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06 Oct 08:19

Messaging Systems

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Funny, a relevant xkcd for sms messages.

SMS is just the worst, but I'm having trouble convincing people to adopt my preferred system, TLS IRC with a local server and a patched DOSBox gateway running in my mobile browser.
30 Sep 06:04

Spotify makes it easier to add people to collaborative playlists

by Christine Fisher
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Maybe we'll make a good "car ride/workstation" shared playlist.

For obvious reasons, remote collaboration is now more popular than ever. Spotify is taking note. Today, it’s rolling out a few changes to make its Collaborative Playlist feature even easier to use.You’ll now see an “Add User” button in the playlist h...
30 Sep 06:04

Google will likely win EU approval for its $2.1 billion Fitbit deal

by Christine Fisher
jlrgds

Kinda feel like it's good that we stopped using the fitbits. google means more functionality, maybe. But when the article mentions it's worth noting about googles ad usage and data sharing, kinda glad we don't use it.

It looks like EU antitrust investigators will approve Google’s $2.1 billion Fitbit acquisition after all. According to Reuters, Google made a few concessions today, and it is now on track to win EU approval. The changes are meant to address fears tha...
14 Sep 19:51

Constellation Monstrosity

It's rare to get both astronomers and astrologers equally mad at you, but apparently I've messed up both a bunch of star location databases AND the will of the fates.
14 Aug 11:00

Hubble spies the culprit behind Betelgeuse star's dimming. And it may be happening again

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I remember watching the youtube video about betelgeuse's dimming and talking about many supernova-ing, etc. Star-Death potential.

The Hubble Space Telescope may have solved the mystery of the curiously dimming star Betelgeuse, according to new research.

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30 Jul 08:34

Faraday Tour

I asked them if it was safe to be running tours during the pandemic. They said, "During the what?"
03 Dec 09:25

Group Chat Rules

There's no group chat member more enigmatic than the cool person who you all assume has the chat on mute, but who then instantly chimes in with no delay the moment something relevant to them is mentioned.
08 Nov 12:17

Mavis Beacon

There are actually lowercase-like 'oldstyle' forms of normal numbers with more pronounced ascenders and descenders, which is why some numbers like '5' in books sometimes dangle below the line. But the true capital numbers remain the domain of number maven Mavis Beacon.
08 Nov 12:12

Terminator: Dark Fate

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Hehe, Timetravel issues

I was sent here to stop the robot that was sent here to protect the human who was sent here to protect the human who was sent here to destroy the robot that was sent here to vacuum the floor.
08 Nov 10:46

Software Updates

Everything is a cloud application; the ping times just vary a lot.
28 Aug 11:18

Cumulonimbus

The rarest of all clouds is the altocumulenticulostratonimbulocirruslenticulomammanoctilucent cloud, caused by an interaction between warm moist air, cool dry air, cold slippery air, cursed air, and a cloud of nanobots.
03 Aug 08:48

Unpopular Opinions

I wasn't a big fan of 3 or Salvation, so I'm trying to resist getting my hopes up too much for Dark Fate, but it's hard. I'm just a sucker for humans and robots traveling through time to try to drive trucks into each other, apparently.
29 Jul 08:02

Google will give 100,000 Home Minis to people with paralysis

by Mariella Moon
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Neat

Smart speakers aren't just cool gadgets to play with for some differently abled people, such as those dealing with mobility issues or vision loss. For them, a smart speaker could be an important tool that can help them become more independent in thei...
29 Jul 06:50

Comic for July 20, 2019

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29 Jul 04:02

Gastroenterology

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Lucy on her meds.

"Mostly it means that I'm acutely aware that the kid one table over coughed as the server walked past with our food."
29 Jul 03:58

Inbox

Rome's declaration of war against Carthage was sent from a no-reply address, so Hannibal had to cross the Alps to deliver his "UNSUBSCRIBE" response in person.
11 Jul 07:40

Who’s Listening When You Talk to Your Google Assistant?

by Tom Simonite
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Interesting read to help feed that privacy paranoia.

A Belgian broadcaster obtained recordings of more than 1,000 conversations with Google's automated assistant, some including personal details and medical information.
20 Jun 10:04

Disk Usage

Menu -> Manage -> [Optimize space usage, Encrypt disk usage report, Convert photos to text-only, Delete temporary files, Delete permanent files, Delete all files currently in use, Optimize menu options, Download cloud, Optimize cloud , Upload unused space to cloud]
20 Jun 10:04

Heists And Escapes

The interactive experience is built on a single theological framework that unites Dante, George R. R. Martin, every major heist movie, and Erin Gloria Ryan's "Kevin is dead" Home Alone theory.
20 Jun 09:15

Appendicitis

Fortunately, after a brief skirmish, I seem to have gained the upper hand in the battle against my internal organs, at least until they learn to read and find out the mean stuff I've said about them.
20 Jun 09:07

Comments

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A funny meta comic.

NPR encourages you to add comments to their stories using the page inspector in your browser's developer tools. Note: Your comments are visible only to you, and will be lost when you refresh the page.
20 Jun 09:05

Millennials

Ironically, I've been having these same arguments for at least a decade now. I thought we would have moved on by now, but somehow the snide complaints about millennials continue.
05 Feb 07:18

Amazon assembles a high-profile cast for low-key superhero series

by Saqib Shah
Amazon has recruited a glitzy crew of Hollywood stars for its animated superhero show Invincible, based on the eponymous comic book co-created by The Walking Dead scribe Robert Kirkman. Leading the voice cast is TV's The Walking Dead alum Steven Yuen...
05 Feb 06:14

Sharing Options

jlrgds

yep, i've been half tempted into deleting the good old fb.

How about posts that are public, but every time a company accesses a bunch of them, the API makes their CEO's account click 'like' on one of them at random so you get a notification.
02 Dec 08:51

Indirect Detection

I'm like a prisoner in Plato's Cave, seeing only the shade you throw on the wall.
02 Dec 08:50

Airplanes and Spaceships

Despite having now taken three months longer than the airplane people, we're making disappointingly little progress toward the obvious next stage of vehicle: The Unobtanium-hulled tunneling ship from the 2003 film 'The Core.'
12 Sep 06:58

Sibling-in-Law

FYI, it turns out "...because I haven't figured out whether he would be my brother-in-law or not" does NOT qualify as a "reason why these two should not be wed."
30 Aug 05:59

Begging the Question

jlrgds

hehe, semantics

At least we can all agree on the enormity of this usage.
08 Aug 04:12

G-G on Facebook - G-G on Twitter



G-G on Facebook - G-G on Twitter

07 Aug 09:26

Heat Index

The heat index is calculated via looking up the "effective temperature" in a table of air temperature and humidity values, and then adding a bunch more degrees because it feels WAY hotter than that.