Teams is so bad and illuminates a #microsoft pathology. I'm a guest on a call and forced to use #MicrosoftTeams It just grabbed a random profile on my desktop - there's no guest option, no opt-in, they just grab it. So I'm on a call right now **as two of my […] [Original post on sfba.social]

#Anthropic - "we are a worth trillions of dollars and the future of human / machine intelligence" Also Anthropic ... "Not seeing the email in your inbox? Try sending again" (b/c they struggle to send you an email within the 10 mins they give you to reply to […] [Original post on sfba.social]

Prototype fruit fly collector has attracted hundreds of flies (built from SF voter guide and SimHound gummy jar). Working on the production model #openscad #Drosophila #3d

RE: https://disabled.social/@MikeImBack/117056704240488105 but in sad news, we are about to slap a 20% tariff on them to protect our domestic superhero industry

Yikes 😳

this is why we do #science and run #clinicaltrials. making drugs to lower inflammation in patients with #atherosclerosis lowers #inflammation but mysteriously doesn’t seem to impact the actual disease. This challenges a rock, solid belief that inflammation is the cause and good scientists change […]

In complex science/engineering settings, the #fivewhys method can be super helpful for getting to the root cause of a problem. You start with the symptom and keep on asking why till you get 5 layers down. For example, why is the washing machine shopped and flashing OE? (it was full of water).

another surprisingly good use for networking cable unplugging washing machines surprisingly cat5 has slightly better performance and cat6 I think due to the narrower diameter

nightmare on #vi street. Dropped my keyboard and damaged the corner.

#UX ing like it's 1999.. I still remembering my kid in kindergarten getting dinged on the rubrik they used for evaluation b/c they didn't know their family land line number for the home..

I use the #edgebrowser as a toxic waste site for any tabs that have to interact with corporate tracking malware like #gmail or #sharepoint etc. They make it very very hard not to open the #MSN home page when you start a new tab. You have to install a f&*(ing extension to get a blank page and […]

Finally, an editorial in Science that isn't just hedging its bets and trying to play nice. This is a long overdue piece. https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/assault-science-funding-continues The US government is out to destroy US (and possibly global) science and they do not know nor […]

#caturdat nominal.

🐬 TIL: A dolphin named Kelly figured out how to run a scam on her trainers. At the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Mississippi, dolphins got a fish for every piece of trash they turned in. Kelly noticed the payout was the same no matter the size, so she hid trash under a rock and tore […]

#xkcd #xkcd1289. Classic, still relevant. Insert #ai https://xkcd.com/1289/

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I think the #nytimes app devs have been #vibecoding too much lately. It has become an unstable mess. They rolled out ios glass support, ruined the viewing experience with a bizarrely faded area top of screen so you have less usable reading area and the app does […] [Original post on sfba.social]

"Taylor Farms salad" has replaced "gas station sushi".

This #smbc comic keeps running through my mind as I watch #spcx stock decline. https://www.smbc-comics.com/comics/1573739662-20191114.png

5 hrs later, swimming back to shore after foolishly typing `apt-get upgrade` instead of `apt-get update`... to get a python package to build... https://xkcd.com/349/

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Burned down my remaining #clippercard accounts today. Their account migration (new IT system) was a s&*tshow. Have been a customer since early transitlink beta program and sad to see it die. Fittingly the refund process involves paper, stamp, a $5 fee per card and a 30 day refund process. Also […]

[swear words, financial web forms] And a giant F$&k you to every person out there who designs a form that makes you type out 9 digit numbers twice rather than allowing you to paste from a password manager... #quicken - you know you're guilty..

does #oura have a tag for „cluelessly hopped on wrong ferry and went to wrong alameda island adding 10km to commute“ related stress?

the #monsoon has struck #sanfrancisco #sunset

Another day in #sfba hellscape. How do we cope ?

RE: https://mastodon.social/@RonSupportsYou/116907072705169616 The ongoing assault on #science by the current administration is permanently damaging the lead the US has enjoyed for generations. It seems like an own-goal but remember reality has a well known liberal bias and these people hate […]

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"The administration released a preview of another frontal assault on American research excellence": https://danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-trump-administrations-existential "White House Seeks to Impose Political Test on Billions in Federal Grants" […]

Honestly my first thought reading this morning’s headline was “Whoa, they used the wrong senator’s name! How embarrassing. Some editor is going to get fired for this.”

#caturday - that’s structural pepper.

I think we need to rename July in San Francisco. It’s not “no sky July” but rather strategic cold in a globally warming planet San Francisco is going in a different direction

This is a strange development I didn’t realize that #verizon provided phone coverage in our part@of #sanfrancisco. Curious if #cpuc find differently.

I'm honestly surprised that Trump intervened on behalf of Folarin Balogun, given that his foul didn't involve beating up a Capitol Police officer.