It remains a mystery why MacOS requires an admin password to change the system time zone but not any of several more important settings.
December 31, 2025 at 9:36 PM
It remains a mystery why MacOS requires an admin password to change the system time zone but not any of several more important settings.
Google: "You're being enrolled in our great device location service! You can find it even when it's offline because it constantly scans wifi and bluetooth to find nearby devices!"
Me: 😒
Me: (disables)
Me: 😒
Me: (disables)
December 31, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Google: "You're being enrolled in our great device location service! You can find it even when it's offline because it constantly scans wifi and bluetooth to find nearby devices!"
Me: 😒
Me: (disables)
Me: 😒
Me: (disables)
Tried playing Forest Shuffle with mom. The most difficult mechanics were:
- discarding cards to pay for other cards
- bonus effects, specifically: which cards had to match color and that colors already in the forest don't affect you
- discarding cards to pay for other cards
- bonus effects, specifically: which cards had to match color and that colors already in the forest don't affect you
December 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Tried playing Forest Shuffle with mom. The most difficult mechanics were:
- discarding cards to pay for other cards
- bonus effects, specifically: which cards had to match color and that colors already in the forest don't affect you
- discarding cards to pay for other cards
- bonus effects, specifically: which cards had to match color and that colors already in the forest don't affect you
My phone came with a voice recorder app. I went to try it out.
It insists. INSISTS. That it cannot possibly record audio unless I grant it notifications permission.
What.
No. Delete.
It insists. INSISTS. That it cannot possibly record audio unless I grant it notifications permission.
What.
No. Delete.
December 17, 2025 at 5:49 AM
My phone came with a voice recorder app. I went to try it out.
It insists. INSISTS. That it cannot possibly record audio unless I grant it notifications permission.
What.
No. Delete.
It insists. INSISTS. That it cannot possibly record audio unless I grant it notifications permission.
What.
No. Delete.
Given that I just was warming my hands over the kettle while making tea maybe I should turn the heat on in my apartment. 🤔
December 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Given that I just was warming my hands over the kettle while making tea maybe I should turn the heat on in my apartment. 🤔
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
Friends of my parents went to Japan recently and had asked me for recs on what to see, so the other day they all called to talk about their trip.
One thing they talked about was "Tech Town", which is a name for Akihabara I think I have never heard ever.
One thing they talked about was "Tech Town", which is a name for Akihabara I think I have never heard ever.
November 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Friends of my parents went to Japan recently and had asked me for recs on what to see, so the other day they all called to talk about their trip.
One thing they talked about was "Tech Town", which is a name for Akihabara I think I have never heard ever.
One thing they talked about was "Tech Town", which is a name for Akihabara I think I have never heard ever.
Back to BG3 again lately and noticing that a whole bunch of things in the game are like "Here is a situation! You can deal with it either by solving a physical puzzle or it will solve itself if you pass a perception/lockpicking check!
November 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Back to BG3 again lately and noticing that a whole bunch of things in the game are like "Here is a situation! You can deal with it either by solving a physical puzzle or it will solve itself if you pass a perception/lockpicking check!
It would be nice if Android would stop following Apple into the land of pretty uselessness.
November 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
It would be nice if Android would stop following Apple into the land of pretty uselessness.
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IMPORTANT
A new scam is going around where you'll be walking down the street and there will be a big red X painted on the sidewalk.
DO NOT STAND ON THE X!!!
If you do, a grand piano will fall on your head!!! This happened to a friend of mine and his teeth were piano keys for weeks!
BE SAFE!!!
A new scam is going around where you'll be walking down the street and there will be a big red X painted on the sidewalk.
DO NOT STAND ON THE X!!!
If you do, a grand piano will fall on your head!!! This happened to a friend of mine and his teeth were piano keys for weeks!
BE SAFE!!!
November 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
IMPORTANT
A new scam is going around where you'll be walking down the street and there will be a big red X painted on the sidewalk.
DO NOT STAND ON THE X!!!
If you do, a grand piano will fall on your head!!! This happened to a friend of mine and his teeth were piano keys for weeks!
BE SAFE!!!
A new scam is going around where you'll be walking down the street and there will be a big red X painted on the sidewalk.
DO NOT STAND ON THE X!!!
If you do, a grand piano will fall on your head!!! This happened to a friend of mine and his teeth were piano keys for weeks!
BE SAFE!!!
So I just read a book where the MC had strict, demanding parents, which was a continual source of pressure/antagonism. Then at the end they randomly flip to being very supportive, explaining that they were only *acting* draconian to ensure the MC *really* wanted what he wants.
What in the???
What in the???
November 16, 2025 at 11:20 PM
So I just read a book where the MC had strict, demanding parents, which was a continual source of pressure/antagonism. Then at the end they randomly flip to being very supportive, explaining that they were only *acting* draconian to ensure the MC *really* wanted what he wants.
What in the???
What in the???
My new ultra-unique Japanese fruit band: suika generis
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 PM
My new ultra-unique Japanese fruit band: suika generis
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Pathfinder
Our not-Bard (actually a Hunter but responsible for all the social stuff cause the rest of us are socially inept murderhobos) who is 20-120% more cat (depending on whether you count the extra cat) than the sort of catperson I'm used to drawing.
