Joe Z @underflow.dev · 3hI’m a total amateur. Just looking at the price vs per capita income across the last two decades, many counties keep the same ratio. It doesn’t really say much about causation. 100
Joe Z @underflow.dev · 4hI have a small visualization for it, per county, using Zillow data. underflow.dev/housing/ Income and housing are just so tightly coupled, even when prices fall, income tends to fall, too.underflow.devHousing Price to Income 110
Joe Z @underflow.dev · 10hRecently participated in anti-harassment training at my STEM org. It was good. It did leave me with one question, though. Would management fire Richard Feynman? Or would they bury his very public misogyny, his alleged spousal abuse? Experience tells me the answer. Hopefully I'm wrong. 071
Joe Z @underflow.dev · 21hThat’s just cars now. Along with recording everything you say and everywhere you go. Come to think, that does sound a bit Wes Craven-ish. 001
Joe Z @underflow.dev · 23/09/2026Pawpaw fruit is unusual here, but pawpaw is my kids’ name for their grandpa. Pawpaw pudding took some careful parsing. 010
Joe Z @underflow.dev · 22/09/2026Driving out from Cuba and seeing one man, alone, walking through the desert. (old) Howard Morgan throwing his smile at the end of the weather forecast. (very old) Tire fire in the old volcanoes to see who panics. 130
Joe Z @underflow.dev · 21/09/2026Really interested in your opinion, not just being argumentative: In software, it is rapidly becoming career limiting to not use AI in some capacity. Like, the difference between having a job and not. What is the right path forward there, in your opinion? 100
Joe Z @underflow.dev · 21/09/2026Not a coffee person here, what kind of nuts might go well? Toasted pecans? 110
Joe Z @underflow.dev · 21/09/2026In mild disagreement, I’ve also worked with true believers who gave everything and couldn’t understand those who wanted to be paid. Extremes can be blinding. 230
Joe Z @underflow.dev · 21/09/2026And the cold wet just seeps in everywhere. It’s not even that cold! But so hard to get warm. 010
Joe Z @underflow.dev · 21/09/2026Saw a magnificent group of turkey vultures yesterday, and found out they get three group names: a kettle when flying, a committee when resting, and a wake when feeding. 000
Joe Z @underflow.dev · 14/09/2026He’s actually a reservoir of zoonotic, highly communicable, novel diseases. Stay far away. 030
Joe Z @underflow.dev · 13/09/2026Hey, I built a thing! For fun! US housing prices vs per-capita income at the county level, from 2000 to 2026. Image is for June of 2026. The west is expensive relative to income. Explore and see animations, county, and state level data at underflow.dev/housing 110
Joe Z @underflow.dev · 09/09/2026Fireblight is endemic to my region. How do I safely prune my trees? 020
Joe Z @underflow.dev · 09/09/2026“And many of those employees are thought of as family.” … The cliché is painful in multiple dimensions. 120
Joe Z @underflow.dev · 01/09/2026Science "journalism" articles that are a summary of a summary, and don't contain a link to the original article, are my personal aggravation. 110
Joe Z @underflow.dev · 28/08/2026And now Codex, a dedicated coding tool, wants access to... my music applications and history? Seriously, what? Fuck. Off. 010
Joe Z @underflow.dev · 28/08/2026Day 2 of fasting, for the first time in a while. My liver: hey, where's the sugar, dammit‽ 110
Joe Z @underflow.dev · 27/08/2026So spotify, a distributed mp3 player, now wants access to... my travel plans? And double pinky promises to never share my info? Fuck off. 010
Joe Z @underflow.dev · 21/08/2026It appears to be at m.youtube.com/shorts/CUimQ...m.youtube.comThe Lost Carousel In The Barn #carousel #history #merrygoroundYouTube video by Carousels & Coasters 2140
Joe Z @underflow.dev · 21/08/2026“… I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific.” Sometimes you just take the paycheck. 060
