Stumpy The Mutt

https://social.linux.pizza/@StumpyTheMutt

Software engineer - I have a love/hate relationship with the Linux kernel.
Democrat.
I love my rescue dogs and cats and all the rest of the critters here.
I have a filthy face.
Fuck Elon

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2026-05-12 17:56:49 UTC

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Sounds more like a fee.

2026-04-20 15:16:01 UTC

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Junior officers are bred/trained specifically for that.

2026-04-20 14:53:39 UTC

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Because thinking for yourself is just sooooo exhausting.

2026-04-19 19:43:49 UTC

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Evidently I *am* a dinosaur!

2026-04-19 18:18:00 UTC

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30-some years ago I used to house sit for a family with two dogs and a shoulder cat. I loved having her riding around behind my head, purring away happily. Since then I have had several cats of my own, and not one wanted to be a shoulder kitty. That's a rare gem you have there.

2026-04-19 18:08:26 UTC

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Or the click-vweeeee! my old 100MB full height 5.25 hard drive made on startup.

2026-04-19 18:06:11 UTC

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Wait, because cheese cannot be hurried.

2026-04-19 18:05:06 UTC

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I try quoting from Ulysses but I always end up in a confused fog.

2026-04-19 16:06:17 UTC

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I voted for the competent lady.

2026-04-18 23:44:56 UTC

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Now I have an earworm!

2026-04-18 17:36:49 UTC

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Um wow. By definition and tradition the Pope represents the Catholic Church. Is she planning on finding an Antipope under some rock somewhere?

2026-04-17 15:30:17 UTC

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There's one in the town I live in. The guy who drives it had it wrapped in black vinyl, so it looks a bit fetishist if you ask me.

2026-04-17 15:26:04 UTC

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It seems to me that every war began when the aggressor underestimated the opponent. "You only have to kick in the door and the whole rotten structure will come crashing down" comes to mind.

2026-04-17 14:21:23 UTC

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Lately I've been using "By Grabthar's Hammer!"

2026-04-17 14:19:09 UTC

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The authors omitted any handling of the inevitable ack GAAACK SPLATCH!!!

2026-04-16 18:32:16 UTC

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Did you ever garblax hapless passers-by?

2026-04-15 13:31:22 UTC

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I'm just about to have a bowl myself!
https://cdn.social.linux.pizza/system/media_attachments/files/116/408/964/896/591/137/original/005f81535faca21a.webp

2026-04-15 13:27:05 UTC

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These dunces think coding is drudgery. But to me it's the little bit of pleasure I get from the engineering process after all the planning, trades, design, meetings and the rest of it are done.

2026-04-15 13:21:08 UTC

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Orbán? Don't know him.

2026-04-15 13:18:55 UTC

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Who did they bribe?

2026-04-15 05:29:50 UTC

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That's exactly what I said!

2026-04-15 05:28:06 UTC

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It's also fun when H&R Block tax prep software keeps triggering a BitLocker screen because of some weird driver issue that goes away when I unplug the USB cable that connects to the printers. Shit like this always happens the night before it's due.

2026-04-14 14:58:49 UTC

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Thank you sir, may I have another?

2026-04-14 14:55:41 UTC

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I was about to say that!

2026-04-14 14:54:58 UTC

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That must be quite a ride when the wind picks up.

2026-04-13 17:53:32 UTC

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All of a sudden I'm visualizing a certain scene from Blazing Saddles, only the townsfolk ain't buying it.

2026-04-13 15:29:54 UTC

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Employees are sure to find the simulacrum more human than the original.

2026-04-13 14:39:03 UTC

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Get the engineering VP to do it. You know, the guy who fired all the competent types.

2026-04-13 12:27:40 UTC

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I have a feeling it will end with a whimper once Iran sinks a frigate with a cheap drone.

2026-04-13 00:39:01 UTC

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Unlike Venezuela, China actually has a navy.

2026-04-11 23:09:10 UTC

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Because it's mutiny, and historically it usually ends in a putsch? They're in a really tight spot between obedience to a wannabe despot and their sworn allegiance to the Constitution.

2026-04-11 23:04:56 UTC

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I had a couple of Mormons come to my door. I said "I'm really glad to see you, I just finished reading your book (I really had) and I have some questions. Wait here, I'll go grab it." At which point they looked at me in shock, and begged off saying they would put me in touch with an elder. Never saw or heard from them again.

2026-04-11 20:57:43 UTC

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obviously descended from a saber tooth tiger.

