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Max Mammel

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Software developer, astronomy enthusiast, puzzle enjoyer. Some hobby code: https://github.com/mmammel/projects, and my playground site: https://www.mjmtools.com The purple icon thing was created with the "Number Spirals" page, the dinosaur is my drawing.

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06.03.2026 21:38 πŸ‘ 90 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

These two give me creeping Alien:Earth vibes

06.03.2026 21:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That looks awesome - reminds me of the new "MurderBot" series aesthetic

06.03.2026 17:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Six tile image showing the progress of the lunar eclipse. Top two images are partial but last four are closer to full eclipse and so are red.

Six tile image showing the progress of the lunar eclipse. Top two images are partial but last four are closer to full eclipse and so are red.

Here come my #LunarEclipse pics from earlier tonight. Imaged with the DSLR attached to the telescope (as my lens).

These six are my best ones from the event.

The clouds were ultra-annoying but I managed a few snaps when there were empty patches.

The last total lunar eclipse until 2028!

πŸ”­πŸŒ•

03.03.2026 14:04 πŸ‘ 146 πŸ” 46 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
Moon with Earth’s dark shadow falling in it. There is a soft cloud in the foreground

Moon with Earth’s dark shadow falling in it. There is a soft cloud in the foreground

The full moon, partially eclipsed and behind some thin clouds

The full moon, partially eclipsed and behind some thin clouds

These first two show Earth’s curvature, as the Moon moves into Earth’s shadow (sorry, flatearthers).

I really like the first one, as the Moon sits just above the dimly lit silver ridge of a cloud. The shadow makes it look 3D and SciFi-like.

The second is behind some thinner clouds.

#LunarEclipse

03.03.2026 14:04 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I think it was MTV

03.03.2026 17:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a good analogy. He moves any piece he wants in any way, fills in white squares black with a sharpie, etc. His sycophants clap loudly at his genius and the rest of us are standing around hemming and hawing about how that's against the rules

03.03.2026 17:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Grew up in Chicago, live in Indiana now, it's rough. I can get away with an ironic "y'all" every once in a while, but if I really need to address a group it's something awkward like "what do we all think about [pizza|mexican|a movie]?"

03.03.2026 15:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

SGT: You've got to pull out of your undercover work, Dick Balz, you're in too deep
DICK: Not when I'm this close

27.02.2026 18:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

omg

27.02.2026 18:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If his name was Dick Balz I would remember his name

27.02.2026 18:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Little black dog resting her chin on a person’s thigh, likely with the intention of getting a bite of food by looking cute

Little black dog resting her chin on a person’s thigh, likely with the intention of getting a bite of food by looking cute

Front on view of the same little black dog - she has a shaggy face, big ears, and a white beard

Front on view of the same little black dog - she has a shaggy face, big ears, and a white beard

Malla

27.02.2026 12:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Agreed, unless you can’t choose the beer and get stuck with an 8% IPA or something. Interesting twist would be 1) you can’t tell anyone about the $50M, and 2) it has to start on a Tuesday

27.02.2026 03:20 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man wearing sunglasses and a green jacket is standing in a crowd and says `` do it '' . Alt: a man wearing sunglasses and a green jacket is standing in a crowd and says `` do it '' .
26.02.2026 18:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There's a lot of "fine print taketh away" in that last paragraph. I've had experiences like his first example, and I've had really awful experiences with the same models trying to do things like re-factor ugly legacy code. I think the occasional big wins tend to cloud our judgement.

26.02.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

command-q FTW (on a mac)

24.02.2026 19:04 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Love this show, and this scene in particular so much. I still sing

🎢 and who knows, maybe, this will, be eeeeeeEEEEEEeeasy 🎢

to myself before I start a new project lol

24.02.2026 18:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Patriot - Guns and groceries (Part 1)
Patriot - Guns and groceries (Part 1) YouTube video by TheOncomingStorm

welp, time to watch the greatest one-er in TV history again
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHoK...

24.02.2026 18:17 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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a group of people are dancing on a stage with a green guitar Alt: Poison, the late 80’s early 90’s glam rock band maybe singing β€œUnskinny Bop”

🎢 Unnnserious twat twat twat twat 🎢

24.02.2026 16:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve found myself romanticizing about road crews and construction sites when I drive by them. Your AI can’t touch that motherfuckers

23.02.2026 16:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Share a TV show that raised you

23.02.2026 16:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

sometimes something bad happens where there are no malicious actors, no one is happy, and everyone gets the worst possible outcome they don't deserve. social media exists to strip such events of context so we can have clear winners and losers

23.02.2026 14:56 πŸ‘ 1754 πŸ” 268 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 3

yes, the wheels of justice are slow. agonizingly, excruciatingly slow. and oftentimes they miss or go off the tracks entirely. in fact most of the time. but occasionally, very infrequently, that big wheel of justice delivers theoretical remuneration for a handful of vested business interests

20.02.2026 15:27 πŸ‘ 4432 πŸ” 756 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 17

🎢 where the demons dwell where the banshees live and they do live well 🎢

20.02.2026 14:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm more of a Tranzor Z guy <ducks>

18.02.2026 04:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I had Google's new Antigravity whip up a new feature in an existing UI and it was impressive, I guided it through launching locally and then it launched a browser and I watched it test the feature and fix bugs it found - fairly impressive, BUT visually the feature looks like dog shit.

18.02.2026 04:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oooh, Privateer sighting

18.02.2026 01:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well I looked up the Indiana driver's guide, no mention. Checked Illinois and Ohio, the only other possibilities, also no mention. Definitely happened though, I remember thinking the question was weird, and being bummed I missed it. It *was* more than 10 years ago 🀷

17.02.2026 22:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It was Indiana, I should look up a study guide, maybe they explain it

17.02.2026 22:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The idea being you never have to be in reverse, either parking or leaving. So maybe they teach it now

17.02.2026 22:00 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0