codinghorror

codinghorror, 1 year ago to random

Can we please for the love of god stop collectively pretending Adderall isn’t meth?

codinghorror, 3 months ago to random

What's your biggest guilty pleasure band? It's gotta be borderline shameful. I have quite a few, but I'll go with Styx to start.. 😂

codinghorror, 7 months ago to random

I love how these casually genderswapped images illustrate how weird things are, and hint at how we could do better

codinghorror, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to random

Deciding on the next stage of my career

codinghorror, 10 months ago to random

People say "decentralization doesn't work as good as the centralized facebooks and twitters", but then I post here on highly decentralized Mastodon a silly little joke about the commando character in the old video game Command & Conquer from 1995 and get a response from someone who worked on the original game! .. uh, maybe it is working already? https://infosec.exchange/@codinghorror/110646289254212237

codinghorror, 11 months ago to random

it's disturbing how quickly I went from "1080p is amazing!" to "1080p is utter garbage, where's the native 4k version?!"

codinghorror, 11 months ago to random

I know that I know this, but it's still bonkers.

codinghorror, 9 months ago to random

The Programmers' Credo, via the ineffable pinboard, Maciej Ceglowsi. Yes I had this bronzed myself. Twice, one for me, one for him. And we deserve every bit of it! 😉

codinghorror, 1 year ago to random

I love Apple's hardware, but what the heck is going on with the Apple TV? I've had to reboot multiple Apple TVs (latest model) multiple times just to get basic video playback going across several apps like Hulu and Netflix and HBO Max. You'll press play and it crashes back out to the main menu. Repeat. Repeat. Until you reboot..

codinghorror, 1 year ago to random

the local PTA has an auction to "be a rockstar" with a supporting band, and you pick the four songs the band performs, with you as lead singer. I will win, and this is gonna be our setlist: 🤘

1. Poison -- Talk Dirty To Me
2. Megadeth -- Peace Sells
3. Suicidal Tendencies -- Institutionalized
4. Bette Midler -- Wind Beneath My Wings

codinghorror, 6 months ago to random

I'll freely admit that I only "upgraded" to the iPhone 15 because.. titanium. Metal of the gods! 🔨

codinghorror, 9 months ago to random

It is kind of annoying how the top youtube comments for music videos are always the same basic sentimential nostalgia non-statements like "All the people who were teenagers in this decade, I salute you, what a decade!" and "man they don't make music like this any more, what a song!"

codinghorror, 6 months ago to random

Is it just me or "do humans have free will" one of those completely pointless, abstract, hypothetical discussions that simply doesn't matter one god damn bit?

codinghorror, 3 months ago to random

When someone really loves you, they delete all that ridiculous querystring nonsense from the end of the hyperlink before sending it to you. 💘

codinghorror, 1 year ago to random

how you know your brand is in serious trouble: a single friend of mine told a potential date he drove a Tesla and she said "ew"

codinghorror, 1 year ago to random

holy crap Black Mirror season 6?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7uFcpF0pXk

codinghorror, 11 months ago to random

When you realize your final legacy to the world is copy and paste, and are OK with that 🥸

codinghorror, 9 months ago to random

"Have people gone insane or were they always like this and now we can see it because of the internet?" a question for the ages, my friends

codinghorror, 3 months ago to random

Poor Things is like a much, much more accessible The Lobster. It is almost as good as Everything Everywhere All At Once which is an unbelievable compliment. See it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlbR5N6veqw

codinghorror, 5 months ago to random

Fuck the headphone jack. Like the floppy drive before it, nothing has ever been more deserving of death. ☠️ It's called "the future", maybe look into it?

codinghorror, 11 months ago to random

First of all, how dare you sir. https://www.fastly.com/blog/regex-in-retrograde

codinghorror, 3 months ago to random

I have difficulty with the "I only use lower case" folks. I mean, e e cummings could pull that off, so.. what you're implicitly telling us you are as talented as e e cummings? OK .. I .. guess?

codinghorror, 8 months ago to random

"If Apple was a country, its annual sales—nearly $400 billion last year—would make it roughly the 40th biggest economy in the world, ahead of Iran and on par with Denmark." the era of companies as nation-states has only just begun IMO

codinghorror, 11 months ago to random

If I ran Reddit, I'd be embracing and empowering the moderators, not alienating them. Without good moderators, you don't have a community, at least not a sustainable one people enjoy visiting. Unless you want Quora. And ain't nobody want no Quora!

codinghorror, 3 months ago to random

It's strange, but I feel the overarching lesson of Twitter was "how snarkily funny can I be" whereas on Mastodon it's "how kind and generous can I be" and good lord I am so here for this change, even if it results in less clickbait and "engagement"