2026-04-11 20:41:49 UTC

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I say this in all sincerity: Boo Effin' Hoo!

2026-04-11 18:09:47 UTC

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There used to be a Sbarro's at my wife's university. How they managed to go out of business selling pizza to undergrads I will never understand.

2026-04-11 18:07:04 UTC

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Sensible shoes always. My grandmother used to call the way people walked in high heels the "Wounded Bird Walk."

2026-04-11 18:03:30 UTC

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Some one gave my wife a replica of the shield-biting berserker. It's on the mantle, prominently displayed beside a Gothic church with an Obelix perched on top.

2026-04-11 18:00:42 UTC

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Impossible! Heresy!!

2026-04-11 17:59:53 UTC

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Very nice!

2026-04-10 00:03:28 UTC

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It's the Wheelbarrow of Theseus!

2026-04-09 23:51:32 UTC

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Back in the 1990's I worked on some imaging software that ran on Mac (68030 Quadra), Windows 3.1 and O/S2. The X-Y origin was bottom left for Mac and Windows, but for O/S2 it was top left. And then most scanners produced images with the origin at the top right. I got pretty good at transforming images on the fly at that job.

2026-04-09 20:57:36 UTC

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K9DOG calling CQ arf arf!

2026-04-09 14:09:20 UTC

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I've read McNamara's writing on the part he played in that, but I take it with a large grain of salt. He was, after all, a master of self promotion. I think if Walter Sweeny had been more like Arthur Harris and stated the air force would guarantee they could take out all of the missiles, then things would have ended very differently.

2026-04-09 13:54:50 UTC

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I don't think many Vietnamese would agree with that.

2026-04-09 13:49:38 UTC

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Smart but not able to translate all that intelligence into practical wisdom.

2026-04-08 23:33:01 UTC

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I've heard dogs barking on a net after the operator walked away from their rig with vox left on. But cat butt beacons take the cake!

2026-04-08 16:47:46 UTC

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She looks ecstatic!

2026-04-07 19:32:19 UTC

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I used regular carriage bolts when I could not find the 1/4" slotted pan head originals.

2026-04-07 14:15:44 UTC

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Because! Because! Because of one man!

2026-04-05 21:16:57 UTC

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Well, I did take a nap. So that's something.

2026-04-05 15:43:12 UTC

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our old weiner dog thought the neighbor's miniature horses were dogs until we introduced them. The lead mare and dog touched noses and decided right there the other was safe to ignore.

2026-04-05 15:38:43 UTC

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I would happily live my fantasy life there with nothing but a driftwood shack to keep out of the elements.

2026-04-05 15:33:40 UTC

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kind of like the difference between hotdog buns and hot dogbuns.

2026-04-05 01:22:09 UTC

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I hope they all crash and burn.

2026-04-05 01:18:12 UTC

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Maybe they'll try a "Weekend at Bernie's" thing fir a while.

2026-04-04 20:00:22 UTC

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Oooh! So colorful! ❤️

2026-04-04 19:56:54 UTC

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Who hasn't gotten blind drunk and woken up face down in a plate of Waffle House hash browns?

2026-04-04 19:55:23 UTC

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All of the above, plus phreaking with a blue box and its ilk. Jeebus, I'm soooooo old!

2026-04-04 19:53:47 UTC

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Is there enough roughage to make palatable?

2026-04-04 19:52:31 UTC

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Probably indigestion or some ghastly gastric distress from gobbling McDonalds triple bacon cheeseburgers.

2026-04-04 18:03:53 UTC

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sloppitty slop! O wonderful slop!

2026-04-04 14:30:50 UTC

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a painting of Zarathustra the cat by FatCatArt https://fatcatart.com

2026-04-03 13:30:24 UTC

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I take route 28 near Dulles airport occasionally and over the years I have watched as data centers were constructed. I think they're pretty concentrated in that area

2026-04-03 06:01:03 UTC

Doggo understands what I should be doing right now. #dogs #dogsofmastodon
https://cdn.social.linux.pizza/system/media_attachments/files/116/339/231/072/113/937/original/05c21cba0694e002.jpg

2026-04-03 05:49:50 UTC

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Dang! Life in my neck of the woods is positively boring in comparison!

2026-04-02 13:46:33 UTC

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Houston? I'm seeing "Send 10 bitcoin to fubar to recover your laptop" now! What do I do?

