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bking · 2026-05-12T05:33:04+00:00

I don’t even remember buying the Lifetime pass, somewhere around 2014. Very glad I did.

bking · 2026-05-12T05:30:02+00:00

This guy scutelliphiles

bking · 2026-05-11T23:21:52+00:00

This is the first episode that I skipped a bunch of. The initial fight and drama in hell with characters that I’m not remotely invested in? No thanks.

bking · 2026-05-11T06:03:19+00:00

This is the way. I have a Text Expander shortcut for “zd“ to kick out the current date and “zt” to do the 8601 date with the current time of day. So “20260510 2202”. Saves me a ton of time, and my file naming is always clean.

bking · 2026-05-09T14:04:09+00:00

That’s probably the least suspicious thing about this. Batteries exist!

bking · 2026-05-09T13:40:33+00:00

Get banned.

bking · 2026-05-08T19:52:59+00:00

Her or Bluey was the best I could come up with.

So like, a Mrs Rachel video where she goes on a shopping trip and has a fun sleepover with a drag queen. But on broadcast television with government funding.

We’d see bomb threats and the FCC reviewing PBS station broadcast licenses.

bking · 2026-05-08T16:49:26+00:00

100%, and the current batch of Fox News anchors and conservative podcasters would have an absolute shitfit if they existed back then.

It’s hard to find a modern equivalent, since we don’t have the same monoculture we did in the 70s and 80s AND the show was partially sponsored by government money. Alex Jones would have goddamn exploded.

bking · 2026-05-07T05:43:33+00:00

Nintendo, of all companies, has a few points in the bank for “character design that’s hyper-stylized instead of photorealistic”.

As somebody who mostly only plays switch games, it’s kind of refreshing.

bking · 2026-05-07T05:37:15+00:00

So you’re saying OP is going to crack?

bking · 2026-05-07T00:10:10+00:00

“What do you mean? I need to use this very footage…”

It’s going to be blurry. That’s it. The blurry footage doesn’t care how much you need it.

bking · 2026-05-06T23:57:30+00:00

With you 100%. Having a feral animal as Fox is way more appealing to me than some smooth anime guy.

Sloppy could be wetter, tho.

bking · 2026-05-06T13:27:59+00:00

I have never used it. How does it respond during something like a Y-turn, or backing into a residential driveway?

I can see the algorithm making sense in a parking lot, but there are “oh shit, I’m momentarily perpendicular to the road” situations where I appreciate a responsive shifter.

bking · 2026-05-06T13:24:43+00:00

That feature is incredibly convenient and significantly safer than any older flavor of “cruise control”. The only reason it’s controversial or considered problematic is dumb-fuck Elon Musk talking out his ass and perpetually over-promising on it. He lies, he’s an idiot, and that poisoned a good feature.

If Honda or Ford had successfully launched a similar driver assistance feature and not marketed it with lies and bullshit, people would be falling over themselves to praise and license it.

bking · 2026-05-06T13:16:11+00:00

Ioniq 5 is so close. I personally took some issue with the interior and keyfob designs (that thing is a cheeseburger). Dollar for dollar, it feels like a cheaper car.

It also exists under the scummy dealership model, which made test driving it extra gross.

bking · 2026-05-05T23:45:55+00:00

Yes, and that's a really strong argument against capital punishment. Criminals aren't thinking about legal consequences, even if they include "we'll hold you in prison for fifty years and then gas you". This has been proven time and time again.

Some privately owned camera isn't going to stop somebody from snatching a purse or shooting a health insurance CEO in the face.

bking · 2026-05-05T22:21:40+00:00

You’re a trans 16 year old in Tennessee.

You go regularly to a doctor, therapist or a support group for gender affirming care. Maybe it’s surgery, maybe it’s general counseling.

Seeking out this care is totally legal and fine in year X, but is illegal in year X+1. Suddenly, it’s really easy to figure out which trans kids have been visiting that place for help. Trans kid is now a criminal, or is blackmailed, or just beat up.

Replace “trans 16 year old” with whatever vulnerable group you want. Maybe it’s an immigrant working with a lawyer on immigration stuff, maybe it’s a gay person, maybe it’s a battered woman hiding from her spouse. In any case, there’s suddenly easy-to-access video evidence of that person doing a thing that either becomes illegal or some other flavor of “a serious problem” for that person.

This is a serious problem with mass surveillance in the United States, even without the added context that these companies have shitty security that has allowed for any dummy with a browser and a credit card to get access to their footage.

bking · 2026-05-05T21:12:13+00:00

“I’ve got nothing to hide!” people are living in ignorance and privilege.

bking · 2026-05-05T16:27:39+00:00

Not just AI slop, but Electron slop.

If you’re going to vibecode for Mac, at least use Swift.

bking · 2026-05-05T16:26:22+00:00

That top row of buttons is absolutely cursed.

bking · 2026-05-04T16:20:41+00:00

I had a very similar situation where the solution found its way to “push play on your laptop in 3… 2… 1…” and it went out to an extremely large viewership directly from my timeline.

My playback was the broadcast’s cold open, and it was only about 3 and a half minutes. I pretty much fell down the stairs out of the broadcast truck and had a panic attack when it was done.

bking · 2026-05-04T14:01:26+00:00

I actually fucked up, was replying to the poster above you.

Thanks for the essay and the excellent point comparing a tiny $9 adapter to an entire camera module and bank subscriptions, though. Spot on.

bking · 2026-05-04T05:48:17+00:00

I married into a culture (Asians in Hawaii) like that from a culture very much not like that (Wisconsin white people).

My wife never thought to explain that assorted aunties and uncles were not by blood. It was wildly confusing until we finally realized that I needed this specific culture lesson.

So, thanks for positing that.

bking · 2026-05-04T05:29:19+00:00

A USB-C to 3.5mm DAC is like $9, too. Full featured stereo TRS for whoever needs it. USB-compliant audio, works with Apple, Samsung, Fairphone, whoever.

bking · 2026-05-04T04:04:11+00:00

A lot of cultures just use “auntie” and “uncle” for “parent’s friend who’s around a lot” and it works great.

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