Ian Yates
@duckmcscrooge.bsky.social
Elder millennial healthcare software guy from Brisbane. Husband, and dad to 2x teenagers
When The Running Man becomes a documentary of prison in the future.... 🙄
May 16, 2025 at 6:17 AM
When The Running Man becomes a documentary of prison in the future.... 🙄
For some reason our right-parties love to import a culture war, slightly tweak it, flog it, and toss it aside for the next one. It can be exhausting
April 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
For some reason our right-parties love to import a culture war, slightly tweak it, flog it, and toss it aside for the next one. It can be exhausting
You're right. It's still super gross to see a government account - the president's no less! - speak in such religious terms
Church & state separation means nothing. America rightly picks on others for being theocracies. Pot is meeting kettle here
Church & state separation means nothing. America rightly picks on others for being theocracies. Pot is meeting kettle here
April 14, 2025 at 11:36 AM
You're right. It's still super gross to see a government account - the president's no less! - speak in such religious terms
Church & state separation means nothing. America rightly picks on others for being theocracies. Pot is meeting kettle here
Church & state separation means nothing. America rightly picks on others for being theocracies. Pot is meeting kettle here
They've been pretty good here in Aus. Our compulsory and preferential voting also helps - it lessens the spoiler aspect of a third party on the polls, and tends to help us vote in closer-to-centre parties (close compared to some of our minor parties anyway)
April 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
They've been pretty good here in Aus. Our compulsory and preferential voting also helps - it lessens the spoiler aspect of a third party on the polls, and tends to help us vote in closer-to-centre parties (close compared to some of our minor parties anyway)
Australian here.... Totally get where you're coming from on that one
March 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Australian here.... Totally get where you're coming from on that one
The fact they're even using a tool for this sort of chat that's clearly on a personal device, with no isolation from their personal data, is incredibly bad.
Any half-way decent company with >20 employees does better without even trying. They should be embarrassed, but there's zero shame these days
Any half-way decent company with >20 employees does better without even trying. They should be embarrassed, but there's zero shame these days
March 27, 2025 at 2:34 AM
The fact they're even using a tool for this sort of chat that's clearly on a personal device, with no isolation from their personal data, is incredibly bad.
Any half-way decent company with >20 employees does better without even trying. They should be embarrassed, but there's zero shame these days
Any half-way decent company with >20 employees does better without even trying. They should be embarrassed, but there's zero shame these days
Trump saying "the fact is..." is amazing chutzpah
March 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Trump saying "the fact is..." is amazing chutzpah
This breeds apathy, and in a two party system with no preferential or compulsory voting, you just get the GOP winning.
This will be skewed by some to say "GOP is favoured" but it doesn't mean that at all
This will be skewed by some to say "GOP is favoured" but it doesn't mean that at all
March 16, 2025 at 11:44 PM
This breeds apathy, and in a two party system with no preferential or compulsory voting, you just get the GOP winning.
This will be skewed by some to say "GOP is favoured" but it doesn't mean that at all
This will be skewed by some to say "GOP is favoured" but it doesn't mean that at all
Gotta run those SVGA drivers in your autoexec.bat
March 16, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Gotta run those SVGA drivers in your autoexec.bat
My carrot is that I can debug the app without using a debugger.
Also, I use examples where there's an escalation from support to dev concerning a bug of some sort. As soon as we're off asking support to gather data X or Y to determine code path, that's something that should be in the logs
Also, I use examples where there's an escalation from support to dev concerning a bug of some sort. As soon as we're off asking support to gather data X or Y to determine code path, that's something that should be in the logs
March 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
My carrot is that I can debug the app without using a debugger.
Also, I use examples where there's an escalation from support to dev concerning a bug of some sort. As soon as we're off asking support to gather data X or Y to determine code path, that's something that should be in the logs
Also, I use examples where there's an escalation from support to dev concerning a bug of some sort. As soon as we're off asking support to gather data X or Y to determine code path, that's something that should be in the logs
My SwiftKey has learned I capitalise Windows more often than not. Not quite as big a shift as ARM though
March 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM
My SwiftKey has learned I capitalise Windows more often than not. Not quite as big a shift as ARM though
Leopard came for his face rather early this time around.
