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Old computer guy. Learned Fortran on IBM 360 using punch cards. Built databases using VSAM.

New comic: Name that Bellicose Babbler

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Please remember OPM has already been hacked and lost sensitive personal information.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Office_of_Personnel_Management_data_breach

2015 Office of Personnel Management data breach - Wikipedia

If you dare to suggest that Suzie is not the real Bluebird of Happiness, she will just be happy in a higher octave.
Reggie has now learned to check for forgotten eggs in his basket at the end of his shift.
Cedarbeard the Fierce is more approachable on windy days.
Sometimes I wonder if working from home for so long has turned me into a goblin who cannot be trusted to interact with other people without making it weird. Then I remember that I have always been a goblin who cannot be trusted to interact with other people without making it weird.
*I can remember reading this as a youngster and being deeply impressed with what a dark, biting, science-fictional insight this was
A word from Editor Moonshark about Artemis II
Our resident Carcharodon lunaris weighs in about today's historic launch.
https://arstechnica.com/staff/2026/04/a-word-from-editor-moonshark-about-artemis-ii/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Flying so high like some guy taking meds in the sky, it’s my pass on how to deal with Apple’s Medications feature and changing time zones. https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/03/time-for-your-meds-mr-fleishman/ @sixcolors
Time for your meds, Mr. Fleishman

I have a mostly “love/not-hate” relationship with the Medications feature in the iPhone Health app. Having accrued and had treated a variety of conditions over the years, I found Medica…

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