Ian Sammis
@isammis.bsky.social
Low-level tech peon; I've also physicsed, written, mathed, and arted for food.
It also does come up at protests, from me and from others.
November 26, 2025 at 5:20 AM
It also does come up at protests, from me and from others.
Sympathy from Coraline and Tortuga.
November 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Sympathy from Coraline and Tortuga.
YAY!
So much to read now…
So much to read now…
November 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM
YAY!
So much to read now…
So much to read now…
And, for the record, I should be at no risk of silly zombie endings when I get to these early next week (once Thanksgiving is over down here).
November 24, 2025 at 4:58 AM
And, for the record, I should be at no risk of silly zombie endings when I get to these early next week (once Thanksgiving is over down here).
Fair. This is a really old one, but I love how it came out.
(C code, some massaging of the output.)
(C code, some massaging of the output.)
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Fair. This is a really old one, but I love how it came out.
(C code, some massaging of the output.)
(C code, some massaging of the output.)
San Francisco skyline, in the late afternoon.
October 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
San Francisco skyline, in the late afternoon.
Oy. Let's try that again.
Got a whole series of ferry and cab updates from my daughter as she headed to my brother's house for Thanksgiving.
She was deeply amused that this bus was dutifully letting everyone know it was out of service.
Got a whole series of ferry and cab updates from my daughter as she headed to my brother's house for Thanksgiving.
She was deeply amused that this bus was dutifully letting everyone know it was out of service.
October 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Oy. Let's try that again.
Got a whole series of ferry and cab updates from my daughter as she headed to my brother's house for Thanksgiving.
She was deeply amused that this bus was dutifully letting everyone know it was out of service.
Got a whole series of ferry and cab updates from my daughter as she headed to my brother's house for Thanksgiving.
She was deeply amused that this bus was dutifully letting everyone know it was out of service.
Got a whole series of ferry and cab updates from my daughter as she headed to my brother's house for Thanksgiving.
October 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Got a whole series of ferry and cab updates from my daughter as she headed to my brother's house for Thanksgiving.
Post a movie you love with a terrible Rotten Tomatoes score.
I can’t defend it, except that it’s somehow more ‘80s SoCal than actual ‘80s SoCal.
I can’t defend it, except that it’s somehow more ‘80s SoCal than actual ‘80s SoCal.
September 17, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Post a movie you love with a terrible Rotten Tomatoes score.
I can’t defend it, except that it’s somehow more ‘80s SoCal than actual ‘80s SoCal.
I can’t defend it, except that it’s somehow more ‘80s SoCal than actual ‘80s SoCal.
Feeling very sorry for the BC Ferries captain making the final announcements for this crossing, which are starting to verge on “Will you idiots get the fuck off of my boat.”
September 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Feeling very sorry for the BC Ferries captain making the final announcements for this crossing, which are starting to verge on “Will you idiots get the fuck off of my boat.”
Look, Duolingo. I admire you for branching out into Math.
That said…
You CANNOT multiply a temperature by a number and get a meaningful result unless the temperature is in Kelvin.
And unless this is some space frog, it just ain’t.
That said…
You CANNOT multiply a temperature by a number and get a meaningful result unless the temperature is in Kelvin.
And unless this is some space frog, it just ain’t.
September 3, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Look, Duolingo. I admire you for branching out into Math.
That said…
You CANNOT multiply a temperature by a number and get a meaningful result unless the temperature is in Kelvin.
And unless this is some space frog, it just ain’t.
That said…
You CANNOT multiply a temperature by a number and get a meaningful result unless the temperature is in Kelvin.
And unless this is some space frog, it just ain’t.
![Text from The Naked Time, Star Trek:
KIRK: At least try cutting him off!
UHURA: Sir, if I could cut him off, don't you think I RILEY [OC]: I'll take you home again Kathleen
UHURA: Yes, sir. I'll keep trying.
KIRK: Sorry.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:usueormkpqkn7rkpop2bu7x5/bafkreidqzgn6agxbllaywto2cee7p57pprexkulxrpfwnxzlfjpsssrbbu@jpeg)
![Part of the script of The Naked Time episode of Star Trek TOS.
KIRK: At least try cutting him off.
UHURA: Sir, if I could cut him off, don’t you think I
RILEY: [OC] I’ll take you home again Kathleen
UHURA: Yes, sir, I’ll keep trying
KIRK: Sorry](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:usueormkpqkn7rkpop2bu7x5/bafkreidiemnuqialisf67jukopfgd6ucetiasiy7kca325gs33r3keywwq@jpeg)
Day 4 on The Canadian: British Columbia.
We reach Vancouver tomorrow morning.
We reach Vancouver tomorrow morning.
July 12, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Day 4 on The Canadian: British Columbia.
We reach Vancouver tomorrow morning.
We reach Vancouver tomorrow morning.
Day 3 on the Canadian: rural Saskatchewan. It’s smoky—best of luck to the firefighters working the wildfires.
(Day 2 looked a lot like day 1. Ontario is unthinkably vast.)
(Day 2 looked a lot like day 1. Ontario is unthinkably vast.)
July 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Day 3 on the Canadian: rural Saskatchewan. It’s smoky—best of luck to the firefighters working the wildfires.
(Day 2 looked a lot like day 1. Ontario is unthinkably vast.)
(Day 2 looked a lot like day 1. Ontario is unthinkably vast.)
Day 1 on the Canadian. Apparently once you get north of the peninsula Ontario is like 100% pretty lakes.
July 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Day 1 on the Canadian. Apparently once you get north of the peninsula Ontario is like 100% pretty lakes.
Back in Toronto—tomorrow we board the train to Vancouver.
July 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Back in Toronto—tomorrow we board the train to Vancouver.
Playing tourist in Canada
July 7, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Playing tourist in Canada
Doing the exact opposite, though, is a great idea.
July 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Doing the exact opposite, though, is a great idea.
Off to Canada in two days for our 30th anniversary. Got my computer loaded up with appropriate literature for the trip.
July 5, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Off to Canada in two days for our 30th anniversary. Got my computer loaded up with appropriate literature for the trip.
June 14, 2025 at 8:53 AM
If you see this, quote with the energy you bring to bluesky.
May 17, 2025 at 4:56 AM
If you see this, quote with the energy you bring to bluesky.
Without comment, text from A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett.
May 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Without comment, text from A Hat Full of Sky by Terry Pratchett.
The Southern Gulf Islands, British Columbia.
April 20, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The Southern Gulf Islands, British Columbia.
It wasn’t just me!
(Not bad for Fremont, California which isn’t anywhere near the Canadian border.)
(Not bad for Fremont, California which isn’t anywhere near the Canadian border.)
April 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
It wasn’t just me!
(Not bad for Fremont, California which isn’t anywhere near the Canadian border.)
(Not bad for Fremont, California which isn’t anywhere near the Canadian border.)