Cosmo Catalano
@cosmocatalano.bsky.social
Yes, the HTRWW guy. Not the HTRWW content. Mostly automated from @[email protected] for the time being.
performance issues at Internet Archive are routinely interfering with my ability to do actual research.
December 22, 2025 at 4:11 AM
performance issues at Internet Archive are routinely interfering with my ability to do actual research.
This is incredible.
I remember this Star Market shutting down because I was living in Winter Hill when it happened…
*17 years ago*
https://mastodon.social/@[email protected]/115708701767757200
I remember this Star Market shutting down because I was living in Winter Hill when it happened…
*17 years ago*
https://mastodon.social/@[email protected]/115708701767757200
December 12, 2025 at 10:48 PM
This is incredible.
I remember this Star Market shutting down because I was living in Winter Hill when it happened…
*17 years ago*
https://mastodon.social/@[email protected]/115708701767757200
I remember this Star Market shutting down because I was living in Winter Hill when it happened…
*17 years ago*
https://mastodon.social/@[email protected]/115708701767757200
"copyright infringement"
![Top 10 Most Infringed Disney Franchises
1)
Star Wars
78%
2.
Mickey & Friends [image of buzz lightyear]
65%
3.
Mickey & Friends
40%
4.
MARVEL
Cincmetic [sic] Universe [image of Elsa from frozen]
35%
5.
Froz [sic] King [image of if Ariel and Grown-Up Simba had a human daughter]
28%
7. [sic; 6 is missing]
The Little Merrraid [image of kid Simba that kinda looks like scar]
22%
9. [sic; 8 is missing]
Crispres [sic] of Caribbean [image of Lightning McQueen but with headight eyes instead of front glass eyes]
19%
10.
Lilo & Sitch[sic[
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December 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"copyright infringement"
Trying to Make a Useable Archive Volume from a Time Machine Backup, Day 72
December 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Trying to Make a Useable Archive Volume from a Time Machine Backup, Day 72
I know there's a lot wrong in the world, but can we stop making fucking images function as links without actually linking them?
December 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I know there's a lot wrong in the world, but can we stop making fucking images function as links without actually linking them?
RE: https://mastodon.social/@cosmocatalano/115661756779236682
Also, if you're gonna say the company name was inspired by The Matrix, please at least *mention* that The Matrix scene was in turn referencing the 1970's flimflam of warping flatware with "mental energy".
Also, if you're gonna say the company name was inspired by The Matrix, please at least *mention* that The Matrix scene was in turn referencing the 1970's flimflam of warping flatware with "mental energy".
Literal Cosmo Catalano (@[email protected])
how the fuck do all these pieces on Bending Spoons omit the fact that the company turns the product to absolute dogshit for the end user?
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/what-is-bending-spoons-everything-to-know-about-aols-acquirer/
mastodon.social
December 6, 2025 at 12:11 AM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@cosmocatalano/115661756779236682
Also, if you're gonna say the company name was inspired by The Matrix, please at least *mention* that The Matrix scene was in turn referencing the 1970's flimflam of warping flatware with "mental energy".
Also, if you're gonna say the company name was inspired by The Matrix, please at least *mention* that The Matrix scene was in turn referencing the 1970's flimflam of warping flatware with "mental energy".
how the fuck do all these pieces on Bending Spoons omit the fact that the company turns the product to absolute dogshit for the end user?
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/what-is-bending-spoons-everything-to-know-about-aols-acquirer/
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/what-is-bending-spoons-everything-to-know-about-aols-acquirer/
What is Bending Spoons? Everything to know about Eventbrite’s acquirer | TechCrunch
Bending Spoons remains largely unknown, even as its portfolio of products has served more than a billion people.
techcrunch.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
how the fuck do all these pieces on Bending Spoons omit the fact that the company turns the product to absolute dogshit for the end user?
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/what-is-bending-spoons-everything-to-know-about-aols-acquirer/
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/what-is-bending-spoons-everything-to-know-about-aols-acquirer/
the only thing that makes me ashamed to be from Massachusetts these days is how little snow it takes to cancel school and related activities.
December 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
the only thing that makes me ashamed to be from Massachusetts these days is how little snow it takes to cancel school and related activities.
trying to us Google in 2025 is just so fucking heartbreaking
"buT thE StOCk PriCE is uP"
"buT thE StOCk PriCE is uP"
November 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
trying to us Google in 2025 is just so fucking heartbreaking
"buT thE StOCk PriCE is uP"
"buT thE StOCk PriCE is uP"
Last Crusade was good because Tom Stoppard was great.
