Amikke @Amikke@qoto.org

@coolboymew @apropos while mulling over the possible existence of dot matrix displays with scanning flip bits, I encountered an unrelated more explainable bug:
Google rewrites queries, associated "dot matrix display" -> "microcontrollers" -> "MCU" -> "Marvel Cinematic Universe" (and yes this was page 1)

CPU with 18 logical cores

in theory:


[operation done in 3 minutes]

in reality:

thought our envelope printer had stopped being able to store jobs when i tell it to, but it turns out the recent jobs list just stops working in october because, obviously, month 10 starts with a 1 and must therefore come before month 9

E-mail would have really had what it takes to be an alternative to letters, but no! You have to make the login so complicated and then there are thousands of providers and you have to decide on one AT THE BEGINNING...

.. and with that they have already squandered their chance. In my environment, e-mail was too complicated for most people (with the providers and then looking for e-mail addresses, etc.) Today, none of them use it anymore. Me neither. Hope for fax now.

Rossmann's company has created Gray Jay, a stupidphone-only app that aggregates video publishers' multiple profiles on different platforms into a single feed/browse/search interface. Rossmann promoted it on YouTube. In a move that should surprise no-one, YouTube banned him. It's probably a literal TOS violation, and not just a "depends on how our AI feels about butts, today" ruling.

https://odysee.com/@TheQuartering:1/youtube-bans-massive-youtuber-louis:7

Anyway, fuck YouTube?

If Linux Kernel 6.6.6 isn't named "Kernel of the Beast" I'm quitting Linux and switching to FreeBSD

This line change in the google-chrome AUR repo is 💯 percent based.

The advancements of the hardware guys are quickly undermined by the incompetence of the software guys. No game should require a [latest $1k+ graphics card here], it's just a skill issue by shit "programmers" who make both the game and the engine (lol imagine not being able to write you own engine)

EBCDIC is incompatible with GDPR 🖤🖤🖤

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/10/ebcdic-is-incompatible-with-gdpr/

Microsoft products where the objects the product works with have the same name as the product itself:

* Windows
* Teams
* Whiteboard
* Bookings
* Word (why not Words?)
* Project (noun, not verb, that one's called PowerPoint)

Microsoft products where they stuck "One" in front to distract you from the fact they're doing the thing again:

* OneDrive
* OneNote

Microsoft products whose names are verbs setting unachievable expectations of what you could achieve:

* Excel
* Engage
* Access
* PowerPoint

Ditto, but also named to remind you of another, less heinous, product in the hope some goodwill will rub off:

* SharePoint

Azure:

* Azure

Trying to teach my kids programming with Swift Playgrounds, but it keeps deleting the local copy of the playground before we can do another programming session, and taking an interminable time to re-download.

That's a programming lesson right there.

@foone https://xkcd.com/2055/

Two things that happened this week:
- YouTube started banning the use of ad blockers
- Google was found serving ads with malware