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Dan
@dantheother.bsky.social
About me? I'm a code monkey who also loves design and all things pretty.
Aussie living in Thailand since '15.
He/Him/Oi Dickhead
I spun MDFMK. Loved it!

Then I went back to an Apoptygma Berzerk track and just let YouTube Music run a playlist. It put VNV Nation on. OMG. Another band/artist I'd forgotten about. This voice is super fucking soothing.

Thank you SO MUCH for the reminder about long forgotten music Char. You ROCK!
November 18, 2025 at 8:03 AM
(maybe early this century, but still, 20 years ago)

Now I'm thirsting for some KMFDM or MDFMK
November 18, 2025 at 5:16 AM
HOLY SHIT CHAR YOU ARE A FUCKIN MAGICIAN

I used to listen to Apoptygma Berzerk last century. I'd completely forgotten about them, they fell out of rotation when I swapped to streaming instead of mp3's I think.

MY EARS ARE SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW!
November 18, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Those lyrics look like something from Metallica And Justice For All.
November 18, 2025 at 5:11 AM
"Line-Skipping hack" 🤮🤬
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Pure evil. I love it.
November 17, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Hammered at 9am. Reckon he woke up at 8am after passing out at 6am and went "FUCK I HAVE TO WORK!!!!", and was out the door before reality kicked in?
November 17, 2025 at 6:45 AM
But, what would you top it with?
November 17, 2025 at 4:09 AM
But... you've now got another variable for your scientific experiments. So many combinations. So much fairy bread in your future!
November 17, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Nooooo! Condolences and commiserations.
November 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Nooooo!
No prompt?
I hope whoever implemented that soul crushing feature gets an unshakeable pebble in their sock, and narrowly misses every red light on their commute
November 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I hear ya on that one. It is also cheaper than beer, but I cannot buy a 750ml (I believe that's "a fifth" in the US) or Stupid Things happen.
November 14, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Last time I got on a beer kick I thought "I'll buy a big box, that'll be cheaper per can and will last".

It was cheaper. It did not last. I have poor impulse control.
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I couldn't help myself 😆. It's probably a hexadecimal checksum of the original long filename. That also explains why the Thai filename ended up with just hex as well.

sources:
stackoverflow.com/q/31526206/1... led me to web.archive.org/web/20160318...
How are Short File Names generated in Windows?
I am currently using the following P/Invoke signature to get the short filename of a regular Windows file: [DllImport("kernel32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)] public static extern int GetShortPath...
stackoverflow.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:17 AM
You're trying to nerd bait me aren't you... 😆
November 14, 2025 at 5:37 AM
BEEF STEAK TOMATO! We don't get edible tomatoes (or good cheese) here in Thailand without paying an unholy amount of money. I'm not rich (no wooden toilet seat here), so I haven't had a cheese and tomato sanger for years.
November 14, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I do hope the recipient got a good giggle. I'd be howling.
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
From the mouths of babies eh
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 AM
My first thought was "I hope someone draws this!!"
November 14, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Good question. Those of you with sensitive dispositions, look away

I made a folder called 😬 and put a file called 😬.😬 in it.

Directory listing showing the short filename reports the filename is 1EAB~1 - no extension

I also tried some Thai text, some rock dots, and a standard long file name
November 14, 2025 at 2:33 AM