FoxQuirk 🦊 @quirk@computerfairi.es

you know when you mess with your binocular vision by letting the axes of your eyes diverge a bit, and the illusion of it being a single image breaks, as you see two images simultaneously? this is z-fighting, to me

date idea: we hook up dial-up modems together and go eeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyzzzzzshgshhshshshshshaaaaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

so @Elizafox claims it is possible to get to portland from seattle using nothing but public transit. no amtrak, no greyhound, no flixbus. just public transit.

so we are going to be testing that today. and coming back on amtrak tomorrow.

#funny

TIL that sudo, the unix command line utility, has a logo. And that logo is cursed.

https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sudo_logo.png

Absolutely losing it after discovering what3words took control of the whatfreewords domain by arguing that "three" and "free" are indistinguishable when spoken.

https://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/search/text.jsp?case=D2019-2439

The only thing worse than a customer who says "but the old broken workflow is essential to us" is being that customer
Today I am that customer, and I know I'm wrong 🥲

ugh. for not the first time, the simplest route in front of me seems to be "learn rust"

“do not cite the deep magic to me, witch. I was there when it was written. I’d show the git commits but they contain my deadname.”

#hello

OH: "shit, I need pants"

"honey, where are my pants?”