Alun Jones
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On some other platforms, I've been ftp_alun. Still love XSS and "-prompt()-"'-alert()-'//">'><marquee>'"
My alarm clock just sent me an updated "Terms of Service". 9,464 words.
For an alarm clock.
Imagine if you'd been asked in school to write a ten-thousand-word essay on an alarm clock.
It makes me wonder if Hatch knows something's wrong with their alarm clocks, and are beefing up arbitration to cope.
For an alarm clock.
Imagine if you'd been asked in school to write a ten-thousand-word essay on an alarm clock.
It makes me wonder if Hatch knows something's wrong with their alarm clocks, and are beefing up arbitration to cope.
Hatch Terms of Service | Hatch
Hatch Terms of Service
www.hatch.co
December 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
My alarm clock just sent me an updated "Terms of Service". 9,464 words.
For an alarm clock.
Imagine if you'd been asked in school to write a ten-thousand-word essay on an alarm clock.
It makes me wonder if Hatch knows something's wrong with their alarm clocks, and are beefing up arbitration to cope.
For an alarm clock.
Imagine if you'd been asked in school to write a ten-thousand-word essay on an alarm clock.
It makes me wonder if Hatch knows something's wrong with their alarm clocks, and are beefing up arbitration to cope.
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Zohran: "I mean, think about when you fly. We have made it such a difficult experience to go through TSA that there's now a financial incentive to sign up for a separate program that can move you through it quicker. We have monetized the dysfunction."
December 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Zohran: "I mean, think about when you fly. We have made it such a difficult experience to go through TSA that there's now a financial incentive to sign up for a separate program that can move you through it quicker. We have monetized the dysfunction."
When you're in a Microsoft sales presentation, is it wrong to ask if ZavaScript is the same thing as Zava?
December 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
When you're in a Microsoft sales presentation, is it wrong to ask if ZavaScript is the same thing as Zava?
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Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
So glad BBC is able to put world-class advertising in their phone app.
December 16, 2025 at 5:07 AM
So glad BBC is able to put world-class advertising in their phone app.
Android phone is starting to get tiresome.
No, I don't want gemini every/any where.
Yes, I already turned off that notification you're sending me again.
Is it my phone or yours, Google? At least offer me some pretense that it's in my control.
No, I don't want gemini every/any where.
Yes, I already turned off that notification you're sending me again.
Is it my phone or yours, Google? At least offer me some pretense that it's in my control.
December 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Android phone is starting to get tiresome.
No, I don't want gemini every/any where.
Yes, I already turned off that notification you're sending me again.
Is it my phone or yours, Google? At least offer me some pretense that it's in my control.
No, I don't want gemini every/any where.
Yes, I already turned off that notification you're sending me again.
Is it my phone or yours, Google? At least offer me some pretense that it's in my control.
Sometimes I watch my Instagram feed, and I wonder if poi were invented so that neuro spicy people can keep everyone at arm's length on the dance floor.
December 15, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Sometimes I watch my Instagram feed, and I wonder if poi were invented so that neuro spicy people can keep everyone at arm's length on the dance floor.
Things will become much clearer if you stop using verbs like "think" and "understand" to describe the actions of a glorified spellchecker.
It doesn't understand that "ducking" is the right word to use. It's just the closest match in its dictionary to the word you typed.
(About AI, not spelling)
It doesn't understand that "ducking" is the right word to use. It's just the closest match in its dictionary to the word you typed.
(About AI, not spelling)
December 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Things will become much clearer if you stop using verbs like "think" and "understand" to describe the actions of a glorified spellchecker.
It doesn't understand that "ducking" is the right word to use. It's just the closest match in its dictionary to the word you typed.
(About AI, not spelling)
It doesn't understand that "ducking" is the right word to use. It's just the closest match in its dictionary to the word you typed.
(About AI, not spelling)
Seattle - a group of seagulls surrounding what appears to be an abandoned cake on the ground. One is chasing the others away any time they get near.
There's no way that one seagull could possibly eat the whole cake. He's so busy chasing the other seagulls away anyway.
This seems like a metaphor.
There's no way that one seagull could possibly eat the whole cake. He's so busy chasing the other seagulls away anyway.
This seems like a metaphor.
December 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Seattle - a group of seagulls surrounding what appears to be an abandoned cake on the ground. One is chasing the others away any time they get near.
There's no way that one seagull could possibly eat the whole cake. He's so busy chasing the other seagulls away anyway.
This seems like a metaphor.
There's no way that one seagull could possibly eat the whole cake. He's so busy chasing the other seagulls away anyway.
This seems like a metaphor.
Still not rewarding subdomain takeovers, sure, but third party code, good. Researchers will report vulns they get paid for, and this will improve security for all.
As announced by Tom Gallagher, VP of Engineering, MSRC, on stage at Black Hat EU, we’re evolving our bug bounty program. Now, high-severity vulnerabilities that directly impact Microsoft online services are eligible for bounty awards, whether the code is Microsoft-owned, third-party, or open source.
December 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Still not rewarding subdomain takeovers, sure, but third party code, good. Researchers will report vulns they get paid for, and this will improve security for all.
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December 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Someone's begging for a monitoring by ChatCPS.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Someone's begging for a monitoring by ChatCPS.
All these Google Nest cameras around the neighbourhood, and apparently there's no way for their owners to ask them "there was a really loud bang five minutes ago - did you record that? It happens every few days, could you keep an eye out for and record that, so we can narrow it down perhaps?"