November 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Last Crusade was good because Tom Stoppard was great.
python devs really looked at the javascript landscape and said "here, hold my beer"
November 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
python devs really looked at the javascript landscape and said "here, hold my beer"
having to go on Facebook to do it is a red flag and I will die on that hill
November 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
having to go on Facebook to do it is a red flag and I will die on that hill
On Sept 9, this 2808 sq ft home listed at $895k despite a $1.1MM Zestimate at that time
It sold on Halloween for $865k
individual houses are notoriously unreliable data points, but starting to feel like maybe line goes down
It sold on Halloween for $865k
individual houses are notoriously unreliable data points, but starting to feel like maybe line goes down
November 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
On Sept 9, this 2808 sq ft home listed at $895k despite a $1.1MM Zestimate at that time
It sold on Halloween for $865k
individual houses are notoriously unreliable data points, but starting to feel like maybe line goes down
It sold on Halloween for $865k
individual houses are notoriously unreliable data points, but starting to feel like maybe line goes down
if you won't use it, don't built it
November 11, 2025 at 5:29 AM
if you won't use it, don't built it
As many of you know, my preferred recession indicator is the Burlington Mall parking lot. At 11am on a Monday, the great spots are still taken but mostly by smaller and older cars. On the whole, finding a space was quick and easy.
It’s still early in the holiday season, but feels a touch ominous.
It’s still early in the holiday season, but feels a touch ominous.
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
As many of you know, my preferred recession indicator is the Burlington Mall parking lot. At 11am on a Monday, the great spots are still taken but mostly by smaller and older cars. On the whole, finding a space was quick and easy.
It’s still early in the holiday season, but feels a touch ominous.
It’s still early in the holiday season, but feels a touch ominous.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@cosmocatalano/115491908266067389
I had mistaken a fast-charge USB-C cable without data spec (USB 2) for a similar-looking 40Gbps USB 3.2 cable (overkill anyway because HDD)
This situation has been corrected, resulting in a ~10x increase in transfer speed
I had mistaken a fast-charge USB-C cable without data spec (USB 2) for a similar-looking 40Gbps USB 3.2 cable (overkill anyway because HDD)
This situation has been corrected, resulting in a ~10x increase in transfer speed
Literal Cosmo Catalano (@[email protected])
Sitting here, watching an HDD->HDD transfer of less data than I can fit on a flash dive hit the 24 hour, mark wondering how the hell we built an entire digital ecosystem on 5400 rpm SCSI drives.
mastodon.social
November 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@cosmocatalano/115491908266067389
I had mistaken a fast-charge USB-C cable without data spec (USB 2) for a similar-looking 40Gbps USB 3.2 cable (overkill anyway because HDD)
This situation has been corrected, resulting in a ~10x increase in transfer speed
I had mistaken a fast-charge USB-C cable without data spec (USB 2) for a similar-looking 40Gbps USB 3.2 cable (overkill anyway because HDD)
This situation has been corrected, resulting in a ~10x increase in transfer speed
That’s not how this works. That’s not how *ANY* of this works.
November 9, 2025 at 1:29 AM
That’s not how this works. That’s not how *ANY* of this works.
not sure I want these guys doing my surveying work tbqh
November 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
not sure I want these guys doing my surveying work tbqh
Sitting here, watching an HDD->HDD transfer of less data than I can fit on a flash dive hit the 24 hour, mark wondering how the hell we built an entire digital ecosystem on 5400 rpm SCSI drives.
November 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Sitting here, watching an HDD->HDD transfer of less data than I can fit on a flash dive hit the 24 hour, mark wondering how the hell we built an entire digital ecosystem on 5400 rpm SCSI drives.
bro was in the bathroom for a while. Harlem Shake didn't come out until 2012 and the meme didn't materialize until 2013.
October 31, 2025 at 2:40 AM
bro was in the bathroom for a while. Harlem Shake didn't come out until 2012 and the meme didn't materialize until 2013.
I know there’s a lot of bad stuff going on right now, but why is the iOS weather app still a slab of flaming shit?
October 30, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I know there’s a lot of bad stuff going on right now, but why is the iOS weather app still a slab of flaming shit?
My child is demanding we carve “6 7” into our pumpkin, and my wife—who does not spend all day in the Internet—is extremely confused.
October 30, 2025 at 12:10 AM
My child is demanding we carve “6 7” into our pumpkin, and my wife—who does not spend all day in the Internet—is extremely confused.
Mermaid's Rest, at 46002 Ocean Dr in Buxton NC, sold for $580,000 last September.
Today it fell into the ocean.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/46002-Ocean-Dr-39-Buxton-NC-27920/348506545_zpid/
Today it fell into the ocean.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/46002-Ocean-Dr-39-Buxton-NC-27920/348506545_zpid/
October 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Mermaid's Rest, at 46002 Ocean Dr in Buxton NC, sold for $580,000 last September.
Today it fell into the ocean.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/46002-Ocean-Dr-39-Buxton-NC-27920/348506545_zpid/
Today it fell into the ocean.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/46002-Ocean-Dr-39-Buxton-NC-27920/348506545_zpid/
convince a boomer to be introspective challenge (impossible)
October 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
convince a boomer to be introspective challenge (impossible)