2026-04-01 16:21:13 UTC

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They know Iran is fully capable of sinking even the best U.S. warship in Hormuz. You only need to consider how Ukraine sank the pride of the Russian fleet without having a navy of their own to know this is true. Donny and Whiskey Pete don't want the bad press stemming from a frigate full of people dead in the straight, but are happy to let anyone else clean up their mess.

2026-04-01 15:06:12 UTC

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The worst thing about it is that 1/3 of the population thinks he's a genius.

2026-04-01 15:04:17 UTC

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I'd love to be able to afford a Lamborghini. Not that I would be dumb enough to buy one, but having that much spare cash would be nice.

2026-04-01 14:54:51 UTC

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what a bummer!

2026-03-31 14:57:49 UTC

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My grandmother lived happily alone on her farm for decades. Actually she was always accompanied by her pack of Chesapeake bay retrievers and the assorted mutt or three. Even when she finally had to move off the farm she was always accompanied by one Chessie.

2026-03-30 22:09:58 UTC

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Cuteness!

2026-03-30 22:08:21 UTC

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To tech bros it's only about Kirk and the green ladies.

2026-03-30 22:03:18 UTC

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Ed's Redeeming Qualities' song "Lawn Dart" comes to mind.

2026-03-30 17:58:06 UTC

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Worth it though.

2026-03-30 16:27:16 UTC

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Sez who? XD

2026-03-30 13:45:46 UTC

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*Most* do. The off grid versions are much more expensive, thus there are fewer of them. Solar is a much better option than fossil fuels, but it takes investment *most* people don't or can't do. My solar is off grid, but it took me years to put it together so I could afford it.

2026-03-30 13:37:41 UTC

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Most solar power inverters need a grid connection to synchronize with. I.e. no grid power = no solar power.

2026-03-30 13:34:41 UTC

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I love that "menso" the Spanish word for stupid sounds so much like MENSA.

2026-03-30 13:28:15 UTC

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Maple syrup is NOT chaotic evil!

2026-03-30 13:08:45 UTC

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that's some kink!

2026-03-30 13:06:14 UTC

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John Camp Cougarmellon

2026-03-30 05:48:51 UTC

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The handyman's secret weapon!
https://cdn.social.linux.pizza/system/media_attachments/files/116/316/542/398/828/088/original/f9475bc1a482e7b1.jpg

2026-03-29 16:18:32 UTC

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Remember Billie Jean King and the poser who said no woman could play tennis to a man's ability? As I recall she wiped the floor with his sorry misogynistic ass in a match.

2026-03-29 15:42:26 UTC

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Only weeks? Right, like the Russian three day military operation in Ukraine.

2026-03-29 15:25:29 UTC

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Hegseth isn't Christian. He's worshipping some long dead pagan war god who insists on blood sacrifice and mayhem. Next he will announce that any U.S. soldiers who die "for the cause" will immediately ascend to some gruesome modern Valhalla.

2026-03-28 18:34:18 UTC

My favorite sign from today's No Kings protest
https://cdn.social.linux.pizza/system/media_attachments/files/116/308/230/929/717/533/original/86101564f223ff7c.jpg

2026-03-28 04:40:24 UTC

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Godwin's second law applies: "Anyone who uses 'woke' as a pejorative will turn out to have been a fuckhead"

2026-03-27 22:41:23 UTC

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I loved this!

2026-03-27 20:16:38 UTC

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Why is everyone who announces something detrimental always "excited?"

2026-03-27 19:06:56 UTC

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isn't that from a Def Leppard song?

2026-03-27 15:34:55 UTC

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If you don't like the weather, give it a minute!

2026-03-27 15:33:06 UTC

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To which the reply should be "stop threatening me with a good time!"

2026-03-27 14:31:36 UTC

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I really don't care, do U?

2026-03-26 21:07:19 UTC

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My back yard is plenty big enough, but my discretionary funds are sorely lacking...

2026-03-26 19:51:33 UTC

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today was an excellent day for sunning your belly in a southern facing window!

2026-03-26 19:44:48 UTC

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and calumny!

2026-03-26 19:39:37 UTC

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Weird Al made a song about people who use numbers and individual letters for words. https://youtu.be/8Gv0H-vPoDc?si=rFXcY2v7JB-oqxka

2026-03-26 12:38:09 UTC

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I received a better education from the community college I attended than from the nationally accredited university from which I obtained my bachelor's degree. The dedication of the professors to their students was much more evident in the former.

2026-03-26 12:25:37 UTC

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Follow the money