ ̵̯̱̘͚̟̥̥̍̚͜͝ȟ̵̥̠͍͕̻̘̘̞͉̂̿̇̿a̴̡̧̙͈̱͍̩̯̝̺͔͓͚͔͈͍͌̽͂̑ͅn̴̛͓̬̩̬̘̟̪̟̰̘̘̞̯̆̇̆̅̔͝ͅd̵̢̡̛͓̬̲̼͍͗͗̂̅̋́͒͒̄̃̆̆̂͂̚͘͘ŝ̵͇͖̞̺̻͚̬͈̥͉ͅ 210617
Reposted by Christopher Owens⚡⚡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...med.stanford.eduHuman brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research findsStanford Health Care delivers the highest levels of care and compassion. SHC treats cancer, heart disease, brain disorders, primary care issues, and many more. 1322612841
Reposted by Christopher OwensJoe Flynn @chinajoeflynn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Throwing out all the Mel Brooks DVDs I bought 25 years ago when I finally realize he's Jewish. 091
Reposted by Christopher OwensMaritime RSS @shipbot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Iran Keeps Up Pressure, Hitting Another Tanker as US Asserts Hormuz is Open Maritime Executive · 21 Sep 2026 #StraitOfHormuz #IranWarmaritime-executive.comIran Keeps Up Pressure, Hitting Another Tanker as US Asserts Hormuz is OpenIran hit another tanker on September 21 in the Strait of Hormuz, causing injuries to two seafarers and maintaining its assertion to have control over... 011
Reposted by Christopher OwensAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Heavy 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. 427522
Reposted by Christopher OwensSam Barlow 🔥 @mrsambarlow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Can we please go back to the old internet where Search was a bunch of efficient SQL queries? Please, I'm so done with this 322534
Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Watching 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!" 000
Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Good news, everybody. They've figured out why we're losing the Iran war and are going to fix the problem once and for all. 000
Reposted by Christopher OwensChristopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Imagine 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." 011
Reposted by Christopher OwensMatt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Yeah, hard to say what the limits are while Calvinball rules are in play. 1391
Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026POTUS should order the US shipbuilding industry to make submarine oil tankers immediately. Thank you for your attention to this matter. 010
Reposted by Christopher OwensStraight Arrow @san.com · 17/09/2026The 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... 263
Christopher Owens @scavamungus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026my 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! 000