bazbt3 🦣

Husband, father. 2 cats, 1 dog. Cleveland Browns fan. Engineer. English. Prefers asynchronous chat (unreliable). Bought first computer 1981, asking silly questions online since 1997.

Fediverse:
• https://pixelfed.social/bazbt3 (pics, not active)
• https://bsky.app/profile/bazbt3.bsky.social (not active)

#QuoteSunday ex #ADN poster

Reddit:
• r/Browns (Cleveland NFL team)
• r/FuckModell (see Art Modell)
• r/spacebrowns (will teach the Browns to win!)

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2025-04-09 17:45:43

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@nprofile…de2h Ow. As role models go he's not a bad one. :)
I'll never forget in the 1970s seeing a woman come out of a shop in the centre of town with dark glasses and eyes and nose streaming.
I think mine came about from rolling about in newly cut grass - repeatedly sledging downhill on a large sheet of cardboard.
Hofels/New Era 'Combination H' homeopathic remedy (chalky tablets) pretty-much cured mine for years. As an alternative medicine sceptic it was a 'last resort' after drugs.

2025-04-09 11:14:16

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@nprofile…de2h I've just started with that tell-tale tickle at the back of the throat. Been 'clear' of full-blown symptoms for a couple of decades but it's still a worry.

2025-04-08 16:32:37

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@nprofile…de2h 100%. Must be bad.

2025-03-02 19:01:16

I just installed the #Lynx text-only #browser on my #Mac to check out web scraping:
To do this:
https://bastakiss.com/blog/linux-7/exploring-web-browsing-and-web-scraping-with-lynx-643
I used the series of commands here to do it - including *finally* installing Homebrew:
https://macappstore.org/lynx/
And here's the Lynx browser home page - still being maintained since its original introduction in 1992:
https://lynx.invisible-island.net

2025-03-02 14:35:36

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@nprofile…g56y No, I think your aura permanently changes colour to orange. :)

2025-02-09 18:30:48

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@nprofile…g56y Hmmm…
1. I want to see a team *worthy* of a threepeat. I thought that would be the '90s 49ers. It's the Chiefs now.
2. The Miami Heat owner who trademarked 'Threepeat' decades ago, and has agreed to let the Chiefs use it for a 3rd consecutive win.
3. Chiefs fans I know will sadly pay more for tickets and merchandise if his fee followed inflation.
4. Eagles fans have *historic* levels of whiny-ness. :)
https://www.espn.co.uk/nfl/story/_/id/43694932/pat-riley-trademarked-three-peat-okd-use-chiefs
#NFL #Chiefs #Eagles #SuperbOwl #threepeat

2025-01-24 20:04:25

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@nprofile…scv2 @nprofile…lwgl Be careful, for that sort of thing leads to something like this blog post, a ridiculous expansion of a thought I've been harbouring for a while. But it's out there now! *cackles* :)
https://bt3.com/2025/01/23/browns-vs-fibonacci/

2025-01-18 12:03:18

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@nprofile…de2h That's 7 days before the United Kingdom's nationwide lockdown came into force. Wish I'd seen your post back then, especially the music; it took me a while to get into good-for-working stuff.

2025-01-17 22:26:20

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@nprofile…lwgl I see what you mean about trusted sources; the NYT mentions it towards the end of this:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/technology/meta-mark-zuckerberg-trump.html

2025-01-16 19:09:27

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@nprofile…de2h Maybe unhelpful: I'm just testing Orion browser (iOS) and - for me - old.reddit works without signing in. I've not yet attempted to login *or* to install RES though.
https://old.reddit.com/r/FuckModell/

2025-01-09 21:27:23

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@nprofile…r5de @nprofile…25up @nprofile…lpgr @nprofile…9vf2 Hmmm… I'm not sure you could guess where I fit in my household's food chain by my blog post (a 'repost' prompted by Col and this delightful conversation). :)
https://bt3.com/2025/01/09/5-second-rule/

