Rob Synnott
@rsynnott.bsky.social
Tech-debtor. Social Justice Warlock. He/him. 🏳️🌈
Sapping and impurifying all of your precious bodily fluids.
Dublin, Ireland.
Sapping and impurifying all of your precious bodily fluids.
Dublin, Ireland.
Is there a term for a pun name that is so good that a business must exist to use it, even if the business does not necessarily otherwise make sense?
December 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Is there a term for a pun name that is so good that a business must exist to use it, even if the business does not necessarily otherwise make sense?
Though, honestly, verse 1 works without modification, provided that you assume that the private banker is then charged under the 6th anti-money-laundering directive.
December 1, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Though, honestly, verse 1 works without modification, provided that you assume that the private banker is then charged under the 6th anti-money-laundering directive.
Given that the American far right believes that Mamdani is a communist, and that minihands is very suggestible, the Trump regime will presumably now be embracing collective farms, gulags, very silly military hats, etc.
November 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Given that the American far right believes that Mamdani is a communist, and that minihands is very suggestible, the Trump regime will presumably now be embracing collective farms, gulags, very silly military hats, etc.
2025: Google will happily give bullshit LLM answers to things which clearly aren't questions. However, ask it a question, and, well...
I mean, c'mon, Google, you were able to do unit conversions 20 years ago.
I mean, c'mon, Google, you were able to do unit conversions 20 years ago.
November 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
2025: Google will happily give bullshit LLM answers to things which clearly aren't questions. However, ask it a question, and, well...
I mean, c'mon, Google, you were able to do unit conversions 20 years ago.
I mean, c'mon, Google, you were able to do unit conversions 20 years ago.
Okay, so a good review, but possibly from a reviewer with _extremely_ low expectations. The room was heated! Imagine!
November 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Okay, so a good review, but possibly from a reviewer with _extremely_ low expectations. The room was heated! Imagine!
On the way back, yes, Ryanair. The flight out was over 90 minutes late, though, so I wouldn’t necessarily get _too_ smug about it.
November 8, 2025 at 11:43 AM
On the way back, yes, Ryanair. The flight out was over 90 minutes late, though, so I wouldn’t necessarily get _too_ smug about it.
So the Bluesky client chose to present this post like THIS, and I was briefly very confused.
Also Pepys should definitely make an appearance at some point.
Also Pepys should definitely make an appearance at some point.
October 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
So the Bluesky client chose to present this post like THIS, and I was briefly very confused.
Also Pepys should definitely make an appearance at some point.
Also Pepys should definitely make an appearance at some point.
@aptshadow.bsky.social Shrine to Kakrops spotted in Barcelona airport.
October 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
@aptshadow.bsky.social Shrine to Kakrops spotted in Barcelona airport.
Ah, the presidential election. That very special time every 7 years when we are reminded that Declan Ganley exists.
This time, with bonus reminder that Eddie Hobbs also exists, moaning about Maria Steen, who also exists! I mean, talk about a political has-beens convention.
This time, with bonus reminder that Eddie Hobbs also exists, moaning about Maria Steen, who also exists! I mean, talk about a political has-beens convention.
September 29, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Ah, the presidential election. That very special time every 7 years when we are reminded that Declan Ganley exists.
This time, with bonus reminder that Eddie Hobbs also exists, moaning about Maria Steen, who also exists! I mean, talk about a political has-beens convention.
This time, with bonus reminder that Eddie Hobbs also exists, moaning about Maria Steen, who also exists! I mean, talk about a political has-beens convention.
Yeah, wonder why that is, Maria?
September 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Yeah, wonder why that is, Maria?
September 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Today in oddly-worded Wikipedia articles. Surely there must be an easier way to ease congestion in Australian cities than using tram tunnels in Germany.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/O-Bahn_...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/O-Bahn_...
September 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Today in oddly-worded Wikipedia articles. Surely there must be an easier way to ease congestion in Australian cities than using tram tunnels in Germany.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/O-Bahn_...
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/O-Bahn_...
Soylent Gran is...
September 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Soylent Gran is...
Every cloud has a silver lining.
September 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Every cloud has a silver lining.
This is the logo of the Royal Netherlands Air and Space Force. I kinda hope that, when they do space stuff (spysats?), they put a little helmet on the bird.
September 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This is the logo of the Royal Netherlands Air and Space Force. I kinda hope that, when they do space stuff (spysats?), they put a little helmet on the bird.
I mean that's basically true to life, tho.
September 9, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I mean that's basically true to life, tho.
Is this really what people want in Dolby Atmos, Audible?
August 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Is this really what people want in Dolby Atmos, Audible?
The channel 4 app just recommended this to me via push notification. I mean, what.
August 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The channel 4 app just recommended this to me via push notification. I mean, what.
The magic robots have, appropriately, memory-holed Apple's 1984 Mac launch.
August 1, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The magic robots have, appropriately, memory-holed Apple's 1984 Mac launch.
… Hyperion? Seriously? Is it possible that no-one in Facebook has ever read the novel of that name? Because, er, probably not something that you’d want to name your AI datacenter.
I will say no more, to avoid the risk of spoilers, but, seriously?
I will say no more, to avoid the risk of spoilers, but, seriously?
July 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
… Hyperion? Seriously? Is it possible that no-one in Facebook has ever read the novel of that name? Because, er, probably not something that you’d want to name your AI datacenter.
I will say no more, to avoid the risk of spoilers, but, seriously?
I will say no more, to avoid the risk of spoilers, but, seriously?
For instance, has it turned into a dog?
July 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
For instance, has it turned into a dog?