<p>people talking about how to bring manufacturing back to the US, the US is the #2 manufacturing nation behind China, and you need to bring back shop class</p><p>my high school made a Herculean effort to save shop class from the Admin who wanted to &quot;save money&quot;, but we lost lathe time</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux" class="u-url mention">@<span>gamingonlinux</span></a></span></p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dabeaz" class="u-url mention">@<span>dabeaz</span></a></span> Would make a good TLA+ project.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux" class="u-url mention">@<span>gamingonlinux</span></a></span> guess the only thing that&#39;ll stay safe because of this will be my account balance...</p>

<p>I noticed that necktie 👔 for male academics, and neckscarf and pearl necklace 🦪 for female academics are now disappearing. </p><p>I think Gen X started this no-necktie suit. Only boomers still wear striped neckties. Pins for women have disappeared too. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/STEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>STEM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>neuroscience</span></a></p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux" class="u-url mention">@<span>gamingonlinux</span></a></span> &quot;Safely&quot;, wow, seriously, it&#39;s just to steal all info they can about the user.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux" class="u-url mention">@<span>gamingonlinux</span></a></span> safety and joy is oxymoronic, but yeah it makes sense where the law forces you to be a moderator</p>

<p>i was today years old when i found out that ADS-B, the civilian system that helps aircraft avoid collisions among other things, is directly related to IFF, the military system that helps you find out if you should shoot someone out of the sky or not</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux" class="u-url mention">@<span>gamingonlinux</span></a></span><br />If you believe that I have a nice and sturdy bridge to sell you</p>