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Girls With Slingshots - GWS Hair of the Dog #732
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The Bipartite Mind 034
Sep. 16th, 2025 10:00 pmgaia_feed[SPOILER] Click here to see my commentary for this page!
My comment for this page from Gaia: sic mundus creatus est:I pestered Powree with an overly detailed description of the mechanism because I had a very clear mental idea regarding its design. I was happy to have found a way to put Kali into the spotlight one last time.
Unfamiliar Terrain (part 1 of 1, complete)
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dialecticdreamerUnfamiliar Terrain
By Dialecticdreamer/Sarah Williams
Part 1 of 1, complete
Word count (story only): 1627
[May 4, 2020, afternoon]
:: Vic is in a strange area, looking for landmarks to keep himself from becoming lost. Instead, he finds items forgotten at a bus stop. Handing them into a nearby business’ lost and found creates an unexpected opportunity. Written for the September of 2025 Magpie Monday, from a prompt suggested byreadera, this story is now revealed to be part of the Edison’s Mirror arc. ::
Vic walked steadily, despite the growing limp and the heavy, stiff feeling in his right knee. He may have wrenched it harder than he’d thought, trying to climb over a fallen evergreen tree on the long walk to the two lane road that hinted at civilization. That was an hour before he found the tiny grocery store, and three hours before he found the current intersection of narrow roads with no shoulders.
At the lonely intersection, a royal blue bus stop sign marked “Route 3” also had two metal seats bolted to it, parallel to the road surface. There was no sidewalk.
( Read more... )
By Dialecticdreamer/Sarah Williams
Part 1 of 1, complete
Word count (story only): 1627
[May 4, 2020, afternoon]
:: Vic is in a strange area, looking for landmarks to keep himself from becoming lost. Instead, he finds items forgotten at a bus stop. Handing them into a nearby business’ lost and found creates an unexpected opportunity. Written for the September of 2025 Magpie Monday, from a prompt suggested by
readera, this story is now revealed to be part of the Edison’s Mirror arc. ::Vic walked steadily, despite the growing limp and the heavy, stiff feeling in his right knee. He may have wrenched it harder than he’d thought, trying to climb over a fallen evergreen tree on the long walk to the two lane road that hinted at civilization. That was an hour before he found the tiny grocery store, and three hours before he found the current intersection of narrow roads with no shoulders.
At the lonely intersection, a royal blue bus stop sign marked “Route 3” also had two metal seats bolted to it, parallel to the road surface. There was no sidewalk.
( Read more... )
Birdfeeding
Sep. 16th, 2025 02:20 pmysabetwordsmithToday is partly sunny and hot.
I fed the birds. I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches.
I put out water for the birds. The honeybees had drained the small metal birdbath again.
EDIT 9/16/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 9/16/25 -- I did more work around the patio.
EDIT 9/16/25 -- I did more work around the patio.
EDIT 9/16/25 -- I did a bit of work around the yard.
EDIT 9/16/25 -- I watered the patio plants and the old picnic table.
EDIT 9/16/25 -- I watered the irises, telephone pole garden, and a few of the savanna seedlings.
EDIT 9/16/25 -- I watered the new picnic table and septic garden.
Cicadas and crickets are singing.
As it is now dark, I am done for the night.
I fed the birds. I've seen a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches.
I put out water for the birds. The honeybees had drained the small metal birdbath again.
EDIT 9/16/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.
EDIT 9/16/25 -- I did more work around the patio.
EDIT 9/16/25 -- I did more work around the patio.
EDIT 9/16/25 -- I did a bit of work around the yard.
EDIT 9/16/25 -- I watered the patio plants and the old picnic table.
EDIT 9/16/25 -- I watered the irises, telephone pole garden, and a few of the savanna seedlings.
EDIT 9/16/25 -- I watered the new picnic table and septic garden.
Cicadas and crickets are singing.
As it is now dark, I am done for the night.
slime park 2-34
Sep. 16th, 2025 05:09 pmpilliadventure_feedtoday is independence day in my country , national hangover day
A question for readers:
Sep. 16th, 2025 11:23 amdialecticdreamerIn starting the next story arc, would readers prefer that I simply number the posts, keep to naming the individual sections, or something else?
I could assemble an index page right away, but it will probably be updated in fits and starts as I have the extra energy to get the HTML put in correctly.
Since this is going to be another 70k of storytelling, AND it ties into a couple of already posted pieces, I'd like readers' input on the best method to keep them motivated and engaged.
I could assemble an index page right away, but it will probably be updated in fits and starts as I have the extra energy to get the HTML put in correctly.
Since this is going to be another 70k of storytelling, AND it ties into a couple of already posted pieces, I'd like readers' input on the best method to keep them motivated and engaged.
Representative Line: Reduced to a Union
Sep. 16th, 2025 06:30 amthe_daily_wtf_feedThe code Clemens M supported worked just fine for ages. And then one day, it broke. It didn't break after a deployment, which implied some other sort of bug. So Clemens dug in, playing the game of "what specific data rows are breaking the UI, and why?"
