my wife just reminded me of a very funny story. I ordered a bench PSU from one of the big electronics suppliers and when the box arrived only the power cable was in there, no bench PSU. so I called them up, the warehouse guy was able to confirm the shipping weight was way off, and we ended up chatting about funny shipping errors. one of their newbies had once gone to a shelf, it was empty, so assumed the shelf itself was the item and shipped it out. but that wasn't the funniest one.

Everyone in the world has to take a private vote by pressing a red or blue button. If more than 50% of people press the blue button, everyone survives. If less than 50% of people press the blue button, only people who pressed the red button survive. Which button would you press?

(original post: https://xcancel.com/waitbutwhy/status/2047710215265730755)

i think i should be allowed to have estrogen without a prescription. they should sell it like ibuprofen

I discovered that there's an ewaste bin near my school.

Who throws away a working pair of headphones, a working CD player, a working portable USB-C vacuum cleaner, and a seemingly unopened USB-A to B cable with the price tag still on it?

reminder: there is no limit in the IRC emoji reactions specification for how long an emoji react can be... so the first 4kb of the bee movie is a legal emoji reaction!

my server now has 8TB of storage

it’s btrfs RAID-1 on two second-hand Seagate Enterprise Capacity (ST8000NM0045-1RL112) drives that are over 6 years old so I’m not sure how long they will last

also they’ve got 4k logical sector sizes so I don’t think SeaBIOS will be able to boot from them (but I don’t need that anyway)

Hey @frameworkcomputer! If I publish my dotfiles and write an installer for them, will you send me free(?) hardware to test on too?

RE: https://shrimple.aagaming.me/notes/alcnu72jj8

How the modem dial-up sound was actually created

#enough #negative #tech #and #news #timeFor #eyebleach

@slatian I published that eBPF program you were interested in: https://codeberg.org/noisytoot/bindrestrict

It's still very incomplete, but it does work. The README describes the state it's currently in.

Today I learned a spell to TOAST A BAGEL. It is supposed to be a spell to REFORGE A RING but it does not check the ring’s MATERIAL, and if you cancel about a second into casting the bagel will NOT be DESTROYED.

#wizardposting #wizard

I think my laptop might need new thermal paste. It always ran quite hot but it seems to be even hotter lately

Hi @catsalad I heard you like cats so here's one I saw today

HEY YOU, QUICKLY, BOOST THIS POST I NEED TO STRESS THIS SHITTY SERVER

i’m fucking crying 😭 this guy installed a malware that keeps redirecting his queries through Yahoo, and vibe coded an extension that redirects Yahoo to Google, probably not understanding that he has malware 😭 😭

there are some younger nutrias again! So cute!! They are a bit more shy than the older ones, but generally aren’t to scared of humans

i wrote an internet standard https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-meow-mrrp-00.html (it's published on ietf.org so you know it's real and official and endorsed by the ietf)

https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-meow-mrrp-00.html
Meow meow MEOW mrrp meow nya mreow

British online friend: "Saw a flying banana tonight. I only noticed because of the purple light shining upwards"

Everyone: ???

"We have track measurement trains. They run around, checking the tracks for faults, the power cables, etc

They're bright yellow. So they're nicknamed the Flying Banana, as a joke on the Flying Scotsman

Night time they have this blue laser that scans the overhead wires. It creates this giant glow you can see when it moves"

I can't believe anyone is taking IPv8 seriously

The China Vehicle Collision Repair Technical and Research Center posted this video of their new battery ejection system for EVs for when they experience thermal runaway, and I cannot stop laughing.

The thought of launching a one-ton battery pack presently ejecting streams of hot flaming gases ten meters away is as horrifying as it is hilarious.

Good luck whoever is to my right!

#cars