Christopher Owens
@scavamungus.bsky.social
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History, economics, electronics, http://cypress.io Occasional sailor Test automation grayhair. Manufacturing and software Quality IT Principal Consultant in Quality Greater Houston area
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So Chris, what brings you to Bluesky?
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No. My love for Kraftwerk only waxes year by year.
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ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER was my first “Steely Dan will start speaking to you at a certain age” moment, despite my best efforts resisting it for years
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how remarkable that I've lived to an age where I have opinions about william of orange
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holy mackerel! or sturgeon or whatever it is!
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His definition of peace is very unusual.
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you can literally spend an infinite amount of time on one tree, which really affects your output :)
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is it really that cold in NYC already
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Flu and COVID a few weeks ago made me wish I'd taken the next day off. Sending good vibes.
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wow huge news, it looks like Texas has forked the #NashvilleHotChicken repo and we're working in our own branch now
A fast food box with checkboxes for the preparer to indicate the contents. The selected box is "TX HOT CHICKEN"
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shout out to quantum-grammar russ
screenshot of the linked document with the text highlighted: "Use of unusual capitalisation or punctuation when writing your name does not change this."
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I gotta try that fuzzy skin. Maybe next time I print out a phone case!
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Working on my theory that my company is trying to reduce health insurance costs by giving employees heavier laptops.
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Dear Adrienne, based on a study of over 3000 engineers and architects, Richard Gage AIA is only 24% dynamic. Due to our stringent audience requirements, Reimagining Liberty can only feature guests more than 75% dynamic. We are willing to reconsider after an accredited dynamism training course.
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I would say over the course of my life, when I have been offered the choice, I almost always wish I had remained in ignorance.
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The percentage of humans on this planet who might get this joke is very small. I'm glad I found it.
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I have this shirt for the same reason
black t-shirt with an ADSR envelope graphed on the front
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It's probably too low for me to be happy with in my aged state. Can you imagine I used to have a Datsun 240Z? That thing was like 3 inches off the ground. These days I'd have to park in whatever spot allowed me to crawl out of the driver's seat.
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It's not bad. I wouldn't mind getting one for my next rental!
Cardle results: first guess missed make model and year. 2nd guess: got all three.
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I'm afraid to ask what the small ridiculous charge is.
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Two key concepts in modern UI design are discoverability and delight. Both are present when a user needs a feature, looks for it, finds it, and is able to use it.

Thus, the rubric for good UI is your users saying things like "WTF this screen scrolls? And there's a bunch more options down here?"
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I didn't want to believe that a marque like this would make such a peculiar looking front end.
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love taking off in my experimental rocket jet with my good friend, a full tank of LOX! ❤️