Andy Smith
@errantpedant.bsky.social
I project manage things, watch old anime, and drink gin.
Failing the "tidy the basement without knocking a box if tiny nails to the floor" challenge.
November 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Failing the "tidy the basement without knocking a box if tiny nails to the floor" challenge.
Received my FOUR replacement disks from the Diety Pair kickstarter. I wasn't a huge fan of Crunchyroll previously, but after this debacle I'm never dealing with them again.
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Received my FOUR replacement disks from the Diety Pair kickstarter. I wasn't a huge fan of Crunchyroll previously, but after this debacle I'm never dealing with them again.
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Mandela effect is the logical culmination of conspiracy theory brain, you would rather construct an entire fictional parallel universe than admit you misremembered something.
November 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Mandela effect is the logical culmination of conspiracy theory brain, you would rather construct an entire fictional parallel universe than admit you misremembered something.
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"Death of the Author" doesn't mean separating the author's bad behaviour from their art. It means taking away their authority and allowing readers to interpret the art based on their own perspectives. It doesn't absolve the author of being a bastard, in fact it may inform how you interpret the art.
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"Death of the Author" doesn't mean separating the author's bad behaviour from their art. It means taking away their authority and allowing readers to interpret the art based on their own perspectives. It doesn't absolve the author of being a bastard, in fact it may inform how you interpret the art.
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symptom of a sick society that the popular gaming service "Steam" has official tags for "roguelike deckbuilder" and "extraction shooter" but not "virtual pet" or "burgertime clone"
November 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
symptom of a sick society that the popular gaming service "Steam" has official tags for "roguelike deckbuilder" and "extraction shooter" but not "virtual pet" or "burgertime clone"
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the “thanksgiving food is bad” discourse raises its ugly head every year, but the truth remains that thanksgiving food can be amazing as long as you know how to cook. the problem is we’re throwing a few million sunday drivers directly into a grand prix
I think this is unfair to turkey. turkey is good but hard to cook well because it is so damn big. turkey *parts* are great but lack the esthetic appeal of a centerpiece bird.
it is tired to the point of cliche to say if turkey was good, people would make it more than once a year. but it is understated that at least one American explodes every Thanksgiving in a brave attempt to make the main dish more palatable
November 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
the “thanksgiving food is bad” discourse raises its ugly head every year, but the truth remains that thanksgiving food can be amazing as long as you know how to cook. the problem is we’re throwing a few million sunday drivers directly into a grand prix
I am failing the "get the appliance website to only show me things in stock" challenge. What is the point of the In Stock checkbox if you're going to insist on showing me things I can't buy anyway?
November 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I am failing the "get the appliance website to only show me things in stock" challenge. What is the point of the In Stock checkbox if you're going to insist on showing me things I can't buy anyway?
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help i'd like to report my own murder.
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
help i'd like to report my own murder.
Suddenly noticing that, while still they default to being turned on, I am able to remove the AI buttons from more and more places where they used to be baked in or required a little bit of hacking. Is it finally sinking in that we don't want this crap?
November 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Suddenly noticing that, while still they default to being turned on, I am able to remove the AI buttons from more and more places where they used to be baked in or required a little bit of hacking. Is it finally sinking in that we don't want this crap?
I am no pro gamer, but I am good enough at Hades 2 that walking into an instant kill last night made me madder at myself than I had been in a long while. The area is clearly marked, how did I setp out of bounds?
November 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I am no pro gamer, but I am good enough at Hades 2 that walking into an instant kill last night made me madder at myself than I had been in a long while. The area is clearly marked, how did I setp out of bounds?
