Dan Smith
@sirdansmith.bsky.social
I *still* press keyboard keys in specific combinations for money, and in somewhat different combinations for pleasure.
this checks out ... and he still hates Illinois nazis
November 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
this checks out ... and he still hates Illinois nazis
seriously just capitalise the acronyms, this is not helping anyone
November 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
seriously just capitalise the acronyms, this is not helping anyone
checks out ... consistent with the Garfield canon as I understand it
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 AM
checks out ... consistent with the Garfield canon as I understand it
Anyone know what this big chungus is (Brisbane) ... Australian hornet maybe, but it's more dull copper than orange
November 4, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Anyone know what this big chungus is (Brisbane) ... Australian hornet maybe, but it's more dull copper than orange
I think when I'm confronted with 2+2 I'm a very, very good mathematician
November 2, 2025 at 7:28 AM
I think when I'm confronted with 2+2 I'm a very, very good mathematician
Okay okay mum I'll call you tomorrow, jeez why do you always have to get the baptists involved
October 29, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Okay okay mum I'll call you tomorrow, jeez why do you always have to get the baptists involved
what the hell is going on with this UI prompt from mspaint in Windows 11, it looks like an X11 fever dream from 1988
October 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
what the hell is going on with this UI prompt from mspaint in Windows 11, it looks like an X11 fever dream from 1988
gendarme 1: "It reveals the struggle of the everyman to ascend in the art world, a microcosmic representation of the wider class struggle"
gendarme 2: "A valid but incomplete interpretation that eschews the essential 'ladder'ness of the piece, where every rung posits a step in a world of precarity"
gendarme 2: "A valid but incomplete interpretation that eschews the essential 'ladder'ness of the piece, where every rung posits a step in a world of precarity"
October 20, 2025 at 5:35 AM
gendarme 1: "It reveals the struggle of the everyman to ascend in the art world, a microcosmic representation of the wider class struggle"
gendarme 2: "A valid but incomplete interpretation that eschews the essential 'ladder'ness of the piece, where every rung posits a step in a world of precarity"
gendarme 2: "A valid but incomplete interpretation that eschews the essential 'ladder'ness of the piece, where every rung posits a step in a world of precarity"
so .. don't you mean Andrew then
October 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
so .. don't you mean Andrew then
tfw you cram too much esoterica into the world building when it's your turn to DM
October 17, 2025 at 6:43 AM
tfw you cram too much esoterica into the world building when it's your turn to DM
what if clever Onion headline but as national policy
October 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
what if clever Onion headline but as national policy
I have asked my school bully for assurances that he now has all the lunch money he requires
October 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I have asked my school bully for assurances that he now has all the lunch money he requires
fun game: when you're pretty sure something doesn't exist, but you'd like to experience the classic AI factoid lifecycle: The Confident Assertion of Nonsense, The Walk Back, and The Grovelling Apology
October 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM
fun game: when you're pretty sure something doesn't exist, but you'd like to experience the classic AI factoid lifecycle: The Confident Assertion of Nonsense, The Walk Back, and The Grovelling Apology
under pressure under what
October 9, 2025 at 10:33 AM
under pressure under what
Damn, Toney's gone all out and is suggesting England get back into convict transportation
October 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Damn, Toney's gone all out and is suggesting England get back into convict transportation
I don't think I've ever seen that effect, but here are some nice clouds for you that we had a few weeks back in Brisbane
October 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I don't think I've ever seen that effect, but here are some nice clouds for you that we had a few weeks back in Brisbane
As dramatised in the Paul Kelly song, Randwick Bell-Ends
October 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
As dramatised in the Paul Kelly song, Randwick Bell-Ends
"anyway, back to the press conference: we're going to have a fully self-driving car by 2017"
October 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"anyway, back to the press conference: we're going to have a fully self-driving car by 2017"
we're at the stage where "our new housing affordability policy won't drive prices up too much" is something the government sees almost as a selling point
October 1, 2025 at 12:09 AM
we're at the stage where "our new housing affordability policy won't drive prices up too much" is something the government sees almost as a selling point
"I mean cost blowouts are for tunnels and stadiums, let's be reasonable"
September 30, 2025 at 3:08 AM
"I mean cost blowouts are for tunnels and stadiums, let's be reasonable"
it couldn't happen here, we're such bloody fair dinkum larrikins
September 24, 2025 at 10:41 PM
it couldn't happen here, we're such bloody fair dinkum larrikins