Belden Lyman

Husband. Father. Average programmer, slow runner, poor sailor.

[Belden Lyman @belden]

@TillamookDairy Have you ever done a chocolate-orange ice cream?

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@marinwaves I don’t read the “my” in “this my wife/child/dog” in the sense of ownership. It’s in the sense of affiliation: “this is my jam”, “in my hometown” — neither claims ownership of a song, or town.

The tweet you’re responding to argues against a narrow denotation and ignores context.

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Looking at magical “far away dates” in our code, I discover these tidbits:

• we have no records in some table which were created before 1900-01-01

• that same table has no records created after 3000-01-01

…I can’t dispute either of those assumptions.

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@panphora https://t.co/KK6s27ixZI is a 404

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An Editorial Correction: Eight. Fucking. Times.

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Area Man Has Bitten The Same Part Of His Cheek Seven Goddamn Times Now And Is Considering Some Sort Of Surgery, Ouch Ouch Damn Ouch Shit Damn Ouch

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@turtlefur I like your products and prefer to purchase direct from manufacturers vs giving Amazon their cut, but honestly, TEN emails is excessive.

Five of these are marketing follow-up.

My 2 items came in a single mailed package; why send 2 shipping emails?

SUBSCRIPTION?!

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Ok maybe I don’t need a new HDMI cable because @BlueJeansCable has an article https://t.co/uWQnrNN56P saying “Hey dummy you probably don’t need this”, BUT they fail to say “It’s dumb to make a vanity purchase of an HDMI cable just because we use @BeldenInc” so maybe it’s okay

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.@BlueJeansCable Looks like I need to upgrade all my HDMI cables https://t.co/F9WCr0qvmP // @BeldenInc

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Oh shit and my cat6 cables too https://t.co/HV5e5jaSwn

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@vailmtn Please renew your domain https://t.co/h1HskeKIEI - transactional emails that you’re sending contain links to that domain, which is not available.

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Using the internet these days:

*body does a weird*

*google symptom*

webmd> You have cancer!!!

*ahh, good, it’s obviously nothing*

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.@Codecademy When I go to sign up and use GitHub as an oauth provider, why do you request such a large scope: to read and write all of my repositories?!

That’s INSANE!!1!!11

Signing in with Google has a much more sensible scope: know my name, email address, and profile picture.

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I asked @OpenAI ‘s ChatGPT to show me a map of the United States

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The new 2024 Dungeons and Dragons Player’s Handbook doesn’t include a humorous italicized Disclaimer on the copyright page. Legacy #dnd5e had just an extra touch of humor, pity it’s missing now.

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@svetlania are you working on a fifth book? My kids love “Brave”, “Crush”, “Awkward”, and “Enemies”

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The crust of the bread is not some magical nutrient-dense peel, like an apple or potato. There aren’t extra vitamins hiding in it.

The crust is just the inside of the bread with a suntan.

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@raakhus @UjuAnya @heymrsbond I’ve never thought about why I think education is intrinsically valuable but this nailed it perfectly for me.

Great find.

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This burrito is so bad that even though it’s wrapped in foil I’m eating it with a knife and fork, this thing deserves no respect from me

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Finished “Even Though I Knew The End” by @clpolk today - what a great ride that was, a perfect story. Can’t wait to read more!