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this just shows how the Western family unit has completely broken down because in Asia we all have uncles to fulfill this function in our lives
November 23, 2025 at 11:21 AM
this just shows how the Western family unit has completely broken down because in Asia we all have uncles to fulfill this function in our lives
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it's wild to think that about one CEO ago ago, people were looking at Google and Apple as brands they wore in their personal lives as badges of honour and in the space of less time than it takes a cicada to mature the consensus is now that they are the enemy of public safety
it is absolutely the tech companies fault that people now assume they’re doing something evil and sneaky even when they actually aren’t (regarding the latest Google kerfuffle)
like, no kidding that people have zero willingness to cut big tech the benefit of the doubt anymore
like, no kidding that people have zero willingness to cut big tech the benefit of the doubt anymore
November 23, 2025 at 9:54 AM
it's wild to think that about one CEO ago ago, people were looking at Google and Apple as brands they wore in their personal lives as badges of honour and in the space of less time than it takes a cicada to mature the consensus is now that they are the enemy of public safety
Normally the first time I make a recipe I follow it to the letter and make adjustments subsequent times. But I really need to not do that when they list an absurd amount of salt. This dal is amazing, but also salter than the ocean.
November 23, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Normally the first time I make a recipe I follow it to the letter and make adjustments subsequent times. But I really need to not do that when they list an absurd amount of salt. This dal is amazing, but also salter than the ocean.
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Evergreen
listen to me. listen to me right now. if you don't know what this tweet means, just close your device. don't look anything up. go for a walk. return in a week. if you don't listen to me, your life will be ruined and i can't be held accountable
November 23, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Evergreen
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To add to the excitement, the shimpan department is reconsidering its position about Aonishiki's Ozeki promotion this basho, and will have a meeting BEFORE tomorrow's matches, to decide on criteria for it.
www.sankei.com/article/2025...
www.sankei.com/article/2025...
安青錦、豊昇龍に完勝 「自分らしく攻められた」 5場所連続11勝で大関昇進機運も
大相撲九州場所14日目が22日行われ、初優勝を目指す新関脇安青錦は豊昇龍を押し出し、両横綱と3敗で並んだ。
www.sankei.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
To add to the excitement, the shimpan department is reconsidering its position about Aonishiki's Ozeki promotion this basho, and will have a meeting BEFORE tomorrow's matches, to decide on criteria for it.
www.sankei.com/article/2025...
www.sankei.com/article/2025...
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
Because I hung out in SFF spaces online I ended up knowing a lot about publishing. Got in the door as an intern, pretty much never left after that.
As to how I chose it? I didnt have a job and they were paying.
As to how I chose it? I didnt have a job and they were paying.
November 22, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Because I hung out in SFF spaces online I ended up knowing a lot about publishing. Got in the door as an intern, pretty much never left after that.
As to how I chose it? I didnt have a job and they were paying.
As to how I chose it? I didnt have a job and they were paying.
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November 22: also the anniversary of the Sega Saturn
this is cool. see? it says it on the system.
November 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
November 22: also the anniversary of the Sega Saturn
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ya'll aint ready for the discourse happening on the wall of my local punk bar in 2018
November 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
ya'll aint ready for the discourse happening on the wall of my local punk bar in 2018
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What To Know About ‘Pluribus’ https://theonion.com/what-to-know-about-pluribus/
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
What To Know About ‘Pluribus’ https://theonion.com/what-to-know-about-pluribus/
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re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
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The low-angel Frieren meme is genuinely inspiring. Someone braver than the troops shares a picture they know turned out weird. Thousands start sharing their own art, offering advice and laughing together at something that is genuinely hard.
No ai to be seen --- just people supporting each other.
No ai to be seen --- just people supporting each other.
November 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The low-angel Frieren meme is genuinely inspiring. Someone braver than the troops shares a picture they know turned out weird. Thousands start sharing their own art, offering advice and laughing together at something that is genuinely hard.
No ai to be seen --- just people supporting each other.
No ai to be seen --- just people supporting each other.
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Hollywood was better when execs were just doing a lot of cocaine and greenlighting everything that sounded cool
November 20, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Hollywood was better when execs were just doing a lot of cocaine and greenlighting everything that sounded cool
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I swear a huge part of the AI bubble continuing to be propped up is people just asking it for stupid things to say that they can then report and make fun of
November 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I swear a huge part of the AI bubble continuing to be propped up is people just asking it for stupid things to say that they can then report and make fun of