RE: https://mstdn.social/@hkrn/116640727350861073

Most people aren't anti-tech, just anti-AI. In fact, not even anti-AI as such, just anti-AI-as-forced-upon-us-by-billionaire-psychopaths.

I don't know if anyone else strings scammers along as long as possible (so they have less time for scamming other people), but they seem to have become wise to "sorry, there is someone at the door, can you hold the line please, I'll be right back."

Hey, does anyone else remember when climate nihilists used to say "why should we do anything about climate change when China isn't doing anything?"

Now that China is massively investing in renewables, who are these people using as an excuse?

The B&Q social media team don't read the reviews they reply to.

Just found this in the work's fridge. Before I throw it away, would anyone like a tub of unspeakable horror?

A couple of links that might help you get through the next few years:

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/make-america-kittens-agai/klchnmggepghlcolikgaekpibclpmgcm?pli=1

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/make-firefox-kittens-again/

Making stuff was wild in the 90s. Digging through some old crap, I found this marvellous prototype I made 30-ish years ago, along with a book containing my hand compiled(!?!) code for the Z80 at the heart of the beast. Discreet logic for address decoding, memory mapped I/O, this little beauty had it all. Eventually, I got a BBC micro with a Z80 second processor to compile the code and actually got it working.

Anyone want to guess what this was going to be controlling?

This is such a better set up than the last two years, with so much effort going into its design and build, that I am convinced that we will not see a single bird with it this year!

3/3

The camera module is in its 3d printed housing and the electronics box to go on the side of the bird box has been designed and printed. The quality of the camera is far better this year, and the box will be fitted with white and infra red LEDs. The camera works well in infra red light. There will also be a microphone in the box so we can hear the cheeping. An infra red light beam shone across the entrance means we don't have to rely on movement detection to see when a bird comes in.

2/3

Things have been hotting up in the construction of the new bird box for https://beaks.live in 2025. A new design of box, so that the camera can capture the action at a slight angle. Two boxes have been made, one attached to the house so the birds get used to it, and the other is being fitted out. When it's finished I'll swap them over and the beaks will be none the wiser.

1/3

#Nature #Birds #Wildlife

https://fiets.uk/2024-09-19/the-shocking-and-deadly-statistic-behind-painted-cycle-lanes/

Good to see some actual research to back up cyclist's experiences. I hate the bloody things, and often cycle outside them. The occasional idiot beeping at me is preferable to the frequent near misses when cycling in them.

#cycling

I think the mantelpiece ornaments are planning something. I'm scared.

Has anyone seen a shittier AI bicycle than this one?

I love dynamic typing in JS. This prints out all odd numbers from 1 to 100:

for(_=[];_<+!![]+""+[]*[]+[]*[];_++%+(!![]+!![])?[]:console.log(_));

A big thanks to Dorrit for helping me with my recovery from a nip of COVID by vomiting on the carpet at 3.30am. She then proceeded to hassle me for food while I cleaned it up. After getting back into bed, she then sat on me with her goopy ear making squelching noises to make sure I didn't fall asleep again.
#Cats #Are #Fucking #Disgusting
#CatsOfMastodon

I've just punched myself in the knob while trying to do up my trousers. How is everyone else's day going?

I've got a stinking cold that has rendered my voice about 5 octaves lower than Leonard Cohen. If anyone wants a 70's voice-over for an after shave advert, I'm your snot-encrusted man.

She waits for the perfect moment while I'm doing my leg exercises, and then she pounces like a tiger. Within seconds the fight is over and she is fast asleep.
#CatsOfMastodon #Cats

"Right to repair has no cannier, more dedicated adversary than Apple, a company whose most innovative work is dreaming up new ways to sneakily sabotage electronics repair while claiming to be a caring environmental steward, a lie that covers up the mountains of e-waste that Apple dooms our descendants to wade through."

@pluralistic on #Apple's "parts-pairing" fuckery:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/22/vin-locking/#thought-differently