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Jan. 14th, 2026 09:00![[syndicated profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/feed.png){kind=small}
notalwaysright_feedMy husband and I are massive chopbusters and a lot sarcastic with each other. For an example… I am the author of this story: https://notalwaysright.com/an-eye-opening-relationship/46524/ The other night, he was being really obnoxious for mostly no reason other than to amuse himself. I was laying in my recliner and didn’t feel like getting up when […]
A Moist Confusing Exchange
Jan. 14th, 2026 08:00notalwaysright_feedRead A Moist Confusing Exchange
Me: "Well, our most popular item has been this moisturizer from [Brand]. It's regarded as one of our "clean" brands, so no harsh chemicals, it's cruelty-free and vegan."
Customer: "We'll see about that. I hate it when brands do this and are not completely honest. I have this app here that'll show you're lying."
K-9: Volume 1 extras, with translation
Jan. 14th, 2026 07:55![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vriddy( Bonus sketch for Chapter 2 )
( Ren's profile )
( Oboro's profile )
( Background characters )
( Bonus illustration )
Oops, You Lost Again
Jan. 14th, 2026 04:00notalwaysright_feedRead Oops, You Lost Again
A customer walks into the store wearing a hoodie with the Confederate flag on it. He seems to be walking around, trying to be as visible as possible. He doesn't even seem to be looking for anything to buy; he's just trying to be edgy and cause a scene.
Read Oops, You Lost Again
Power Tripping Up On The Point
Jan. 14th, 2026 04:00notalwaysright_feedRead Power Tripping Up On The Point
Customer: *Paying for his gas.* "What's all that crap over there?"
Me: "Those are the electric charging stations."
Customer: "Bah! Bunch of useless cars for tech nerds who think they're saving the planet."
HTTP RateLimit headers
Jan. 14th, 2026 03:02fanfhttps://dotat.at/@/2026-01-13-http-ratelimit.html
There is an IETF draft that aims to standardize RateLimit header
fields for HTTP. A RateLimit header in a successful response
can inform a client when it might expect to be throttled, so it can
avoid 429 Too Many Requests errors. Servers can also send
RateLimit headers in 429 errors to make the response more
informative.
The draft is in reasonably good shape. However as written it seems to require (or at least it assumes) that the server uses bad quota-reset rate limit algorithms. Quota-reset algorithms encourage clients into cyclic burst-pause behaviour; the draft has several paragraphs discussing this problem.
However, if we consider that RateLimit headers are supposed to tell
the client what acceptable behaviour looks like, they can be used with
any rate limit algorithm. (And it isn't too hard to rephrase the draft
so that it is written in terms of client behaviour instead of server
behaviour.)
When a client has more work to do than will fit in a single window's
quota, linear rate limit algorithms such as GCRA encourage the client
to smooth out its requests nicely. In this article I'll describe how a
server can use a linear rate limit algorithm with HTTP RateLimit
headers.
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Snowflake Challenge 02026 #7: Be Nice.
Jan. 13th, 2026 18:58silveradept![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
snowflake_challenge!While we’re busy celebrating fandom, it’s good to remember to celebrate ourselves, too. Fandom is all of us! I know it’s often easier to talk about what we like about other people than it is to talk nicely about ourselves, but challenge yourself here --
Challenge #7
LIST THREE (or more) THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF. They don’t have to be your favorite things, just things that you think are good. Feel free to expand as much or as little as you want.
( Challenge: Say good Things About Yourself. Difficulty: Very )
Unsigned And Unrefined
Jan. 14th, 2026 02:00notalwaysright_feed
Me: "And I just need a signature here for the return."
Customer: "Now you want my name too?"
Me: "Sir, I—"
Customer: "F****** communist."
Poetry Fiction: Touching History as We Go
Jan. 13th, 2026 19:41senmutChapters: 1/1
Fandom: Forgotten Realms, The Legend of Drizzt Series - R. A. Salvatore
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Drizzt Do'Urden/Alustriel Silverhand
Characters: Alustriel Silverhand, Drizzt Do'Urden
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Disguises, Grief/Mourning, Inspired by Poetry
Series: Part 9 of Legacy of the Silver Marches
Summary:
Drizzt and Alustriel, in their guises as Gavren and Brielle, on their trek to Silverymoon pass where Methri fell.
