Slow clap for VOXI, who offer the memorable word option “Grandma’s postcode” and then require it to be 6-12 characters.
@anon_opin anyone doing that should have to buy a ticket for their bag.
@pikesley lol, hit reply to say this. Found I already had two years ago.
I think I might make my whole identity the belief that podcasts should be abbreviated to casts rather than pods. The “pod” bit is vestigial now no one is listening to them on iPods. Also “listen to my cast” sounds way cooler.
@pikesley if I were to hassle people about something to the degree tech companies try to make use their new thing I’d have a restraining order against me quite quickly.
Your devices can have unlimited battery life with this one weird trick.
How the fuck was GDPR (or whatever it’s called under UK law post-Brexit) found to only apply if you don’t lose money by not tracking people? Absolutely fuming at the wave of “accept our 16,522 closest friends having data on you or take out a £7.99 a month subscription” across media websites now.
Jeff Bozos' wedding guests are turning up in 95 private jets and untold mega yachts in fucking sinking Venice and meanwhile I gotta cut my hand rinsing out a tin of tomatoes so I can recycle it, the fuck man. The fuck.
Great start to the week as I realise my keys aren’t in my pocket as the front door clicks shut. Now waiting for a locksmith to arrive.
@jonathanhogg that was what I was attempting this morning, couldn’t bring myself to jump off any higher than the second foot hold. I suspect I just need to keep trying at it.
From the kids knocking about the gym with their parents this morning it appears part of the answer is “start climbing before you’re old enough to understand gravity”. Some of these kids in harnesses 30m above the ground barely look like they’ve learned to walk.
Alright climbing folk, how are you meant to learn how to trust an auto-belay? Even at the sort of heights I’d jump off from a boulder I can not make myself push away and trust what is basically a glorified hoover power cable retractor to take my weight.
@hughrawlinson for personal stuff I’ve gone full circle back to simple languages generating HTML, with maybe a sprinkle of JavaScript. It’s just so much simpler.
@jonty a multi purpose device, good for overgrown lawns and minefield clearance.
@jackeric membership in places like that usually requires someone who’s already a member to vouch for you.
Bouldered again, which is rapidly becoming a habit. Managed to top a V1 for the first time (that’s a grade of boulder for the non-climbing folks, not the Nazi rocket), which has made my day since it had a chunky overhang on it as well.
Why is “LLM makes something up rather than say it doesn’t know” headline news just because the thing it made up was something that happened to be someone’s mobile number?
https://mastodon.world/users/Mer__edith/statuses/114708975593767155
Fun fact: If you see someone at a nerd event wearing a vim-themed shirt, it's because they put it on in 2003 and couldn't figure out how to take it off
@luckytran god, they’re actually called Gilead? I thought that was a comment on how dystopian this is, but no, it’s real.
Oh boy, the Mansplaining Olympics are wild this year.
Finally managed to climb a boulder I’ve been bottling out on close to the top for a couple of sessions, which required both technique and a level of confidence in my ability to stick to a single tiny foothold I simply would not have had three weeks ago. I’m as surprised as anyone else to find myself excited to do sport.