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A power cut?! First one in at least 6yrs. It’d be nice and peaceful without the bastard street lamp shining into the bedroom… were it...

A power cut?! First one in at least 6yrs. It’d be nice and peaceful without the bastard street lamp shining into the bedroom… were it not for dozens of battery backup house alarms screaming.

Close app, re-open app ... Cmd+Z now functional again.I honestly prefer the editor from VSCode - by a long way.

Close app, re-open app ... Cmd+Z now functional again.

I honestly prefer the editor from VSCode - by a long way.

In the middle of working, suddenly, my PHPStorm no longer has undo.Cmd + Z does nothing.Edit > undo/redo are greyed out.This is insane.

In the middle of working, suddenly, my PHPStorm no longer has undo.

Cmd + Z does nothing.

Edit > undo/redo are greyed out.

This is insane.

Very tidy and helpful little explainer video on rsync I stumbled over today. Love me some rsync.TLDR: copy/move files between places in a...

Very tidy and helpful little explainer video on rsync I stumbled over today. Love me some rsync.

TLDR: copy/move files between places in a smarter way than just raw copying/moving.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eifQI5uD6VQ

Me, recently; considering if I have to stop reading Madtodon as the level of “oh god no” has escalated to “this is affecting my day”...

Me, recently; considering if I have to stop reading Madtodon as the level of “oh god no” has escalated to “this is affecting my day” levels.

Me; the next day “wait, these are all boosts. When the fuck did I switch boosts to be visible again?!”

Me, now; oh thank god they’re gone again. Jesus Christ, world, I can’t fix this stuff. I just can’t fix any of this systemic social collapse bullshit. All I can do is be me.

At first I thought this was rage bait fake. The Independent is a properly staffed newspaper that isn’t going to write a headline with a...

At first I thought this was rage bait fake. The Independent is a properly staffed newspaper that isn’t going to write a headline with a basic grammatical error like “there no were no” in it - I thought.

No, reality is depressing on both counts. It’s real, from 2015 America, after a sanity check web search.

The study itself? Scanned the abstract and have side-eye mode triggered by it. Seems… not as simple as the headline makes out. Surprise. (Still depressing tho).

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/a-third-of-male-university-students-say-they-would-rape-a-woman-if-there-no-were-no-consequences-9978052.html

We can be disgusted by it, rightly, while also realising - it makes no difference. Attacking the opposition *works*. The basis or truth of...

We can be disgusted by it, rightly, while also realising - it makes no difference. Attacking the opposition *works*. The basis or truth of the attacks *doesn’t matter* in terms of how effective they are.

If your opponent doesn’t care about “playing fair”, you can’t beat them by restraining yourself to rules they don’t. There is no moral high ground. They’re playing a meta game above the table’s ruleset, and you’re pointing at rules as written like it will stop meta-gaming. It’s naive.

Jesus Christ: if you still clutch pearls about Republicans whipping up anger about minor Democrat actions whilst ignoring much larger things...

Jesus Christ: if you still clutch pearls about Republicans whipping up anger about minor Democrat actions whilst ignoring much larger things when it’s their own side… mate, it’s got jack to do with being fair.

They aren’t playing a game of fair. They never were. They’re playing to win; and they are, and they have.

Dems thought they could avoid that game and were *just plain wrong*.

There is no use in articles bitching about hypocrisy. We all know. Everyone knows. It simply doesn’t matter.

(I accidentally saw “the news”)

(I accidentally saw “the news”)

Hey. Politicians.I care less about our borders than I do about your tribalism and pandering to populism and authoritarianism.I don’t fear...

Hey. Politicians.

I care less about our borders than I do about your tribalism and pandering to populism and authoritarianism.

I don’t fear immigrants; i dont blame them for the situation we are all in. They haven’t been in power. You have. I fear what damage your kind keep doing to my society and my future. No immigrant has fucked my future up - you lot did. You set policy. You control the economy. You control taxes. You give cuts to the rich and burden the poor. You. Not immigrants.

No; I’m just a muppet with a busted selector. I need coffee.

No; I’m just a muppet with a busted selector. I need coffee.

Backdrop-filter: blur(1em); Also seemingly not useable with transitions.*sigh*

Backdrop-filter: blur(1em); Also seemingly not useable with transitions.

*sigh*

*sigh*mask-image in css doesn’t play nice with backdrop-filter.Want to have a blurred backdrop, that fades to edges instead of being a...

*sigh*
mask-image in css doesn’t play nice with backdrop-filter.

Want to have a blurred backdrop, that fades to edges instead of being a harsh solid line? Surely a job for mask-image!

Nah. Doesn’t work. The blur is still at 100% strength regardless of the mask. Works for a background colour. Not for a backdrop-filter.

*sigh*

“The irony if the Venus lander hits wherever Putin is currently sitting would be delightful” I think to myself. “Assuming no other...

“The irony if the Venus lander hits wherever Putin is currently sitting would be delightful” I think to myself. “Assuming no other collateral damage” I reprimand myself.

Also; while I’m blathering about nothing into the ether… I am tired. I have had a tired week. Like in my body and soul.Hoping to catch...

Also; while I’m blathering about nothing into the ether… I am tired. I have had a tired week. Like in my body and soul.

Hoping to catch the next small wave of energy and surf it to larger ones, but honestly - my motivational sea is a bit of a mill-pond atm. Lots of moments where I’d like to just zone out and stare into nothing.

The other week it was shorts, t-shirt, and fan blowing weather. This week it’s jeans, shirt, jumper, and dressing gown while sat at the...

The other week it was shorts, t-shirt, and fan blowing weather. This week it’s jeans, shirt, jumper, and dressing gown while sat at the desk.

UK weather.

I have been reminded that I ought to rewatch Babylon 5.It is old. It suffered unfortunate choices by studios causing HD re-releases to be…...

I have been reminded that I ought to rewatch Babylon 5.

It is old. It suffered unfortunate choices by studios causing HD re-releases to be… poor. But. It always was way ahead of its time.

- First TV show to use full CGI for space scenes (rendered on Amigas).
- Full story planned out before shooting.
- Shot for widescreen.

And - it was proper educated grown up sci fi. Not the shit we get these days from Paramount.

The whole thing, really, was anti-fascist messaging.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=pmQmhVDdZiw

Been watching PirateSoftware play through Expedition 33.Powerful story; stunning art; great _artistry_.But I’m glad I’m not playing it....

Been watching PirateSoftware play through Expedition 33.

Powerful story; stunning art; great _artistry_.

But I’m glad I’m not playing it. The game mechanics bore me to death.

Jim the dog is afraid of the little bit of wood that fishermen sit on fishing. Absolutely would not come to me; he tried bless him but...

Jim the dog is afraid of the little bit of wood that fishermen sit on fishing. Absolutely would not come to me; he tried bless him but chickened out multiple times and went back to solid land every time.

Went to get some cheap-ass "redwood" (pine) boards to make a small box for some solar controler + batteries + inverter today. And...

Went to get some cheap-ass "redwood" (pine) boards to make a small box for some solar controler + batteries + inverter today. And by "cheap boards" I mean the sort of shit that's neither "solid wood" nor "ply" because it's short scraps of wood around 2" x 6" glued together to make "a solid-wood board". Lowest possible quality "real wood".

I mean, 2' x 1' x 2' or similar. Small.

Would be £70 in materials.

Fuck off. The price of DIY material. I couldn't afford to woodwork if I really wanted.