Ryan Finnie
@foo.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
Special DLC available with preorder. Opinions in profile pictures are entirely my own. (Je ne suis pas un DJ français.)
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You can still buy brand new USB adapters on Amazon which support SmartMedia, Memory Stick, CompactFlash, XD PictureCard, and Secure Digital (but not micro-SD, you'll need an adapter for that).
April 17, 2025 at 6:13 AM
You can still buy brand new USB adapters on Amazon which support SmartMedia, Memory Stick, CompactFlash, XD PictureCard, and Secure Digital (but not micro-SD, you'll need an adapter for that).
![[[Panel shows a secondary switch, labeled Internet, with a lock attached]] Cornelius: What in the devil...? [[Panel shows Cornelius reading the user manual]] Manual Excerpt: Shrovis-Bisanthorpe leads the pack in considering the internet a nuisance. To this end we have installed a lock, so that the decision to leave the real world behind and venture into a land of codswallop and hastily documented buggery is anything but a thoughtless one. To send for your internet key, please post two forms of identification and ??25 to the address shown on the box.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:m57q3m7gu6i5yx2e22pyofkm/bafkreifondvcjenkpywu6lrntueioep3xf7tkcbs6vapq3ua6nl27mvfb4@jpeg)
I’ve stopped watching CGP Grey videos, ever since he started making his thumbnails be random crap. I’ve been told this is A-B testing to get the best engagement, but honestly, if he’s doing this, I can’t trust his actual video content to be any better […]
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April 16, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I’ve stopped watching CGP Grey videos, ever since he started making his thumbnails be random crap. I’ve been told this is A-B testing to get the best engagement, but honestly, if he’s doing this, I can’t trust his actual video content to be any better […]
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@0xabad1dea I have a knockoff cat bed which my cat doesn't use. I can't blame her; Kirby has SEEN THINGS.
April 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
@0xabad1dea I have a knockoff cat bed which my cat doesn't use. I can't blame her; Kirby has SEEN THINGS.
Every major web site switching to SMS as basically only-factor authentication:
https://achewood.com/2008/04/03/title.html
https://achewood.com/2008/04/03/title.html
April 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Every major web site switching to SMS as basically only-factor authentication:
https://achewood.com/2008/04/03/title.html
https://achewood.com/2008/04/03/title.html
The kids these days: CHICKEN JOCKEY
My generation:
My generation:
April 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The kids these days: CHICKEN JOCKEY
My generation:
My generation:
I'm not terribly OCD, but MacOS's constantly shifting concept of a "maximized" window can be eye-twitching.
April 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I'm not terribly OCD, but MacOS's constantly shifting concept of a "maximized" window can be eye-twitching.
Summary of my discussions with vendors at work this week
![The Joker from The Dark Knight Rises, with the caption "Do I really look like a guy with [PURCHASING AUTHORITY]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:m57q3m7gu6i5yx2e22pyofkm/bafkreih6c5bjsdnyayz5up7ome3iuax2z7n7pc5jlhrwe7auglkjqrh4tm@jpeg)
April 5, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Summary of my discussions with vendors at work this week
This evening I played Team Fortress 2… on the Xbox 360. It was a bit of a shock because I could have sworn the console online functionality was shut down years ago, but somehow there was a single server playable.
Had a decent number of players on it too. I was […]
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Had a decent number of players on it too. I was […]
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April 1, 2025 at 3:11 AM
This evening I played Team Fortress 2… on the Xbox 360. It was a bit of a shock because I could have sworn the console online functionality was shut down years ago, but somehow there was a single server playable.
Had a decent number of players on it too. I was […]
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Had a decent number of players on it too. I was […]
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After watching @TechConnectify 's new video this morning, my ears perked up just now as I was watching the ST:TNG episode Conundrum.
