Chris Smith
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Chris Smith
@chameth.com
· Jun 2
New intro time, I think! Depending on where I am in my hobby-hopping cycle, I'll be posting about:
• Programming
• Video games
• Board games
• Baking
• DIY
• 3D Printing
• Electronics
• Films
• Books
Assorted favs/genres/etc: Go, FFXIV, Warframe, Cakes, Obsession, Sci-fi, Horror, LitRPG
#promosky
• Programming
• Video games
• Board games
• Baking
• DIY
• 3D Printing
• Electronics
• Films
• Books
Assorted favs/genres/etc: Go, FFXIV, Warframe, Cakes, Obsession, Sci-fi, Horror, LitRPG
#promosky
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A neat little quiz game: Is a headline homophobia from the 80s-90s or transphobia from the 2010s-2020s? Because it's all the same bullshit, repackaged for the hate du jour
haveigotphobiaforyou.com
haveigotphobiaforyou.com
Have I Got Phobia For You
Bringing attention to the often harmful practices of our mainstream media. Thankfully the days of vile hostility against gay people are now more or less over, but, reading today’s newspapers, there’s ...
haveigotphobiaforyou.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A neat little quiz game: Is a headline homophobia from the 80s-90s or transphobia from the 2010s-2020s? Because it's all the same bullshit, repackaged for the hate du jour
haveigotphobiaforyou.com
haveigotphobiaforyou.com
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I legitimately didn't know they were competing with Steam and it's crazy to me that they burnt so much money on what sounds like something with very little (or wildly misguided) market research.
October 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I legitimately didn't know they were competing with Steam and it's crazy to me that they burnt so much money on what sounds like something with very little (or wildly misguided) market research.
Me, waking up a muddy slope: “You’ll catch me if I fall, right?”
Literally five seconds later I’m down on hands and knees in the mud and stinging nettles.
Small consolation: my walking partner also went down so wasn’t able to record any of it.
Literally five seconds later I’m down on hands and knees in the mud and stinging nettles.
Small consolation: my walking partner also went down so wasn’t able to record any of it.
October 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Me, waking up a muddy slope: “You’ll catch me if I fall, right?”
Literally five seconds later I’m down on hands and knees in the mud and stinging nettles.
Small consolation: my walking partner also went down so wasn’t able to record any of it.
Literally five seconds later I’m down on hands and knees in the mud and stinging nettles.
Small consolation: my walking partner also went down so wasn’t able to record any of it.
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Made a Slack-o-lantern that hits you with the Slack notification sound and logo when you walk by.
👻 now baAAck toOOO WooOOrk 👻
👻 now baAAck toOOO WooOOrk 👻
October 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Made a Slack-o-lantern that hits you with the Slack notification sound and logo when you walk by.
👻 now baAAck toOOO WooOOrk 👻
👻 now baAAck toOOO WooOOrk 👻
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it's kinda weird that all the software i am expected to use for work are all written by distributed teams, go, python, postgres, linux, chrome, k8s etc
and despite being told "the best teams work in an office together" i don't know of any software i use that's actually written that way
and despite being told "the best teams work in an office together" i don't know of any software i use that's actually written that way
October 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
it's kinda weird that all the software i am expected to use for work are all written by distributed teams, go, python, postgres, linux, chrome, k8s etc
and despite being told "the best teams work in an office together" i don't know of any software i use that's actually written that way
and despite being told "the best teams work in an office together" i don't know of any software i use that's actually written that way
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On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
April 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
Made a little app that transforms all the album art for my music so it looks like it's in a CD jewel case. It makes me irrationally happy.
September 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Made a little app that transforms all the album art for my music so it looks like it's in a CD jewel case. It makes me irrationally happy.
Last week I decided I couldn't really tell the difference between a high-quality flac and an 128kbps MP3, so I transcoded all my music to save a load of disk space.
Mistake.
It's painfully obvious whenever there's any treble. Now I'm slowly re-importing everything in higher quality.
Mistake.
It's painfully obvious whenever there's any treble. Now I'm slowly re-importing everything in higher quality.
September 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Last week I decided I couldn't really tell the difference between a high-quality flac and an 128kbps MP3, so I transcoded all my music to save a load of disk space.
Mistake.
It's painfully obvious whenever there's any treble. Now I'm slowly re-importing everything in higher quality.
Mistake.
It's painfully obvious whenever there's any treble. Now I'm slowly re-importing everything in higher quality.
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![Merriam-Webster
Merriam-Webster
@merriam-webster.c... • 17h
enshittification noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
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Gold Yoshi @goldyoshi.bsky.social
[Screenshot of the enshittification page on Merriam Websters website. It says where does enshittification come from and the entire page is covered in ads]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:g2p3bnbzcvcbohfpvjxfazqv/bafkreicqj6ceehevsgs4dhtajor6aehaismo6dwhcy4vdrqozqusqptpii@jpeg)
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Average doctors appointment if you’re not skinny 🙃
September 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Average doctors appointment if you’re not skinny 🙃
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The bank app is telling me to "tap & pay like a boss😏" and "rally my crew". I am 37 years old and you are the bank. Don't talk to me this way.
September 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The bank app is telling me to "tap & pay like a boss😏" and "rally my crew". I am 37 years old and you are the bank. Don't talk to me this way.
I’d drifted away from board games a bit. That turned around in August!
September 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I’d drifted away from board games a bit. That turned around in August!
"It's no different than checking IDs at the airport". Except in your home. On a device that you own. Android used to be open...
