rlamacraft @rlamacraft@qoto.org

Just noticed I have 7 different types of flour in my cupboard at the moment…

Who came up with the idea that the primary form of artificial lighting in a room should be on the ceiling in the centre — no matter what I’m doing, no matter where I am, I’m always working in my own godamn shadow

The American media needs to tell it how it is: the numbers are approaching a 9/11 everyday.

How anyone can continue to work at Google is beyond me

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/dec/04/timnit-gebru-google-ai-fired-diversity-ethics

Hate it when governments get in the business of arbitrarily choosing products to legislate against https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/30/scotch-egg-to-the-rescue-minister-says-it-can-be-substantial-meal #RepealVAT

What a brilliant name for a society https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_for_the_Diffusion_of_Useful_Knowledge?wprov=sfti1

Nutmeg on garlic bread: don’t knock it until you’ve tried it

“Some of my friends and I have jokingly called this the inverse law of democracy: the more often the term "People" appears in a country's name, the less the country cares about its people. In the case of the DPRK, the word "people" appears thrice, once in Greek, once in Latin, once in English.” – Jörg W Mittag [[https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/60190/how-is-north-korea-democratic-if-theres-only-one-party-with-one-ideology#:~:text=Some%20of%20my%20friends%20and%20I%20have%20jokingly%20called%20this%20the%20inverse%20law%20of%20democracy:%20the%20][Source]]

XKCD, as brilliant as always https://xkcd.com/2385/

Who is signing up for a newsletter the moment they open a website for the first time? Newsletters should be suggested after the completion of a satisfied task, like a transaction or at the bottom of search results

Why does every highstreet retailer have the same crappy website design. No, I don’t want to page through the results 10 items at a time. Just give me everything. It shouldn’t take that long — this is pretty static content — should be easily cacheable.

My vacuum cleaner should have its filters cleaned every 5 empties. Who is going to remember to do that? Could they really not have included a tiny battery that trickle-charges when it’s being used and once it’s full simply lights an LED? Surely that would be a big UX improvement for an inconceivably small additional cost

As homage to all ye across the pond on this momentous day, I’m going to try making some American biscuits