The Lysian destroyer's disruptor bank capacity is mentioned as "only" 2.1 megajoules. In fairness, this is meant to make them […]
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The Lysian destroyer's disruptor bank capacity is mentioned as "only" 2.1 megajoules. In fairness, this is meant to make them […]
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March 30, 2025 at 4:22 AM
After watching @TechConnectify 's new video this morning, my ears perked up just now as I was watching the ST:TNG episode Conundrum.
The Lysian destroyer's disruptor bank capacity is mentioned as "only" 2.1 megajoules. In fairness, this is meant to make them […]
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The Lysian destroyer's disruptor bank capacity is mentioned as "only" 2.1 megajoules. In fairness, this is meant to make them […]
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0.01% of California's power grid comes from coal. I want to know who lit a charcoal briquette on fire and reported it to to CA-ISO.
https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/US-CAL-CISO/72h/hourly
https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/US-CAL-CISO/72h/hourly
March 30, 2025 at 1:54 AM
0.01% of California's power grid comes from coal. I want to know who lit a charcoal briquette on fire and reported it to to CA-ISO.
https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/US-CAL-CISO/72h/hourly
https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/US-CAL-CISO/72h/hourly
Expectation, reality
March 25, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Expectation, reality
I ordered a vinyl record of the They Might Be Giants album Join Us. I don’t even own a record player, I just liked the look and Join Us is one of my favorite albums.
Anyway, this arrived. I mean, maybe it’s a younger picture of William Allen White?
Anyway, this arrived. I mean, maybe it’s a younger picture of William Allen White?
March 15, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I ordered a vinyl record of the They Might Be Giants album Join Us. I don’t even own a record player, I just liked the look and Join Us is one of my favorite albums.
Anyway, this arrived. I mean, maybe it’s a younger picture of William Allen White?
Anyway, this arrived. I mean, maybe it’s a younger picture of William Allen White?
You can't parse [X]HTML with Harbor Freight tools. Because HTML can't be parsed by Harbor Freight. Bauer is not a tool that can be used to correctly parse HTML. As I have answered in HTML-and-Pittsburgh questions here so many times before, the use of Daytona […]
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March 14, 2025 at 4:09 AM
You can't parse [X]HTML with Harbor Freight tools. Because HTML can't be parsed by Harbor Freight. Bauer is not a tool that can be used to correctly parse HTML. As I have answered in HTML-and-Pittsburgh questions here so many times before, the use of Daytona […]
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Do you miss Jucika Daily from the birdsite? I've recreated the experience on the Fediverse, over at @jucikadaily !
One random Jucika strip per day. No alt-text for now, but captions have the option to be crowdsourced in the future. And while Jucika is often a […]
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One random Jucika strip per day. No alt-text for now, but captions have the option to be crowdsourced in the future. And while Jucika is often a […]
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March 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Do you miss Jucika Daily from the birdsite? I've recreated the experience on the Fediverse, over at @jucikadaily !
One random Jucika strip per day. No alt-text for now, but captions have the option to be crowdsourced in the future. And while Jucika is often a […]
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One random Jucika strip per day. No alt-text for now, but captions have the option to be crowdsourced in the future. And while Jucika is often a […]
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Colonel Kira and Colonel O'Neill
March 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Colonel Kira and Colonel O'Neill
Is this a normal thing to do to a 120v power switch?
March 9, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Is this a normal thing to do to a 120v power switch?
Amazon: Because you bought a pack of 20 in the past, would you like to order a bag of 2500 3-conductor Wago 221 connectors for $867.27?
Me:
Me:
March 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Amazon: Because you bought a pack of 20 in the past, would you like to order a bag of 2500 3-conductor Wago 221 connectors for $867.27?
Me:
Me:
I love how one of my workflows at work has two jobs:
- test-rc-omnibus (which tests everything)
- test-rc-container (wait)
- test-rc-omnibus (which tests everything)
- test-rc-container (wait)
March 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I love how one of my workflows at work has two jobs:
- test-rc-omnibus (which tests everything)
- test-rc-container (wait)
- test-rc-omnibus (which tests everything)
- test-rc-container (wait)
Not Australia, for once
March 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Not Australia, for once