Robin Burchell
@rburchell.bsky.social
Organiser of pixels and herder of cats. Formerly Australian, now nationality-confused. All posts are my own opinion, no refunds for bad quality shitposting.
Continuing my cooking shower thoughts, the whole thing about the watched pot not boiling is absolutely true.
Unfortunately I really need the rice to finish on time otherwise this dinner is not going to shape up.
Stay tuned.
Unfortunately I really need the rice to finish on time otherwise this dinner is not going to shape up.
Stay tuned.
December 21, 2024 at 2:03 PM
Continuing my cooking shower thoughts, the whole thing about the watched pot not boiling is absolutely true.
Unfortunately I really need the rice to finish on time otherwise this dinner is not going to shape up.
Stay tuned.
Unfortunately I really need the rice to finish on time otherwise this dinner is not going to shape up.
Stay tuned.
Oat flour in a mixture makes for surprisingly good pancakes. Tried with just oat flour today and I’m less convinced. They seem fragile. Going to need more experimentation I fear.
December 21, 2024 at 7:48 AM
Oat flour in a mixture makes for surprisingly good pancakes. Tried with just oat flour today and I’m less convinced. They seem fragile. Going to need more experimentation I fear.
Hey, someone finally said the quiet bit out loud: www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgiv...
> It isn’t that you don’t “get” tech, it’s that the tech you use every day is no longer built for you, and as a result feels a very specific kind of insane.
> It isn’t that you don’t “get” tech, it’s that the tech you use every day is no longer built for you, and as a result feels a very specific kind of insane.
Never Forgive Them
In the last year, I’ve spent about 200,000 words on a kind of personal journey where I’ve tried again and again to work out why everything digital feels so broken, and why it seems to keep getting wor...
www.wheresyoured.at
December 17, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Hey, someone finally said the quiet bit out loud: www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgiv...
> It isn’t that you don’t “get” tech, it’s that the tech you use every day is no longer built for you, and as a result feels a very specific kind of insane.
> It isn’t that you don’t “get” tech, it’s that the tech you use every day is no longer built for you, and as a result feels a very specific kind of insane.
Poor unloved Windows. Screaming out its pain in notifications that are never read.
December 12, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Poor unloved Windows. Screaming out its pain in notifications that are never read.
Why is it that with all the focus on retro computing, nobody ever gives poor old Windows ME any love?
December 12, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Why is it that with all the focus on retro computing, nobody ever gives poor old Windows ME any love?
"The official mascot for C++ is an obese, diseased rat named Keith, whose hind leg is missing because it was blown off"
You can tell me that this isn't the mascot of C++, but given the general state of the language, if C++ had a mascot, I think it would look like this.
You can tell me that this isn't the mascot of C++, but given the general state of the language, if C++ had a mascot, I think it would look like this.
December 12, 2024 at 10:18 AM
"The official mascot for C++ is an obese, diseased rat named Keith, whose hind leg is missing because it was blown off"
You can tell me that this isn't the mascot of C++, but given the general state of the language, if C++ had a mascot, I think it would look like this.
You can tell me that this isn't the mascot of C++, but given the general state of the language, if C++ had a mascot, I think it would look like this.
I’ve had enough of Times New Roman, when do we get Divide Old Roman
December 3, 2024 at 10:11 PM
I’ve had enough of Times New Roman, when do we get Divide Old Roman
cor3ntin.github.io/posts/profil...
> Whatever the direction C++ ends up choosing, there is no easy path. And we should certainly not make hasty decisions. A lot of that comes back to whether most C++ code has already been written, which is a self-fulfilling belief
> Whatever the direction C++ ends up choosing, there is no easy path. And we should certainly not make hasty decisions. A lot of that comes back to whether most C++ code has already been written, which is a self-fulfilling belief
Legacy Safety: The Wrocław C++ Meeting | cor3ntin
cor3ntin.github.io
December 3, 2024 at 5:54 PM
cor3ntin.github.io/posts/profil...
> Whatever the direction C++ ends up choosing, there is no easy path. And we should certainly not make hasty decisions. A lot of that comes back to whether most C++ code has already been written, which is a self-fulfilling belief
> Whatever the direction C++ ends up choosing, there is no easy path. And we should certainly not make hasty decisions. A lot of that comes back to whether most C++ code has already been written, which is a self-fulfilling belief
I’ve never really understood the attraction to having an audience on social media. I guess I’m fine with having one, but if anything, having any eyeballs on it makes me second guess everything I post…
December 1, 2024 at 8:10 PM
I’ve never really understood the attraction to having an audience on social media. I guess I’m fine with having one, but if anything, having any eyeballs on it makes me second guess everything I post…
is there a word to describe writing a reply to something, often quite lengthy, and just suddenly binning the whole thing because you decide you can't be arsed?
if not, let me be the first to suggest that we repurpose "repleted"
if not, let me be the first to suggest that we repurpose "repleted"
November 29, 2024 at 11:05 PM
is there a word to describe writing a reply to something, often quite lengthy, and just suddenly binning the whole thing because you decide you can't be arsed?
if not, let me be the first to suggest that we repurpose "repleted"
if not, let me be the first to suggest that we repurpose "repleted"
what kind of sadist designs an API that spins up all kinds of threads and crap when resources are created without any sort of a "context" to manage all that and effectively ensure that it's all torn down properly afterwards..? ugh..
November 29, 2024 at 7:38 PM
what kind of sadist designs an API that spins up all kinds of threads and crap when resources are created without any sort of a "context" to manage all that and effectively ensure that it's all torn down properly afterwards..? ugh..
Thank god it's Friday. Now here's to surviving until Monday.
