The Big Meowski
@catovitch.bsky.social
Somehow I feel more alive
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A friend in high school told me that Super Mario Bros. is about a guy, high on mushrooms, trying to find his girlfriend's apartment, and that explanation has lived rent-free in my head ever since.
December 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A friend in high school told me that Super Mario Bros. is about a guy, high on mushrooms, trying to find his girlfriend's apartment, and that explanation has lived rent-free in my head ever since.
A demonic invastion via teleporters is a very unlikely* event. What if the Doom Guy is just some space marine on acid, blowing away his perfectly normal colleagues, thinking they look like zombies and demons?
(* Although it may have happened twice, which is strange.)
(* Although it may have happened twice, which is strange.)
December 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
A demonic invastion via teleporters is a very unlikely* event. What if the Doom Guy is just some space marine on acid, blowing away his perfectly normal colleagues, thinking they look like zombies and demons?
(* Although it may have happened twice, which is strange.)
(* Although it may have happened twice, which is strange.)
Sounds like this fixes a lot of what was missing for GT7's single-player mode, although you shouldn't have to pay another $30 to get a proper set of challenges like it should have shipped with.
December 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Sounds like this fixes a lot of what was missing for GT7's single-player mode, although you shouldn't have to pay another $30 to get a proper set of challenges like it should have shipped with.
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if you gave every person on earth a chance to guess the reveal here there would not be a single correct answer
I can’t emphasize enough how much you need to watch this until the end
December 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
if you gave every person on earth a chance to guess the reveal here there would not be a single correct answer
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The "backward compatibility" lying of Windows 11 is getting truly ridiculous.
GetThemeSysFont (TMT_CAPTIONFONT) now returns "Segoe UI" no matter how hard the app is manifested, despite it actually using "Segoe UI Variable" and both fonts having different symbols and fallbacks.
GetThemeSysFont (TMT_CAPTIONFONT) now returns "Segoe UI" no matter how hard the app is manifested, despite it actually using "Segoe UI Variable" and both fonts having different symbols and fallbacks.
December 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The "backward compatibility" lying of Windows 11 is getting truly ridiculous.
GetThemeSysFont (TMT_CAPTIONFONT) now returns "Segoe UI" no matter how hard the app is manifested, despite it actually using "Segoe UI Variable" and both fonts having different symbols and fallbacks.
GetThemeSysFont (TMT_CAPTIONFONT) now returns "Segoe UI" no matter how hard the app is manifested, despite it actually using "Segoe UI Variable" and both fonts having different symbols and fallbacks.
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It's strange how many revisions of the PS5 controller there are, and that it's economical to keep changing the design and tooling, which isn't cheap to do.
December 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
It's strange how many revisions of the PS5 controller there are, and that it's economical to keep changing the design and tooling, which isn't cheap to do.
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It was only posted to Twitter, so I grabbed it before it (hopefully) gets deleted.
December 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
It was only posted to Twitter, so I grabbed it before it (hopefully) gets deleted.
Broadcom are a gang of stupid, useless assholes and after they bought VMware the product is in such a messed-up state that a lot of old users (including myself) cannot work out how to even download updates for it, even with the help of their support staff.
I hope Hock Tan sits on a Lego Death Star.
I hope Hock Tan sits on a Lego Death Star.
December 9, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Broadcom are a gang of stupid, useless assholes and after they bought VMware the product is in such a messed-up state that a lot of old users (including myself) cannot work out how to even download updates for it, even with the help of their support staff.
I hope Hock Tan sits on a Lego Death Star.
I hope Hock Tan sits on a Lego Death Star.
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Magnum's masculinity isn't ideological. He simply *is* a sexy, goofy, confident icon of his gender without telling us about it.
Contrast to Zuckerberg or Joe Lonsdale calling for ever more manliness, like it is a scarce resource they can hoard like a dragon.
Contrast to Zuckerberg or Joe Lonsdale calling for ever more manliness, like it is a scarce resource they can hoard like a dragon.
December 9, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Magnum's masculinity isn't ideological. He simply *is* a sexy, goofy, confident icon of his gender without telling us about it.
Contrast to Zuckerberg or Joe Lonsdale calling for ever more manliness, like it is a scarce resource they can hoard like a dragon.
Contrast to Zuckerberg or Joe Lonsdale calling for ever more manliness, like it is a scarce resource they can hoard like a dragon.
I do, and I will.
“You don’t have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services staffers. www.wired.com/story/dr-oz-...
Dr. Oz Tells His Federal Employees to Eat Less
“You don’t have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services staffers.
www.wired.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:14 AM
I do, and I will.
I wonder what the AI companies and investors think about how it's a huge scandal any time anyone at a big entertainment company is caught using their products?
December 9, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I wonder what the AI companies and investors think about how it's a huge scandal any time anyone at a big entertainment company is caught using their products?
Holy cow, look at the ligatures on that baby.
That Q is so ostentatious. It's trying to reach past the U and tickle the I's butthole!
(From the link in the previous repost.)
That Q is so ostentatious. It's trying to reach past the U and tickle the I's butthole!
(From the link in the previous repost.)
December 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Holy cow, look at the ligatures on that baby.
