Levi Breederland @levisan@qoto.org

Niche Dutch thing of the day thanks to @ohryan

Kinda brilliant, yet kinda stupid in how easy to defeat it—too late to make a difference either way.

https://hackaday.com/2024/10/06/2view-the-self-erasing-vhs-tape-with-paperclip-hack/

People going around acting like banning the use of personal electronics in the classroom prevents students from using them in an emergency make no sense to me.

To the 11 people who wished me a happy birthday by commenting on my mum's Facebag post, a type of greeting that only is getting to me because I wanted to write this, I thank you heartily, but I can't help but feel like you wished me a happy birthday more for the sake of your relationship with my mother than your relationship with myself. Of course, you'll never see this and I'm thanking you more for the sake of my relationship with people other than yourself. Turnabout is fair play.

I've been overhearing a lot of prank call recordings because apparently those are a thing.

Let it be known that if someone were to get someone to call me with an attempt at a prank call, I'd probably never speak to them again.

Saturday jams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxsQWXLmm8M

I've realised that 100% of my intentional meatspace socialising (i.e. the kind that is draining but also necessary for me) is not for reasons that I intentionally want to socialise.

I keep having thoughts like "if I had the time and energy, I'd start a club"

The web is so much better if you only have to see the things you want to see

Why the Moka Pot Is the Best Coffee Maker for the Casual Drinker https://levisan.me/articles/why-the-moka-pot-is-the-best-coffee-maker-for-the-casual-drinker.html

I keep humming Matchmaker and discovering I've switched to Chim Chimminy

People seem to forget that "charcuterie" used to mean _just_ meats.

We should start using charFRUITerie to clarify.

Listening to a talk recorded at a conference delivered via podcast and I'm realising that going to a conference for the talks is the worst podcast app

I never really realised how crazy rabies is.

> Treatment after exposure can prevent the disease if given within 10 days.

> Once rabies develops, death almost certainly follows.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabies#Treatment

Which of these non-paid non-"proper" ways to watch a mainstream Hollywood film do you consider morally/ethically wrong?

One step closer for me being eligible to use my health spending account to pay for an Apple product (not that I need to)

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-approves-apple-airpods-2-as-hearing-aids/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&linkId=588435513

Why in the world would someone name their kid "Husband"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husband_E._Kimmel