Steve Downey

@sdowney.org

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Professional C++ nerd. I worked to make optional<T&> happen. Working to make Text less bad in C++. Whole person, not a brand. Posts about politics, software, books... Software engineer at Bloomberg LP Views are my own he/him @sdowney@mastodon.social

View from the walls, outward
Map of the difference between local and official standard time. Darker is higher difference. Red/blue coincidence, but now I wonder...
Incomprehensible scrawl, blue/red sheen ink, fine nib.
An ink stained wretch showing off his finger stains.
The chaos and order of the logistic map. The long term behavior of P_t+1 = r P_t (1 - P_t) Strong order is always right next to unpredictable behavior.
Kermit Born in the USA (The Springsteen Album Cover, with Kermit swapped in, on a T I am wearing)
Majohn P136 Piston filler with windows.
Steve explains Doyalist vs Watsonian explanations in the context of discussing the origins of The Prime Directive, 10 years ago.
My cat Bunny, on my keyboard, behind my chair. She is definitely not happy.
New Lamy AL-STAR Disco colorway.
Dexter Riley, Medfield College Student, accidental subject of terrifying medical experimentation. Documented in - The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969) - Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972) - The Strongest Man in the World (1975)
Before running 3.5 miles
Swatching of Reddit ink project Lady Grey, winning version. Swatching by Nick Stewart
Leather case for notebook. Embossed with a floral pattern.
The Rutles. Although they did release some very good albums without existing?
Data: "I fail to understand why this is amusing."
Magit diff of emacs lisp. With some literal cat walked on keyboard edit.
Long term price of BIRD. It started at 300 and rose to over 500.
Ed Speelers Wondering why you want to punch him for just standing there smirking at you.
Buddy Christ.
Laptops, cables, keyboards, monitor, Ethernet router, wifi router, oh my!
Keyboard with switches you can't see that I installed, and key caps you can. Especially the I.
Paywall on the article suggesting charging for things.
White Crocus, and a purple one in the background.
Loki, on alert for signs of something being up. Loki is a sweetheart with resting muderface and swagger to protec his smaller brother Fynn.
Slice Micro Safety Cutter It doesn't look like it ought to work, but does so much better than it has any right to, and doesn't cut skin.
Close up of Akko Penguin switch mounted in its socket.
A sphere of ice with air underneath. Sparkling cherry water poured in, and the air bubbles up .
Lorne Teitelbaum M42 Orion Nebula
Map of difference between solar time and official clock time. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solar_time_vs_standard_time.png
A large collection of single socks. There are no matches, just some close ones.
Red marker at Chappaqua. Blue dot at my office. Zoomed out to see more of New York State.
Cast of "Spaced"
Cm and white drawing of a warrior fighting a skeleton. What are the four core character classes? Wrong answers only.
[Four full-width panels arranged vertically, each with a label for number of hours elapsed, with a title above the stack of panels.] Title: As a project wears on, standards for success slip lower and lower. [Megan is standing behind Cueball, watching him as he sits at a desk working on a desktop computer on the desk.] Label: 0 hours Cueball: Okay, I should be able to pop dual-boot BSD soon. [Cueball is on the floor fiddling with the open tower in front of him. Megan is not shown in the panel, but may be off-panel unless Cueball is talking to himself.] Label: 6 hours Cueball: I'll be happy if I can get the system working like it was when I started. [Cueball is standing in front of the computer, which now has a laptop plugged into the tower. Megan is still not shown in the panel, but may be off-panel again.] Label: 10 hours Cueball: Well, the desktop's a lost cause, but I think I can fix the problems the laptop's developed. [Cueball and Megan are swimming in the sea; an island and a beach can be seen in the distance.] Label: 24 hours Cueball: If we're lucky, the sharks will stay away until we reach shallow water. Megan: If we make it back alive, you're never upgrading anything again.
