Went to our first renaissance faire on Sunday and was surprised and delighted to find that @harmlessdanger.com had been traveling far to perform there for years! I worked a far more mundane job with him back in the day and probably last saw him in person around 20 years ago. Great to see you again!
Turn your old Wii Remote into a smart home controller with OpenMote, an open source, ESP32-powered drop-in replacement board.
Your Old Wii Remote Can Now Control Your Smart Home
Turn your old Wii Remote into a smart home controller with OpenMote, an open source, ESP32-powered drop-in replacement board.
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[back in the day] Low level programmers: "It's all about optimizing every byte and every cycle, use as little RAM as you can" Other devs: "Nonsense. We have plenty of RAM" [today] Low level programmers: "Well well well"
Been meaning to mount my HOTAS to my chair for ages now. Today was the day!
all you gotta know is spiderman got a sticky ass in this one
Many of us judge a claim by reading further down the page. Fact-checkers do the opposite, and the research shows it works. Here are the habits that make you much harder to fool online. medium.com/p/b51b28c54f45
Quick Habits That Make You Much Harder to Fool Online
What professional fact-checkers do that the rest of us don’t, and how to learn this skill quickly
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And don't forget: we don't have to help Bezos get richer. A lot of products on the Amazon site can be purchased directly from the vendor on their own website.
Nobody: Nobody at all: Me: Has this meme replaced the phrase, "apropos of nothing?" Does no one say that anymore?
It’s so hot out I just opened my car door to air it out and some hobbit threw a ring in there
The frustration of wanting to call out AI slop but refraining because it's still engaging with the post
Our parents were really like “stop crying or I’ll give you something to cry about” and then destroyed the middle class forever
I’m sorry but “everyone is going to use AI to code their own apps” sounds like “everyone is going to learn HTML and code their own websites.“ like … have you met people? no they’re not
MFDW your HOTAS driver sucks and you start writing your own.
![p1: manhole
p2: manhole cover
p3: manhole cover-lover
p4: undercover manhole cover-lover
p5: undercover manhole cover-lover under covers
p6: undercover manhole cover-lover discovers cover letter under covers
the cover letter reads:
“To whom it may concern,
I would like to apply for the position of ‘writer’ for ‘bradtjonas comics’ because it has become clear to me that he is unfamiliar with the concept of ‘humor’ (though his artwork is pretty good), and the need for competent writing in his work is dire.
Furthermore, I would like to [rest of letter is partially obscured]…some tasteful nude photos…and contemplate.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:d5ok4lj4miouxbwctdjaxm2q/bafkreih5hsg4lpwwnt53iacecjlazmk23euxsuasgrvqbxt277fnrwx22i)
![5-panel comic. (1) Two people standing, one with a ponytail and the second with white beret] PERSON 2: This new topical medication makes me extra sensitive to sun exposure and gravitational waves. (2) PERSON 1: Oh yeah, that’s a common... wait, what was that last part? PERSON 2: Here comes one now! (3) [Person 2 stretched taller] (4) [Person 2 squished shorter] (5) [Person 2 stretched taller again] PERSON 2: *Wheee!*](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreieulrwmyudg5y2u6c2yag3lbuhahzjtehe25crkk2h6alsdxibjr4)
![Comic. [Person with shoulder-length hair standing on ladder next to large machine with her hand on it. Another person watches from the ground.] [caption] This year’s physics Nobel will go to the scientists who figured out that you could make the large Hadron Collider more powerful by covering part of the beam pipe with your thumb.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreidsu7bfigjgndanbxflw2e6xx7jlfqpbbgaqjtd2bzyhegx6f5k3i)
![3-panel comic. (1) [Person with shoulder-length hair standing behind podium.] PERSON 1: Remember, Tuesday is the decennial particle census. Physicists will be recording the location of all the particles in the universe. (2) [Person behind podium is on a stage] PERSON 1: Of course, this will cause their momenta to become indeterminate, so please plan for some disruption. (3) PERSON FROM OFF-PANEL: Wait, disruption? Where will my particles go? PERSON 1: No one can say, but you’ll know *exactly* where they were.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreibjo2q3afuywmsl2ksvefarmfnnlsrvemxnrhpf7swn3gcflpomiq)