Random games YouTuber the boy is watching “that’s going to be a bit boring”. My man, if even you aren’t interested in your video maybe just don’t bother. Find something else to do.
I can now confidently report that climbing while hung over sucks. Managed half an hour before packing it in and getting a coffee.
Accidentally went to a pub with a cover band playing the greatest hits of my teens (Fairhless, Disturbed, Papa Roach, Linkin Park). Climbing is going to suck tomorrow but the dancing was the best time I’ve had in months.
Went climbing again, this time doing some bouldering on my own. I suck at it, which I fully expected, but in a way that indicates I might one day be alright at it. As a sport it fits my brain, you’re forced to really engage with what’s happening, particularly when what’s happening is that your 12ft up and attached to a wall by nothing but a tiny step and your ability to hold on.
@eher @solderandchaos if we’re judging ourselves against printers I suddenly feel way better about myself.
I discovered some time ago there’s a huge climbing gym twenty minutes walk from my flat, and this evening I finally got round to doing one of their introductory sessions. Fantastic value for £20 as I was the only person so got 90 minutes of solo tuition, climbed several walls, learned to tie some knots, and now feel like my arms might fall out of my shoulders. 5*, will be back again.
Just met my favourite registration form ever, where the terms & conditions field isn’t a checkbox, it’s a drop down labelled “Have you read our privacy policy” containing three options: Yes, No, and No, but I’m happy to proceed.
Normalise not making people lie on your registration form.
i'm looking for work as of today!
if you need a staff level backend/database person, i could very well be that person: https://tef.computer
if you know your company is hiring, drop me a link to the careers page.
nb: due to having a sleep cycle resembling a melatonin free jazz solo, i usually work in Eastern Time, remotely.
as a result i generally work for east/west coast firms in the us, or very flexible employers in the uk
My name is Alexa. Call me by my name. If you have a device that reacts to my name, turn the damn thing off during meetings. No, I will not change my name for your convenience.
Announcing: https://justaqrcode.com.
Tired of "free" QR code generators that are full of ads and trackers, that share your data, and that want to sell you something? Me too. Here's my act of resistance: I made a one-page site that works entirely in your browser to generate a simple QR code. And that's all it does. You can download the HTML page and run it locally, even. Read the source; nothing up my sleeves. Just a QR code.
My offer to you -- I will continue to pay for the domain name and web hosting for it, myself. If you find it valuable, you can pay it back by creating your own useful thing for the world and releasing it for free. Let's take back the friendly web, one vexingly-monetized utility at a time!
Over a great many years I built up a habit of reflexively opening Hacker News when idle, because back in the day I’d probably see something good there. Now it’s just a sea of AI companies that are just a thin wrapper around Claude, and people saying how it’s completely normal to check your morals at the door when entering work.
What site should I write a small Safari extension to redirect to when I attempt to open it?
Fucking Acast ads. “Your customers are scrolling past your ads, using ad blockers, and paying for ad free streaming. Well fuck your customers. Fuck their dislike of ads, get some in their ear holes while they’re driving down the road and can’t skip them.”
Imagine your job is yelling "Good morning have you driven a hard bargain?" at a politician who is ignoring you a hundred metres away, fucking hell
@sundogplanets @catsalad wow, that’s the same face I’d pull eating raw rhubarb.
Big sigh of relief on finishing a dry run of the interview exercise I’ll be running tomorrow and discovering I am indeed qualified to do my own job.
I was briefly surprised by how well mapped the car park I took a shortcut through was while trying to find the exit, it made sense when I remembered it’s the car park for Ordnance Survey headquarters.
Me, standing atop a cherry-blossom-swept bridge, re-sheathing my katana
It’s the time of year when I can go out for 90 minute walk at 7pm, absolutely beautiful in the woods this evening, so beautiful in fact I didn’t think to stop and take a photo so you’ll just have to believe me.
You know things are bad when you find yourself reading the source code for NetworkManager 8 hours into the work day.