FoxQuirk 🦊 @quirk@computerfairi.es

I forgot who originally said this but doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result is the definition of practicing

‪check https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Have_the_patents_for_H.264_MPEG-4_AVC_expired_yet%3F for the nuances, there may be stragglers in some jurisdictions‬

i will Always simp for the good enough 20-years-old video or audio format that Just Works and man is h.264 that

we don't need anything else we will just have h.264 + aac .mp4s for everything, the world shall heal

HOLY SHIT THE h.264 PATENTS EXPIRE THIS YEAR LETS FUCKIN GOOOOO

you ever just have competing desires for what to do in your brain and so you wind up doing none of them

haha yeah me either that would be weird right

what value is a democracy that commits genocide? what deference is owed to an electorate that avows the worst atrocities of settler colonialism? if i let a hundred pillagers decide what to do about my house, how is it different than if a pillager autocrat had directly sanctioned their cruelty? what value is a democracy of genocidaires?

follow-up: where do you fall on the matrix of these two questions:

1. do you find debuggers at least occasionally useful?
2. do you primarily work on application, library, or daemon software, running in userspace, on a normal operating system, on normal x86 hardware—and/or web applications?

software developers: is using a debugger like GDB an actual part of your routine development workflow?

Resolutions

It's fun when games contain their own playable retro version, either a demake or a previous series entry. Often this is accessed by interacting with an old computer, console, or arcade cabinet within the game world.

You know what'd be really funny though? A demake accessed from the settings menu by putting the graphics slider ALLLLL the way down.

#meme

‪it didn't end film or music. but it did end copyright. without the ability to see through the eyes and hear through the ears, all that was left was fantasy‬

in 2026, the analog hole was finally plugged. the motion picture association of america developed an incantation that, when heard, would render the listener blind and deaf one month later. the delayed action and lack of warning let the world sleepwalk into a new age of darkness

train system speedrun categories: all segments, all stations, all taps, all lines, all terminals
https://tacobelllabs.net/@tris/113724679621920495

ok here's the plan lol

we're speedrunning the MBTA rapid transit rail system (so no silver line or commuter rail requirement). time to beat is 9:08:52 (https://tris.fyi/speedrun/ has rules and record holders).

time starts once we're on a northbound train and the doors close (soon, hopefully!)

ahh, we have infected the dataset

the NATO Phonetic Alphabet & the LAPD Phonetic Alphabet are military & cop coded. that is why I am releasing a competing radiotelephony spelling system, the CUTIE Phonetic Alphabet

AVOCADO
BOBA
CATBOY
DOGGO
EGGNOG
FANGIRL
GOBLIN
HOTSAUCE
INTERNET
JAM
KISSES
LEMONADE
MAGPIE
NAPTIME
OMELETTE
PODCAST
QUINOA
ROBOT
STEAMPUNK
TUMMYACHE
UNDERWEAR
VOLE
WITCHY
XYLOPHONE
YARROW
ZIPPER

ZERO
ONESIE
BI
THROUPLE
QUAD SHOT
FIVER
SEXY
SEVENESCENCE
EIGHTOBER
NINETAILS

‪wh-what are you saying, no, i'm not just mid! i'm also side i swear!!! >.<‬