CK
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nah you should probably find a Mastodon server you like (or, more usefully, hates what you hate)
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I have, and continue to, assert that managing chatbots is like managing junior staff. You just gotta step in sometimes.
Yeah, you're employing someone to take the world load. No, you gotta check their work still.
They're full of experience but not responsibility.
Yeah, you're employing someone to take the world load. No, you gotta check their work still.
They're full of experience but not responsibility.
January 7, 2026 at 6:38 AM
I have, and continue to, assert that managing chatbots is like managing junior staff. You just gotta step in sometimes.
Yeah, you're employing someone to take the world load. No, you gotta check their work still.
They're full of experience but not responsibility.
Yeah, you're employing someone to take the world load. No, you gotta check their work still.
They're full of experience but not responsibility.
The *only* way this is slightly sensible — and even then — is there's an old legal definition of "the day" for contracts law, that if you only get told "the day", but for whatever reason you (really) need an epoch, then use midday that day — and if you need a timezone, then UTC
But: 12:00 not 00:00
But: 12:00 not 00:00
January 7, 2026 at 6:35 AM
The *only* way this is slightly sensible — and even then — is there's an old legal definition of "the day" for contracts law, that if you only get told "the day", but for whatever reason you (really) need an epoch, then use midday that day — and if you need a timezone, then UTC
But: 12:00 not 00:00
But: 12:00 not 00:00
These Centurions (grew up at the turn of the century) boy they complain a lot
November 13, 2025 at 6:00 AM
These Centurions (grew up at the turn of the century) boy they complain a lot
Or the opposite problem — what if it’s S-VHS LP and or that weird late-stage S-VHS ET bizzo
October 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Or the opposite problem — what if it’s S-VHS LP and or that weird late-stage S-VHS ET bizzo
So get an NTSC VHS player and plug it into any TV. Unlike olden days, our TVs know how to display everything.
You might even have a fancy VHS player that’s multi system already, not just “play NTSC tapes on PAL TVs!”(
You might even have a fancy VHS player that’s multi system already, not just “play NTSC tapes on PAL TVs!”(
October 9, 2025 at 4:02 AM
So get an NTSC VHS player and plug it into any TV. Unlike olden days, our TVs know how to display everything.
You might even have a fancy VHS player that’s multi system already, not just “play NTSC tapes on PAL TVs!”(
You might even have a fancy VHS player that’s multi system already, not just “play NTSC tapes on PAL TVs!”(
I bet $2 (the minimum customs value declaration, ask me how I know) that it’s an NTSC-M thing with a modern TV, refusing to play fast and loose with a Frankenstein video signal invented purely to watch tapes of one standard on TVs of another standard
October 9, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I bet $2 (the minimum customs value declaration, ask me how I know) that it’s an NTSC-M thing with a modern TV, refusing to play fast and loose with a Frankenstein video signal invented purely to watch tapes of one standard on TVs of another standard
Wait, it was FULL SIZED tapes as well? VHS was so huge to make home movies on.
This week I have begun receiving exhibits for the world’s first VHS-C cassette museum — to prove it, why else would I know this: “HS Code 85232915” — thus have the little cute guys in mind when it comes to home movies
This week I have begun receiving exhibits for the world’s first VHS-C cassette museum — to prove it, why else would I know this: “HS Code 85232915” — thus have the little cute guys in mind when it comes to home movies
October 9, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Wait, it was FULL SIZED tapes as well? VHS was so huge to make home movies on.
This week I have begun receiving exhibits for the world’s first VHS-C cassette museum — to prove it, why else would I know this: “HS Code 85232915” — thus have the little cute guys in mind when it comes to home movies
This week I have begun receiving exhibits for the world’s first VHS-C cassette museum — to prove it, why else would I know this: “HS Code 85232915” — thus have the little cute guys in mind when it comes to home movies
oops did I forget to mention that one 😅
July 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
oops did I forget to mention that one 😅
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The menu promised much. And it did not disappoint.
June 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The menu promised much. And it did not disappoint.
Write?? These are meant to be read, not written. I’m having panic attacks that someone is about to use this with the write tab enabled, and there’s no easy way to create a replacement now. The installer basically self-destructs after a few installs, because “copy protection”.
June 24, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Write?? These are meant to be read, not written. I’m having panic attacks that someone is about to use this with the write tab enabled, and there’s no easy way to create a replacement now. The installer basically self-destructs after a few installs, because “copy protection”.
… to enable write protection?
FFS please enable write protection! The installer will prevent reinstallation after a few attempts! What the heck are people doing leaving an original copy writable??