From Twilight Calm - Christina Rossetti
But evening now is done
As much as if the sun
Day-giving had arisen in the East:
For night has come; and the great calm has ceased,
The quiet sands have run.
Touching History as We Go
Death comes to all in turn, they say. I have seen it swiftly, I have seen it come slow. Never do I touch its presence without some emotion. Relief, in cases of enemies that would not turn from their path. Sorrow, for the ones it takes by choking off the time ahead of them. Shock, when it braces a young one in their prime.
But I can see it is a needful thing. Not merely for the natural order of things, but for cleansing the way to new thought, new deeds, new ways. Something in age clogs many minds from adapting, changing as thoughts lead in new directions. I find peace in the idea that, when my life is at an end, there will be those who knew of me, of my Companions, who tell the tales we made.
I but hope that they remember not only the daring deeds, but the cautionary mishaps as well.
— Drizzt Do'Urden
The travelers kept their hoods low, even as they knew it would take a powerful magic user to discern their identities. The tavern was quiet and only half-full, but a bard had taken the stage and begun a quiet ballad.
"Someone knows history," the woman said after listening to the first bars.
"As told," the man said with a sigh. "They'll leave out how close it was for him at the end."
"Hmm, likely. But in this day and age, from all we've seen so far, they need to know of heroes, have them to look up to and be inspired by."
He looked at her, his eyes dancing with mirth. "I'll remember that when you protest the ballads composed of your sacrifices and leadership."
"Oh, I've had plenty of time to grow accustomed to such. But you, my dear ranger… what will you do when you hear of your own deeds sung with lusty bardic vigor?"
"Make a nuisance of myself trying to inject truth in the matter," he said, smiling before he applied spoon to bowl, rather than focus on the tale of a wizard he'd known during the Gods' War.
Brielle pulled up short, making Gavren turn back to her. Her face spoke of anguish, and he sucked in a deep breath. The lingering magical traces in this land spoke of past battles, but for her… it had to have been personal.
"What is it, my star?"
"The staff of Silverymoon." She gave up pretense of being able to move from this spot, dropping down on her knees, hands going into the barren soil. Her eyes scanned out, taking note of the vague hillocks and depressions, signs of things buried in haste and rotted away after.
Gavren came and knelt in front of her, drawing her head to his shoulder. With a mere thought, he called to their dear astral friend and Guenhwyvar appeared, no longer constrained by the figure of wondrous power. She took up guard over them in this desolate place, letting him hold his beloved as she mourned.
"Silverymoon's last defense to the west," he murmured. "Your son being impossibly strong-willed and ending the fight that occurred, but at such cost." He stroked down her hair, letting her cry it out. There would be moments like this, over and over, as they wandered the realms in their new guises. Both had been too embroiled in the Gods' War, had known too many of the major players in the pitched battles and back-room scheming.
"Methri made so many mistakes, and yet… he did believe in the people and ideas of Silverymoon and the Silver Marches." She settled back on her heels, reaching up to wipe at her face with a cloth pulled out of her cloak's pocket.
"He did, on both accounts. But we all did, the mistakes making. And for many of us, it was the belief in our people, in each other, that gave us the strength to push through what the gods did to us all in their own madnesses." Gavren stroked her face, then tucked a braid back behind her ear. "It is hardest, in some ways, for you about Methri. Because he was your heir, following in your footsteps."
She sniffled, then nodded. "Once the Refuge took Tyresia from him, he threw himself into everything of Silverymoon I would allow. And he won the position by the vote, when Taern died, so it was on his own merit. I just never saw how deeply his caution could cut across the allies we'd made."
"You cannot second-guess him from this point of history," Gavren told her, placing a kiss on her brow. "All either of us can do is try to help the rebuilding we see, give aid to those who still have the vision of a future that holds knowledge and compassion in the highest regard."
