Chris Page
@chrisbpage.bsky.social
Software developer, amateur guitar player. I have worked on macOS: Terminal, AppleScript, other bits and pieces.
Host of Nobody Listens to My Podcast. Producer of Nobody Watches My Videos.
Host of Nobody Listens to My Podcast. Producer of Nobody Watches My Videos.
This applies to many topics.
![Comic. Someone is claiming to predict the exact date of a future earthquake. Should you listen? [flowchart: start] → NO (There are big earthquakes constantly, so if anyone ever *does* figure this out, it will be immediately obvious that their method works and then the world’s seismologists will not shut up about it. You won’t need this flowchart.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreic7wdqg4w6qfevbqzzq4esd6237pojsnpwsrbb7gaxsxobqaiwazm@jpeg)
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 AM
This applies to many topics.
An XKCD comic for the ages.
![Comic. [Person sitting at desk with laptop with machine labeled E-21 making “click click” noises on the floor behind] VOICE FROM LAPTOP: Hey all! Does your E-21 humidifier make an annoying clicking noise? Mine did, but I finally figured out that there’s an easy fix, so I made this video in case anyone else… PERSON AT DESK: Oh my god. Yes. *Yes.* [caption] I know there’s more important work in the world, but I feel like these people deserve, at minimum a statue.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreifdjde6wgflkeil7kf4kdh3zqk32k55rkljlwu6arzbw557ogbulu@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
An XKCD comic for the ages.
Reposted by Chris Page
nanananana bat dog
I am the batdog
November 1, 2025 at 12:09 AM
nanananana bat dog
Reposted by Chris Page
"I will never know Diane Keaton, but she had a wonderful quality about her that made me think she’d always offer the best life advice and a damn good laugh while passing the joint back on a summer evening."
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/a-toast-to...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/a-toast-to...
A Toast to Diane Keaton
The patron saint of cool women.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:52 AM
"I will never know Diane Keaton, but she had a wonderful quality about her that made me think she’d always offer the best life advice and a damn good laugh while passing the joint back on a summer evening."
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/a-toast-to...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/a-toast-to...
Reposted by Chris Page
I can't stop thinking about how original Diane Keaton was.
We've lost an icon.
We've lost an icon.
Kevin Bacon Always Wanted To Kiss Diane Keaton - The Graham Norton Show
YouTube video by BBC America
www.youtube.com
October 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I can't stop thinking about how original Diane Keaton was.
We've lost an icon.
We've lost an icon.
Reposted by Chris Page
Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.
October 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.
Reposted by Chris Page
Here's 70m/225ft from a couple weeks ago, which I imagine isn't unrelated here:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=w7J5...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=w7J5...
Sandro Dias Drops Into the World's Tallest Skate Ramp | CAFF, Porto Alegre
YouTube video by SurferToday
m.youtube.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Here's 70m/225ft from a couple weeks ago, which I imagine isn't unrelated here:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=w7J5...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=w7J5...
Reposted by Chris Page
Let's assume they're at terminal velocity (about 60 m/s). A 600 foot tall half pipe has a radius of roughly 250 meters.
So they'd experience (60*60)/250 = 14.4 m/s of centripetal acceleration, or about 1.47 g's, which is totally survivable
So they'd experience (60*60)/250 = 14.4 m/s of centripetal acceleration, or about 1.47 g's, which is totally survivable
October 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Let's assume they're at terminal velocity (about 60 m/s). A 600 foot tall half pipe has a radius of roughly 250 meters.