March 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Leopard came for his face rather early this time around.
Turned out quite well
March 9, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Turned out quite well
Congratulations. It must be hard to see that specific review, but it does sound unwarranted and almost, as you say, like it's from another book.
Ill keep an eye out for it and add it to a wish list. Thanks!
Ill keep an eye out for it and add it to a wish list. Thanks!
March 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Congratulations. It must be hard to see that specific review, but it does sound unwarranted and almost, as you say, like it's from another book.
Ill keep an eye out for it and add it to a wish list. Thanks!
Ill keep an eye out for it and add it to a wish list. Thanks!
It must be exhausting for the devotees of this administration to have so many conspiracies and enemies to track, jumping at shadows in every room.
They've done performative "own the libs" stuff for ages, which has harmed, but we're now seeing them burn the world for kicks
It's disheartening
They've done performative "own the libs" stuff for ages, which has harmed, but we're now seeing them burn the world for kicks
It's disheartening
March 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
It must be exhausting for the devotees of this administration to have so many conspiracies and enemies to track, jumping at shadows in every room.
They've done performative "own the libs" stuff for ages, which has harmed, but we're now seeing them burn the world for kicks
It's disheartening
They've done performative "own the libs" stuff for ages, which has harmed, but we're now seeing them burn the world for kicks
It's disheartening
Their insecurity has doomed a whole country of people and increased danger in the world. So small-minded. This is so far beyond the childish "own the libs" mentality. Didn't think it'd come to this, but here we are.
March 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Their insecurity has doomed a whole country of people and increased danger in the world. So small-minded. This is so far beyond the childish "own the libs" mentality. Didn't think it'd come to this, but here we are.
It shows how Trump is insecure, expecting sycophants around him. Just awful to see,and sad that his supporters idolise the behaviour
March 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
It shows how Trump is insecure, expecting sycophants around him. Just awful to see,and sad that his supporters idolise the behaviour
Never, because what if I get a call from someone one day saying "hey, I have device X and am wondering how to get this old thing off it?". To that person, I will be seen forever as a benevolent God.
That, and I like hoarding crap
That, and I like hoarding crap
February 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Never, because what if I get a call from someone one day saying "hey, I have device X and am wondering how to get this old thing off it?". To that person, I will be seen forever as a benevolent God.
That, and I like hoarding crap
That, and I like hoarding crap
Oh this is unpleasant viewing. Trump just can't help himself.
February 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Oh this is unpleasant viewing. Trump just can't help himself.
So the nuclear plan is working as intended? (slow transition away from fossil fuel) 😔
February 26, 2025 at 6:25 AM
So the nuclear plan is working as intended? (slow transition away from fossil fuel) 😔
What effect would this have on services like @haveibeenpwned.com ?
I feel I'd like to be able to know if my data was in the breach list. It'd need my email address of course, and there's no password involved (unless there's a patient portal?), but I *hope* this doesn't silence a useful service
I feel I'd like to be able to know if my data was in the breach list. It'd need my email address of course, and there's no password involved (unless there's a patient portal?), but I *hope* this doesn't silence a useful service
February 26, 2025 at 6:22 AM
What effect would this have on services like @haveibeenpwned.com ?
I feel I'd like to be able to know if my data was in the breach list. It'd need my email address of course, and there's no password involved (unless there's a patient portal?), but I *hope* this doesn't silence a useful service
I feel I'd like to be able to know if my data was in the breach list. It'd need my email address of course, and there's no password involved (unless there's a patient portal?), but I *hope* this doesn't silence a useful service
Time poor me is here to relax. No grinding. Ability to pause cutscenes. Give me frequent save points. Death doesn't take me back heaps. I'd like a map. Indicate stuff I can interact with.
The new Indiana Jones was *perfect* for this.
The new Indiana Jones was *perfect* for this.
February 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Time poor me is here to relax. No grinding. Ability to pause cutscenes. Give me frequent save points. Death doesn't take me back heaps. I'd like a map. Indicate stuff I can interact with.
The new Indiana Jones was *perfect* for this.
The new Indiana Jones was *perfect* for this.