FFS please enable write protection! The installer will prevent reinstallation after a few attempts! What the heck are people doing leaving an original copy writable??
June 24, 2025 at 4:08 AM
… to enable write protection?
FFS please enable write protection! The installer will prevent reinstallation after a few attempts! What the heck are people doing leaving an original copy writable??
FFS please enable write protection! The installer will prevent reinstallation after a few attempts! What the heck are people doing leaving an original copy writable??
but FFS please enable write protection! It’ll prevent reinstallation after a few attempts! What the heck are people doing leaving an original copy writable??
June 24, 2025 at 4:07 AM
but FFS please enable write protection! It’ll prevent reinstallation after a few attempts! What the heck are people doing leaving an original copy writable??
We (the world) are still trying to find out how to use HDR. It's a bit of once-in-forever magic that turns our pixels up to 11 — one day they'll be boring or standard. But for now they're unpredictably available — some displays have them, some don't. Yay, another transition period!
June 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
We (the world) are still trying to find out how to use HDR. It's a bit of once-in-forever magic that turns our pixels up to 11 — one day they'll be boring or standard. But for now they're unpredictably available — some displays have them, some don't. Yay, another transition period!
There was a definite monochrome aesthetic — the era was 1984 to ~1993 when low-end machines like the LC520 made colour machines the entry-level option, and let people spend money on getting a reasonable upgrade off the bottom option without sacrificing colour
The Mac's 1-bit dithering was a "look"
The Mac's 1-bit dithering was a "look"
June 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
There was a definite monochrome aesthetic — the era was 1984 to ~1993 when low-end machines like the LC520 made colour machines the entry-level option, and let people spend money on getting a reasonable upgrade off the bottom option without sacrificing colour
The Mac's 1-bit dithering was a "look"
The Mac's 1-bit dithering was a "look"
Wait, we need to add that to our geological lexicon of Aqua, Liquid Glass, and whatever we call 1984 (monochrome Mac?)
June 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Wait, we need to add that to our geological lexicon of Aqua, Liquid Glass, and whatever we call 1984 (monochrome Mac?)
My first MacOS version I got to take home as part of a gift for finishing high school.
This was the final hurrah of feature agglomeration before Steve returned and 7.6 started ripping out features and support base.
Also this was the happy façade behind which the disaster of 7.5.3r2 was unfolding.
This was the final hurrah of feature agglomeration before Steve returned and 7.6 started ripping out features and support base.
Also this was the happy façade behind which the disaster of 7.5.3r2 was unfolding.
June 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
My first MacOS version I got to take home as part of a gift for finishing high school.
This was the final hurrah of feature agglomeration before Steve returned and 7.6 started ripping out features and support base.
Also this was the happy façade behind which the disaster of 7.5.3r2 was unfolding.
This was the final hurrah of feature agglomeration before Steve returned and 7.6 started ripping out features and support base.
Also this was the happy façade behind which the disaster of 7.5.3r2 was unfolding.
Apparently we’re reaching 50 years since the last spider bite death. Don’t make me reset the counter.
(How long did the pain last?)
(How long did the pain last?)
June 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Apparently we’re reaching 50 years since the last spider bite death. Don’t make me reset the counter.
(How long did the pain last?)
(How long did the pain last?)
Wait until you discover peripheral colour blindness in one eye. The sort of thing you need Philips Hue and boredom to discover.
June 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Wait until you discover peripheral colour blindness in one eye. The sort of thing you need Philips Hue and boredom to discover.
Fair. I’m conflating the setting of standards, for oneself, with any kind of judgment you can give for others using it.
June 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Fair. I’m conflating the setting of standards, for oneself, with any kind of judgment you can give for others using it.
hmmm 🤔 those are events you MOSTLY can see coming, which isn’t the same as “more avoidable” and depends more on who you are and where you live … or what era
Yeah I’m realising my reply is turning into “the other kind is way worse you know”, like silent exfiltration
Physical locks v cloud security?
Yeah I’m realising my reply is turning into “the other kind is way worse you know”, like silent exfiltration
Physical locks v cloud security?
June 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
hmmm 🤔 those are events you MOSTLY can see coming, which isn’t the same as “more avoidable” and depends more on who you are and where you live … or what era
Yeah I’m realising my reply is turning into “the other kind is way worse you know”, like silent exfiltration
Physical locks v cloud security?
Yeah I’m realising my reply is turning into “the other kind is way worse you know”, like silent exfiltration
Physical locks v cloud security?