So they'd experience (60*60)/250 = 14.4 m/s of centripetal acceleration, or about 1.47 g's, which is totally survivable
So they'd experience (60*60)/250 = 14.4 m/s of centripetal acceleration, or about 1.47 g's, which is totally survivable
Reposted by Chris Page
now here's a question: would the g-forces of that kill you
October 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
now here's a question: would the g-forces of that kill you
Reposted by Chris Page
![4-panel comic. (1) [person in the sky unpacks skateboard from parachute bag] I guess this is on me. I should really keep my skateboarding gear and my parachutes in different-looking bags. (2) [person looking down at skateboard as they fall] (3) [person falling wile holding skateboard in one hand and phone making “beep beep” sound in the other] (4) (person still falling with skateboard, now talking on phone] Hello, Pro Skate Parks LLC? I’d like to place an extremely expedited order for a 600-foot halfpipe.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwizkm6ipybg7gnobh5z2mlpu2o6w5ayb4uygqqs4mx3uxjcn6ke@jpeg)
October 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Reposted by Chris Page
![4-panel comic. (1) [person finds bottle on shore] (2) [person reads message from inside bottle: ICMP ECHO REQUEST...] (3) [person writes on message ICMP ECHO REPLY...] (4) [person puts bottle back in water and leaves]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreidlkffoohblwqhnyqcrzhctq66wwo6fxohozryphbdmeeimwgoyke@jpeg)
Reposted by Chris Page
Help my friend Becky fight her recent cancer diagnosis. Like many, I played games Becky helped create on the Apple II/IIgs, Macintosh, and other personal computing platforms.
https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@burgerbecky/115316833728680548
https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@burgerbecky/115316833728680548
burgerbecky (@burgerbecky@mastodon.gamedev.place)
I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle https://gofund.me/6850175a3
mastodon.gamedev.place
October 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Help my friend Becky fight her recent cancer diagnosis. Like many, I played games Becky helped create on the Apple II/IIgs, Macintosh, and other personal computing platforms.
https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@burgerbecky/115316833728680548
https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@burgerbecky/115316833728680548
Reposted by Chris Page
As a theoretical cosmologist, I'm frequently asked "what is the benefit of the work you're doing for people's lives?" Nothing I work on makes money or cures disease.
There are a few different answers one can give, at various levels of "convincing" / "actually relevant to why the work is done."
1/🧵
There are a few different answers one can give, at various levels of "convincing" / "actually relevant to why the work is done."
1/🧵
October 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
As a theoretical cosmologist, I'm frequently asked "what is the benefit of the work you're doing for people's lives?" Nothing I work on makes money or cures disease.
There are a few different answers one can give, at various levels of "convincing" / "actually relevant to why the work is done."
1/🧵
There are a few different answers one can give, at various levels of "convincing" / "actually relevant to why the work is done."
1/🧵
Reposted by Chris Page
“My ears are ringing.”
“What?”
“What?”
October 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
“My ears are ringing.”
“What?”
“What?”
Reposted by Chris Page
![Comic. [Two people hiking up mountain] PERSON 1: Okay, we’re nearing the next downhill segment I’ll put in the order. ...Confirming start and end points… Submitted! [water slide being dropped from above by drones] PERSON 2 with long hair: Look, here it comes! [Waterslide positioned on downhill slope of mountain with both people riding down] BOTH: Wheeee [Waterslide carried back into the air] [Both people continuing to hike up next slope] [caption] On-demand waterslide delivery has really improved the whole hiking experience.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreidm63b6uwkz3637hw7j676gmfr7goembontcnk3vq4dakkqbfvg7a@jpeg)
Aaaarrrggghhhh!!!
incredible
September 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Aaaarrrggghhhh!!!
My algebra textbook from the late 1970s had BASIC programs to illustrate the concepts of each chapter. There was one computer terminal at school, which I used to teach myself BASIC, including those algebra programs. That started what would become my decades-long career in programming.
#BASIC
#BASIC
My daughter's high school Algebra 2 book was published in 1991 & had BASIC programs in it! We fired up the Atari & typed one in. A nice memory :) #BASIC
September 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
My algebra textbook from the late 1970s had BASIC programs to illustrate the concepts of each chapter. There was one computer terminal at school, which I used to teach myself BASIC, including those algebra programs. That started what would become my decades-long career in programming.
#BASIC
#BASIC
An Atari BASIC program I wrote in 1984 has emerged from the depths of time and reminded me how much fun I was having with computers that had fewer resources than my current wristwatch.
Thanks, @truedeth.bsky.social.
#Atari8BitComputers #BASIC #6502CPU #retrocomputing
Thanks, @truedeth.bsky.social.
