brbposting
@brbposting@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Americans be like: 9 hours ago:
No problem on my end with this server and Voyager iOS, USA
I suspect it’s because our admin The_Dude is exceptional
- Comment on marriage update 9 hours ago:
48 hrs)
- Comment on 1 week ago:
they [have a job] for [money].
Maybe us too, to be fair
- Comment on HP's ink-blocking firmware may violate new global sustainability rules 1 week ago:
Didn’t expect this in my search results
Inkjet printers are prone to clogging when they aren’t used regularly. The print heads have microscopic nozzles that can dry out and block, leading to poor print quality, streaks, or missing colors. To keep them clear, it’s essential to run a small amount of ink through them periodically.
InkjetStandby solves this problem with a simple, yearly solution. Each week, we provide a printable page with a tiny, multi-colour test pattern. The pattern is placed in a different position each week on a 52-grid layout, allowing you to use a single sheet of paper for an entire year. Just print the page, and you’re done.
(emphasis mine)
Was looking for a weekly cron script as an example of the ink drying issue being prevalent, but this is neat
- Comment on Glorious cracked out wall kitten returns with more wisdom for the masses. 2 weeks ago:
!blstpls
- Comment on My glasses 2 weeks ago:
PS: Searching for generic terms yields 100% fake glasses, so I took a specific person I remember having strong glasses for myopia.
Just love it thanks
- Comment on Oracle Layoffs: Tech giant to slash 30,000 jobs as banks pull out from financing AI data centres | Company Business News 2 weeks ago:
This behavior increases enjoyment and utility of the Internet. Thank you!
- Comment on Claude Code deletes developers' production setup, including its database and snapshots — 2.5 years of records were nuked in an instant 2 weeks ago:
Thought it could be a liability sometimes! Maybe that ship sailed
- Comment on I was on social media before web browsers existed. I am Legion. 2 weeks ago:
Cut off on Voyager iOS:
- Comment on Wikipedia in read-only mode following mass admin account compromise 3 weeks ago:
paranoid
Mm who wants to rely on someone keeping a verbal promise when it says in writing something like your privacy is at stake?
- Comment on Wikipedia in read-only mode following mass admin account compromise 3 weeks ago:
Download a little offline Wiki for rainy days folks!
I take connectivity for granted but shouldn’t. Batteries charged, books on the shelf, offline games and media stored locally…
- Comment on Father sues Google, claiming Gemini chatbot drove son into fatal delusion 3 weeks ago:
I wonder if there’s a parallel universe where the labs instead went to the other extreme and require intelligence tests to onboard to their platforms.
And the outcry is, not inappropriately, about how many are being denied access to the latest technologies. The policy could effectively be construed as racist, even.
Anyway the middle ground there is pretty obvious. (Though I’m not sure how I’d design it just right, so e.g. folks without access to traditional/expensive mental healthcare might still be able to see some small benefit if it’s determined to be safe, just like maybe it could be safe for a well-adjusted individual to complain to it about their day for a couple minutes before moving on to real things. Sure I suppose it’s inherently unsafe but a proportion of the population should be making that decision for themselves.)
- Comment on Father sues Google, claiming Gemini chatbot drove son into fatal delusion 3 weeks ago:
I just tried this with ChatGPT three days ago and there’s a chance they have tried to make it slightly less sycophantic
I was essentially trying to get it to tell me I was the smartest baby born in whatever year like that YouTuber—different example but it was so resistant to agreeing to me or my idea or whatever being unique/exceptional.
Hope this is a specific direction and not random chance, A/B testing, etc.
- Comment on California introduces age verification law for all operating systems, including Linux and SteamOS — user age verified during OS account setup 3 weeks ago:
Fascinating.
- Comment on Fuck the IRS 4 weeks ago:
Here is a longer excerpt from the opinion by Holmes:1
It is true, as indicated in the last cited case, that every exaction of money for an act is a discouragement to the extent of the payment required, but that which in its immediacy is a discouragement may be part of an encouragement when seen in its organic connection with the whole. Taxes are what we pay for civilized society, including the chance to insure.
- Comment on Nomenclature 4 weeks ago:
Clearly a rare sighting
reverse image search for blorb does not return REAL blorb but it’s okay
- Comment on BMW’s Newest “Innovation” is a Logo-Shaped Middle Finger to Right to Repair 5 weeks ago:
Well, I just started considering multi-tools and attachment heads and all that :)
- Comment on BMW’s Newest “Innovation” is a Logo-Shaped Middle Finger to Right to Repair 5 weeks ago:
Good point, right!
- Comment on BMW’s Newest “Innovation” is a Logo-Shaped Middle Finger to Right to Repair 5 weeks ago:
Whoh thousands and not hundreds?
- Comment on Darwin was a real one. 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on HelixNotes - a local-first markdown note-taking app (Rust + Tauri, AGPL-3.0) 5 weeks ago:
Very nice. The screenshots look promising!
MacDown is pretty solid, but I’ve been looking at alternatives. Unfortunately, while MarkText may be feature-rich, latency is untenable. I think that one’s an Electron app.
- Comment on Work smarter, not harder 1 month ago:
I always nodded and said yes.
inadvertently kickstarts Elizabeth Holmes promotion to CEO a job or two later :p j/k
btw curious what the proper verification work is. Thought calls were standard. Maybe pulling tax records if possible?
- Comment on Rent is theft 1 month ago:
The time cost, too. Huge hassle to buy, move, sell. Inspections, agents, viewings… big pressure end to end.
purchasing almost always makes more sense.
I remember the San Francisco Bay Area threw this old truism off when purchasing became so expensive, it was just about a wash whether you wanted to rent or buy.
These tiny little homes starting at a million bucks or something…
- Comment on Lawsuit Alleges That WhatsApp Has No End-to-End Encryption 1 month ago:
Ah I see your edit now, thanks
- Comment on Lawsuit Alleges That WhatsApp Has No End-to-End Encryption 1 month ago:
iOS lets you create “secret chats”
How? Not natively unless I’m mistaken
- Comment on London PR firm rewrites Wikipedia for governments and billionaires 1 month ago:
In 2019, The North Face faced consumer backlash and apologized after its marketing agency surreptitiously added photos featuring its apparel to Wikipedia articles on popular outdoor destinations.
The North Face - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_North_Face
- Comment on Digg launches its new Reddit rival to the public 2 months ago:
“Hi I wasn’t paid six dollars on Fiverr to post here” (does increase costs obviously but marginally for high-margin/volume products)
- Comment on Is there a science educator who shows in a video how they hand wash dishes? 2 months ago:
Thank you. Been thinking about this.
Is there a [soap] product that you use or would use with a dishwasher, or at least a guideline or purchasing process you’d follow?
- Comment on genius 2 months ago:
LOL
- Comment on Is there a science educator who shows in a video how they hand wash dishes? 2 months ago:
Didn’t watch but hope to!
