nemo 🐦 🦣 🐳 🃏
@nemo20000.bsky.social
Senior software engineer – graphics, print and font technologies; PIA/GATF award winner.
RISC OS bore: https://20000.org
RISC OS bore: https://20000.org
Tall, thin and wobbly I mean.
The car thinks they're giraffes.
The car thinks they're giraffes.
a giraffe and an ostrich are standing next to each other in a zoo .
Alt: Me stuck behind a two-wheeler
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Tall, thin and wobbly I mean.
The car thinks they're giraffes.
The car thinks they're giraffes.
a man in a red plaid shirt is standing in front of a lamp .
Alt: Eyeroll
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Lots of myths busted by that survey.
November 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Lots of myths busted by that survey.
Navigating to the actual customer services team (who are always AWESOME) is becoming increasingly difficult at Amazon. The site is built to keep you away from the people.
November 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Navigating to the actual customer services team (who are always AWESOME) is becoming increasingly difficult at Amazon. The site is built to keep you away from the people.
There was a detailed article on this back in July:
'Autofocus' specs promise sharp vision, near or far
Start-up firms and researchers are working on lenses that can change their focus.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
There was a detailed article on this back in July:
I'm not going to look. 64b?
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I'm not going to look. 64b?
I haven't been there for years.
The answer to the question "How many examples that show this is wrong do I have to give for you to accept that it's wrong?" ought to be "ONE"!
But as has been observed, "Facts are merely an inconvenience for those with a belief". Fighting with reality.
The answer to the question "How many examples that show this is wrong do I have to give for you to accept that it's wrong?" ought to be "ONE"!
But as has been observed, "Facts are merely an inconvenience for those with a belief". Fighting with reality.
November 21, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I haven't been there for years.
The answer to the question "How many examples that show this is wrong do I have to give for you to accept that it's wrong?" ought to be "ONE"!
But as has been observed, "Facts are merely an inconvenience for those with a belief". Fighting with reality.
The answer to the question "How many examples that show this is wrong do I have to give for you to accept that it's wrong?" ought to be "ONE"!
But as has been observed, "Facts are merely an inconvenience for those with a belief". Fighting with reality.
👵🏻 It won't switch on
🧒 Did it boot up?
👵🏻 What?
🧒 Did it go bah-beep?
👵🏻 What?
🧒 Did it... I SAID DID IT oh never mind
👵🏻 What?
🧒 Did it boot up?
👵🏻 What?
🧒 Did it go bah-beep?
👵🏻 What?
🧒 Did it... I SAID DID IT oh never mind
👵🏻 What?
November 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
👵🏻 It won't switch on
🧒 Did it boot up?
👵🏻 What?
🧒 Did it go bah-beep?
👵🏻 What?
🧒 Did it... I SAID DID IT oh never mind
👵🏻 What?
🧒 Did it boot up?
👵🏻 What?
🧒 Did it go bah-beep?
👵🏻 What?
🧒 Did it... I SAID DID IT oh never mind
👵🏻 What?
"Nice size, shame about the place[ment]"
November 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
"Nice size, shame about the place[ment]"
"But this is how you win Debating Society Popularity Contest!!! What other way could there be to <checks small print> run a country?"
November 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
"But this is how you win Debating Society Popularity Contest!!! What other way could there be to <checks small print> run a country?"
It's ok, it's already doing that every 10s.
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
It's ok, it's already doing that every 10s.
"I've never seen this kind of failure before"
Oh good, new test case. That will be exciting in the field.
Oh good, new test case. That will be exciting in the field.
a close up of a cat with its mouth open and its eyes closed
Alt: Cat grimacing at the thought of novel failure modes.
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
"I've never seen this kind of failure before"
Oh good, new test case. That will be exciting in the field.
Oh good, new test case. That will be exciting in the field.
My car is adamant that it's still at Sainsbury's. I mean I can see it here, but like an artichoke, its heart is in the vegetable aisle.
November 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
My car is adamant that it's still at Sainsbury's. I mean I can see it here, but like an artichoke, its heart is in the vegetable aisle.
Irony
Turns out both DownDetector and DownForEveryoneOrJustMe use Cloudflare so are currently, themselves, down
November 18, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Irony
Here’s !Teletext doing the correct thing:
[It shouldn’t be remarkable when software does the correct thing but in RISC OS, on this subject at least, it is]
[It shouldn’t be remarkable when software does the correct thing but in RISC OS, on this subject at least, it is]
November 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Here’s !Teletext doing the correct thing:
[It shouldn’t be remarkable when software does the correct thing but in RISC OS, on this subject at least, it is]
[It shouldn’t be remarkable when software does the correct thing but in RISC OS, on this subject at least, it is]
Cerilica_StyledText is only 25 years old, if you're wondering why it's not more widely used... 🙄
November 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Cerilica_StyledText is only 25 years old, if you're wondering why it's not more widely used... 🙄