2025-01-09 21:20:15

5 second rule
Originally posted to Reddit on January 26 2024: Last night was Burns Night, when Scots worldwide traditionally celebrate the life of poet Robert Burns by reciting poetry, eating haggis, tatties & neeps. Or something like that. We couldn't find a veggie haggis this year so my wife bought a steak for my youngest daughter and me, to go with the veggies.
https://bt3.com/2025/01/09/5-second-rule/

2024-12-29 22:36:06

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@nprofile…fw8u Heh, bravura and brand, I like that! Anyone can feign macho ¹ but to uphold a *tradition* takes a special sort.
¹ Talking about anyone but me, ladders up yes, ladders back onto and down no. :)

2024-12-29 19:48:08

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@nprofile…fw8u Oh yes, many times, I've never seen (or don't remember) any individual names though, thanks for that.
Do you think it's that they *had* no fear, or more likely were better able to control being scared shitless, not to prove a point but simply to carve out a living?

2024-12-25 13:51:00

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@nprofile…de2h Bleak, or the best we can hope for?

2024-12-25 13:32:31

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@nprofile…de2h I wonder, is the one in the foreground an antecedent of the Skutters in #reddwarf?
https://reddwarf.fandom.com/wiki/Skutters

2024-12-20 17:09:21

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@nprofile…de2h Well, yes.
Boxes! Checking!
☑️ Star Wars
O other comics
☑️ Star Trek
O Manga
O Transformers
O Anime
☑️ Dr. Who (Jon Pertwee to Colin Baker, Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant)
O Godzilla
☑️ Lord of the Rings
☑️ Written Sci-Fi
☑️ Alien(s)
O Written Fantasy
☑️ Dune (no recent)
O French New Wave Cinema 1955-1974 inclusive
O MCU
O Marvel Super-heroes
☑️ “movies”
O DC Superheroes
☑️ sports
O that one episode of the thing
And, who could forget
☑️ Mastodon user

2024-12-19 18:35:23

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@nprofile…de2h I usually associate milk with cutting *curry* heat. (English). Maybe daughter2 and I need to branch out a bit.
So go on then, how many 'x's were there on the ramen packet, and was there a sweating chicken breathing fire? :)

2024-12-19 18:20:04

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@nprofile…de2h Do you ever drop in an egg or two part-way through cooking? (If you eat eggs). My daughter and I believe* it cuts some of the heat.
*No science, it may just be us, YMMV.

2024-12-15 19:38:28

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@nprofile…lwgl He's very good.
We don't perform nearly as well when he's injured.* Rated for fantasy football purposes** around 100 in the league, 8th at his position, he's worthy of the nickname 'The Chief'.***
*He's injured this week (big sighs, but we've been crap this year).
**I've spared the detail for you. :)
***He was named a chief of Umuozu village a couple of years ago.

2024-12-15 18:13:34

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@nprofile…lwgl Indeed. :) Worth a try, thanks.
@nprofile…cwgl

2024-12-15 17:24:37

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@nprofile…de2h For years I thought 'Fantastic Voyage' was based on the Isaac Asimov book. Turns out it was published months before the film's release, based on its screenplay.
I wonder how much the time machine ride cost J.R.R. Tolkien's academic publishers.

2024-12-15 10:25:08

@nprofile…lwgl Morning. Is the American Football player with the same name related to you; this guy?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Njoku
(Your name came up via a boost by @nprofile…cwgl just now).

2024-12-08 20:40:32

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@nprofile…fay4 @nprofile…g56y @nprofile…hnzx I'm a Browns fan, will see the game-in-40 minutes tomorrow. I won't say 'highlights' because I just saw the current score.
Anyway, last season Dustin Hopkins was almost automatic - almost a career year across every stat. This season I really don't know what we did to the football gods*, he's been occasionally dire - a career-low season.
*Oh, I know.