November 29, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Thank god it's Friday. Now here's to surviving until Monday.
My Life As a Homeless Man in America
An extraordinary firsthand account.
www.esquire.com
November 27, 2024 at 10:13 PM
my kingdom for a vcpkg that can handle parallel installation of dependencies
November 25, 2024 at 5:10 PM
my kingdom for a vcpkg that can handle parallel installation of dependencies
Optimist: the glass is half full
Pessimist: the glass is half empty
My toddler: the remaining contents of the glass are now evenly distributed all over the sofa
Pessimist: the glass is half empty
My toddler: the remaining contents of the glass are now evenly distributed all over the sofa
November 25, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Optimist: the glass is half full
Pessimist: the glass is half empty
My toddler: the remaining contents of the glass are now evenly distributed all over the sofa
Pessimist: the glass is half empty
My toddler: the remaining contents of the glass are now evenly distributed all over the sofa
Spam is getting wild lately:
> You have been chosen ... to ... join the Great ILLUMINATI.
>
> ... No human sacrifices is needed, just your Loyalty and Commitment ...
Sure am glad that no human sacrifices are needed, though. That's where I draw the line.
> You have been chosen ... to ... join the Great ILLUMINATI.
>
> ... No human sacrifices is needed, just your Loyalty and Commitment ...
Sure am glad that no human sacrifices are needed, though. That's where I draw the line.
November 25, 2024 at 2:03 PM
Spam is getting wild lately:
> You have been chosen ... to ... join the Great ILLUMINATI.
>
> ... No human sacrifices is needed, just your Loyalty and Commitment ...
Sure am glad that no human sacrifices are needed, though. That's where I draw the line.
> You have been chosen ... to ... join the Great ILLUMINATI.
>
> ... No human sacrifices is needed, just your Loyalty and Commitment ...
Sure am glad that no human sacrifices are needed, though. That's where I draw the line.
My Discover feed always seems to have quite a lot of what I’d call (fairly hard to spot) spam. Not entirely sure this bodes well if it keeps going.
I’ve started blocking it all, but I really shouldn’t be seeing it at all.
I’ve started blocking it all, but I really shouldn’t be seeing it at all.
November 24, 2024 at 8:53 PM
My Discover feed always seems to have quite a lot of what I’d call (fairly hard to spot) spam. Not entirely sure this bodes well if it keeps going.
I’ve started blocking it all, but I really shouldn’t be seeing it at all.
I’ve started blocking it all, but I really shouldn’t be seeing it at all.
Norwegian winter in a nutshell here
November 24, 2024 at 10:42 AM
Norwegian winter in a nutshell here
contemplating the one true console gaming controller while idly wondering why my Discover feed is full of photos of controllers
November 23, 2024 at 8:43 PM
contemplating the one true console gaming controller while idly wondering why my Discover feed is full of photos of controllers
A.I. imagines what a 90s concert was like
YouTube video by There I Ruined It
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November 23, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Reposted by Robin Burchell
You know, as I reflect on this, I'm viewing it more as an act of disclosure than courtship -- like a California Prop 65 warning.
I met my wife online, in 2000 AD -- and I have all of our early correspondence, so I will have to live the rest of my life knowing that I said "I take things like terminal width a little too seriously" in an act of COURTSHIP
November 23, 2024 at 4:34 AM
You know, as I reflect on this, I'm viewing it more as an act of disclosure than courtship -- like a California Prop 65 warning.
I wonder why the military has to bother with fancy germ warfare research labs. Just get a bunch of toddlers together and you've got the start of some really good stuff cooking right off the bat, no serious investments needed.
November 22, 2024 at 5:19 PM
I wonder why the military has to bother with fancy germ warfare research labs. Just get a bunch of toddlers together and you've got the start of some really good stuff cooking right off the bat, no serious investments needed.
"a leopard cannot change its spots", but give a toddler unsupervised access to a permanent marker, and they'll help
November 21, 2024 at 7:55 PM
"a leopard cannot change its spots", but give a toddler unsupervised access to a permanent marker, and they'll help
I have to wonder if there’s anyone at Microsoft who really cares anymore. Priorities seem to have been elsewhere for a long time. Windows just exists to sell everything else now.
Microsoft's incompetence is well-illustrated by how a Windows 10 bug in File Explorer that was well-known in 2019 still exists in 2024, a year before the OS is EOL-ed.
No, it was never fixed, and none of the workarounds work in case you're wondering.
borncity.com/win/2019/07/...
No, it was never fixed, and none of the workarounds work in case you're wondering.
borncity.com/win/2019/07/...
Windows 10: Workaround for jumping explorer view
[German]A short note about workarounds for the strange behavior of the Explorer under Windows 10. The folder view suddenly jumps to the first folder. I saw this issue mentioned since Windows 10 RTM.
borncity.com
November 21, 2024 at 7:27 PM
I have to wonder if there’s anyone at Microsoft who really cares anymore. Priorities seem to have been elsewhere for a long time. Windows just exists to sell everything else now.
In other news, finished Grim Fandango again. Still found it enjoyable, but I wonder if it’s just me that finds the puzzles mostly a bit too far on the easy side.
Provided you listen to what’s being said, and talk to people, things mostly just fall into place naturally.
Provided you listen to what’s being said, and talk to people, things mostly just fall into place naturally.
November 21, 2024 at 7:14 PM
In other news, finished Grim Fandango again. Still found it enjoyable, but I wonder if it’s just me that finds the puzzles mostly a bit too far on the easy side.
Provided you listen to what’s being said, and talk to people, things mostly just fall into place naturally.
Provided you listen to what’s being said, and talk to people, things mostly just fall into place naturally.