Joe Z @underflow.dev · 13/08/2026That’s a lot of liquid. Might need to give it a try to see how it turns out. 111
Joe Z @underflow.dev · 11/08/2026Quality has dropped far enough at the local Ziggi’s I kind of avoid it now. But you do you. 110
Joe Z @underflow.dev · 11/08/2026The border Aussie dog demanded to go outside at 2am. She happily sprints out to find the imaginary raccoon. So I wait. And wait. Call her. Find my shoes, drag into the yard. She’s sitting on the sand pile, little nubbin of a tail going like mad, happy as can be to have trolled me. #dogs 010
Joe Z @underflow.dev · 05/08/2026Archer thinks walks are for hunting. Holly thinks they’re for finding a shady patch, and maybe some sheep will show up.  010
Joe Z @underflow.dev · 05/08/2026I understand and agree with what you are saying, but, I’m not sure it applies to the self-help genre. And maybe business writing. 000
Joe Z @underflow.dev · 27/07/2026Samely, a browser addon that probes an interface structure, then adds a transforming overlay. At first, the overlay is identical to the initial page. AI injects persistent transforms based on user request: I don't want to see that box. This response should display over here. Block ads like this. 000
Joe Z @underflow.dev · 27/07/2026I've been wondering if there could be hard and soft segments of a system. Hard=backend, API, queues, etc. Soft=front end, user-facing, generally system non-critical, but user-important. AI could, with a pre-built set of skills, iteratively replace the soft components to individual user specs. 100
Joe Z @underflow.dev · 01/07/2026I hope the three installment payments have some significant guarantees, or they’ll end up in court again for somehow forgetting to pay them. 020
Joe Z @underflow.dev · 27/06/2026Long ago, I, a desert lizard, went to U of O for school. 9 months of rain at a time did not agree with me. I think my vitamin D levels went negative. 020
Joe Z @underflow.dev · 27/06/2026At the risk of offending the delicate: you can get colonoscopies without anesthesia. Turns it into a simple morning’s outing with some mild stomach cramps. *Women may feel more pain than men. 000
Joe Z @underflow.dev · 25/06/2026Working jobs while in college had the same effect for me. Deadline pressure becomes omnipresent. Without job: Eh, I have plenty of time, I'll study later... With job: Must study now, because I'm working later. 000
Joe Z @underflow.dev · 21/06/2026Hand on hip, pouting: “Setting you in fire isn’t working at all!” Other guy: “I brought my dynamite!” 000
Reposted by Joe ZAstronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 19/06/2026"Astrophysics research is in trouble". Yup, we've brought in the big guns to #SaveUKAstronomy, particle and nuclear physics! Thank you @drbecky.bsky.social 🙏 📽️: www.youtube.com/shorts/omICc...youtube.comAstrophysics research is in trouble... #shortsYouTube video by Dr. Becky 15419
Joe Z @underflow.dev · 19/06/2026Wife did Jurassic Park up there recently, just had to get the day pass and show up before timed reservations started at 9am. Might be different for Trail Ridge, though. 000
Joe Z @underflow.dev · 19/06/2026Okay, it’s a She-Hulk villain, but I’ve always had a soft spot for DOCTOR BONG! Yes, it’s deeply unserious. 192
Joe Z @underflow.dev · 18/06/2026Props to Joe Fassler, @wcraft.bsky.social, and Andrew Witherspoon writing for @theguardian.com in the US on oil well cleanup. www.theguardian.com/environment/.... Really great article.theguardian.comThere are thousands of dirty old drill sites in Colorado. The state gave oil firms a $1bn passInvestigation reveals regulator let firms off the hook on cleanup bonds despite backlog that will take decades to clear 122
Joe Z @underflow.dev · 13/06/2026Archer the border collie mix tried to flush this rabbit out from under the tree. Alas, it’s a rock. One very sore nose. 010