wiredog

scalzi, 15 days ago to random

Me, super enthused to be 55 today.

(Spoiler: I am actually having a pretty good day)

obvioustroll, 22 days ago to random

How to know your DVD player is too old:

1. All the DVDs are playing in sepia tone. (Not kidding.)
2. You still own a DVD player.

I have to say, I don't even remember how old this thing was, but the Mrs felt kind of judged when she wanted to watch her Pride and Prejudice tonight.

wiredog, 27 days ago to random

Today’s looking like a great day to ride out to Purcelleville for barbecue and ice cream. Mid-80s, sunny, light breeze.

r343l, 28 days ago to random

The Danny Westneat of economics bloggers thinks he’s great despite the absurd autocratic tech fascist cosplay. https://newrepublic.com/article/180487/balaji-srinivasan-network-state-plutocrat

This article is just wild and yet another reminder that the top folks “in tech” are often not wise, thoughtful or caring.

sjvn, 29 days ago to random

I don't recall the early PC days being this way in the States.

wiredog, 1 month ago to random

“Upload error.” Yeah, right…

wiredog, 1 month ago to random

@briankrebs

This is interesting…

wiredog, 2 months ago to random

“IF YOU EVER looked at the actions of the Trump White House and wondered, ‘Are they on drugs?’ — the answer was, in some cases, yes. Absolutely, yes.”

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-white-house-drugs-speed-xanax-1234979503/

wiredog, 2 months ago to random

Looks like they moved it outside the paywall.

https://www.washingtonian.com/2024/02/29/lgbtq-gun-owners-are-breaching-the-right-wing-arms-bubble/

wiredog, 3 months ago to random

@Stacky

More KitchenAid talk.

Modern appliances are rarely built to last. They could learn something from the KitchenAid stand mixer. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/02/kitchenaid-stand-mixer-durability/677524/?gift=lXYKxj_TVbvBJumoueZhMGhVEVFWAzdznnls_YUKo6g

wiredog, 4 months ago to random

Apparently an American professor suggested adding a pinch of salt to a cup of tea. The US Embassy in London has stepped up to repair the damage.

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:3tmtbhttwq4d3li7m4pc22aw/bafkreibzpbbp3ihtiqnsro6qela3d2oqt2xabzfbwh7zlvkwnldurul3p4@jpeg

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wiredog, 4 months ago to random

It’s not just Marvel and Star Wars that have too much Stuff for me to keep up with. The Star Trek novels got away from me a couple decades ago and I never even tried with the Star Wars eu.

https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/scalzi-on-film-when-fun-becomes-homework/

wiredog, 4 months ago to random

In addition to hating Cmake I’m beginning to seriously doubt the utility of git.

Things that were relatively easy to do in Turbo C++ on MS-DOS 30 years ago are difficult in Linux today.

wiredog, 5 months ago to random

Substack has a Nazi problem. So does Mastodon. In both cases you usually have to go looking for it, which is miles better than Facebook or Twitter.

Any place that doesn’t have heavy moderation is going to have a Nazi problem. And an Islamophobia problem. And an antisemitism problem.

Haven’t seen too many Nazis on Bluesky yet, but it’s going to open up soon…. And have to find a way to monetize the users if it’s going to stay in business.

wiredog, 5 months ago to random

@briankrebs

Heard about this one yet?

https://www.publicbooks.org/how-to-lose-a-library/

wiredog, 7 months ago to random

I see Hamas is doing everything it can to prop up Netanyahu.

wiredog, 10 months ago to random

@sjvn @robpegoraro

Well this was a surprise.

wiredog, 10 months ago to random

“George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social • 4h
I just tried that in a small town. Oh myyy...”

wiredog, 10 months ago to random

@sjvn or @robpegoraro or someone in tech journalism may find this useful.

https://mastodon.gamedev.place/

wiredog, 10 months ago to random

So over on Bluesky it was discovered that some people were getting usernames with slurs (racial and otherwise) in them and a lot of other people were, and are, upset that Bluesky allowed that (Bluesky doesn’t anymore). Given that Mastodon is federated/distributed how does it handle that sort of thing? If the instance I was on allowed me to be horribly-offensive@example.com what would, or could, Mastodon as a whole do about it?

wiredog, 20 days ago to random

No opinion on number 50, otherwise they’re all good.

https://mo-husseini.medium.com/50-completely-true-things-1ce672087b28

wiredog, 14 days ago to random

@sjvn @robpegoraro

https://scholar.social/@researchfairy/112417188736115521