Hi, I'm Doug
@dou.gg
Professional nerd. I like code and art and motorcycles and pets and you get it.
Me: With the enshitifaction of Windows in full swing it's time to give Linux a look. I mostly only care about gaming anyway...
Linux: OK, do you want [starts listing dozens of distros and DE's...]
Me: Uh....
[Several days of Googling later]
So... Nobara? Nobara.
Linux: OK, do you want [starts listing dozens of distros and DE's...]
Me: Uh....
[Several days of Googling later]
So... Nobara? Nobara.
December 1, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Me: With the enshitifaction of Windows in full swing it's time to give Linux a look. I mostly only care about gaming anyway...
Linux: OK, do you want [starts listing dozens of distros and DE's...]
Me: Uh....
[Several days of Googling later]
So... Nobara? Nobara.
Linux: OK, do you want [starts listing dozens of distros and DE's...]
Me: Uh....
[Several days of Googling later]
So... Nobara? Nobara.
The argument against a female president always seems to boil down to what if she gets moody and starts a war.
With Trump I think I finally see the concern. Turns out the issue was a senile old man.
With Trump I think I finally see the concern. Turns out the issue was a senile old man.
November 2, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The argument against a female president always seems to boil down to what if she gets moody and starts a war.
With Trump I think I finally see the concern. Turns out the issue was a senile old man.
With Trump I think I finally see the concern. Turns out the issue was a senile old man.
So, NY, who are you primarying against Schumer? The old man has to go. If Dems are to have any chance we need people who aren't out of touch.
We're on Pelosi over here with a couple great options. What's the hold up with you?
newrepublic.com/post/202554/...
We're on Pelosi over here with a couple great options. What's the hold up with you?
newrepublic.com/post/202554/...
Chuck Schumer Walks Out Rather Than Say if He’s Voting for Zohran
The Senate minority leader says he’s still talking with Zohran Mamdani, despite the election being just days away.
newrepublic.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:08 PM
So, NY, who are you primarying against Schumer? The old man has to go. If Dems are to have any chance we need people who aren't out of touch.
We're on Pelosi over here with a couple great options. What's the hold up with you?
newrepublic.com/post/202554/...
We're on Pelosi over here with a couple great options. What's the hold up with you?
newrepublic.com/post/202554/...
After spending a chunk of my morning fighting Apple's "here, I'll help by moving your headphones to that device" feature I'm not so convinced I like it anymore.
Me: [Listening to music on my computer]
Phone: Ping!
Apple: WE GOTTA GET OVER THERE!!!
Me: But I was listening—
Apple: SHHHHHHH...
Me: [Listening to music on my computer]
Phone: Ping!
Apple: WE GOTTA GET OVER THERE!!!
Me: But I was listening—
Apple: SHHHHHHH...
October 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
After spending a chunk of my morning fighting Apple's "here, I'll help by moving your headphones to that device" feature I'm not so convinced I like it anymore.
Me: [Listening to music on my computer]
Phone: Ping!
Apple: WE GOTTA GET OVER THERE!!!
Me: But I was listening—
Apple: SHHHHHHH...
Me: [Listening to music on my computer]
Phone: Ping!
Apple: WE GOTTA GET OVER THERE!!!
Me: But I was listening—
Apple: SHHHHHHH...
Just sitting here waiting for the tech industry to go, "You know, most of us don't need AWS or Vercel or any of these. We'd be fine on any number of VPS providers."
I feel like the clustering that happens with service infrastructure like this is just terrible for us.
futurism.com/future-socie...
I feel like the clustering that happens with service infrastructure like this is just terrible for us.
futurism.com/future-socie...
After Bringing Down Internet, Amazon Announces Biggest Mass Firing in Its History
Starting early Tuesday morning, thousands of workers for Amazon Web Services began receiving texts and emails baring the bad news.
futurism.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Just sitting here waiting for the tech industry to go, "You know, most of us don't need AWS or Vercel or any of these. We'd be fine on any number of VPS providers."
I feel like the clustering that happens with service infrastructure like this is just terrible for us.
futurism.com/future-socie...
I feel like the clustering that happens with service infrastructure like this is just terrible for us.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Hey, Dick,
SHUT. THE. FUCK. UP.
You know what happens when Dems negotiate? Literally everything that's happened in the last 20 years of my adult fucking life.
Sit down. Shut up. The country blames the GOP. Make them come to the table.
This isn't rocket surgery.
www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...
SHUT. THE. FUCK. UP.
You know what happens when Dems negotiate? Literally everything that's happened in the last 20 years of my adult fucking life.