Our not-Bard (actually a Hunter but responsible for all the social stuff cause the rest of us are socially inept murderhobos) who is 20-120% more cat (depending on whether you count the extra cat) than the sort of catperson I'm used to drawing.
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Pathfinder
Our not-Bard (actually a Hunter but responsible for all the social stuff cause the rest of us are socially inept murderhobos) who is 20-120% more cat (depending on whether you count the extra cat) than the sort of catperson I'm used to drawing.
Our not-Bard (actually a Hunter but responsible for all the social stuff cause the rest of us are socially inept murderhobos) who is 20-120% more cat (depending on whether you count the extra cat) than the sort of catperson I'm used to drawing.
I think I do not like the current style of romance novel blurb that splits between two sections each written in 1P from the PoV of a main character.
November 1, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I think I do not like the current style of romance novel blurb that splits between two sections each written in 1P from the PoV of a main character.
Ah yes, the scene of BG3 where every party member propositions you....
October 24, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Ah yes, the scene of BG3 where every party member propositions you....
Got covid shot Monday, spent yesterday tired and slightly achy, then feeling great today because havong been super tired means I actually got enough sleep for once. 😅
October 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Got covid shot Monday, spent yesterday tired and slightly achy, then feeling great today because havong been super tired means I actually got enough sleep for once. 😅
Apparently Scratch in BG3 will fetch ANYTHING.
Which I found out b/c I threw something on top of a poison gas vent to block it.
Scratch ran in, retrieved it (releasing the poison), ran over a fire trap and caught fire, then fell off a cliff into another gas cloud and ignited it, exploding.
Which I found out b/c I threw something on top of a poison gas vent to block it.
Scratch ran in, retrieved it (releasing the poison), ran over a fire trap and caught fire, then fell off a cliff into another gas cloud and ignited it, exploding.
October 20, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Apparently Scratch in BG3 will fetch ANYTHING.
Which I found out b/c I threw something on top of a poison gas vent to block it.
Scratch ran in, retrieved it (releasing the poison), ran over a fire trap and caught fire, then fell off a cliff into another gas cloud and ignited it, exploding.
Which I found out b/c I threw something on top of a poison gas vent to block it.
Scratch ran in, retrieved it (releasing the poison), ran over a fire trap and caught fire, then fell off a cliff into another gas cloud and ignited it, exploding.
Back to BG3. Leveled again and trying to pick spells.
Why. WHY are so many of these spells concentration? Some of them don't even make sense as concentration spells because they are explicitly for times you are going to be taking damage! Argh!
Why. WHY are so many of these spells concentration? Some of them don't even make sense as concentration spells because they are explicitly for times you are going to be taking damage! Argh!
October 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Back to BG3. Leveled again and trying to pick spells.
Why. WHY are so many of these spells concentration? Some of them don't even make sense as concentration spells because they are explicitly for times you are going to be taking damage! Argh!
Why. WHY are so many of these spells concentration? Some of them don't even make sense as concentration spells because they are explicitly for times you are going to be taking damage! Argh!
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white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly
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click here to block all official us government accounts instantly
bsky.app/profile/did:...
October 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly
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bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Brexit means Brexit
October 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Brexit means Brexit
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Don't talk to me before I have my morning Rarohire Rochi Terochichimomo.
August 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Don't talk to me before I have my morning Rarohire Rochi Terochichimomo.
I feel like a big part of fiction took a hard turn into traumatic grimdark like 15-20 years ago and now we're in the era of super-sweet backlash. 🤔
October 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I feel like a big part of fiction took a hard turn into traumatic grimdark like 15-20 years ago and now we're in the era of super-sweet backlash. 🤔
Okay, seriously, why do the Epstein files still exist?
This administration has been in control for months and clearly neither it nor its fans care about truth, law, or justice. They could just destroy the files and then declare they've done so and the consequences of this would be minimal.
This administration has been in control for months and clearly neither it nor its fans care about truth, law, or justice. They could just destroy the files and then declare they've done so and the consequences of this would be minimal.
October 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Okay, seriously, why do the Epstein files still exist?
This administration has been in control for months and clearly neither it nor its fans care about truth, law, or justice. They could just destroy the files and then declare they've done so and the consequences of this would be minimal.
This administration has been in control for months and clearly neither it nor its fans care about truth, law, or justice. They could just destroy the files and then declare they've done so and the consequences of this would be minimal.
Currently on book 2 of the Shards of Magic and definitely liking the series. It has a distinct resemblance to ACoTaR, but Hawley does it WAY better than Maas, IMO.
October 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Currently on book 2 of the Shards of Magic and definitely liking the series. It has a distinct resemblance to ACoTaR, but Hawley does it WAY better than Maas, IMO.
Today discovered a "social and environmental responsibility" index fund that I declined investing in because I definitely do not consider its 10% in NVIDIA to be socially or environmentally responsible. 😒 (And not its 2% in Tesla either.)
I guess this is the finance sector version of "organic!" ? 🤔
I guess this is the finance sector version of "organic!" ? 🤔
September 30, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Today discovered a "social and environmental responsibility" index fund that I declined investing in because I definitely do not consider its 10% in NVIDIA to be socially or environmentally responsible. 😒 (And not its 2% in Tesla either.)
I guess this is the finance sector version of "organic!" ? 🤔
I guess this is the finance sector version of "organic!" ? 🤔