Jonny Buchanan
@jbscript.dev
Programmer/web developer from Norn Iron living in Australia. I make the Control Panels for the Twitters and the YouTubes, whaddya gonna do? 🤷♂️
🌏 https://jbscript.dev 🛠️ https://soitis.dev
🌏 https://jbscript.dev 🛠️ https://soitis.dev
Oh no, I can't unread this
November 28, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Oh no, I can't unread this
Formatting can't cross lines, except when it accidentally can:
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November 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Formatting can't cross lines, except when it accidentally can:
opener: _
_closer:_
Multiple lines are traversed to find a closer:
open: _
text
# heading
_close:_
Nesting:
open: _
open: *
open: -
_*-close:-*_
Overlapping:
open 1: _
open 2: *
_close 1:_ *close 2:*
opener: _
_closer:_
Multiple lines are traversed to find a closer:
open: _
text
# heading
_close:_
Nesting:
open: _
open: *
open: -
_*-close:-*_
Overlapping:
open 1: _
open 2: *
_close 1:_ *close 2:*
Some fun differences from Markdown:
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Formatting character order doesn't matter:
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_just italic *plus bold -plus strikethrough_ minus italic- just bold*
Formatting character order doesn't matter:
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November 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Some fun differences from Markdown:
Formatting can overlap:
_just italic *plus bold -plus strikethrough_ minus italic- just bold*
Formatting character order doesn't matter:
_*-balanced-*_
_*-same_*-
_*-whatever*_-
Formatting can overlap:
_just italic *plus bold -plus strikethrough_ minus italic- just bold*
Formatting character order doesn't matter:
_*-balanced-*_
_*-same_*-
_*-whatever*_-
The last time Google was forcing an unwanted thing into places nobody wanted it, lots of people accidentally ended up with 2 YouTube accounts
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The last time Google was forcing an unwanted thing into places nobody wanted it, lots of people accidentally ended up with 2 YouTube accounts
Good news: there are ways to remove all the Recommended/All crap from the Windows 11 start menu
Bad news:
Bad news:
November 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Good news: there are ways to remove all the Recommended/All crap from the Windows 11 start menu
Bad news:
Bad news:
Other than em-dash, what are your go-to LLM tells as a quick check if reading a long document or article would involve more effort than was expended writing it?
This..it's seems to be pretty consistent
This..it's seems to be pretty consistent
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Other than em-dash, what are your go-to LLM tells as a quick check if reading a long document or article would involve more effort than was expended writing it?
This..it's seems to be pretty consistent
This..it's seems to be pretty consistent
Meanwhile at Microsoft
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Meanwhile at Microsoft
I think they accidentally this headline
November 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I think they accidentally this headline
The Bureau of Meteorology have brought out the "you're fucked, mate" box for Brisbane
November 1, 2025 at 4:30 AM
The Bureau of Meteorology have brought out the "you're fucked, mate" box for Brisbane
Vale IKEA PRESSA, victim of the Brisbane hail
Its partner will refuse to drop the carcass untill the next breeding season
Its partner will refuse to drop the carcass untill the next breeding season
October 26, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Vale IKEA PRESSA, victim of the Brisbane hail
Its partner will refuse to drop the carcass untill the next breeding season
Its partner will refuse to drop the carcass untill the next breeding season
Ho ho ho, Merry Hailmas from Brisbane
October 26, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Ho ho ho, Merry Hailmas from Brisbane
Thank you, I appreciate all the work you put into AoC, and anything that makes it more golden retriever than werewolf for you to run is all good
October 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Thank you, I appreciate all the work you put into AoC, and anything that makes it more golden retriever than werewolf for you to run is all good
What is it that GitHub actually wants you to _do_ with Release names, so they don't look like this, for example?
October 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
What is it that GitHub actually wants you to _do_ with Release names, so they don't look like this, for example?
I shouldn't have waited for so long to replace my monitor risers with arms. Now I have allll the desk space
October 20, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I shouldn't have waited for so long to replace my monitor risers with arms. Now I have allll the desk space
As a...
– user
I want...
– to be told to go fuck myself
so that...
– I can get another chance later to do the thing I will never, ever want to do
– user
I want...
– to be told to go fuck myself
so that...
– I can get another chance later to do the thing I will never, ever want to do
October 19, 2025 at 11:30 PM
As a...
– user
I want...
– to be told to go fuck myself
so that...
– I can get another chance later to do the thing I will never, ever want to do
– user
I want...
– to be told to go fuck myself
so that...
– I can get another chance later to do the thing I will never, ever want to do
The second-best thing about new @nspband.bsky.social album releases, accidental Xenoblade
October 16, 2025 at 5:43 AM
The second-best thing about new @nspband.bsky.social album releases, accidental Xenoblade
King George Square Car Park in Brisbane city centre got hands
October 8, 2025 at 8:28 AM
King George Square Car Park in Brisbane city centre got hands
It's so much easier to keep track of the earthquakes in Queensland
September 23, 2025 at 3:28 AM
It's so much easier to keep track of the earthquakes in Queensland
Now it's just like "oh, that's cute"
September 18, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Now it's just like "oh, that's cute"
GitHub finally killed the old dashboard feed :-/
September 17, 2025 at 9:25 AM
GitHub finally killed the old dashboard feed :-/
When you get Trivial Pursuit from an op shop and oops it's the 1983 edition. Longest game ever
September 7, 2025 at 11:58 AM
When you get Trivial Pursuit from an op shop and oops it's the 1983 edition. Longest game ever
Control Panel for Twitter spotted in a @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social video 😍
September 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Control Panel for Twitter spotted in a @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social video 😍