Sit down. Shut up. The country blames the GOP. Make them come to the table.
This isn't rocket surgery.
www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...
Bipartisan negotiations are the 'obvious way out' of the shutdown, says Sen. Dick Durbin
As the government shutdown reaches its ninth day, Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin is calling on Republicans to resume negotiations in Washington as Congress remains divided over health care and funding.
www.npr.org
October 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Hey, Dick,
SHUT. THE. FUCK. UP.
You know what happens when Dems negotiate? Literally everything that's happened in the last 20 years of my adult fucking life.
Sit down. Shut up. The country blames the GOP. Make them come to the table.
This isn't rocket surgery.
www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...
SHUT. THE. FUCK. UP.
You know what happens when Dems negotiate? Literally everything that's happened in the last 20 years of my adult fucking life.
Sit down. Shut up. The country blames the GOP. Make them come to the table.
This isn't rocket surgery.
www.npr.org/2025/10/09/n...
At this point if the Dems get back into power and they don't completely remake the Supreme Court... I'm done. I won't be able to vote for them ever again because, at that point, I can't believe that they actually are on the side of Americans. They really will be just a slightly les shitty GOP.
October 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
At this point if the Dems get back into power and they don't completely remake the Supreme Court... I'm done. I won't be able to vote for them ever again because, at that point, I can't believe that they actually are on the side of Americans. They really will be just a slightly les shitty GOP.
Today on #Tailwind is bad and it should feel bad:
They implemented `overflow: clip` but not `overflow-clip-margin:`. Why bother with clip if you aren't going to give people a way to set the margin?
They implemented `overflow: clip` but not `overflow-clip-margin:
September 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Today on #Tailwind is bad and it should feel bad:
They implemented `overflow: clip` but not `overflow-clip-margin:`. Why bother with clip if you aren't going to give people a way to set the margin?
They implemented `overflow: clip` but not `overflow-clip-margin:
Hey @cinemawins.bsky.social, like, I'm sure this model is a nice person but having someone clean shaven on the Beautiful Beard Win t-shirt...
Come on, @nebula.tv...
store.nebula.tv/collections/...
Come on, @nebula.tv...
store.nebula.tv/collections/...
CinemaWins Beautiful Beard Win T-Shirt
Product Details: CinemaWins logo printed on chest Men's/unisex short sleeve crew neck in black Classic fit, Next Level Apparel (The image shown is for illustration purposes only and may not be an ex...
store.nebula.tv
September 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Hey @cinemawins.bsky.social, like, I'm sure this model is a nice person but having someone clean shaven on the Beautiful Beard Win t-shirt...
Come on, @nebula.tv...
store.nebula.tv/collections/...
Come on, @nebula.tv...
store.nebula.tv/collections/...
@groundnews.bsky.social question for you lovely peeps: If I get the Vantage plan and use someone's 40% discount code (shout out for @hankgreen.bsky.social), does that renew at the full price after the first year or is that a "forever so long as you have this plan" discount? Landing page doesn't say.
September 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
@groundnews.bsky.social question for you lovely peeps: If I get the Vantage plan and use someone's 40% discount code (shout out for @hankgreen.bsky.social), does that renew at the full price after the first year or is that a "forever so long as you have this plan" discount? Landing page doesn't say.
Hey @developers.google.com,
What do you think happens if you click a link inviting you to an org when you're signed in to multiple emails? Does it:
a. Let you pick the correct one
b. Auto select the one the invite is for
c. Assume it's your default and then yell at you because it's not
What do you think happens if you click a link inviting you to an org when you're signed in to multiple emails? Does it:
a. Let you pick the correct one
b. Auto select the one the invite is for
c. Assume it's your default and then yell at you because it's not
September 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Hey @developers.google.com,
What do you think happens if you click a link inviting you to an org when you're signed in to multiple emails? Does it:
a. Let you pick the correct one
b. Auto select the one the invite is for
c. Assume it's your default and then yell at you because it's not
What do you think happens if you click a link inviting you to an org when you're signed in to multiple emails? Does it:
a. Let you pick the correct one
b. Auto select the one the invite is for
c. Assume it's your default and then yell at you because it's not
Everything happening around Charlie Kirk just further convinces me that Republicans care about their rights and no one else's.
Also that if hypocrisy was an energy source theirs would power humanity into the stars.
Also that if hypocrisy was an energy source theirs would power humanity into the stars.
September 17, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Everything happening around Charlie Kirk just further convinces me that Republicans care about their rights and no one else's.
Also that if hypocrisy was an energy source theirs would power humanity into the stars.
Also that if hypocrisy was an energy source theirs would power humanity into the stars.
