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@wollman @dan @ricci in my house the antennas didn't really work. you could go into the one closet that had a big dowel rod connected to the antenna in the attic and spin it around, but it didn't help. you could put tin foil on the rabbit ears and that didn't help either. we finally got cable like a year or two before I moved out in 1990.

@wollman @dan @ricci try explaining that TV came over the air, but not wifi or bluetooth

@wollman @dan @ricci you know what really seems like a fever dream... I spent a few summers in Seattle in the late 90s and the public access tv had some really off the charts weird programming, like there this one show was just these five people's heads on a black background and they were chanting or doing spoken word, I swear this really aired

@dan @ricci I don't really watch stuff like Stranger Things, but I did watch the first season and felt like it was sort of validating, like yayyy the early 80s weren't actually a fever dream

@wollman @dan @ricci no there you get a python

@dan @ricci hahaha I also often have this same feeling about my childhood

@dan @ricci it is real, it's where we get the snakes for PhD defenses. also ask for the punchcard-- once you've rented 10 adders you get a king cobra.

5.5 hours until a significant fraction of Earth's programmers get nerdsniped

"We conducted a quasi-experimental field study on the Milan metro, observing 138 rides. In the control condition, a female experimenter, appearing pregnant, boarded the train with an observer. In the experimental condition, an additional experimenter dressed as Batman entered from another door. Passengers were significantly more likely to offer their seat when Batman was present"

https://www.nature.com/articles/s44184-025-00171-5

me: I have this recurring nightmare

doctor: what is it?