quixoticgeek

quixoticgeek, 32 minutes ago to random

I thought this flag came from all the glass on the fietspad. But nope. It's a thorn. Not the biggest I've ever removed, but certainly one of the more annoying.

wmd, 12 minutes ago to til

TIL some penguin colonies have more penguins than Amsterdam has inhabitants living there.

#til #penguin

futurebird, 10 hours ago to random

The decisions and policy that have the most profound impacts on the greatest number of human lives often aren't the ones talked about most often in political discourse.

What is the biggest difference between life in this era and say... European feudalism?

I would argue it's near universal literacy. And along with simply having access to the written word, the highest percentage of a population armed with some scraps of what you might call a "liberal arts education"

The ability to self-teach.

quixoticgeek, 3 minutes ago to random

Very glad I have a hepa filter with a carbon element. It's currently clearing the stink of what ever it was died in my bike bag from the room.

quixoticgeek, 36 minutes ago to random

On the plus side. I've now fixed my rear inner tube. Hole was in exactly the same place as the previous tube. Close inspection shows I missed a thorn sticking through the outer.

Hopefully this fix will hold air.

quixoticgeek, 37 minutes ago to random

Well that was vile and smelly. Found something that was once food in the bottom of my bike food bag. I'm not sure what it once was, but now it's turned into liquid. And it stinks.

Have now evicted it to the bin.

quixoticgeek, 1 hour ago to random

Have dug the bike work stand out of the basement and set it up in the living room. Now all I need to do is get the bike setup in it.

GossiTheDog, 4 days ago to random

For those who aren’t aware, Microsoft have decided to bake essentially an infostealer into base Windows OS and enable by default.

From the Microsoft FAQ: “Note that Recall does not perform content moderation. It will not hide information such as passwords or financial account numbers."

Info is stored locally - but rather than something like Redline stealing your local browser password vault, now they can just steal the last 3 months of everything you’ve typed and viewed in one database.

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quixoticgeek, 9 hours ago to random

Saw someone posting about going to their local labour launch. Was disappointed to discover this was launching their election campaign, and not launching labour with a trebuchet...

Ellen, 9 hours ago to random

Is it normal or unreasonable for me to expect parents to tell their small kids- like 4yo- to cover their mouth when they cough?

quixoticgeek, 9 hours ago to random

First Devon, now south east London. UK tap water safety is seriously under threat.

The Privatised water experiment has been a dismal failure that has only lead to enriching a few individuals at the expense of everyone else.

We need to end this experiment now.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/25/thames-water-vomiting-bug-cryptosporidium

quixoticgeek, 22 hours ago to random

When did people forget how to pronounce niche properly? I keep hearing people pronounce it to thyme with itch. It makes no sense.

cibomahto, 1 day ago to random

Looking over this CAD drawing I made, the main conclusion I can draw is that the success of the project depends on a skilled CNC operator in China holding better tolerances than we asked for.

quixoticgeek, 1 day ago to random

If the burger you have made is so tall it's not actually possible to take a bike out of it, you have failed at making a burger.

quixoticgeek, 1 day ago to random

This Duolingo exercise made me laugh way too much. I fully expect future lessons to include:

Ik woon in een grote emmer.

Dinsdag komt er aan, heb je je jas?

I'm also curious if many other people will get the reference.

quixoticgeek, 1 day ago to random

We've all been having a good laugh about sparkling autocarrot suggesting that people include glue in the cheese on pizza, and that we should all eat rocks.

But at the same time, you can buy mushroom identification books in Amazon that are "written" using sparkling autocarrot.

Actual printed books. On how to tell very similar poisonous and non poisonous mushrooms apart. Something that is really hard for skilled humans in some cases.

Who has liability when people start dying?

quixoticgeek, 1 day ago to random

Grocery delivery window of 0800-1200 resulted in the doorbell ringing at 0748. On the plus side, ice-cream has arrived. Downside. ETooEarly.

Going back to bed now.

quixoticgeek, 1 day ago to random

Hey, @frameworkcomputer, can we have a laptop with a nipple in the middle of the keyboard. (Like on a ThinkPad). Please.

quixoticgeek, 2 days ago to random

Do I want to tidy up the living room enough that I can repair my bike on the floor... Or go all the way to the basement to get the work stand ?

quixoticgeek, 2 days ago to random

I have a course on July 5th. So I can't stay up all night and watch the results live. Boo. Maybe I could get a really early night, wake up at 2am to watch the results and then goto work...

quixoticgeek, 2 days ago to random

My four day weekend has begun. I did try to have a nap, but got distracted by doom scrolling. Now it's time to crawl out of bed and cook something for dinner... Just as soon as I decide what...