One of the organizational elements of their system was the idea of "zones". I don't know the specifics of the application as a whole, but we can broadly describe it thus:
The application oversaw the making of widgets. Widgets could be assigned to one or more zones. A finished product requires a set of widgets. Thus, the finished product has a number of zones that's the union of all of the zones of its component widgets.
Which someone decided to handle this way:
zones.reduce((accumulator, currentValue) => accumulator = _.union(currentValue))
So, we reduce across zones (which is an array of arrays, where the innermost arrays contain zone names, like zone-0, zone-1). In each step we union it with… nothing. The LoDash union function expects an array of arrays, and returns an array that's the union of all its inputs. This isn't how that function is meant to be used, but the behavior from this incorrect usage was that accumulator would end up holding the last element in zones. Which actually worked until recently, because until recently no one was splitting products across zones. When all the inputs were in the same zone, grabbing the last one was just fine.
The code had been like this for years. It was only just recently, as the company expanded, that it became problematic. The fix, at least, was easy- drop the reduce and just union correctly.
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I Am Not Set In Stone by Jey Pawlik
Sep. 16th, 2025 07:02 amohjoysextoy_feed
September 16, 2025: A Two-Ingredient Eggsperiment
Sep. 16th, 2025 05:58 amdaily_illuminator_feedI do most of the meal prep at home, so I'm always looking for new and interesting cooking techniques. When I came across José Andrés' two-ingredient omelet recipe (shown prepped by him here on TikTok), I literally dropped what I was doing (which was, um, messing around on the Internet) and tried it: one egg, one tablespoon of mayo, whisk, pour in a buttered dish, microwave about 40 seconds.
Thus, less than three minutes after seeing the recipe, I was eating the recipe.
It was really amazing! It certainly punched above its weight class as far as how much work it took (almost none!) compared with how much flavor it had (lots!).
If you prefer text over video and do an Internet search for "two-ingredient omelet," you'll see a number of articles commenting on the recipe. Here's one from Women's World almost at random. I agree with them that the base is easy enough, but it can benefit from toppings or extra bits. (I added some fake-bacon bits to mine the second time I made it.)
To tie this into gaming: It's a full near-meal that can be prepped in a couple of minutes, making it perfect for a mid-game break. Being quite affordable, you'll have more money for games! And, as French food, it's perfect as a snack, because – to the French – one egg is definitely un œuf.
– Steven Marsh
Warehouse 23 News: The City Never Sleeps Because Of All The Action
There are a million stories in the city, and they're all exciting! GURPS Action 9: The City shows how you can add GURPS City Stats to your GURPS Action campaigns. It also features six sample cities to use with your own action-packed adventures. Download it today from Warehouse 23!
Thus, less than three minutes after seeing the recipe, I was eating the recipe.
It was really amazing! It certainly punched above its weight class as far as how much work it took (almost none!) compared with how much flavor it had (lots!).
If you prefer text over video and do an Internet search for "two-ingredient omelet," you'll see a number of articles commenting on the recipe. Here's one from Women's World almost at random. I agree with them that the base is easy enough, but it can benefit from toppings or extra bits. (I added some fake-bacon bits to mine the second time I made it.)
To tie this into gaming: It's a full near-meal that can be prepped in a couple of minutes, making it perfect for a mid-game break. Being quite affordable, you'll have more money for games! And, as French food, it's perfect as a snack, because – to the French – one egg is definitely un œuf.
– Steven Marsh
Warehouse 23 News: The City Never Sleeps Because Of All The Action
There are a million stories in the city, and they're all exciting! GURPS Action 9: The City shows how you can add GURPS City Stats to your GURPS Action campaigns. It also features six sample cities to use with your own action-packed adventures. Download it today from Warehouse 23!
Definitely birth control
Sep. 16th, 2025 04:01 amdumbingofage_feed
tomorrow’s strip early on patreon
As of this publishing, just 12 hours to go for preordering the Tricerahoodie Dina plushie from Makeship! Everything closes down at noon eastern time! And then she’s gone forever. Grab a preorder before you can’t!
here’s a photo of dina with me at a maryland pitstop
Girls With Slingshots - GWS Hair of the Dog #731
Sep. 15th, 2025 10:00 pmgws_feed
New comic!
Today's News:
I can taste that cat food, and I haven't even tasted wheat in 25 years.
Here's the original post! And the chaser post!
Thanks for that bespoke nightmare
Sep. 15th, 2025 06:19 pmfayanoraToday I learned that sometimes, dogs that are supposed to be put down for hurting people get rehomed instead. Great. Now I'm gonna be even more terrified of dogs than I already was. How the fuck is this even legal? If a dog hurts someone bad enough to get a euthanasia order, THAT DOG NEEDS. TO. BE. KILLED!!! No exceptions!
Pfizer COVID Vaccine
Sep. 15th, 2025 07:24 pmstickmakerSpent a large part of the day napping. Thanks to the COVID booster I got yesterday. Small breakfast, good lunch, no supper.
