designatednerd

designatednerd, 8 hours ago to random

The UK elections being on the 4th of July will be extra entertaining for Americans. Especially Americans who have any clue who Count Binface is. https://mastodon.world/@CountBinface/112485661600596055

designatednerd, 12 hours ago to random

Successfully:

1. Drove a car for three days on the opposite side of the road as I’m used to without getting in any accidents or blowing a tire running into a curb like I did in Scotland.
2. Walked along the cliffs of Dover without falling off them.

designatednerd, 4 days ago to random

I’ve been to London a lot since I first came in the late 90s, and I always walk around for miles and miles.

This is the first time I’ve ever felt like I’m in any danger of getting a suntan.

designatednerd, 7 days ago to random

I just attempted to take a drink out of a yogurt container full of ethernet cable plugs, if you're wondering how my morning is going.

designatednerd, 9 days ago to random

As someone who has lived next to two golden retrievers for the last nine months, I can tell you this take from @caseynewton is spot on.

designatednerd, 10 days ago to random

Researching things to do in Southern England while I'm there, and I was very confused to see a bunch of recommendations for Leeds Castle.

Well, it appears someone has stolen Leeds Castle and moved it 250 miles south of Leeds.

designatednerd, 11 days ago to Eurovision

The crocheted white balaclavas on the Croatian band are the perfect kind of weird costumes for this song #Eurovision

designatednerd, 11 days ago to Eurovision

One of the interesting things is that whoever wins Eurovision has to host it the following year, which is expensive. So there are a few places that send people who are good, but just a little too basic to win (Hi, Cyprus!) #Eurovision

designatednerd, 11 days ago to Eurovision

Ireland really going for the Goth vote with this year's entry #Eurovision

designatednerd, 11 days ago to Eurovision

I love that both hosts are fluent in both English and French and literally nobody is surprised. Last year Hannah Waddingham breaking out in French caused a near-orgasm in the audience #Eurovision

designatednerd, 11 days ago to Eurovision

There is always at least one song that is clearly just an excuse for the #Eurovision production crew to go absolutely bonkers with the fire effect, and this year it is brought to you by Georgia.

designatednerd, 11 days ago to Eurovision

The tinfoil diaper is an…interesting choice for the Greek entry. #Eurovision

designatednerd, 11 days ago to Eurovision

After the incredible staging and general insanity of Ireland's entry, Latvia's ballad with with a relatively minimalist vibe is suffering in comparison. #Eurovision

designatednerd, 28 days ago to random

Hello my name is senior dev, my pronouns are it/depends

designatednerd, 29 days ago to random

This is a great talk, with some really helpful concepts to give you new ways to try to get a grip on time. https://iosdev.space/@DeepDishSwift/112321364837262083

designatednerd, 1 month ago to random

My mom’s car (2019 Honda Fit) doesn’t have whatever timer that prevents the car from draining the battery if you leave any light in the car on whatsoever. And when you drain the battery, it resets the emissions computer.

Which means to pass your emissions test, you have to drive around in circles for several hours until all the sensors have done their tests, creating a bunch of unnecessary emissions.

Great work everyone.

designatednerd, 1 month ago to random

#eclipse2024, allegedly!

(I tried putting on my eclipse glasses to try if I could discern where the sun even was, and LOL nope)

A fairly empty, very cloudy park in Rochester with a few people including me and my wife vainly hoping for a look at the eclipse

designatednerd, 1 month ago to random

Well, it got dark for four minutes. We tried, y’all. 🙃 #eclipse2024

designatednerd, 1 month ago to random

West coast 5.0: Everyone rolls over and goes back to bed

East coast 5.0: Public plea from the police to stop calling 911 to tell them there was an earthquake unless something actually happened because of it

designatednerd, 1 month ago to random

Love when googling “Tinder but for friends” that one of the proposed apps is Nextdoor, aka racism as a service with the occasional feel-good chance to help find a lost pet.

(Also man, making friends in a new city as middle aged childless person is some serious bullshit)

designatednerd, 2 months ago to random

38. Less than a year after diagnosis. Fuck glioblastoma right in the ear. #FuckCancer

designatednerd, 2 months ago to random

Had to get my eyes dilated and I feel like I’m getting a preview of how bad my vision will be without glasses in about 10 years. (This message brought to you by Siri.)

designatednerd, 2 months ago to random

They say art is pain, but I don’t think they meant when you drop a really heavy art on your foot.

We did get it on the wall eventually though. Artist is a Ukrainian who wound up here in Rochester after the Russian invasion. Her stuff is incredibly cool. https://www.etsy.com/shop/MagicLineStore

designatednerd, 3 months ago to random

I love when I find a list someone was in the process of making when they were clearly interrupted

(Also you know this wasn’t me because the handwriting is actually legible)

designatednerd, 3 months ago to random

I had an opportunistic infection crawl into my lungs while I had the food poisoning bacterial infection distracting my immune system. It mostly got hammered by the antibiotics that got the food poisoning, but the last vestiges have been holding on for dear life, causing me to cough very forcefully.

Now I've coughed so hard I've strained muscles in my chest. Do not recommend! Turns out you use those a lot more than you think.