april

april, 4 days ago to random

never thought i would miss the days of fake money for criminals.

at least that was a convenient way for the most annoying people to out themselves and didn’t end up ruining every tech product in existence.

april, 13 days ago to random

AI companies be like “only AI can solve the problems caused by AI”

april, 27 days ago to random

TIL of the bad.horse traceroute

april, 1 month ago to random

on the perils of being named after a month

april, 1 month ago to random

has the government tried doing anything about this?

the only reason I ask is that they’ve been doing nothing for a decade now and it seems to not be working.

april, 1 month ago to random

kudos to google for offering a free option to keep AI out of search results

april, 1 month ago to random

has there ever been any business meeting less realistic than the council of elrond?

you seriously want me to believe that a meeting ended with a decision being made and multiple teams taking ownership of the problem?

april, 1 month ago to random

computers used to yell at us when we connected to the internet, but in our hubris we ignored them.

april, 2 months ago to random

“hey babe, what do you wanna watch tonight?”

“I dunno, something red maybe?”

april, 3 months ago to random

Interviewer: what happens when you type google.com enter your address bar and hit enter?

Candidate: talks for 18 hours

Interviewer: didn't mention that the host USB controller polled the keyboard, powered by 5V on pin 1, to get the keycodes stored in its internal memory. fail.

april, 3 months ago to random

I need to drive a huge SUV to protect myself against huge SUVs that other people drive to protect themselves against people like myself who drive huge SUVs.

—the American car buying public

april, 3 months ago to random

ahahahahahahaha hehehehehehe

this is the greatest library card design ever, thanks saint paul public library.

april, 3 months ago to random

only a matter of time until we’re going to have to authenticate our very faces and voices using cryptographic hardware keys:

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/04/asia/deepfake-cfo-scam-hong-kong-intl-hnk/index.html

april, 3 months ago to random

a tech D&D alignment scale with one side having the team at Apple that invented the thing that automatically fills in your six-digit SMS codes and the other side having the team at Apple that invented balloons falling during your therapy session when you wave your hands a certain way on camera

april, 3 months ago to random

thinking about how crazy it is that to access your financial data in pretty much any app you have to entrust your bank login and password to a random middle-company called Plaid.

and if you don’t (or your bank doesn’t support them), then your only option is downloading the worst CSV you’ve ever seen.

lcamtuf, 3 months ago to random

Hell is other people: performance management at Big Tech - https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/hell-is-other-people-performance

april, 4 months ago to random

iOS and iPadOS 17.3 add Stolen Device Protection. this disables passcode fallback and introduces delays for changing your device passcode and Apple ID password, when your phone is away from a familiar location:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212510

april, 4 months ago to random

I would maybe suggest that he start with the person directly responsible for Google failing to develop any new profitable business lines in the last decade or so: Sundar Pichai

https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/17/24042417/google-layoffs-2024-internal-employee-memo-sundar-pichai

april, 4 months ago to random

before reading this article, please be warned that it will completely deplete your “wtf” supply:

https://www.universalhub.com/2024/ebay-agrees-3-million-fine-trying-destroy-lives

april, 4 months ago to random

the “being a nerd” to “exhausted by nerds” tech pipeline

april, 4 months ago to random

my mantra: internet points don't matter

my reality: internet points make my tummy feel happy

april, 4 months ago to random

git blame, but it tells you who reviewed the code instead

april, 4 months ago to random

I finally did it! Today I used a cable (TB2→DVI) that had been sitting in storage for an entire decade.

All of you tech people who have bins and bins of obsolete cables, know now that your hoarding is completely justified.

april, 4 months ago to random

TIL that the US government runs an official dad joke database 👀

https://fatherhood.gov/for-dads/dad-jokes