Dean W. Armstrong
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December 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM
last 12 days to see my game handiwork: www.lib.uchicago.edu/about/news/c... closes Dec. 12th.
(how the day is going) well, I think I'll go back to putting my Flintstone vitamin results into a spreadsheet
December 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
(how the day is going) well, I think I'll go back to putting my Flintstone vitamin results into a spreadsheet
"and more customers are gravitating toward less-costly cars such as the pint-size Chevrolet Trax".
It's a SUV. What world are we living in.
It's a SUV. What world are we living in.
December 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"and more customers are gravitating toward less-costly cars such as the pint-size Chevrolet Trax".
It's a SUV. What world are we living in.
It's a SUV. What world are we living in.
Time to check up on my fleece-lined jeans
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 17.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 6.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 17.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 6.
November 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Time to check up on my fleece-lined jeans
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 17.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 6.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 17.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 6.
You want to hear about being behind? I'm on Eastern Time and I haven't finished my morning coffee.
November 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
You want to hear about being behind? I'm on Eastern Time and I haven't finished my morning coffee.
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
Lulz 4th Crowdstrike alert (and I get 2 emails per alert) in a couple of days for Roblox
November 25, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Lulz 4th Crowdstrike alert (and I get 2 emails per alert) in a couple of days for Roblox
Reposted by Dean W. Armstrong
do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
#Finland will begin to #Russia - proof its rail network, integrate with EU train infrastructure.
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
That makes more sense for tomorrow's game than slicing through Michigan Ave and scaring all the kids. Would still be impressive!
November 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
That makes more sense for tomorrow's game than slicing through Michigan Ave and scaring all the kids. Would still be impressive!
It's the Blue Angels. I don't know what for.
November 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
It's the Blue Angels. I don't know what for.
IonQ Center for Engineering and Science. 1st corporate naming?
November 22, 2025 at 1:49 AM
IonQ Center for Engineering and Science. 1st corporate naming?
8-11-62 RAS Logbook:
...
Further investigations indicate that the irradiated
roof is not the observatory roof. (According to the
University radiation protection officer. Further inquiries
should be made about the sign. The beam has been on
during spring quarter. So there.
...
Further investigations indicate that the irradiated
roof is not the observatory roof. (According to the
University radiation protection officer. Further inquiries
should be made about the sign. The beam has been on
during spring quarter. So there.
November 21, 2025 at 11:16 PM
8-11-62 RAS Logbook:
...
Further investigations indicate that the irradiated
roof is not the observatory roof. (According to the
University radiation protection officer. Further inquiries
should be made about the sign. The beam has been on
during spring quarter. So there.
...
Further investigations indicate that the irradiated
roof is not the observatory roof. (According to the
University radiation protection officer. Further inquiries
should be made about the sign. The beam has been on
during spring quarter. So there.
A number of AT&T phones are not working in Hyde Park right now
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A number of AT&T phones are not working in Hyde Park right now
Subject: Scavenger Hunt help needed
Date: Fri, 05 May 95 16:13:21
I need some brave souls to help the Ryerson Astronomical
Society perform our pivotal performance at the judging: An
interpretative dance of the Comet/Jupiter Collision. Anyone who wants to help can contact me via e-mail or call me..
Date: Fri, 05 May 95 16:13:21
I need some brave souls to help the Ryerson Astronomical
Society perform our pivotal performance at the judging: An
interpretative dance of the Comet/Jupiter Collision. Anyone who wants to help can contact me via e-mail or call me..
November 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Subject: Scavenger Hunt help needed
Date: Fri, 05 May 95 16:13:21
I need some brave souls to help the Ryerson Astronomical
Society perform our pivotal performance at the judging: An
interpretative dance of the Comet/Jupiter Collision. Anyone who wants to help can contact me via e-mail or call me..
Date: Fri, 05 May 95 16:13:21
I need some brave souls to help the Ryerson Astronomical
Society perform our pivotal performance at the judging: An
interpretative dance of the Comet/Jupiter Collision. Anyone who wants to help can contact me via e-mail or call me..
do I know any classicists at UChicago? This Thursday for Year of Games:
events.uchicago.edu/event/255167...
events.uchicago.edu/event/255167...
Plinius adversus Vesuvium at the Library
Vesuvius is erupting! Save the people of Pompeii! Come play Plinius adversus Vesuvium in the next Year Of Games event! A simple pick-up-&a...
events.uchicago.edu
November 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
do I know any classicists at UChicago? This Thursday for Year of Games:
events.uchicago.edu/event/255167...
events.uchicago.edu/event/255167...
Cloudflare -- became almost necessary to use their free tools to defend/keep alive web sites from the aggressive and obsessive bot and AI traffic.
November 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Cloudflare -- became almost necessary to use their free tools to defend/keep alive web sites from the aggressive and obsessive bot and AI traffic.
The International Space Station has a nice pass this evening in Chicago/Great Lakes/Midwest starting at 5:20PM in the SW, rising to the zenith at 5:26, and setting at 5:30 to the NE.
www.heavens-above.com/passdetails....
www.heavens-above.com/passdetails....
ISS - Pass Details
Satellite predictions and other astronomical data customised for your location.
www.heavens-above.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The International Space Station has a nice pass this evening in Chicago/Great Lakes/Midwest starting at 5:20PM in the SW, rising to the zenith at 5:26, and setting at 5:30 to the NE.
www.heavens-above.com/passdetails....
www.heavens-above.com/passdetails....
Good security practice is not to follow random QR codes but why does my tea bag send me to a dodgy named Swiss web site?
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Good security practice is not to follow random QR codes but why does my tea bag send me to a dodgy named Swiss web site?
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I like how full text search of every book and human thought ever was a SOLVED PROBLEM in 2001, and now dicks at search engines and my own phone – a piece of silicon faster to respond than God was ever imagined in scripture – prevent it from working, _as a retroactive infantilizing design choice_.
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I like how full text search of every book and human thought ever was a SOLVED PROBLEM in 2001, and now dicks at search engines and my own phone – a piece of silicon faster to respond than God was ever imagined in scripture – prevent it from working, _as a retroactive infantilizing design choice_.
Much of my work feels like writing IOUs to cover something while another thing is going on
November 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Much of my work feels like writing IOUs to cover something while another thing is going on
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im hearing now, that all the nerds who got their pants pulled down while distracted by the Northern Lights, will be charged as sex offenders
November 12, 2025 at 8:44 AM
im hearing now, that all the nerds who got their pants pulled down while distracted by the Northern Lights, will be charged as sex offenders
Chicago Aurora discord is reporting Aurora viable at the beaches and in Hyde Park
November 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Chicago Aurora discord is reporting Aurora viable at the beaches and in Hyde Park
G4 geomagnetic storm watch for tonight, several strong flares on the sun the past couple of days were pointed in the right direction, and this morning there was a stronger X5 flare. WSA-ENLIL model has impact at 3UT on the 12th, that's 9PM CST. That said a forecast, I wait until Bz <-15nT or more
November 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
G4 geomagnetic storm watch for tonight, several strong flares on the sun the past couple of days were pointed in the right direction, and this morning there was a stronger X5 flare. WSA-ENLIL model has impact at 3UT on the 12th, that's 9PM CST. That said a forecast, I wait until Bz <-15nT or more