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Andrew Reid
@reidac.bsky.social
Scientist, cyclist, urbanist, Linux and HPC enthusiast.
Washington DC.
It begins....
#sc25
November 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
With alt text.
May 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
What is the point of accumulating arcane knowledge if you can't use it to score points in online word games?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abjad
February 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Reminds me of my favorite selection-effect demo.
February 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
From 2010, I think:
February 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Replying rather than quote-posting, on account of I only have one orange car in my camera roll.

It's kind of a banger, though.
January 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Is the NYT trying to tell me something?
January 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Name a TV show you are positive no one remembers but you.
November 22, 2024 at 8:18 PM
There's a racecar at the Valvoline booth. Also, there is a Valvoline booth.
November 20, 2024 at 6:28 PM
The Economist(tm) app is getting a bit too spooky for my tastes...
October 29, 2024 at 12:27 AM
If you see this, post a picture taken in the mountains.

Castle Mountain, between Banff and Lake Louise, Alberta, taken through wildfire smoke, August 2015.
October 28, 2024 at 1:46 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,059,248!

I mean, it's not as impressive as some, but it was before it was opened up generally, so there's that. I was also able to pay it forward at least once during the beta.
September 16, 2024 at 11:06 PM
Got my own AI hallucination!

Watching "Angry Red Planet", and was curious about the computer.

Googled, and got an AI summary (screenshot), including "probably an illustion", apparently sourced from the linked article, which is snarking on Wikipedia time estimates.

smartbear.com/blog/2013/a-...
July 7, 2024 at 12:50 AM
If you see this, quote post with a beach photo from your gallery.
June 17, 2024 at 1:51 AM
Drop a ship that's not from Star Wars or Star Trek.
March 17, 2024 at 12:34 AM