RobW

RobW, 1 day ago to random

@lapcatsoftware Hi Jeff, I’d really love a way to be able to temporarily enable JavaScript with Stop the Script. Thanks!

RobW, 2 days ago to random

I’d love the (probable) incoming labour government to renationalise the railways and water, tax the rich, build houses, recognise Palestine, fix the nhs, rejoin the EU… in reality they probably aren’t going to do any of that and will generally be a disappointment. But I think we can be certain they can’t make anything worse.

RobW, 2 days ago to random

Am I going to book 5th July off work so I stay up all night watching Tory scum becoming unemployed?

RobW, 2 days ago to random

That Microsoft considered protecting DRM content before protecting users in their new keylogger really shouldn’t be shocking, but somehow was. Classic capitalism.

RobW, 2 days ago to random

It turns out the way to get me to do literally anything is to offer me a minuscule chance of winning a ticket to Glastonbury. I’ve purchased cheese, tea, chocolate, and have a fridge full of cider I’m encouraging my wife to drink for me. I follow people who make wellies, a bus company, and some kind of fizzy vitamins on Instagram. Yet shockingly no one has yet given me a ticket.

RobW, 2 days ago to random

When Americans use the word ‘kickball’ do they mean football? As in actual football, not their weird version of rugby.

RobW, 5 days ago to random

I started reading a Malcolm Gladwell book. I know he gets a lot of criticism, but I like to make my own judgement on these things.
Anyway, I feel like I’m getting stupider by reading it.

RobW, 6 days ago to random

My home town, like many, has a Hollywood-inspired ‘walk of fame’ where local celebrities names are included in stars. Yet the dude I went to school with who had the massive willy who went to LA to star in porn films, is not amongst them.

RobW, 7 days ago to random

I stopped in at the Jewish bakery on my way home last night. Someone had stuck a bunch of ‘free Palestine’ stickers around.
Come on folks. Jewish people are not responsible for the actions of the Israeli state. I cannot get my head around how this is hard to understand.
Anyway, my Beigel was incredible. Even if the service is consistently, charmingly, terrible.

RobW, 7 days ago to random

Alt text because this is the absolute stupidest shit I’ve ever read, and I can just picture the exact person who thinks this is their rule for life.

Screenshot of a tweet: The same boiling water that makes an egg turn hard will make a potato soft. You need to dictate your environment and don't let the environment dictate you.
https://bird.makeup/users/sumbitches/statuses/1791112067530817946

RobW, 9 days ago to random

Any ideas why maps will no longer give me spoken directions? They appear to be enabled in settings.

RobW, 9 days ago to random

CGI muppets are not muppets but cgi representations of muppets.

RobW, 9 days ago to random

I keep seeing links to posts on moba11y.com and thinking ’I don’t remember writing that.’
Anyway, nice work to whoever is writing that blog.

RobW, 11 days ago to random

The two stages of writing SwiftUI:

1. Omg. I love this.
2. Omg. I hate this with a passion.

RobW, 12 days ago to random

I really thought Windows95man would do so much better.

RobW, 13 days ago to random

North American folks: The Aurora incredible. You’re in for a treat in a few hours. Get y’self outside!

RobW, 14 days ago to random

Has anyone seen my fleece jacket? You know, the blue one.

RobW, 14 days ago to random

Everyone seems fine with their Apple Music profile leaking the data of if they have kids or not.
Like, no one without kids is going to have ‘The best of Elmo’ listed.

RobW, 16 days ago to random

Oof. Steve Albini 😭
https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/may/08/steve-albini-us-alt-rock-musician-and-producer-dies-aged-61

RobW, 19 days ago to random

One thing I’m constantly impressed by is how black metal fans know when their favourite bands are playing. These are apparently words. Do black metal fans get a handbook on reading these?

RobW, 19 days ago to random

Sharing a ride through the mountains always makes me panic.
I have carpool tunnel syndrome.

RobW, 19 days ago to random

Just watched a Thor movie and it struck me how wild it is that we’re still making contemporary stories about characters that were created thousands of years ago.
What’s the oldest character(s) we still make contemporary fiction about? Jesus? Are there contemporary stories of Greek gods? Anything older?

RobW, 20 days ago to random

I work nearly exclusively in UI atm, but… boy does Swift concurrency make me feel thick.

RobW, 20 days ago to random

When you call an async throwing function you have to put try before await. So logically it makes sense that when you define the function throws comes before async, right…

RobW, 20 days ago to random

Them: Pointer control on iPadOS isn’t an accessibility feature.
Me: https://www.augmental.tech/