Francis Chary
@churowa.bsky.social
Pinned
Francis Chary
@churowa.bsky.social
· Dec 15
Cá bhfuil an caife? 🇮🇪☕️
This bleet brought to you by my 950+ day Duolingo streak
This bleet brought to you by my 950+ day Duolingo streak
The joke’s on Google here, basically 95% of my inbox is ad emails for products I already purchased and don’t need more of.
Really useful training set there.
Really useful training set there.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The joke’s on Google here, basically 95% of my inbox is ad emails for products I already purchased and don’t need more of.
Really useful training set there.
Really useful training set there.
Super excited for my friends at Sound Games, about to launch their first game, it looks super fun! Add it to your Steam Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/4037180/...
Go Ape Ship! on Steam
Go Ape Ship! is a frantic co-op multiplayer game for one to eight players. Work with your crew of daring Astrochimps to master an expanding collection of tasks, respond to emergencies, unlock new room...
store.steampowered.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Super excited for my friends at Sound Games, about to launch their first game, it looks super fun! Add it to your Steam Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/4037180/...
Reposted by Francis Chary
To use the most classic sports cliche ever, both teams are just leaving it all on the field.
November 2, 2025 at 3:55 AM
To use the most classic sports cliche ever, both teams are just leaving it all on the field.
Reposted by Francis Chary
World Series baseball sliding into your timeline like
November 2, 2025 at 2:23 AM
World Series baseball sliding into your timeline like
Honestly, I think it’s a little rude of the Blue Jays not to win the World Series on my birthday.
November 1, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Honestly, I think it’s a little rude of the Blue Jays not to win the World Series on my birthday.
Great. Now it’s stuck in my head.
October 4, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Great. Now it’s stuck in my head.
Reposted by Francis Chary
Just because we've finally invented a good infinite slop machine, doesn't mean it's good for us. Releasing a deepfake generator app is bad for society the same way legalized gambling is bad for society, even if a lot of people are really clamoring for more gambling.
October 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Just because we've finally invented a good infinite slop machine, doesn't mean it's good for us. Releasing a deepfake generator app is bad for society the same way legalized gambling is bad for society, even if a lot of people are really clamoring for more gambling.
Reposted by Francis Chary
We started with 224 albums. After 350,000 votes, we have a winner!
Canada's Favourite Album by a Canadian Artist is....
JAGGED LITTLE PILL!
Thank you everyone for voting!
Enjoy my content? You can support my work with a donation at buymeacoffee.com/craigu
Canada's Favourite Album by a Canadian Artist is....
JAGGED LITTLE PILL!
Thank you everyone for voting!
Enjoy my content? You can support my work with a donation at buymeacoffee.com/craigu
September 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
We started with 224 albums. After 350,000 votes, we have a winner!
Canada's Favourite Album by a Canadian Artist is....
JAGGED LITTLE PILL!
Thank you everyone for voting!
Enjoy my content? You can support my work with a donation at buymeacoffee.com/craigu
Canada's Favourite Album by a Canadian Artist is....
JAGGED LITTLE PILL!
Thank you everyone for voting!
Enjoy my content? You can support my work with a donation at buymeacoffee.com/craigu
What is the most annoying kitchen dish to wash, and why is it muffin tins?
September 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
What is the most annoying kitchen dish to wash, and why is it muffin tins?
I’m on the job hunt after a layoff, and it’s been a minute since I was really working on Apple Platforms exclusively. I decided to make myself a crash course in SwiftUI using ChatGPT, and blog about it as I go.
Here’s Day 1: francischary.com/blog
Here’s Day 1: francischary.com/blog
Rants And Things
francischary.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I’m on the job hunt after a layoff, and it’s been a minute since I was really working on Apple Platforms exclusively. I decided to make myself a crash course in SwiftUI using ChatGPT, and blog about it as I go.
Here’s Day 1: francischary.com/blog
Here’s Day 1: francischary.com/blog
Wordle 1,550 2/6
🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
This is so much more satisfying than getting the first word. Best. Day. Ever.
🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
This is so much more satisfying than getting the first word. Best. Day. Ever.
September 17, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Wordle 1,550 2/6
🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
This is so much more satisfying than getting the first word. Best. Day. Ever.
🟨⬛🟨⬛⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
This is so much more satisfying than getting the first word. Best. Day. Ever.
Amina is very special to our family, and has organised this GoFundMe to help pay for her brother’s ongoing rehabilitation and legal costs after he suffered a terrible accident in Italy.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-adam-...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-adam-...
Donate to Help Adam Rebuild His Life After Amputation, organized by Amina Bennebri
On 2nd September 2025, my 21-year-old brother, Adam, was hit by a motorbike… Amina Bennebri needs your support for Help Adam Rebuild His Life After Amputation
www.gofundme.com
September 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Amina is very special to our family, and has organised this GoFundMe to help pay for her brother’s ongoing rehabilitation and legal costs after he suffered a terrible accident in Italy.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-adam-...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-adam-...