December 7, 2025 at 4:03 AM
All these Google Nest cameras around the neighbourhood, and apparently there's no way for their owners to ask them "there was a really loud bang five minutes ago - did you record that? It happens every few days, could you keep an eye out for and record that, so we can narrow it down perhaps?"
I solved a tech problem a little over a year ago. Thought it was a niche issue, shared it with a colleague in Slack, and moved on.
Same issue came up a year or so later, do you think I can remember what I did? No.
Do you think we have history in Slack? Also, no.
Same issue came up a year or so later, do you think I can remember what I did? No.
Do you think we have history in Slack? Also, no.
December 3, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I solved a tech problem a little over a year ago. Thought it was a niche issue, shared it with a colleague in Slack, and moved on.
Same issue came up a year or so later, do you think I can remember what I did? No.
Do you think we have history in Slack? Also, no.
Same issue came up a year or so later, do you think I can remember what I did? No.
Do you think we have history in Slack? Also, no.
Watch out for "AI beats human" stories, where it's clear that one side has had a lot more training than the other. Put effort into training humans, the reward is far greater.
December 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Watch out for "AI beats human" stories, where it's clear that one side has had a lot more training than the other. Put effort into training humans, the reward is far greater.
More of the thing that fucks up your code will unfuck it. Somehow.
AWS admits AI coding tools cause problems, reckons its three new agents fix 'em
AWS admits AI coding tools cause problems, reckons its three new agents fix 'em
Autonomous AI triages DevOps issues and pushes code to repositories, while checking security.
Re:Invent Amazon is all-in on agentic AI when it comes to software development, and it sincerely hopes you are too, based on Tuesday's AWS re:Invent keynote. …
dlvr.it
December 2, 2025 at 11:14 PM
More of the thing that fucks up your code will unfuck it. Somehow.
Uxbridge English Dictionary submission:
Nordic skiing. Newcastle term for women's winter sports.
Nordic skiing. Newcastle term for women's winter sports.
December 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Uxbridge English Dictionary submission:
Nordic skiing. Newcastle term for women's winter sports.
Nordic skiing. Newcastle term for women's winter sports.
Yes, please.
Windows 11 needs an XP SP2 moment, says ex-Microsoft engineer
Windows 11 needs an XP SP2 moment, says ex-Microsoft engineer
Stop AI bloat, fix the operating system, implores veteran software developer Dave Plummer
The Windows operating system is buckling under AI features that seem designed more for shareholders than users, and retired Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer says it's time to hit pause.…
dlvr.it
December 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Yes, please.
Well, this brought me way back to the 1980s. Of course, back then it was "xor a".
Ever wonder why compilers use `xor eax, eax` to zero registers? It's smaller AND faster—CPUs optimise it out entirely!
Day 1 of Advent of Compiler Optimisations: xania.org/202512/01-xo...
Video: youtu.be/eLjZ48gqbyg
#AoCO2025
Day 1 of Advent of Compiler Optimisations: xania.org/202512/01-xo...
Video: youtu.be/eLjZ48gqbyg
#AoCO2025
Why xor eax, eax? — Matt Godbolt’s blog
Why do compilers love xor-ing registers so much?
xania.org
December 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Well, this brought me way back to the 1980s. Of course, back then it was "xor a".
I guess we're posting Thanksgiving meals. Here's mine - Debbie excelled herself with roast beef and yorkshire pudding.
November 27, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I guess we're posting Thanksgiving meals. Here's mine - Debbie excelled herself with roast beef and yorkshire pudding.
Meanwhile, I'm wondering what the turkey called "gobble" is up to.
“Every time I say I gotta fly and think I’m home free, he starts up again talking about his ratings, how he’s so smart the doctors are constantly testing his brain, or asking if he can use his hand to draw me like one of his Epstein girls.”
Pardoned Turkey Still Seeking Pardon from Hanging Out with Trump: tinyurl.com/4syd66vj
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Meanwhile, I'm wondering what the turkey called "gobble" is up to.
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it just didn't have the legs 😢
Turns out interest in Metaverse had about a ~9 month half life.
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
it just didn't have the legs 😢
So, wait, the Odyssey itself might be a Ship of Theseus?
November 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
So, wait, the Odyssey itself might be a Ship of Theseus?
It's International Men's Day today, and as a 23-year cancer survivor, I want to make sure you check 'em if you' ve got 'em.
November 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
It's International Men's Day today, and as a 23-year cancer survivor, I want to make sure you check 'em if you' ve got 'em.
Does someone have a patent on "subtracting time from an electronic countdown timer"?
Because that's the only sane reason I can think of why the various timers I have allow me to add time, but the moment I ask them to subtract ten seconds from the timer, they act like that's supergenius-level stuff.
Because that's the only sane reason I can think of why the various timers I have allow me to add time, but the moment I ask them to subtract ten seconds from the timer, they act like that's supergenius-level stuff.
November 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Does someone have a patent on "subtracting time from an electronic countdown timer"?
Because that's the only sane reason I can think of why the various timers I have allow me to add time, but the moment I ask them to subtract ten seconds from the timer, they act like that's supergenius-level stuff.
Because that's the only sane reason I can think of why the various timers I have allow me to add time, but the moment I ask them to subtract ten seconds from the timer, they act like that's supergenius-level stuff.