evilstevie @evilstevie@mastod1.ddns.net

The chronic illness version of getting a USB stick in the right way up the first time, is opening a pack of tablets on the side of the box that doesn't contain the leaflet the first time. And readers, this morning I finally did it.

I have a few schematics I use on interviews to see if people can troubleshoot. Twenty years ago, people could. Nobody can now. Nobody teaches electronics for technicians. Engineers, yes. Technicians, no.

So I'm rewriting the test and changing it into training. I'm doing all the work in my private wiki and have found "reveal-js" is perfect for interactive training!

Just in case you ever need something like that 🤔.

https://tiddlywiki.com/
https://revealjs.com/

#TiddlyWiki #RevealJS

From the people who brought you Reply Guys…introducing Just Guys.

Dropbox buggy? Just host your own fileserver.

Rent too high? Just buy a house.

Feeling sad? Just go for a 5k.

Oppressed? Just stop complaining.

When every problem is a Jira ticket...

Bonjour, nous sommes le

Happy #towelday

Love this comment on https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/pull/115762#issuecomment-2898635945

#AI #LLM #Copilot #AISlop

Announcing: https://justaqrcode.com.

Tired of "free" QR code generators that are full of ads and trackers, that share your data, and that want to sell you something? Me too. Here's my act of resistance: I made a one-page site that works entirely in your browser to generate a simple QR code. And that's all it does. You can download the HTML page and run it locally, even. Read the source; nothing up my sleeves. Just a QR code.

My offer to you -- I will continue to pay for the domain name and web hosting for it, myself. If you find it valuable, you can pay it back by creating your own useful thing for the world and releasing it for free. Let's take back the friendly web, one vexingly-monetized utility at a time!

#QRcode #Free #FriendlyWeb #Resistance

I think I have finally managed to articulate this very fundamental but slightly counterintuitive fact about how shell redirection works

Genius!

Modernising parenting

Two different approaches to debugging a software problem:

The Sudoku approach: stare at the limited set of clues you have, and think harder and harder about them until you find a way to deduce something useful.

The Minesweeper approach: don't even try to figure out the solution from only the clues you have right now. Instead, focus on finding a way to acquire another clue, and then using that to get another, and so on. Eventually you've collected so many clues that the answer is obvious.

Sometimes the Sudoku approach is necessary, because you've got all the clues you're ever going to get. But I think my new motto is "Never Sudoku a problem when you can Minesweeper it."

#WorldBeeDay 🐝

If you ever work with leather dyes, it would be great to remember BEFORE you start that you, too, are made of leather.

The misery will be extended to all organisations once people are using AI 'agents' to do tasks for them in rather careless ways, it's going to be a significant burden and force some unpleasant changes (advance payment for booking anything, further reductions in human support, etc)

If you're not concerned about the growing spam/support burden created by AI then you're clearly not involved in any kind of business/project that deals with public queries/submissions

Yes I went out in the back garden with a torch again. 😍

I don't mind paying more taxes because people less well off than me can't. But I do object to paying more because billionaires and corporations won't.

If you don't have a big budget but need freelance input, here's what you can do to not be a shit about it:
- Be honest about budget
- Sort out any uncertainties beforehand
- Give a clear brief
- Accept that you can't demand lots of changes
- Keep paperwork simple
- Pay IMMEDIATELY

this #art got memed and went viral because it fits the moment, but it also is someone's craft, here is a version that credits the artist #GoSlowAndFixThings

Lily Seika Jones
https://www.lilyseikajones.com
@rivuletpaper on insta
purchase a book of Lily's artwork: https://www.gallerynucleus.com/detail/37865/

h/t @jeridansky