Thought: computer games are interfaces that make it deliberately difficult to achieve your goals.
If software is developed by people who enjoy computer games, that explains a lot about modern user interfaces. And libraries. And package managers.
I don't know how I managed to go 27 years without seeing "the Straight story", but we watched it last night and damn I want more films like that (I'm reminded of "Spring Forward", in the same vein).
Reading a toot on "the great filter", and wondering if a big ol' Kessler Event that caused us to focus on terrestrial issues for a century or many is *actually* humanity's best path towards becoming starfaring...
Charlene's Google Pixel 7 phone is showing playback status of podcasts I'm listening to on my phone. I'm trying to figure out how to make this not happen, and...
Android is *deeply* unserious as a software product.
Member of a gay throuple posting about a "swimming with the otters" birthday gift and I have never been more surprised to see pictures of actual animals...