McCrankyface

Burnt out infosec engineer
Inveterate curmudgeon
Adept practitioner of maladaptive behavior

I curse a lot

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#Missouri sucks
#FuckTrump

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2026-05-16 14:47:08 UTC

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@nprofile…dyu0 @nprofile…v47q I was a Google fan from the start. Their search engine used to be the absolute best and I built a relatively successful career in tech by knowing how to google stuff. But, of course, things have changed. They are in the final stage of enshittification and I feel betrayed.

2026-05-16 02:12:32 UTC

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@nprofile…dyu0 yeah. Change is bad. I still wish everything looked like Netscape navigator.

2026-05-16 02:07:01 UTC

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@nprofile…dyu0 I had honestly forgotten about that browser. I used it several years ago and it seemed pretty solid at the time.

2026-05-06 02:40:44 UTC

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@nprofile…stmg this makes me want to run into the woods and never come back.

2026-04-29 12:57:26 UTC

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@nprofile…dyu0
My condolences

2026-04-09 15:57:48 UTC

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@nprofile…dyu0 I never drop below 75%. 95% is a normal day.

2026-04-06 21:42:26 UTC

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@nprofile…d6ag is there any reason for 24 straight hours of worship? Is God so insecure, so needy, that he requires constant praise?

2026-03-28 14:07:55 UTC

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@nprofile…dyu0 are you familiar with the song "Mother" by The Police?
...
Telephone is ringing
Is that my mother on the phone?
The telephone is screaming
Won't she leave me alone?
...
https://youtu.be/d56MfuZAfwI

2026-01-22 03:09:59 UTC

I got my new fine cursive italic #fountainpen nib from allinthenib.com. The nib tines were slightly misaligned. Not a big deal to fix but annoying for a brand new nib. The grind is slightly asymmetric. Again, not a huge problem but annoying. It''s very scratchy and builds up a little pile of paper fibers on the tip after a few words at which point it starts writing like a cheap felt tip pen. I could probably do some work on it to make it usable but, instead, I chucked it into my box of spare parts where it will languish for eternity.

2026-01-15 01:41:33 UTC

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@nprofile…dyu0 as a chronically depressed Tolkien fan I think I did pretty well with 20 out of 24

2026-01-14 15:59:38 UTC

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@nprofile…44dh
Will grok have to fill out an SF-86?

2026-01-07 20:53:06 UTC

Anybody know where I can get a JoWo compatible #6 fine cursive italic nib?
#fountainpen

2025-10-27 01:01:29 UTC

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@nprofile…cdyc
Microsoft is, in fact, the world's most successful APT.

2025-10-10 19:03:42 UTC

I'm not usually one to complain but #StrangeDonuts on Olive in West #StLouis County is strangely disappointing.

2025-10-05 17:21:03 UTC

for-profit healthcare should be a crime

2025-06-10 02:01:52 UTC

For all you #fountainPen people: Apparently #FerrisWheelPress announced a #HarryPotter collaboration. It met with immediate backlash and they have since taken it down but you might want to keep that in mind if you plan to do business with them in the future.
https://www.reddit.com/r/fountainpens/comments/1l7dcck/ferris_wheel_press_announces_harry_potter_collab/
#JKRowling
#TERF

2025-04-30 16:01:32 UTC

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@nprofile…fa5p
"AI" is not intelligent.
"AI" makes stuff up.
"AI" is looking at the output of a large number of monkeys banging on typewriters and deciding which pages of garbage look the most like Shakespeare.
#ThereIsNoAI

2025-04-26 00:36:41 UTC

I made some new #fountainPen sleeves.
#fountainPens
https://media.beige.party/media_attachments/files/114/401/436/779/543/593/original/482e14a7a6575285.jpg

2025-04-10 15:53:01 UTC

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@nprofile…vuu7 It's like stopping COVID testing because it makes the infection rates high. Wait, we already did that one.

2025-03-23 01:13:00 UTC

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@nprofile…7klc Make sure to follow the instructions in the "To Destroy Your 23andMe Test Sample" and "To Revoke Permission for Your Genetic Data to be Used for Research" sections *before* deleting your account or you won't be able to log in to do so.

2025-03-20 23:57:39 UTC

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@nprofile…pej0 now is not a good time to be visiting the United States. We have an aspiring fascist dictator dismantling our government right now and it is not safe.

2025-03-20 12:01:06 UTC

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@nprofile…gqp6 I will have you know that we have had three Mondays already this week and today is practice Friday

2024-12-17 23:38:01 UTC

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@nprofile…taps Morpheus is a bit of a luddite.

2024-12-14 13:05:30 UTC

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@nprofile…4dwe
I am in no way an expert on this situation but I thought it was a given that the primary reason for this whole war, beyond restoring the glory of the Russian empire, was keeping NATO off of Russia's borders.

2024-12-10 03:48:51 UTC

America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves. To quote the American humorist Kin Hubbard, 'It ain’t no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.' It is in fact a crime for an American to be poor, even though America is a nation of poor. Every other nation has folk traditions of men who were poor but extremely wise and virtuous, and therefore more estimable than anyone with power and gold. No such tales are told by the American poor. They mock themselves and glorify their betters. The meanest eating or drinking establishment, owned by a man who is himself poor, is very likely to have a sign on its wall asking this cruel question: 'if you’re so smart, why ain’t you rich?' There will also be an American flag no larger than a child’s hand – glued to a lollipop stick and flying from the cash register.
Americans, like human beings everywhere, believe many things that are obviously untrue. Their most destructive untruth is that it is very easy for any American to make money. They will not acknowledge how in fact hard money is to come by, and, therefore, those who have no money blame and blame and blame themselves. This inward blame has been a treasure for the rich and powerful, who have had to do less for their poor, publicly and privately, than any other ruling class since, say Napoleonic times. Many novelties have come from America. The most startling of these, a thing without precedent, is a mass of undignified poor. They do not love one another because they do not love themselves.
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/158414-america-is-the-wealthiest-nation-on-earth-but-its-people

2024-12-05 14:48:24 UTC

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@nprofile…lwhf @nprofile…9fyy and it was 15 this morning. Welcome to St. Louis