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I tend to find AI-generated media vapid and unsatisfying, but demonflyingfox's videos are genuinely hilarious:...

I tend to find AI-generated media vapid and unsatisfying, but demonflyingfox's videos are genuinely hilarious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeLOzasUClE

Enterprise-Timecube convergence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCumber_cube(As an aside, it would be nice to have a cube named after me.)

Enterprise-Timecube convergence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCumber_cube

(As an aside, it would be nice to have a cube named after me.)

BART’s anime mascots: https://www.bart.gov/news/fun/anime

BART’s anime mascots: https://www.bart.gov/news/fun/anime

Queen singing "no escape from realgreggity" suddenly popped into my head last night, and then I spent a while trying to remember...

Queen singing "no escape from realgreggity" suddenly popped into my head last night, and then I spent a while trying to remember where that nonsense came from. One of my favorite Reddit exchanges of all time: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/3oqj4a/which_song_is_most_improved_when_all_occurrences/cw0ityk/?context=3

@Iconfactory Feature request for Tapestry: when browsing Bluesky, I don't want to see replies, but I also don't want to miss...

@Iconfactory Feature request for Tapestry: when browsing Bluesky, I don't want to see replies, but I also don't want to miss threads, which involve people replying to their own posts. Today, if I turn off replies, I also stop seeing threads, which means I miss out on a bunch of content. (Sometimes without even being aware of it.)

@Iconfactory Hi! Really enjoying Tapestry for keeping up with the firehose of news these days. One question: what happens if I’m up to...

@Iconfactory Hi! Really enjoying Tapestry for keeping up with the firehose of news these days. One question: what happens if I’m up to date on my feeds, but some messages get backdated and/or a late refresh puts messages behind the most-recent cursor? Is there a way for me to know that I haven’t read them yet? Thanks!

Somehow I missed Weird Al releasing a new polka medley last year... with an animated music video... featuring Cyriak, Jarrett Heather (Word...

Somehow I missed Weird Al releasing a new polka medley last year... with an animated music video... featuring Cyriak, Jarrett Heather (Word Crimes, Shop Vac), and Bill Plympton?! Amazing!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0ZoX4dBvwk

This HN comment is *chef’s kiss*

This HN comment is *chef’s kiss*

@marcoarment Hello! I’m resucitating an old NAS and trying to figure out how to make it work optimally with Time Machine, Backblaze, etc....

@marcoarment Hello! I’m resucitating an old NAS and trying to figure out how to make it work optimally with Time Machine, Backblaze, etc. I remember you used iSCSI at one point but found it to be too much of a maintenance pain. Just wondering, did you ever try hosting your files in a read/write .dmg or .sparsebundle on an SMB network share? I’m surprised to find that this looks and feels like a real APFS partition when mounted but I can’t tell what the tradeoffs are.

TIL that you can mount and use an APFS read/write sparsebundle from an SMB network share! That is some wacky filesystem layering. (Wonder...

TIL that you can mount and use an APFS read/write sparsebundle from an SMB network share! That is some wacky filesystem layering. (Wonder what perf is like compared to writing straight to the SMB share?)

Samuel Adams makes a 28% ABV beer called Utopias. It's rare, very expensive, and really more akin to a sherry than an ale. I got a...

Samuel Adams makes a 28% ABV beer called Utopias. It's rare, very expensive, and really more akin to a sherry than an ale. I got a chance to buy one on sale recently, and I was delighted to see that the fancy-ass ceramic bottle was still topped with a basic beer cap beneath the screw top. Hilarious!

Money and quality have a very loose correlation in creative fields. This incredible roguelike shmup was made by a team of only 4 people, and...

Money and quality have a very loose correlation in creative fields. This incredible roguelike shmup was made by a team of only 4 people, and yet I've spent more time playing it (40h) than the vast majority of AAA games. And now there's an update with hours of additional content! A true indie gem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfYZzQoPc8Q

Huh, a new, hand-drawn Gobliiins game came out in... 2023?! Goblins Quest 3 was one of my favorite adventure games growing up!...

Huh, a new, hand-drawn Gobliiins game came out in... 2023?! Goblins Quest 3 was one of my favorite adventure games growing up! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2475980/GOBLiiiNS5/

I have been an enthusiastic user and proponent of the Meta Quest over the Apple Vision Pro, but with Zuckerberg's recent far-right turn,...

I have been an enthusiastic user and proponent of the Meta Quest over the Apple Vision Pro, but with Zuckerberg's recent far-right turn, I will not be using the platform going forward. Unfortunate, since I was looking forward to dipping my toe into VR game development. Here's hoping that Valve releases something amazing in the next year or two.

David Keene is selling the Toronado pub after 38 years in operation. 😢 An old school Haight institution with no equal in the Bay Area....

David Keene is selling the Toronado pub after 38 years in operation. 😢 An old school Haight institution with no equal in the Bay Area. Hoping for the best but not optimistic that anyone else will be able to fill those boots. https://www.compass.com/notifications/emails/4b19767c-c5b5-46b4-b884-1c7f8f9846bd.html

Faces of fascism.

Faces of fascism.

A small sampling of the kinds of discussion topics that the Hacker News community wants to shut down immediately.Is there an intelligent...

A small sampling of the kinds of discussion topics that the Hacker News community wants to shut down immediately.

Is there an intelligent tech forum out there that is not fash-aligned?

Phoebe is a floppy fish!!! #caturday #catsofmastodon

Phoebe is a floppy fish!!! #caturday #catsofmastodon

Looks like we can add Tim Cook to the growing list of spineless enablers of fascism. What a truly pathetic, despicable lot. (Just as a...

Looks like we can add Tim Cook to the growing list of spineless enablers of fascism. What a truly pathetic, despicable lot. (Just as a reminder, Donald Trump started an insurrection, tried to steal an election, conspired with foreign powers, and actually raped people. He should be rotting in a prison cell, not taking $1M bribes from tech CEOs.) https://www.axios.com/2025/01/03/tim-cook-apple-donate-1-million-trump-inauguration

In pursuit of the perfect immersion coffee brewer, I discovered a fascinating device called the Aurli 360, which is made entirely of ceramic...

In pursuit of the perfect immersion coffee brewer, I discovered a fascinating device called the Aurli 360, which is made entirely of ceramic but still implements a water valve. Rotate the top half to a certain point and water pours out the bottom; rotate some more and flow stops (almost) completely. I thought this was physically impossible without a silicone gasket or similar, but apparently the two halves are ground against each other until the gap is almost airtight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG-PlM1wgtA