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1000kindsofrain.bsky.social
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@1000kindsofrain.bsky.social
user0 on El Graun. Temporary custodian of the ThursdayQuiz https://thursdayquiz.org/quiz.html

I used to have something funny on here. But now I have to be boring.

Haven't done the age verification yet so you can't DM me.
We've also got notifications of replies to forum posts. Currently it's email (without a UI to enable it, but @brigasnuncamais.bsky.social is already using it).

When I do push notifications, that will also be an option.
November 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I had similar thoughts about breaking out active posts. (I was going to write a thread here to back up the idea.)

I put it into action by hand but was too slow, and the comment has sat there. So tooling needs improvement. But I think the principle is sound.
November 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
They were supposed to be the adults in the room.
November 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Context is important, isn't it? On my computer screen, surrounded by acres of white, the blue colour instantly grabs my attention - even if it's hard to read the subtitle.

I'm not convinced that would be as true in a bookshop (where the difficulty in reading it might count against it more).
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
C, P _and_ T.
November 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
And this scandal comes on the tail of lots of articles trumpeting how Celebrity Traitors brought the nation together. I've got whiplash from going from "the Beeb is brilliant and has done what no other broadcaster can do" to "Auntie is evil and must be disintegrated".
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Yeah, Foster has been brilliant. She's not quite the scalpel Mishal Husain was, but she's still willing to gently tug at loose threads and leave us to judge whether the interviewee is left wearing any clothes. (Rather than trying to browbeat an interviewee into a pre-decided position.)
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Still, at least Bulldog Barnett wasn't on R4 Today this morning demanding the new DG personally view every BBC programme before okaying its transmission. (Which seemed to be her position on Lammy and prisoner release.)
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
It is being very discussed in the tech press.
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
But fantastic news you get to see Matt! Have a great evening!
November 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I want to be able to do `indexOf()` _within_ a substring without the hassle/performance hit of slicing; i.e.
```
String.prototype.indexOf = function(match,from,to){
for(let i = from; i < this.length; i++) {
if ( this.startsWith(match, i)) return i;
}
return -1
}
```
November 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Me. I got left lead footed.
November 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The cost of providing a train service (or bus service) don't depend strongly on the number of passengers onboard. And they're required to run these services. So they start out making a loss.

The game is to fill it with people who'll offset that loss - hopefully to the point it makes a profit.
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
So a charity bowl where people make a donation toward the cost (i.e. chose what they want to pay) is profit maximising?
November 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Glad you're okay! I hope you had an enjoyable break and are suitably refreshed!
November 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM