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Quickdraw

@quickdraw.bsky.social

Not actually ANYONE'S Platoon Sergeant (but I'll try to help anyway). Dadjokes, Venn diagrams, and shreds of other hobbies I rarely have time for. (he/him)

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The Turkish Navy was the first to start designing "motherships." If the USN was smart they'd realize that they already have ships that can do this job without a single design change and they'd just build more amphibs.

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I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility

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1996: can't use the internet without your phone 2010: the internet stretches before you like the vast expanse of a new frontier. You dance through it, unhindered. Unburdened. You have never heard of 2-factor authentication. 2026: can't use the internet without your phone

One under-reported thing about this whole "military testosterone screening" thing is that you practically have to physically threaten a military doctor to get routine age-appropriate bloodwork.

Literally I gave up and paid out of pocket for some stuff just because I'd like a clearer picture of my health, and military medical care in the DC area means I've never seen the same provider twice.

Went up to Baltimore for Sail250, to see and tour the tall ships of various nations. I complimented the Swedish naval academy students on the barcode on the side of their ship. The young Ensign was confused. I explained, "So you can Scandinavian."

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inherent in the idea that one should be on X the Everything App is the idea that Posting is Important. it is to you maybe. but also you're not good at it. i mean look at you. you can't even convince people to go back to X the Everything App. you are not a thought leader

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And we are live! Massive thanks to everyone who contributed to this. Reading your posts made me so much madder than I ever knew was possible

theringer.comThe 40 Most Rage-Inducing Problems in TechThe bugs, broken apps, and nightmare customer-service bots we can't escape, presented as a blessed and sacred addendum to Pope Leo XIV’s new encyclical on AI
Brian Phillips@brianphillips.lol

I'm working on a column about the tech annoyances that drive us crazy, and I want it to be as universal as possible, so tell me yours! E.g. scanning a QR code to read a menu, never receiving the one-time passcode they supposedly texted you, "verify you're human" by IDing tiny motorcycles, etc.

Youngest loves music so I put VLC their phone and we use a converter to get MP3s (protects from youtube rabbitholing). Today they wanted a new tranche of music converted. Says to me, "Please help me install more music on my traffic cone." Reminded me of

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I bought a French duck I was going to cook in a Cantonese-style barbecue sauce; but the duck escaped, covered me in the glaze, and forced me into the oven. I was hoisined by my own canard

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Oh, you mean that someone presented them with a fait accompli and only informed them at the last minute? Can you imagine that? Who would do something like that to a partner?

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For the n=1 case, there exists at least 1 "C" in C5ISRT. Assume that we have created an acronym with n "C"s: C(n)ISRT. This acronym describes a capability that either we or our adversaries must counter, requiring a C(n+1)ISRT to do so. Therefore, it's C∞ISRT. Turtles all the way down.

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Fascinating Bloomberg piece about how AI is used as an excuse for downsizing, but isn't usually the real reason: > “We’re restructuring around AI” is a growth signal. “We over-hired during the pandemic and revenue softened” is an accountability signal. /1

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congrats to the fort mead front office for accepting a new director to train

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social

18 Senate Dems just voted to confirm Trump's NSA director: Baldwin Coons Cortez Masto Fetterman Gillibrand Hassan Heinrich Hirono Kelly King Peters Reed Rosen Schiff Shaheen Slotkin Warner Whitehouse

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Don’t let this get lost in the shuffle.
 
These $1,776 "warrior dividends" weren't bonuses. Trump just stole money out of a fund meant to help our troops find affordable housing.

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