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2025
Some things shouldn't be proprietary. This includes replacing brake pads.: On any level. Although Hyundai support the mandated J2534 standard (in the US) you do “need a subscription to Hyundai’s J2534 Diagnostic Tool Software, which costs $60 a week (or less over longer time blocks)” in order to use the interface. Replacing Brake Pads on a Hyundai Ioniq 5 N …
Dates are hard: github.com/torvalds/…
PSA: Samsung smart rings are spicy 🌶️🌶️🌶️
New shortest path algorithm: www.quantamagazine.org/new-metho…
5yo informs me that mermaids don’t wear hoodies… #colouredPencil #sketching #mermaid
We put ~88 characters in a line because that’s how our eyes work! When I moved to a wide screen monitor I discovered that 3 blocks of text could fit comfortably on my screen, with better widths than I could get on multiple monitors. The best line length
The impact of LLM’s on our lives will be both more, and less, dramatic than people realise. This is unlikely to end with the world exploding; which is not to suggest that it want be completely destroyed. For some it already is being. People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling …
Scammer: this is phone_company we’re going to cut your SIM off in 48 hours Me: yeah… no your not Scammer: how can you say that Me: because you’re not phone_company
Beautiful example of what I am reasonably sure is dryads saddle. Not sure enough to eat it mind.
Type “cous”, get recipes, press enter, phone “corrects” it to void, recipes vanish. Appropriate I guess.
There is something very weird about a world in which I require a certificate to prove I can safely use ladder but here we are. I am safe for the next 5 years.
We found some insects in the park. (These were removed from our clothes not picked up from plants.)
Over the last few days I’ve had several of these messages spam. Do you think they realise the irony?
there’s a teeny tiny problem: The lights don’t work without the App. Did I mention the company went bankrupt? And the spotty history of the bike? And that Customer Support is in startup heaven? And how ridiculous it is anyway to need to login into an app to turn your light on? Making a …
#WordWeavers Apr 23: Do you plan your themes or do they arise from your writing and then get tweaked in edits? A bit of both - my main themes have been percolating for a while. Some will arise naturally as I write.
#WritersCoffeeClub Apr 23: World Book Day! Share a prompt or the first few lines of a story you wish you could read. Although not strictly a prompt this one has always been one of my favourites
#WritersCoffeeClub Apr 22: Earth Day! Who’s your most traveled character? Your least? Least travelled would be Amelie - she was born on the frontier and has never known another world. Most would be Vee who has spent her working life aboard space ships, she was sent to the frontier by her …
#WordWeavers Apr 22: Would your story work in a vastly different setting? Yes, the detail would have to change but the story itself could be transported without much issue.
#wordWeavers Apr 21: Is there anything that bores you about any of your characters? Why would I write characters that bore me?
#writersCoffeeClub Apr 21: In honor of John, who doesn’t really like coffee: what “established” writerly traits don’t really apply to you? I don’t live in a loft in Manhattan and write about my social life1. probably a good thing as my social life isn’t very …
#watercolourPencils #sketching #lighthouse
#wordWeavers Apr 20: If someone gave you a million dollars (or equivalent) to never write again, would you take it? No.
#writersCoffeeClub Apr 20: What role does religion play in your writing? Currently none. My worlds are mostly secular.
Hermit crab #watercolourPencils
More watercolour pencils. #sandcastle #watercolourPencils
Watercolours are not my thing #snake #watercolourPencils