I think someone now needs to make a starfield mod...
Re: https://m.universetoday.com/@fraser/114145052873096522
12.3.2025 02:29I think someone now needs to make a starfield mod...Re: https://m.universetoday.com/@fraser/114145052873096522Overheard from the Spurs/Jazz game announcers:
"Dirk made the most three pointers of a 7-footer"
Me: "Hey Google, how many three has Kevin Durant made?"
"Hey Google, how tall is he *really*?"
(Google sticks with the fiction that KDs < 7ft. Sorry Google, but no.)
10.11.2024 02:53Overheard from the Spurs/Jazz game announcers:"Dirk made the most three pointers of a 7-footer"Me: "Hey Google, how many...And we wonder how mastodon has such an HOA reputation
2.11.2024 00:48And we wonder how mastodon has such an HOA reputation(or per the manufacturer, shit RCA)
23.10.2024 18:44(or per the manufacturer, shit RCA)Higher quality analog sound, output via either your choice of a shit Bluetooth codec, or shit speakers
23.10.2024 18:43Higher quality analog sound, output via either your choice of a shit Bluetooth codec, or shit speakersI know I'm an old, but....
WTF??
23.10.2024 18:19I know I'm an old, but....WTF??@Quinnypig : is it reasonable for Amazon to require paid support to fix an issue on their side where I can't release a resource they're billing me for?
10.7.2024 04:19@Quinnypig : is it reasonable for Amazon to require paid support to fix an issue on their side where I can't release a resource...The "shake head or nod to reject/accept a call" airpods function OTOH is totally gonna be stolen by everyone else.
10.6.2024 17:33The "shake head or nod to reject/accept a call" airpods function OTOH is totally gonna be stolen by everyone else.iMessage/SMS via satellite is very interesting...
10.6.2024 17:25iMessage/SMS via satellite is very interesting...(Also, I'd hope that "lock an app" can be inverted/made default in some way)
10.6.2024 17:21(Also, I'd hope that "lock an app" can be inverted/made default in some way)"Hide an app" I hope there are thoughts about surfacing that a new hidden app was added, so that a stalker can't use it to hide their stalkerware.
10.6.2024 17:20"Hide an app" I hope there are thoughts about surfacing that a new hidden app was added, so that a stalker can't use it to...#WWDC: "Now you can put icons in specific spots on your home screen"
Uh. Huh. Amazing.
10.6.2024 17:18#WWDC: "Now you can put icons in specific spots on your home screen"Uh. Huh. Amazing.I'm in the social security office for "reasons". I can't make an appointment online. I've been here since 8:30, a half hour before they opened. I was about 14th in line.
So far, two people from the line have been helped. At this rate, they won't get to me today.
30.5.2024 17:38I'm in the social security office for "reasons". I can't make an appointment online. I've been here since 8:30, a half...There are many ways to become radicalized about end-of-life care. I don't recommend any of them.
29.5.2024 03:27There are many ways to become radicalized about end-of-life care. I don't recommend any of them.So my phone apparently has an astrophotography mode, where it takes a long exposure and a time-lapse at once?
11.5.2024 07:04So my phone apparently has an astrophotography mode, where it takes a long exposure and a time-lapse at once?@muskrat_john Re: Dork Tower for Apr 24th...
You might need to startup the "another satisfied customer" counter again.
WHY ARE YOU ATTACKING ME LIKE THAT?!
Ahem.
http://www.dorktower.com/2024/04/22/18614/
24.4.2024 17:30@muskrat_john Re: Dork Tower for Apr 24th...You might need to startup the "another satisfied customer" counter again.WHY ARE YOU...@frameworkcomputer did a fundraising round where they raised ... 17M?
That ... was less than I would have expected. That suggests that designing laptops is somehow cheaper than I'd have assumed?
23.4.2024 16:43@frameworkcomputer did a fundraising round where they raised ... 17M?That ... was less than I would have expected. That suggests that...Is there a pithy law for the observation that restrictions/limits/process strictly increases over time? That once a process point exists to prevent (legit goal G via stupid-bad proxy) X, that no one will ever support pulling it out?
IE, we'll never be able to fly with water again?
15.4.2024 16:01Is there a pithy law for the observation that restrictions/limits/process strictly increases over time? That once a process point exists to...Time to repost https://xkcd.com/723/
5.4.2024 16:02Time to repost https://xkcd.com/723/