Two of us in my GoT watching group read the spoilers ahead of time and we made the executive decision to skip the last scene of the show. Good on the writers to back load that so it was more skippable.

This one’s my dad’s EDC, and I’m mildly jealous. It’s a bit fatter in the pocket than I’d like these days, but it feels SOLID, and the caribener/bottle opener clip is clever and slots fully out of the way when you don’t need it. Pretty sure I got it for him in a box set at Coscto with some sort of minitool a couple…

Not a fan of this one. It feels great, but the frame lock tends to lose its locking ability over time, and after the 3rd time it unlocked and bit the backs of my fingers, I decomissioned it in favor of an inexpensive-but-beefy Coast DX340 with a liner lock and secondary back lock. Not my favorite, but it’ll tide me…

I’m not sure modifying the input/output data the ECU works with would count since you’re not altering or even viewing the source code. If you knew what the code was and then built a cold air or ram air intake that specifically tricked the ECU into doing something, that might be actionable because it would involve the…

I worked a university IT job where we all had free counseling as a benefit because it wasn't uncommon for us to run across child porn while working on student and staff machines.

In Portland, it’s, “Well THAT’S interesting.”

The Lyme Disease conspiracy theory is so bugfuck bonkers. I read about it ages ago while living with an epidemiologist, and then picked the thread up a decade later when a friend of mine contracted the disease. (He later killed himself due to the neurological changes and chronic pain...this shit is no joke.)

I dealt with this after a friend's brother passed away unexpectedly. Apple has no process in place for accessing a deceased person's devices or accounts.

I worked at a law firm where our sole HR/personnel manager left abruptly, and his replacement went on maternity leave the day after she moved into his office.

I really like Natalia Kills's music :1 Been a fan for years.

My dad says it, occasionally, and as ironically as the most unironic human on earth can muster.

Geezus, I'm still in the greys?

I wasn't in the hotel when this happened, thank heavens, but I can only imagine the Yelp reviews from the people in the room at the time.

Rob: Portland: "We didn't invent anything, but we made it extra organic and pretentious as hell."

Happened to one of my English teachers. Super early in the morning, she's stopped at a 4-way intersection, and a deer launches out of the darkness, body-slams her car, hooks the driver's side mirror on his antlers, and runs away with it.

Sweet merciful fuck.

Fuck windshield visors.

In rural areas (specifically dirt roads in Montana, but I've noticed it in Oregon as well if I'm far enough from the city), we often raise a few fingers off the steering wheel in greeting when passing in opposite directions. I'm not sure why, because I've never discussed it with anyone and no one taught me to do it,…

I had that experience going thru extremely bad weather in a caravan of strangers. I felt like we should have pulled over for a hug and a beer after surviving, but we just peeled off in our various directions and went on our ways.

Sounds like a worse version of the time my college cafeteria served us Hindu Beef...