So much for the GOP and never forgetting 9/11... I wonder how Rudy feels about this.
The flags were lowered last night around the base by order of President Trump after the killing of Charlie Kirk and will stay at half-staff on this U.S. outpost in southeast Cuba until sunset on Sunday.
September 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
So much for the GOP and never forgetting 9/11... I wonder how Rudy feels about this.
Sounds good, I'll just cancel it.
www.engadget.com/entertainmen...
Music: Broad availability and fair pricing means virtually no piracy.
Gaming: Some piracy, usually of games that are more restricted or super expensive.
Movies/TV: So much piracy. SO MUCH.
Do the math, guys.
www.engadget.com/entertainmen...
Music: Broad availability and fair pricing means virtually no piracy.
Gaming: Some piracy, usually of games that are more restricted or super expensive.
Movies/TV: So much piracy. SO MUCH.
Do the math, guys.
HBO Max is going to get a lot more expensive, CEO promises
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav confirms that prices are going up and HBO passwords will be harder to share.
www.engadget.com
September 11, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Sounds good, I'll just cancel it.
www.engadget.com/entertainmen...
Music: Broad availability and fair pricing means virtually no piracy.
Gaming: Some piracy, usually of games that are more restricted or super expensive.
Movies/TV: So much piracy. SO MUCH.
Do the math, guys.
www.engadget.com/entertainmen...
Music: Broad availability and fair pricing means virtually no piracy.
Gaming: Some piracy, usually of games that are more restricted or super expensive.
Movies/TV: So much piracy. SO MUCH.
Do the math, guys.
Man, today's been wild. And the memes have really been on target.
September 11, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Man, today's been wild. And the memes have really been on target.
I don't know how this was missed but when we got CSS Cascade Layers (@layer) they didn't give us a way to specify order beyond defining them earlier in the file.
Which is great until you can't control what CSS shows in the file first.
Like in any built framework.
FML.
Which is great until you can't control what CSS shows in the file first.
Like in any built framework.
FML.
September 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I don't know how this was missed but when we got CSS Cascade Layers (@layer) they didn't give us a way to specify order beyond defining them earlier in the file.
Which is great until you can't control what CSS shows in the file first.
Like in any built framework.
FML.
Which is great until you can't control what CSS shows in the file first.
Like in any built framework.
FML.
I got to use "di tutti" today and that made me happy.
If you're unfamiliar, "capo di tutti capo" means "boss of all bosses" and was the term used for the head of the Sicilian mob. Think "The Godfather".
It's fun to use in silly ways like "kitty di tutti kitty".
If you're unfamiliar, "capo di tutti capo" means "boss of all bosses" and was the term used for the head of the Sicilian mob. Think "The Godfather".
It's fun to use in silly ways like "kitty di tutti kitty".
September 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I got to use "di tutti" today and that made me happy.
If you're unfamiliar, "capo di tutti capo" means "boss of all bosses" and was the term used for the head of the Sicilian mob. Think "The Godfather".
It's fun to use in silly ways like "kitty di tutti kitty".
If you're unfamiliar, "capo di tutti capo" means "boss of all bosses" and was the term used for the head of the Sicilian mob. Think "The Godfather".
It's fun to use in silly ways like "kitty di tutti kitty".
And yet @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social are STILL silent.
Maybe they realize their so unpopular with the average Democratic voter that they fear they'd hurt his chances. But that begs the question: Why aren't they stepping down?
newrepublic.com/post/200205/...
Maybe they realize their so unpopular with the average Democratic voter that they fear they'd hurt his chances. But that begs the question: Why aren't they stepping down?
newrepublic.com/post/200205/...
Poll: Zohran Mamdani Is Crushing the NYC Mayor’s Race
New data shows he has a commanding lead, though that could change.
newrepublic.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
And yet @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social are STILL silent.
Maybe they realize their so unpopular with the average Democratic voter that they fear they'd hurt his chances. But that begs the question: Why aren't they stepping down?
newrepublic.com/post/200205/...
Maybe they realize their so unpopular with the average Democratic voter that they fear they'd hurt his chances. But that begs the question: Why aren't they stepping down?
newrepublic.com/post/200205/...
Here's an idea: Support grass roots progressive candidates who are showing broad support among the base.
Or I guess you guys could just keep talking. Because that's literally all the Democrats do now. They talk. They just talk.
www.npr.org/2025/08/26/n...
Or I guess you guys could just keep talking. Because that's literally all the Democrats do now. They talk. They just talk.
www.npr.org/2025/08/26/n...