That Q is so ostentatious. It's trying to reach past the U and tickle the I's butthole!
(From the link in the previous repost.)
That Q is so ostentatious. It's trying to reach past the U and tickle the I's butthole!
(From the link in the previous repost.)
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"GRANT: Okay, but where’s the warmth? The fun? Where’s the invitation?
LARKIN: Warmth is for Sorry! This is not a hug. This is a chess clock in a stranger’s living room telling you your parents are getting divorced."
[I remember this box cover! We didn't have it but I think family friends did]
LARKIN: Warmth is for Sorry! This is not a hug. This is a chess clock in a stranger’s living room telling you your parents are getting divorced."
[I remember this box cover! We didn't have it but I think family friends did]
"If you put a kid on the cover, you’re telling buyers it’s a kid game. If you put adults on the cover, you’re telling kids it’s a gateway to adulthood. This is basic aspirational psychology. They’ll feel like tiny professors. Or tiny villains. Both sell."
The Mastermind Box Cover: What the Hell Were They Thinking?
- - -INVICTA GAMES, LTD. Packaging Team — Official Minutes Project: Mastermind / New Cover Presentation MARTIN SMITH (Marketing Senior Vice Presi...
buff.ly
December 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
"GRANT: Okay, but where’s the warmth? The fun? Where’s the invitation?
LARKIN: Warmth is for Sorry! This is not a hug. This is a chess clock in a stranger’s living room telling you your parents are getting divorced."
[I remember this box cover! We didn't have it but I think family friends did]
LARKIN: Warmth is for Sorry! This is not a hug. This is a chess clock in a stranger’s living room telling you your parents are getting divorced."
[I remember this box cover! We didn't have it but I think family friends did]
NICAM was the technlogy used to add stereo to TV signals in some countries in the 1980s (and for audio broadcast multiplexing before that in the 70s).
Turns out it was an early form of lossy digital audio, similar to mp3 (but worse).
Mono analogue part had to be kept, reducing the bandwidth left.
Turns out it was an early form of lossy digital audio, similar to mp3 (but worse).
Mono analogue part had to be kept, reducing the bandwidth left.
NICAM - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
NICAM was the technlogy used to add stereo to TV signals in some countries in the 1980s (and for audio broadcast multiplexing before that in the 70s).
Turns out it was an early form of lossy digital audio, similar to mp3 (but worse).
Mono analogue part had to be kept, reducing the bandwidth left.
Turns out it was an early form of lossy digital audio, similar to mp3 (but worse).
Mono analogue part had to be kept, reducing the bandwidth left.
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If any part of my computer fails in the next few years before all this blows over, I will straight up flee from society and set up a shack in the woods
I paid $289.99 for these in June 2024
December 8, 2025 at 7:38 AM
If any part of my computer fails in the next few years before all this blows over, I will straight up flee from society and set up a shack in the woods
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One piece of this story that's often buried is that having prior authorization on Medicare AT ALL is new. That's in addition to AI being used for it.
A new Medicare pilot program is about to launch that will let private companies use AI to review requests for certain medical care — and reward companies when they deny claims.
stateline.org/2025/12/04/m...
stateline.org/2025/12/04/m...
Medicare’s new AI experiment sparks alarm among doctors, lawmakers • Stateline
A Medicare pilot program will allow private companies to use artificial intelligence to review older Americans’ requests for certain medical care — and will reward the companies when they deny it.
stateline.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
One piece of this story that's often buried is that having prior authorization on Medicare AT ALL is new. That's in addition to AI being used for it.
Is it because 64 KB of RAM now costs as much as a used car thanks to a global conspiracy of AI investment fraud?
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Gen Z are going retro, with studies showing a resurgence in people buying tech in the modern age that can be dated back decades.
www.bbc.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Is it because 64 KB of RAM now costs as much as a used car thanks to a global conspiracy of AI investment fraud?
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How your email finds me:
December 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
How your email finds me:
Can't believe RainMeter still crashes on every GPU driver update, which has been a known issue for over 5 years, and it's just left that way and not considered a problem.
December 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Can't believe RainMeter still crashes on every GPU driver update, which has been a known issue for over 5 years, and it's just left that way and not considered a problem.
IDK about the rest of it but having a whole toilet spliff setup is an amazing idea.
Every dump can be an amazing journey with weed.
Every dump can be an amazing journey with weed.
December 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
IDK about the rest of it but having a whole toilet spliff setup is an amazing idea.
Every dump can be an amazing journey with weed.
Every dump can be an amazing journey with weed.
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Intensely funny because it seems like the vast majority of people at that event were convinced it was fully autonomous and Musk has repeatedly recently claimed they're not tele-operated
www.reddit.com/r/robotics/c...
www.reddit.com/r/robotics/c...
December 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Intensely funny because it seems like the vast majority of people at that event were convinced it was fully autonomous and Musk has repeatedly recently claimed they're not tele-operated
www.reddit.com/r/robotics/c...
www.reddit.com/r/robotics/c...
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can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
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especially when they do it while sitting in a small cardboard box
December 8, 2025 at 11:04 AM
especially when they do it while sitting in a small cardboard box