Image of the combat rules _Chainmail_ that worked together with the original beige book D&D set. Not my copy, which is somewhere in the basement I am sure.
Back patio, snow has blown off part of it, but there is a several foot high drift between the house and the fence.
Fynn, the cat being described. A handsome orange tabby cat who radiates carefully small kitten energy.
That's a bold strategy Cotton, let's see if it pays off for him. Sarcasm from _Dodgeball_.
The Treachery of Images - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treachery_of_Images The Treachery of Images (French: La Trahison des images) is a 1929 painting by Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte. It is also known as This Is Not a Pipe,[2] Ceci n'est pas une pipe[2] and The Wind and the Song.[3]
US Dollar - Euro cross rate, intra day price. Sharp drop just after 10:00 am is the Supreme Court news on Trump tariffs being unlawful.
Will Farrell in Anchorman "I don't believe you." And then lighting and smoking a cigarette.
David Tennant as the 10th Doctor MEME caption Internal Screaming Intensifies
Ron has a permit to slaughter the pig.
Cats on cat tree. Fynn (orange cat top left), Calcifer (orange and white kitten/cat top right), and Bubba (Large grey lump in middle) all watching Loki (cat in basket)
My orange cat Loki hanging on the edge of a hanging cat basket snorting catnip, while Fynn and Bubba observe. They have their own catnip, but are sitting on it, like respectable cats.
Charles Stross _The Regicide Report _
Settings Notifications Manage updates you get from Google Google Assistant Manage settings for Google Assistant Gemini Manage settings for Gemini, your Al assistant Voice Voices, offline speech recognition Customize Search widget Change colors and transparency Customize Pixel Search Box Al Mode shortcut Other settings Language, autocomplete, autoplay About App version, terms, policies
Bunny. Who is pointedly ignoring me after I would not let her sit on either the keyboard or mouse.
A Query contains non-printing unicode characters repo: bemanproject/infra /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Pull requests Suggestion: repo: bemanproject/infra.............///////
Cueball: HISTORICALLY, IT REFERS TO A CEREMONY TO PREDICT THE WEATHER USING A RODENT. Cueball: BUT NOWADAYS PEOPLE OFTEN USE IT TO MEAN "A TIME LOOP EXPERIENCED BY ONE PERSON." BlackHat: ...WHAT. Caption: EASILY OUR WEIRDEST HOLIDAY. title: "Originally, the ceremony used a variety of rodents and mustelids, but over time most people agreed it made sense to standardize on a specific individual ground squirrel in Pennsylvania."
A smiling young boy in a sweater and sneakers in a New York City public park on a jungle gym on asphalt. A parent has taken this photo of the unsafe behavior.
Build of a small project visualized with the new CMake instrumentation tools.
THIS CITY IS BEING OVERRUN BY CRIMINALS, ALFRED. I HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. INDEED, MASTER BRUCE. IT'S SO WONDERFUL OF YOU TO WISH TO BRING YOUR CONSIDERABLE WEALTH AND RESOURCES TO BEAR ON SUCH A VITAL ISSUE. PLUS, OF COURSE, THE PLAIN FACT THAT YOU ARE ONE OF THE CLEVEREST MEN I HAVE EVER KNOWN. I'M SURE YOU WILL MAKE GREAT STRIDES IN TACKLING THIS SOCIAL ILL. A PRINCIPLED PUBLIC STANCE WILL SURELY IMPRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MATTER ONTO YOUR COLLEAGUES IN THE BUSINESS WORLD. WILL YOU GO SO FAR AS TO INVOLVE YOURSELF IN CITY GOVERNMENT? OR PERHAPS SET UP AN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAM IN POVERTY-STRICKEN NEIGHBORHOODS? I WANT TO DRESS IN A BAT COSTUME AND PUNCH INDIVIDUAL MUGGERS. WAIT! NO! HAHA, SIR, I WAS ABOUT TO SAY-- FIRST I HAVE TO BUILD A WEIRD CAR.
Image from "Frederick"
The result, partly eaten.
Plated dinner, as described.
Cooked chicken roll ups.