DNC chair says he's tired of Democrats bringing 'pencil to a knife fight'
Day 1 of the Democratic National Committee's summer meeting saw party chair Ken Martin detail how the party is pushing back on Trump administration policies and trying to win back voters.
www.npr.org
August 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Here's an idea: Support grass roots progressive candidates who are showing broad support among the base.
Or I guess you guys could just keep talking. Because that's literally all the Democrats do now. They talk. They just talk.
www.npr.org/2025/08/26/n...
Or I guess you guys could just keep talking. Because that's literally all the Democrats do now. They talk. They just talk.
www.npr.org/2025/08/26/n...
I'll be voting for this, not because I think gerrymandering for any reason is good—it's not, it's horribly undemocratic—but because my hope is that if this gets too far out of hand they'll just pass a law banning gerrymandering in any form.
We’re not going to sit back in California as Trump & his Texas cronies rig the midterms.
This week we’re sending a redistricting plan to the voters.
Unlike in Texas, California will have transparency & voters will have the final say.
They’re trying to tear down democracy. We’re building it up.
This week we’re sending a redistricting plan to the voters.
Unlike in Texas, California will have transparency & voters will have the final say.
They’re trying to tear down democracy. We’re building it up.
August 19, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I'll be voting for this, not because I think gerrymandering for any reason is good—it's not, it's horribly undemocratic—but because my hope is that if this gets too far out of hand they'll just pass a law banning gerrymandering in any form.
Hey @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov, you two need any more motivation to support Mamdani or is this enough?
And y'all wonder why you have trouble motivating democrats to vote...
newrepublic.com/post/199255/...
And y'all wonder why you have trouble motivating democrats to vote...
newrepublic.com/post/199255/...
Stunning Audio Reveals Andrew Cuomo Counting on Trump to Help Him Win
Andrew Cuomo believes he has a secret weapon to win the New York City mayoral election.
newrepublic.com
August 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Hey @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and @schumer.senate.gov, you two need any more motivation to support Mamdani or is this enough?
And y'all wonder why you have trouble motivating democrats to vote...
newrepublic.com/post/199255/...
And y'all wonder why you have trouble motivating democrats to vote...
newrepublic.com/post/199255/...
One of the interesting things I see happening with AI is younger generations are experiencing unreliable tech for the first time in their lives.
So you see people trusting what LLM's like ChatGPT are saying because why wouldn't they? They think if Google didn't lie, why would this?
So you see people trusting what LLM's like ChatGPT are saying because why wouldn't they? They think if Google didn't lie, why would this?
August 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
One of the interesting things I see happening with AI is younger generations are experiencing unreliable tech for the first time in their lives.
So you see people trusting what LLM's like ChatGPT are saying because why wouldn't they? They think if Google didn't lie, why would this?
So you see people trusting what LLM's like ChatGPT are saying because why wouldn't they? They think if Google didn't lie, why would this?
YouTube has added a new feature that looks at where people are most often skipping in a video and prompts you to skip past that section.
This has the effect of skipping most, if not all, ad reads for me.
As a viewer, I love this. As a person who wants the internet to continue... I worry.
This has the effect of skipping most, if not all, ad reads for me.
As a viewer, I love this. As a person who wants the internet to continue... I worry.
August 12, 2025 at 5:59 AM
YouTube has added a new feature that looks at where people are most often skipping in a video and prompts you to skip past that section.
This has the effect of skipping most, if not all, ad reads for me.
As a viewer, I love this. As a person who wants the internet to continue... I worry.
This has the effect of skipping most, if not all, ad reads for me.
As a viewer, I love this. As a person who wants the internet to continue... I worry.
Reasons why I will always only use Reddit with an ad blocker enabled: Because they have auto-playing ads with sound.
I thought we all agreed this was objectively bad 15 years ago and stopped doing it. I distinctly remember that happening.
I thought we all agreed this was objectively bad 15 years ago and stopped doing it. I distinctly remember that happening.
August 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Reasons why I will always only use Reddit with an ad blocker enabled: Because they have auto-playing ads with sound.
I thought we all agreed this was objectively bad 15 years ago and stopped doing it. I distinctly remember that happening.
I thought we all agreed this was objectively bad 15 years ago and stopped doing it. I distinctly remember that happening.
You know what I fucking hate? Doc sites that bind Cmd + F to search. Don't fucking do that. You know what I want to be able to do? In page searches of your shitty docs.
Fucking Stripe...
Fucking Stripe...
August 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
You know what I fucking hate? Doc sites that bind Cmd + F to search. Don't fucking do that. You know what I want to be able to do? In page searches of your shitty docs.
Fucking Stripe...
Fucking Stripe...