"And use what we knew as truth to provide the bitter stories of how even goodly traits can lead to the wrong choices?" Brielle questioned, before sighing. "Yes, even that will be needed, especially with what we've learned so far of the rising powers in the lands."
"Any trait may be a strength or a weakness," Gavren told her. "You and I can press that point as it is needed. But. For now… we're not so far from the Silverwood, and we can be inside the city by nightfall?"
She considered, then shook her head. "Unless the traces are bothering you, let us stay here, so I can meditate, and be certain he has not become a weave ghost tied to this place?"
"Of course, my star." He pushed back to his feet, a look at Guen bringing her closer. The panther pushed into the moon-elf's space, prompting a small laugh and much petting, while Gavren saw to setting camp. They would tend to the needful matters, and move on to the city where at least one of their children was building anew.
Perhaps, in putting her own sense of Methri to rest, it would help Brielle be ready for the fresh start they had promised one another in truth.
Panel Suggestions Open
Jan. 13th, 2026 18:09boxofdelights posting in wisconhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfvi7TCCIHg82rSpzrUKl8wX2SNMevlGP5HxOOnqa0pkrWu2w/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=106072416256127446722
Seriously, even if your idea is just "We have to talk about Heated Rivalry!" it's okay to propose that. The Panels team will take all the input we get, and work to shape it into a proposed schedule.
If you'd like to talk your idea over before you suggest it, you can use the comments to this post, or start a new post in this group, or start a new post in your own space and maybe also point your readers here?
Minimum Wage, Minimal Reasons To Stay
Jan. 14th, 2026 01:00notalwaysright_feedRead Minimum Wage, Minimal Reasons To Stay
Me: "Uh, [Boss]? The schedules are out for next week, and I'm on them."
Boss: "So?"
Me: "I'm off next week. I've had it scheduled off since December last year."
Boss: "No, you didn't."
Red Alert In The Yarn Aisle
Jan. 14th, 2026 00:00notalwaysright_feedRead Red Alert In The Yarn Aisle
Customer: "I need yarn."
Me: "What kind of yarn?"
Customer: *Sighs.* "Red yarn."
Me: "What kind of red yarn?"
Not Exactly Angling For A Promotion
Jan. 13th, 2026 23:00notalwaysright_feedRead Not Exactly Angling For A Promotion
I was working at a gas station with a built-in fast-food type thing. I'm training this new guy how to put orders in the bag and call out the number. That was the whole position: put the food in the bag, with napkins, call number. Can't f*** this up, right?
Fandom Snowflake Challenge #7
Jan. 13th, 2026 14:58teaotter posting in snowflake_challengeRemember that there is no official deadline, so feel free to join in at any time, or go back and do challenges you've missed.
( Fandom Snowflake Challenge #7 )
And please do check out the comments for all the awesome participants of the challenge and visit their journals/challenge responses to comment on their posts and cheer them on.
And just as a reminder: this is a low pressure, fun challenge. If you aren't comfortable doing a particular challenge, then don't. We aren't keeping track of who does what.
Patience
Jan. 13th, 2026 22:40davidgillonMy sister and I sat down together to watch the 1st episode of the second season of Patience - autistic criminal records clerk helps the murder team in York catch criminals. Neither of us had watched the first season.
Not bad, the autism seems mostly well handled - the self-help group seemed designed for humour though. The plot had perhaps a little too much reliance on weird science - revolving around someone with Rh-Null blood caught up in fringe medical stuff, though the vampirism red-herring was nicely handled. The second episode has infrasound as a murder weapon, and probably overplayed hyperacusis as a superpower, though it did also spend a lot of time showing how much of a problem it is for Patience.
But immediately the first episode finished, my sister turned to me and exclaimed: "She's exactly like you!"
I didn't answer that until the next day, because I was completely freaked out by how exactly like me she is.
Jumping the gun
Jan. 13th, 2026 17:37nineweavingI will unlock it next Tuesday.
Sigh.
Nine