Chief Oddball
@chiefoddball.bsky.social
Software engineer. Loves the cars you hate. Imported from Detroit.
Every time Windows Hello asks me to authenticate, it picks a different method. What'll it be this time? Fingerprint? PIN? Password? Who knows! The entire operating system is a giant fucking race condition and Microsoft doesn't care.
December 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Every time Windows Hello asks me to authenticate, it picks a different method. What'll it be this time? Fingerprint? PIN? Password? Who knows! The entire operating system is a giant fucking race condition and Microsoft doesn't care.
The games that most interest me in Steam sales these days are the quirky VNs and narrative adventures and sims made by small teams. Stuff like Signalis, 1000xResist, Dispatch, Selaco, Easy Delivery Co., et al.
December 21, 2025 at 5:00 AM
The games that most interest me in Steam sales these days are the quirky VNs and narrative adventures and sims made by small teams. Stuff like Signalis, 1000xResist, Dispatch, Selaco, Easy Delivery Co., et al.
I'm not sure that management's message of "we got so much accomplished this year that we can't believe it, BTW next year is going to be just as bad and we expect you to use AI instead of asking us to hire more people" was the kind of holiday morale booster leadership hoped it was.
December 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I'm not sure that management's message of "we got so much accomplished this year that we can't believe it, BTW next year is going to be just as bad and we expect you to use AI instead of asking us to hire more people" was the kind of holiday morale booster leadership hoped it was.
What shall I call this? Smokey and the Gladiator? Jeep Y84 special edition?
December 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
What shall I call this? Smokey and the Gladiator? Jeep Y84 special edition?
Three hours into this meeting now. Please kill me.
December 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Three hours into this meeting now. Please kill me.
Real ones know that neither Calibri nor Times New Roman are cool. We need to go ALL the way back to the 1970s and start using IBM Letter Gothic again. Typed on an actual IBM Selectric typewriter.
December 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Real ones know that neither Calibri nor Times New Roman are cool. We need to go ALL the way back to the 1970s and start using IBM Letter Gothic again. Typed on an actual IBM Selectric typewriter.
Saw a news story about a healthy man who had a stroke because he was doing 8 energy drinks a day to stay alert at his job. The media's take is "We need to be more aware of the impact of these drinks!" My take is "Why does work crush people so hard they need 1,600 mg of caffeine a day to keep up?"
December 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Saw a news story about a healthy man who had a stroke because he was doing 8 energy drinks a day to stay alert at his job. The media's take is "We need to be more aware of the impact of these drinks!" My take is "Why does work crush people so hard they need 1,600 mg of caffeine a day to keep up?"
Microsoft has done just about everything possible to get on my bad side this past year, but I gotta say, SQL Server Management Studio 22 is the cat's meow. It's about time this venerable old tool got some real love.
December 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Microsoft has done just about everything possible to get on my bad side this past year, but I gotta say, SQL Server Management Studio 22 is the cat's meow. It's about time this venerable old tool got some real love.
Yesterday I saw a Kia Forte with a Mass Effect "N7" badge in the lower right corner of the deck lid. This was a real badge, not a decal--it looked like something the manufacturer would put on. Nice touch.
December 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Yesterday I saw a Kia Forte with a Mass Effect "N7" badge in the lower right corner of the deck lid. This was a real badge, not a decal--it looked like something the manufacturer would put on. Nice touch.
I've never felt so strongly that I am trapped on a prison planet.
November 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I've never felt so strongly that I am trapped on a prison planet.
This past spring, I added 32 GB of 6400 DDR5 RAM to my computer for $119. Now that same kit is over $400.
I hear AI datacenters are clamoring for as much as 60% of the world's total DRAM production capacity.
In the future, you'll use AI because it'll be the only computer available.
I hear AI datacenters are clamoring for as much as 60% of the world's total DRAM production capacity.
In the future, you'll use AI because it'll be the only computer available.
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This past spring, I added 32 GB of 6400 DDR5 RAM to my computer for $119. Now that same kit is over $400.
I hear AI datacenters are clamoring for as much as 60% of the world's total DRAM production capacity.
In the future, you'll use AI because it'll be the only computer available.
I hear AI datacenters are clamoring for as much as 60% of the world's total DRAM production capacity.
In the future, you'll use AI because it'll be the only computer available.
Weird to see the original Law & Order opening titles from season one (1990) where they literally go on for almost a full minute and a half and uses a long, bluesy, drawn-out take of the main theme.
Then you look at a recent season from one of the spinoffs and they've condensed it into < 30 seconds.
Then you look at a recent season from one of the spinoffs and they've condensed it into < 30 seconds.
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Weird to see the original Law & Order opening titles from season one (1990) where they literally go on for almost a full minute and a half and uses a long, bluesy, drawn-out take of the main theme.
Then you look at a recent season from one of the spinoffs and they've condensed it into < 30 seconds.
Then you look at a recent season from one of the spinoffs and they've condensed it into < 30 seconds.
Really, really strong urge to just check out and walk away today.
November 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Really, really strong urge to just check out and walk away today.
Beautiful fall day, 69 degrees and sunny. Good day for an open sunroof and the annual state inspection.