August 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
"It's no different than checking IDs at the airport". Except in your home. On a device that you own. Android used to be open...
Company: "We’ve revised the UI to make it more balanced, more focused, and pull in more color from your theme"
Me: *sighs, starts writing some UserCSS*
Me: *sighs, starts writing some UserCSS*
August 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Company: "We’ve revised the UI to make it more balanced, more focused, and pull in more color from your theme"
Me: *sighs, starts writing some UserCSS*
Me: *sighs, starts writing some UserCSS*
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UK users when the website asks them where they're posting from today.
July 25, 2025 at 7:10 AM
UK users when the website asks them where they're posting from today.
Wrote a bit about getting rid of Spotify and, uh... parsing nested plist files instead.
chameth.com/escaping-spo...
chameth.com/escaping-spo...
Escaping Spotify the hard way · Chameth.com
chameth.com
July 25, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Wrote a bit about getting rid of Spotify and, uh... parsing nested plist files instead.
chameth.com/escaping-spo...
chameth.com/escaping-spo...
Tailscale app connectors are also very handy if you have a server in a sensible jurisdiction, and want all traffic to a certain destination to originate from there.
July 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Tailscale app connectors are also very handy if you have a server in a sensible jurisdiction, and want all traffic to a certain destination to originate from there.
I used www.calligraphr.com to create a font of my handwriting.
They support non-renewing subscriptions, and my month just ran out. Pleasantly surprised to receive an e-mail with a data export attached. No hard sell, no dark patterns, just did the job well without trying to extort me. Refreshing.
They support non-renewing subscriptions, and my month just ran out. Pleasantly surprised to receive an e-mail with a data export attached. No hard sell, no dark patterns, just did the job well without trying to extort me. Refreshing.
www.calligraphr.com
July 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I used www.calligraphr.com to create a font of my handwriting.
They support non-renewing subscriptions, and my month just ran out. Pleasantly surprised to receive an e-mail with a data export attached. No hard sell, no dark patterns, just did the job well without trying to extort me. Refreshing.
They support non-renewing subscriptions, and my month just ran out. Pleasantly surprised to receive an e-mail with a data export attached. No hard sell, no dark patterns, just did the job well without trying to extort me. Refreshing.
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New blog post: Get the location of the ISS using DNS
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/07/get-the-location-of-the-iss-using-dns/
I love DNS esoterica. Weird little things that you can shove in the global directory to be distributed around the world instantly(ish). Domain names, like …
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/07/get-the-location-of-the-iss-using-dns/
I love DNS esoterica. Weird little things that you can shove in the global directory to be distributed around the world instantly(ish). Domain names, like …
Get the location of the ISS using DNS
I love DNS esoterica. Weird little things that you can shove in the global directory to be distributed around the world instantly(ish). Domain names, like www.example.com usually resolve to servers. As much as we think of "the cloud" as being some intangible morass of ethereal Turing-machines floating in probability space, the more prosaic reality is that they're just boxen in data centres. They …
shkspr.mobi
July 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
New blog post: Get the location of the ISS using DNS
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/07/get-the-location-of-the-iss-using-dns/
I love DNS esoterica. Weird little things that you can shove in the global directory to be distributed around the world instantly(ish). Domain names, like …
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/07/get-the-location-of-the-iss-using-dns/
I love DNS esoterica. Weird little things that you can shove in the global directory to be distributed around the world instantly(ish). Domain names, like …
Me: *about to do something productive*
Board game arena: "The round-robin tournament you joined and forgot about has started! You're now in 11 different games!"
Board game arena: "The round-robin tournament you joined and forgot about has started! You're now in 11 different games!"
July 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Me: *about to do something productive*
Board game arena: "The round-robin tournament you joined and forgot about has started! You're now in 11 different games!"
Board game arena: "The round-robin tournament you joined and forgot about has started! You're now in 11 different games!"
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Picked up a new board game: Cosmoctopus, by Henry Audubon.
Just had a very enjoyable first play. It has Splendor vibes, but with more depth and a fun theme.
I'd collected 7 tentacles and was poised to win on my next turn when my opponent got their 8th and successfully summoned Cosmoctopus.
Just had a very enjoyable first play. It has Splendor vibes, but with more depth and a fun theme.
I'd collected 7 tentacles and was poised to win on my next turn when my opponent got their 8th and successfully summoned Cosmoctopus.
June 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Picked up a new board game: Cosmoctopus, by Henry Audubon.
Just had a very enjoyable first play. It has Splendor vibes, but with more depth and a fun theme.
I'd collected 7 tentacles and was poised to win on my next turn when my opponent got their 8th and successfully summoned Cosmoctopus.
Just had a very enjoyable first play. It has Splendor vibes, but with more depth and a fun theme.
I'd collected 7 tentacles and was poised to win on my next turn when my opponent got their 8th and successfully summoned Cosmoctopus.
There should be a tenth circle of hell, reserved for people who build devices with USB-C ports for charging that don't work with USB-C power supplies.
All you had to do was put a little bitty resistor in. It'd save so much annoyance.
All you had to do was put a little bitty resistor in. It'd save so much annoyance.
June 21, 2025 at 12:57 PM
There should be a tenth circle of hell, reserved for people who build devices with USB-C ports for charging that don't work with USB-C power supplies.
All you had to do was put a little bitty resistor in. It'd save so much annoyance.
All you had to do was put a little bitty resistor in. It'd save so much annoyance.