This is pretty cool. It seems that solar panels installed 30+ years ago are still working pretty well. www.chemistryworld.com/news/30-year...
30-year-old solar panels still going strong
Reliabilities of modules manufactured in the late 1980s and early 1990s provide design lessons for modern photovoltaics
www.chemistryworld.com
September 4, 2025 at 12:52 AM
This is pretty cool. It seems that solar panels installed 30+ years ago are still working pretty well. www.chemistryworld.com/news/30-year...
Me, waiting for my Docker build to complete
August 20, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Me, waiting for my Docker build to complete
And there we have it. I can commit a change to the site, push, and have it deployed in less time than it takes to…
<checks notes>
…watch Dune Part 2.
<checks notes>
…watch Dune Part 2.
August 20, 2025 at 5:18 AM
And there we have it. I can commit a change to the site, push, and have it deployed in less time than it takes to…
<checks notes>
…watch Dune Part 2.
<checks notes>
…watch Dune Part 2.
Is publishing a Swift Vapor single-page website to DigitalOcean via Docker and Github Actions overkill? Yes.
Am I going to do it anyway, because I’m a glutton for punishment? Also yes.
Am I going to do it anyway, because I’m a glutton for punishment? Also yes.
August 20, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Is publishing a Swift Vapor single-page website to DigitalOcean via Docker and Github Actions overkill? Yes.
Am I going to do it anyway, because I’m a glutton for punishment? Also yes.
Am I going to do it anyway, because I’m a glutton for punishment? Also yes.
Wow. For the very first time, I’ve added a new ssh key to Github without having to look anything up. What’s more, I remembered to ssh-add my key to the ssh agent on my machine before trying to push for the first time!
I’m all grown up now!
I’m all grown up now!
August 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Wow. For the very first time, I’ve added a new ssh key to Github without having to look anything up. What’s more, I remembered to ssh-add my key to the ssh agent on my machine before trying to push for the first time!
I’m all grown up now!
I’m all grown up now!
Reposted by Francis Chary
Don't try to figure out Canadians. We don't know either.
#HappyCanadaDay
#HappyCanadaDay
July 1, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Don't try to figure out Canadians. We don't know either.
#HappyCanadaDay
#HappyCanadaDay
I’d like to thank Big Oil for anticipating my desire not to take my kid to soccer practice today. By promoting their products over the past decades and warming the planet, thereby ensuring that the ever present forest fire smoke will see practice cancelled. What foresight!
June 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I’d like to thank Big Oil for anticipating my desire not to take my kid to soccer practice today. By promoting their products over the past decades and warming the planet, thereby ensuring that the ever present forest fire smoke will see practice cancelled. What foresight!
Too real
June 5, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Too real
My current pet peeve is seeing the phrase: “You finally found a page dedicated to explaining the universe”.
On social media, superimposed over a video, showing a wrong explanation of how bees make honey.
I know this shouldn’t bother me. But it does. Wrong on so many levels.
On social media, superimposed over a video, showing a wrong explanation of how bees make honey.
I know this shouldn’t bother me. But it does. Wrong on so many levels.
May 12, 2025 at 2:23 AM
My current pet peeve is seeing the phrase: “You finally found a page dedicated to explaining the universe”.
On social media, superimposed over a video, showing a wrong explanation of how bees make honey.
I know this shouldn’t bother me. But it does. Wrong on so many levels.
On social media, superimposed over a video, showing a wrong explanation of how bees make honey.
I know this shouldn’t bother me. But it does. Wrong on so many levels.
Someone needs to tell VSCode that sometimes a tab is just a tab. I don’t ALWAYS need it to spew out some code or comment.
May 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Someone needs to tell VSCode that sometimes a tab is just a tab. I don’t ALWAYS need it to spew out some code or comment.
Reposted by Francis Chary
US campaign entices Canada tourists: “Come visit America and also maybe El Salvador!”
US campaign entices Canada tourists: “Come visit America and also maybe El Salvador!”
OTTAWA - Following months of declining Canadian travel to the USA, Americans have launched a tourism campaign inviting Canadians to visit locations like New York, Austin, and possibly even take an all...
www.thebeaverton.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
US campaign entices Canada tourists: “Come visit America and also maybe El Salvador!”
Absolutely wild to be having a conversation in 2025 about the calculus of buying kid’s clothes while trying to avoid fast fashion and American brands.
Compromises must be made.
Compromises must be made.
March 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Absolutely wild to be having a conversation in 2025 about the calculus of buying kid’s clothes while trying to avoid fast fashion and American brands.
Compromises must be made.
Compromises must be made.