November 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Beautiful fall day, 69 degrees and sunny. Good day for an open sunroof and the annual state inspection.
Some days, going to work is like consenting to have nails pounded into my extremities while being ordered by management not to scream.
November 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Some days, going to work is like consenting to have nails pounded into my extremities while being ordered by management not to scream.
I never noticed until last weekend's rewatch of Halloween II that Nurse Karen (who gets her face boiled off in the scalding hydrotherapy tub) is played by Pamela Susan Shoop, who was also Maggie in the Knight Rider pilot AND Marta from the Knight Rider fourth season premiere!
October 22, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I never noticed until last weekend's rewatch of Halloween II that Nurse Karen (who gets her face boiled off in the scalding hydrotherapy tub) is played by Pamela Susan Shoop, who was also Maggie in the Knight Rider pilot AND Marta from the Knight Rider fourth season premiere!
During spooky season 28 years ago, a friend brought over a copy of Halloween (1978) and I watched it for the first time. Now it (and its 1981 sequel) are two of my favorite horror movies of all time.
Having just watched them again tonight, my opinion hasn't changed.
Having just watched them again tonight, my opinion hasn't changed.
October 19, 2025 at 6:15 AM
During spooky season 28 years ago, a friend brought over a copy of Halloween (1978) and I watched it for the first time. Now it (and its 1981 sequel) are two of my favorite horror movies of all time.
Having just watched them again tonight, my opinion hasn't changed.
Having just watched them again tonight, my opinion hasn't changed.
Why are diamond-shaped windows in doors so creepy? Especially institutional ones...
October 14, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Why are diamond-shaped windows in doors so creepy? Especially institutional ones...
Been limping along with ancient routers for a long time and finally found a decent deal for an upgrade.
Still not gonna pay WiFi 7 prices, but this should suffice for a good while.
Still not gonna pay WiFi 7 prices, but this should suffice for a good while.
October 9, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Been limping along with ancient routers for a long time and finally found a decent deal for an upgrade.
Still not gonna pay WiFi 7 prices, but this should suffice for a good while.
Still not gonna pay WiFi 7 prices, but this should suffice for a good while.
I may not have control over much, but I sure enjoy giving my idiot manager 1 out of 10 ratings on the weekly surveys.
For reference, this is the man who told me I could drop dead tomorrow and nobody at the company would care.
So, he'll get 1/10 ratings from me until I literally do drop dead.
For reference, this is the man who told me I could drop dead tomorrow and nobody at the company would care.
So, he'll get 1/10 ratings from me until I literally do drop dead.
October 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I may not have control over much, but I sure enjoy giving my idiot manager 1 out of 10 ratings on the weekly surveys.
For reference, this is the man who told me I could drop dead tomorrow and nobody at the company would care.
So, he'll get 1/10 ratings from me until I literally do drop dead.
For reference, this is the man who told me I could drop dead tomorrow and nobody at the company would care.
So, he'll get 1/10 ratings from me until I literally do drop dead.
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Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
October 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
Very interested in Silent Hill f, but am worried I won't like the actual gameplay since I hear it's kinda Souls-like. That genre is total kryptonite to my tastes.
I'll probably watch some gameplay before I make up my mind, but this is where a demo (like Stellar Blade had) would be really helpful.
I'll probably watch some gameplay before I make up my mind, but this is where a demo (like Stellar Blade had) would be really helpful.
September 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Very interested in Silent Hill f, but am worried I won't like the actual gameplay since I hear it's kinda Souls-like. That genre is total kryptonite to my tastes.
I'll probably watch some gameplay before I make up my mind, but this is where a demo (like Stellar Blade had) would be really helpful.
I'll probably watch some gameplay before I make up my mind, but this is where a demo (like Stellar Blade had) would be really helpful.
I finally get to the weekend and the bedroom ceiling fan decides to die. Either that or the wall switch controlling its circuit did. Which reminded me that my multimeter doesn’t work. There goes more hours of my weekend.
September 13, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I finally get to the weekend and the bedroom ceiling fan decides to die. Either that or the wall switch controlling its circuit did. Which reminded me that my multimeter doesn’t work. There goes more hours of my weekend.
Forced to endure a 3-hour refinement call about a new project, then less than an hour later, was asked to provide--solo, without help--the estimated time to completion for that project.
Offered my estimate, then was told it needed to be half that.
Completely lost my shit. I mean I exploded.
Offered my estimate, then was told it needed to be half that.
Completely lost my shit. I mean I exploded.
September 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Forced to endure a 3-hour refinement call about a new project, then less than an hour later, was asked to provide--solo, without help--the estimated time to completion for that project.
Offered my estimate, then was told it needed to be half that.
Completely lost my shit. I mean I exploded.
Offered my estimate, then was told it needed to be half that.
Completely lost my shit. I mean I exploded.
The mad lads at Taco Bell just brought back the chili cheese burrito for a limited engagement.
Otherwise known as the legendary “CC BUR”
Otherwise known as the legendary “CC BUR”
September 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The mad lads at Taco Bell just brought back the chili cheese burrito for a limited engagement.
Otherwise known as the legendary “CC BUR”
Otherwise known as the legendary “CC BUR”