Reach for the Stars @antares@qoto.org

@nicholas_saunders @1dalm Nope, I'm right there with you. Every decent story will have some truly abhorrent characters and many will have characters with questionable moral values. It seems that there are some people who will project their own ideas of who is being targeted by the alleged allegory, and they are rarely ever as right as they feel.

Since I seem to be into quoting famous fiction this evening (PST) "Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.
BY ORDER OF THE AUTHOR" - Mark Twain

@1dalm

"What a lot of things you do use Good [day] for!" said Gandalf. "Now you mean that you want to get rid of me, and that it won't be good till I move off.”

@nicholas_saunders

I am gong to start a #turkey #flamewar:

Ignore the [Dry Turkey Squad](https://www.fda.gov/food) and keep breast meat just under 160 F. to do this you will need to pull that bird at no hotter than 155. It will bounce at least 5 degrees. Let the Turkey rest for 20-30 minutes before carving and serving.

The worst thing you can do is trust that stupid pop out thermometer many turkeys come with. It is "set for 175 because it has an accuracy of +/- 10 degrees and it cannot ever go off lower than 165 (see aforementioned Dry Turkey Squad).

Finally cook your Turkey "upside down" with the Legs and thighs facing the top of the oven. Thigh meat will still be juicy at 170 and doesn't suffer as much from the high thermal radiation from the top of the oven. If presentation is critical turn it over for the last 15 minutes and coat liberally with butter to get the skin to brown.

#ChristmasDinner

@Wolven So help me out here. A [group of disability rights advocates](https://www.washingtongroup-disability.com/) including many people with actual disabilities developed a more nuanced set of questions that align with how disability is surveyed internationally, and that is bad because a simplistic summary of the data would show fewer people in an already poorly defined "disabled" categorization? Why is it not better to have better, more detailed, more comparable data and make the conversation about how we address the challenges that this data will show?

@cazabon @erinwhalen But there will be Hydrogen #HFEV there to save the day. Isn't that right @Hypx ? I mean sure we've gotten electricity just about everywhere and can't even get Hydrogen to the LA basin consistently, but I'm sure it will make it to the far reaches of Canada in a decade, yes?

@KimPerales The obvious solution to this is to end selective service requirements. Would also address the gender discrimination inherent in that system. If there are not enough volunteers to fight your petty overseas war than it is not worth fighting.

@GottaLaff That IDF has rules of engagement besides "Revenge!! Kill the all!!" is new to me.

@riggbeck

Heartless NYC vandals desecrate Queens church nativity scene

https://nypost.com/2023/01/07/nyc-vandals-desecrate-queens-church-christmas-nativity-scene/

@flexghost

@georgetakei Didn't Don Jr. and Evanka Trump have to testify behind closed doors during the House's impeachment investigation into former Pres. Trump? What is different here?

@RepShontelBrown Isn't that true of any impeachment where there is no chance of it being sustained in the Senate. I guess I think all 4 were political stunts because none of them succeeded or really had any chance at succeeding. All were done to make political points.

Oh my goodness. [Little Bobby Tables][2] is all grown up and has started his own company.

[Company forced to change name that could be used to hack websites][1]

#opsec #sql #humor #SanitizeYourInputs

[1]: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/nov/06/companies-house-forces-business-name-change-to-prevent-security-risk

[2]: https://xkcd.com/327/

@laurahelmuth And here we were just commenting on the proficiency of our current crop of barn cats at keeping the rodents out of the feed stores. I know some people like their snake colony for that, but the cats are friendly and not as prone to sleep through the winter.

Oops, the price of eggs has gotten too low again. Time to manufacture a shortage. EggPEC to the rescue.

@mikemathia But I have seen the true horror of a "real database" set up by the CS intern as a two-week project with a UI hacked together in badly commented PHP. We have learned not to ask for a "real database" from management ever again.