#Atari8BitComputers #BASIC #6502CPU #retrocomputing
@chrisbpage.bsky.social did you send a letter to ANTIC in the 80s with a basic program? If so, I just typed it in on my 800xl and had a good laugh.
September 22, 2025 at 12:45 AM
An Atari BASIC program I wrote in 1984 has emerged from the depths of time and reminded me how much fun I was having with computers that had fewer resources than my current wristwatch.
Thanks, @truedeth.bsky.social.
#Atari8BitComputers #BASIC #6502CPU #retrocomputing
Thanks, @truedeth.bsky.social.
#Atari8BitComputers #BASIC #6502CPU #retrocomputing
Reposted by Chris Page
This is pretty cool. The source code for Microsoft BASIC for 6502 (Apple II, Commodore PET, etc) from 1978, released under the MIT license.
opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/09...
opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/09...
Microsoft Releases Historic 6502 BASIC - Microsoft Open Source Blog
Explore the original 6502 BASIC—now open source! Dive into retro code, history, and emulators. Fork it, run it, and relive computing's roots.
opensource.microsoft.com
September 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This is pretty cool. The source code for Microsoft BASIC for 6502 (Apple II, Commodore PET, etc) from 1978, released under the MIT license.
opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/09...
opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/09...
I relied heavily on this page about terminals and tty devices for many years when I was responsible for the macOS Terminal app. I highly recommend that anyone who uses a terminal read it. #macOSTerminal
I don’t know if you’ve seen it, but if you enjoyed that you might also enjoy this www.linusakesson.net/programming/...
The TTY demystified
www.linusakesson.net
September 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I relied heavily on this page about terminals and tty devices for many years when I was responsible for the macOS Terminal app. I highly recommend that anyone who uses a terminal read it. #macOSTerminal
Reposted by Chris Page
From Gillian Branstetter:
Spelling out the coordinated campaign to monster trans people in the US.
https://open.substack.com/pub/autonomy/p/do-trans-people-have-a-right-to-exist?r=107km&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
Spelling out the coordinated campaign to monster trans people in the US.
https://open.substack.com/pub/autonomy/p/do-trans-people-have-a-right-to-exist?r=107km&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
Do Trans People Have A Right to Exist?
Or, My Life As An Ideology
autonomy.substack.com
September 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
From Gillian Branstetter:
Spelling out the coordinated campaign to monster trans people in the US.
https://open.substack.com/pub/autonomy/p/do-trans-people-have-a-right-to-exist?r=107km&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
Spelling out the coordinated campaign to monster trans people in the US.
https://open.substack.com/pub/autonomy/p/do-trans-people-have-a-right-to-exist?r=107km&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
Reposted by Chris Page
I entirely understand why so many younger people don't understand or see the charm in 2001: A Space Odyssey, which is my favorite film. That's why I worked on a documentary that I hope will help some see why I think it's important. www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-Jf...
2001: Creating Kubrick's Space Odyssey
YouTube video by OTOY
www.youtube.com
August 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I entirely understand why so many younger people don't understand or see the charm in 2001: A Space Odyssey, which is my favorite film. That's why I worked on a documentary that I hope will help some see why I think it's important. www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-Jf...
Reposted by Chris Page
John Lee Hooker with a diagram of the evolution of the Blues.
September 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
John Lee Hooker with a diagram of the evolution of the Blues.
This phrase just occurred to me:
8-bit retro-programming at scale.
I feel like I should use it for something, but I’m not sure what. Maybe a YouTube channel where I teach how to program computers from the 1970s/1980s.
8-bit retro-programming at scale.
I feel like I should use it for something, but I’m not sure what. Maybe a YouTube channel where I teach how to program computers from the 1970s/1980s.
September 21, 2025 at 8:38 AM
This phrase just occurred to me:
8-bit retro-programming at scale.
I feel like I should use it for something, but I’m not sure what. Maybe a YouTube channel where I teach how to program computers from the 1970s/1980s.
8-bit retro-programming at scale.
I feel like I should use it for something, but I’m not sure what. Maybe a YouTube channel where I teach how to program computers from the 1970s/1980s.