FoxQuirk 🦊 @quirk@computerfairi.es

Outlook certificate errors be like:

❌ The certificate is not signed by an authority you trust, and in fact is signed by the Alien Alliance for Human Destruction.
❌ The certificate uses an algorithm deprecated in 1876 due to being solvable on paper by bright kindergarteners.
❌ The expiration date is notated in a calendar unknown to our science.
✅ The certificate has a valid name

You know you're a music fan when you can solve this without spinning the wheel.

The lazy cat gets the nibble.

The example I'm using here is CD+G - a format designed to let you display simple graphics alongside the audio on an audio CD.

The problem with CD+G is that it's "extra" data on top of normal audio CD. Play a CD+G disc in a normal CD player, and it's a regular audio CD.

For example, here's a CD+G disc with cute art and karaoke lyrics if you put it in a CD+G player.

New blog post! I've written a little bit about CD archiving, but wanted to get into a bit of a more practical example - what you might easily miss when backing up a CD, and data you could accidentally end up throwing away.

https://www.mistys-internet.website/blog/blog/2025/01/23/what-you-might-miss-when-backing-up-cds/

you: settling for the lesser of two weasels

me:

draw-over commission: @PsyChuan and @renabot as Rally and May from Gunsmith Cats (1995)!

#tsunderdogComm

stereo delay my beloved

soundmoji was my intern project, and the feature is now out to 20% of users! thanks to the team for picking it up and continuing development after summer. I’m excited for users to get to try them and I hope you have fun with them!

While recording/photographing law enforcement is protected by the 1st Amendment, there have been cases where folks were brought to court for doing it. Some states also have their own confusing laws to discourage people from recording.

https://www.freedomforum.org/recording-police/

Try practicing mnemonic devices for situations where it's not safe to pull out your phone. The SALUTE acronym is an example.

It's a good skill to practice regardless, as witness statements are notoriously unreliable. Humans are wired to "zoom in" on immediate threats (such as a weapon), so details are missed when recalling the incident later. You have to train your brain to take in the information you want instead of forming a purely emotional memory.

https://psychcentral.com/lib/memory-and-mnemonic-devices

A friend informed me that alerts about ICE and other dangerous groups should use the SALUTE system to prevent bad actors from spreading unnecessary fear.

I am serious, this would be an interesting research project. Ping all the accounts you suspect of being ChatGPT-powered, and see if they respond.