Engineer Brains
@hhackenbecker.bsky.social
Master tinkerer, retired.
Loves: old Macs, cats, humour, SF&F, Star Trek
Loathes: politics, sport, Facebook, Google, anything POSIX
This might be he/it/oi-you.
Loves: old Macs, cats, humour, SF&F, Star Trek
Loathes: politics, sport, Facebook, Google, anything POSIX
This might be he/it/oi-you.
When feeling lucky actually meant something good ...
November 27, 2025 at 7:22 AM
When feeling lucky actually meant something good ...
When you check your ChatGPT output with Gemini and your Gemini output with Claude and your Claude output with Perplexity ...
November 27, 2025 at 7:15 AM
When you check your ChatGPT output with Gemini and your Gemini output with Claude and your Claude output with Perplexity ...
I read today that @kagi.com's Orion browser has finally reached version 1.0 - great! So I head over to read the blog & click the download button ... but a bit let down that the installer .dmg is still the v0.99 build from the 18th.
Where's the *real* One Point Oh?
Where's the *real* One Point Oh?
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I read today that @kagi.com's Orion browser has finally reached version 1.0 - great! So I head over to read the blog & click the download button ... but a bit let down that the installer .dmg is still the v0.99 build from the 18th.
Where's the *real* One Point Oh?
Where's the *real* One Point Oh?
You can tell Apple don't really bother to test their software before they ship it these days, can't you.
Letting a shutdown.log file grow to over 129 GiB is insane ... especially when it's on a Mac with a paltry 256 GiB of internal storage.
Letting a shutdown.log file grow to over 129 GiB is insane ... especially when it's on a Mac with a paltry 256 GiB of internal storage.
November 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
You can tell Apple don't really bother to test their software before they ship it these days, can't you.
Letting a shutdown.log file grow to over 129 GiB is insane ... especially when it's on a Mac with a paltry 256 GiB of internal storage.
Letting a shutdown.log file grow to over 129 GiB is insane ... especially when it's on a Mac with a paltry 256 GiB of internal storage.
Dude, your Roomba clone just committed suicide, look.
November 20, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Dude, your Roomba clone just committed suicide, look.
This sums up today's web perfectly.
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This sums up today's web perfectly.
The original App Store, 1978.
November 19, 2025 at 1:52 AM
The original App Store, 1978.
Home invasion, 21st century style.
November 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Home invasion, 21st century style.
When your program does what you wanted, just not the way you intended it to:
November 19, 2025 at 1:39 AM
When your program does what you wanted, just not the way you intended it to:
Washing up after a traditional Greek dinner.
November 19, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Washing up after a traditional Greek dinner.
From cartoon to reaction GIF to physical product, Disappearing Homer is now a chia planter.
"Homer Chia Pet is the ideal depiction of the famous gif. Just spread the seeds, water, and watch Homer disappear into lush Chia."
Grows in 1-2 weeks?
"Homer Chia Pet is the ideal depiction of the famous gif. Just spread the seeds, water, and watch Homer disappear into lush Chia."
Grows in 1-2 weeks?
November 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
From cartoon to reaction GIF to physical product, Disappearing Homer is now a chia planter.
"Homer Chia Pet is the ideal depiction of the famous gif. Just spread the seeds, water, and watch Homer disappear into lush Chia."
Grows in 1-2 weeks?
"Homer Chia Pet is the ideal depiction of the famous gif. Just spread the seeds, water, and watch Homer disappear into lush Chia."
Grows in 1-2 weeks?
Captain's log, supplemental. Ever since we detoured to the Waggawagga system for a major re-supply of primary systems coolant for the Enterprise, the main computer is exhibiting very strange behaviour.
(from x.com/Picardlooking/ )
(from x.com/Picardlooking/ )
November 16, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Captain's log, supplemental. Ever since we detoured to the Waggawagga system for a major re-supply of primary systems coolant for the Enterprise, the main computer is exhibiting very strange behaviour.
(from x.com/Picardlooking/ )
(from x.com/Picardlooking/ )
So what if this is the output of some generative LLM, it still made me guffaw loudly. 🔊 up!
November 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
So what if this is the output of some generative LLM, it still made me guffaw loudly. 🔊 up!
The Lord of the Jelly Baby, Tom Baker, was awarded his MBE medal for his services to television this week. The long scarf & coat seen here are the same ones he donned that first day back in late 1974, for "Robot".
Tom turns 92 in January.
www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/do...
#DoctorWho
Tom turns 92 in January.
www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/do...
#DoctorWho
November 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The Lord of the Jelly Baby, Tom Baker, was awarded his MBE medal for his services to television this week. The long scarf & coat seen here are the same ones he donned that first day back in late 1974, for "Robot".
Tom turns 92 in January.
www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/do...
#DoctorWho
Tom turns 92 in January.
www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/do...
#DoctorWho
We're not going to make it, are we. Humans, I mean.
November 14, 2025 at 3:26 AM
We're not going to make it, are we. Humans, I mean.
If you've been wondering why SMS Verification Code Autofill on your Mac suddenly stops working in Chrome (or other Chromium-based browser) it's because the Chromium devs keep turning the feature *OFF* instead of fixing their broken code: chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src...
e2e6becc9eb74f73aa250b790c4e42ea9da82089 - chromium/src - Git at Google
chromium.googlesource.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:10 AM
If you've been wondering why SMS Verification Code Autofill on your Mac suddenly stops working in Chrome (or other Chromium-based browser) it's because the Chromium devs keep turning the feature *OFF* instead of fixing their broken code: chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src...
Reposted by Engineer Brains
How it started vs How it's going:
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 AM
How it started vs How it's going:
"It's an old meme but it still checks out, sir."
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 AM
"It's an old meme but it still checks out, sir."
Reposted by Engineer Brains
Max Mathews: The First Computer Musician archive.nytimes.com/opinionator....
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Max Mathews: The First Computer Musician archive.nytimes.com/opinionator....
Today's decisive truthiness:
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Today's decisive truthiness:
"Miss, this computer smells funny!"
Front & back of "Maths Tutor: GCSE Maths Tutorials, Higher Level - DVD-ROM for PC/Mac"
Front & back of "Maths Tutor: GCSE Maths Tutorials, Higher Level - DVD-ROM for PC/Mac"
November 9, 2025 at 5:48 AM
"Miss, this computer smells funny!"
Front & back of "Maths Tutor: GCSE Maths Tutorials, Higher Level - DVD-ROM for PC/Mac"
Front & back of "Maths Tutor: GCSE Maths Tutorials, Higher Level - DVD-ROM for PC/Mac"
Let's play a game whilst we eat, okay?
November 9, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Let's play a game whilst we eat, okay?