Rich Gibson

@RichGibson

Grandpa, programmer, cocktail robots, gigapanner, bricoleur, maker, coauthor of _Mapping Hacks_ and _Google Maps Hacks_. He/him. richgibson.bsky.social

Clearlake Oaks, CA

Born 1961

Joined August 2006

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Rich Gibson
@RichGibson
Oct 11, 2024
Wife tidying up. "Is this garbage?" (holding up pamphlet titled 'important safety considerations' for a new tool). "yes." (an 'oscillating tool' from Milwaukee)
Rich Gibson
@RichGibson
Sep 13, 2024
When people say 'post birth abortion' they are describing perinatal hospice. I didn't know it had a name. Maybe it didn't in 1996. I can say from experience that it is horrifyingly sad, and I am still scarred 28 years later, And nothing is improved by adding the government
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Rich Gibson
@RichGibson
Jul 28, 2024
I assume that the Google Timeline developers are clever and well intended people, and that they are sad about the absolute enshittification that has happened to make it pretty close to unusable. I know that I am sad.
Rich Gibson
@RichGibson
May 25, 2024
If all I get out of LLMs is a better interface to gnuplot then the whole thing is worth it! Seriously, I always have trouble with gnuplot. I know that I am the problem, that makes it worse. Shown: average weight of the top 20 fish in the catfish derby over the past 25 years.
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Rich Gibson
@RichGibson
May 13, 2024
Search has become absurd. 'inexpensive beach towns in Southern California' showed Crescent City and two other far northern towns.