Posts by jimbob@aus.social
(DIR) Post #AvN9j55xWZaQwDayjw by jimbob@aus.social
2025-06-22T00:33:15Z
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Voice of America are all cool until they are like "if only we still existed to manufacture consent" https://journa.host/@w7voa/114724181002072975
(DIR) Post #AvVQkr4sVCMrtx1WEK by jimbob@aus.social
2025-06-26T00:48:18Z
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@lardmotel I had this a while ago; completely bogus, terrible AI-generated album of medieval plain chant was promoted to me - that claimed to be from an actual well-known choir. Didn't go back to Spotify for a month, I was so pissed off.
(DIR) Post #AvVkSavjnVBzgxJnRQ by jimbob@aus.social
2025-06-26T03:39:59Z
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Just did a CYBERSECURITY TRAINING QUIZ.Which of the following options do you reckon is the *best* answer to a question "How to protect your personal information when online." Noting that this quiz is going out to academics who are actively encouraged, in other contexts, to promote themselves on social media.
(DIR) Post #AwmJDot8E5dN46wbL6 by jimbob@aus.social
2025-08-02T23:44:38Z
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Attempting a slow transition away from Spotify to Apple Music, and it still surprises me how terrible Apple is at making software that gives the user any kind of agency or depth of utility. You would think, if a song was playing, and you liked that song, there might be a way, in the menu, to "Go to Artist" or "Go to Album", but nah, you have to go to the search screen and type it in yourself and then search.I would be extremely appreciative of anyone who wants to tell me I'm an idiot and I've missed something.
(DIR) Post #AwmJDxCvIODcroGWIa by jimbob@aus.social
2025-08-02T23:47:36Z
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On a positive note, I'm glad the Apple Classical app exists. It's just as terrible as the normal Apple Music app, but the fact that it's available is very nice, because managing classical music in Spotify is hellish, every search just returns some generic Classical Chill compilation album.
(DIR) Post #AwvV0KcyN3MjK0MOEi by jimbob@aus.social
2025-08-07T06:32:41Z
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I've been saying we should bring back the letter thorn for years https://mastodon.social/@Edent/114986022160247496
(DIR) Post #Ax53n9LgEvLLOWMRAO by jimbob@aus.social
2025-08-12T01:56:31Z
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Okay Guardian Style Guide, riddle me this; why does BAS get to be capitalised, but FIDS does not? These editors are just trolling us now. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/11/melting-antarctic-glacier-reveals-remains-of-briton-who-died-in-1959-accident
(DIR) Post #Ax53nAyMCbsKQlSq5g by jimbob@aus.social
2025-08-12T01:57:53Z
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Rumours abound about the most powerful newspaper style guide of all, that combines the Guardian's ridiculous acronyms with the New Yorker's insane diacritics.
(DIR) Post #AxIVLfxohufGDBMjxY by jimbob@aus.social
2025-08-18T06:01:44Z
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In VSCode, CTRL-Enter used to execute the currently selected code in the REPL/Terminal.Except today, today, suddenly, CTRL-Enter generates a LLM code suggestion for the selected code.I'm gonna fucking burn something down.
(DIR) Post #AxIVLoTJ4ibgbAA09Y by jimbob@aus.social
2025-08-18T06:03:39Z
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Microsoft should thanks their lucky stars that I quickly discovered ALT-Enter now does this instead.
(DIR) Post #AyAauD0xK8AUrvxKs4 by jimbob@aus.social
2025-09-13T10:11:58Z
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Me 30 minutes ago; not knowing of the existence of or caring about the world tram driving championships.Me now; obsessed, many opinions, strong feels.
(DIR) Post #B0SGU7aEJeBnIYPyXw by jimbob@aus.social
2025-11-21T01:01:44Z
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Just read an article detailing how Microsoft executives are confused and upset that people don't appreciate their AI features and don't like people giving them shit about them on Twitter. "How are people not impressed with this stuff?"Fellas, have you used the internet lately? It's fucked. Have you used Windows? Fucked. It's shit. People are sick of it being shit, because it didn't used to be as shit as this. You've gone and fucked everything, that's why people aren't happy with you.https://www.pcmag.com/news/microsoft-exec-asks-why-arent-more-people-impressed-with-ai
(DIR) Post #B0WrtlyVkf3ikLi4DQ by jimbob@aus.social
2025-11-22T10:00:59Z
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Looking for suggestions;- 10yo wants to get into "coding", I am a poor teacher- "coding classes"/clubs no longer seem to exist, at least in Hobart, anymore- online classes seem risky, don't know if they will be as inviting as something hands on with other kids and live discussion- we had looked into a programmable robot, to make things a bit real and interactive; one I was looking to buy (Sphero SPRK+) seemed ideal, but it has been discontinued and the new model is 2x the priceAnyone have any tips on things to investigate?
(DIR) Post #B11zQP6tnIPL3lm8w4 by jimbob@aus.social
2025-12-08T06:53:38Z
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As someone who has already paid off their HECS debt, let me tell you what I think of the government reducing people's HECS debts by 20%; Excellent fucking job, but they need to go higher, try 40% next time.
(DIR) Post #B1bUDLIEq7YH2JgRBA by jimbob@aus.social
2025-12-23T00:42:38Z
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(DIR) Post #B1j0ZzXiQjeesYUCYa by jimbob@aus.social
2025-12-29T00:27:09Z
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Under my regime, jet ski owners will not be summarily executed, rather I will institute a fair and restorative regime of forced labour.
(DIR) Post #B1tAFXtsR9bWTgLB44 by jimbob@aus.social
2026-01-02T22:30:26Z
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@andrewrk @wolf480pl @jarekrozanski yeeeah we live in a society, on a planet, with norms and laws and social licence, people who think these don't apply to them who stomp across all this and say "sorry, I had to do it because business innovation" got us exactly where we are. If you think it's okay to do this in personal or business relationships, soon enough you think it applies everywhere.This is highly relevant to your initial comment on software quality.
(DIR) Post #B1tEhXoYkV0A8XSYW8 by jimbob@aus.social
2026-01-02T23:38:57Z
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@wolf480pl @andrewrk @jarekrozanski who is the "enemy" here? Assuming we are still talking software development, tech business... Your enemy is presumably some other people who are just like you, doing the same job as you, trying to make a living, pay their rent, feed their families, retire one day? Maybe those people, but in another country? Why are they the enemy, that you have to discard morals to defeat? Why do you get to "take that advice" and hope they don't?
(DIR) Post #B25zPDfobFHHFly6vg by jimbob@aus.social
2026-01-09T00:23:03Z
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TIL there is a species of fungus found only in Texas and Japan, and genetic analysis suggests the two populations have been separated for 19 million years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorioactis?wprov=sfla1
(DIR) Post #B2oPTrtjZceTyygnXE by jimbob@aus.social
2026-01-30T09:20:10Z
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