@Midge I want to quote-toot this with "don't make me tap the sign again"
@e_er1n @Citizenkahn @Impossible_PhD Former michigander here and I can confirm that is the correct translation of "si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice"
@suricrasia not like this
@leopardboy @abr Sure did! :D
Years ago, I got my wife one of those hoodies with the giant pocket meant for carrying a cat. So, just now, down the stairs she comes with Anchovy in that pocket. Looked pretty cozy.
With me is the orange gang, in various spots on the couch. Cosmo looks up at her and yawns. Catsby sits up and makes a move on my dinner plate (we had burgers). Cheddars, in my lap, stretches out a paw.
Anchovy looks kind of stressed and lets out a real loud meow / growl at these three. Cosmo yawns again and blinks. The other two seem similarly non-plussed. Anchovy yowls some more.
The girl heads back upstairs with Anchovy, since she seems not chill with all this. I didn't manage to get any pictures.
I really thought these three would be total territorial jerks, but they seem unexpectedly chill with the sudden appearance of a 4th cat
Pictures of the cat introduction aftermath (with bonus bunnies)
@SerenaTiede @jacqueline instructions unclear, current status is looking up a chowder recipe for all these clams I fabricated
@kusuriya @thegibson Reminds me, I still need to get that as a tattoo
@chrisisgr8 oh dang that’s kinda vile
@recursive @vaurorapub I’m up to a bit under 14 years of working from home. COVID shook things up, but I did have that 2-4 team or all-hands meetup thing happening every year and it was nice.
I only ever worked a few times in open offices and I can’t even imagine what it would take to convince me to go back to one
@thomasfuchs Aw man, I'm only at 15 CRTs I think
Had a pest guy over and I think we discovered a) that the attic turds were most likely from squirrels (not rats) and b) when we got a new roof last year, the roofers left two fist-sized holes that lead right into the attic from outside.
Luckily, it seems like the critter came in, looked around, pooped a little, then left without setting up shop. We're thinking maybe they wandered in during the below-freezing days in December. Going to seal up those holes and hope no one else tries to get in.
@lori Well, we have a bit of a squirrel diner in back where we supply them with nuts & seeds, but we'd kinda prefer they not get in the house proper. But still, yeah, we're pretty indulgent of the squirrels here and sweaters don't sound entirely objectionable.
So I've been trying out Toot! as a Mastodon client on my phone. One of its notification sounds is like a trumpet sound. I forgot I had notifications turned on, so I experienced a vibrating "BROMPH!" in my pocket and jumped.
Like, I'm used to my phone vibrating, I'm used to little ding sounds or my own custom star trek crap. For some reason a tiny vibrating trumpet in my pocket exceeded my expectations
@earthshine (points at CSV file) database
@Lrrr I've had a few interviews where it was less live coding and more "let's pair & talk through the problem & maybe write some code" - those weren't too bad, even if I really dislike pairing.
I had one where they wanted me to live-code a linked list and a quicksort. Thankfully I wasn't desperate for the job. So, I said okay I think we're done for today, because I don't want to join a team that reimplements compsci 101 algorithms.
They were like no, no we don't do that, this is a test for you. And I said yeah, I understood that - but this is me asking you to get serious and actually show me what you folks do, we're testing each other.
I... didn't hear from them again
(also I don't usually have the gumption to do that sort of thing, but I was really done with the whole process at that point)
@unormal whoa. this is very specific and also personally relatable