“If a tree falls in the woods and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?”
Yes, Newtonian physics work whether there’s an observer or not. Next question.
“Which came first, the chicken or the egg?”
The egg, by several hundred million years.
I bought a Sony X90H 65" TV a couple of years ago. Great TV, dim in the corners, but well worth what I paid and half the price of the OLEDs of the same size. Only 2 years later, OLED TVs are now at the same price of the old X90H, and Mini LED is the new premium.
I accidentally recorded my morning commute on my helmet cam in slow motion. So I now have a feature length video of me going to work… very… slow… ly.
You could have a dull, grey satellite dish on your house. Or like this one in Aro Valley, you could make it beautifully colourful by painting an old TV test pattern on it.
To Apple, please please add a setting to Calendars to only accept invitations from known senders. Or at least, from senders who are writing in English. I’m sick of getting Chinese spam invitations in my calendar. Make it stop!
You know what? Long may these errors continue. I’m going to be so much happier when that hellscape site disappears entirely.
Oh no. Just found a house I really like for a price I can afford. There must be a catch. Some trick? Tempted to scream “NOT TODAY SATAN!”
I switched my Netflix from the medium standard plan to the basic 720p plan, which is half the price. And you know what? I completely forgot I’d done that and didn’t notice at all. Maybe we don’t all need 4K video being thrown around…
LOL! Twitter is cutting off free access to their APIs. They seem determined to self-destruct. One week notice.
Starting February 9, we will no longer support free access to the Twitter API, both v2 and v1.1. A paid basic tier will be available instead
Remember when advertisers would use pop-up windows in browsers? And then they got craftier and devised pop-under windows? Man the online advertising industry is packed with shady scumbags. (If you work in this I distrust and you’re reading this, you’re not a shady scumbag)
Had a question at a pub quiz last night: “what is the smallest part of a chemical element that can cause a chemical reaction?” We put electron, which is correct. The answer the very drunk quiz master was after was “atom”. Thoughts?
Somehow we’ve embarked on the biggest project in history even though it has no articulable purpose, offers no benefits, and will cost taxpayers more than a good-sized war.
Also, it could destroy and infected any Martian life.
The “satellite” maps of Google and Apple Maps, and the Apple 3D model of Wellington, are at the very least, 6 years old. I understand COVID has delayed things like flying a plane over a small city. But it’s getting to the point of frustrating inaccuracy.
We call it sea bass to differentiate it from fresh water bass, which doesn’t exist.
If you’re physically able, and you’re not riding a bike to work, and your work is less than 10 km from your house, you should really, really try it. It’s so much fun.
I absolutely love my iPhone 12 mini. The size is incredible. It’s light. It’s sleek. But the battery life after a couple of years is just intolerable. It’s going to be a long wait until October when I’ll replace it with the smallest new iPhone they release.
I woke up lmao at a stupid animation I dreamed of. It’s two frames and about 5 words of dialogue. And yeah, I’m going to have to make it.
House hunting, especially with a budget way under a million dollars, is pretty grim in Wellington. There just aren’t enough houses around to drive prices down to the level they should be at. They should just bulldoze Mt Victoria and replace is all with townhouses.
People call the bus the Loser Cruiser. But a better name is Victory Vehicle.
Oh no. I’ve come to the conclusion I may need to buy a new backpack. And this will begin months of research and searching 🎒
The weather in the last few days has been a bit rubbish for summer. But on the up side, whanau, we’re going well with our national electricity production from renewables.
An interesting article on the delays to the ITER project. But what struck me was here is humans, scratching bits of the Earth up, and arranging them just-so, to make an artificial star. Humans can be amazing.
International nuclear fusion project may be delayed by years
LOL. Twitter is down again (at least in New Zealand).
RIP my brand new keyboard 2023-01-03 – 2023-01-05 Cause of death: drinking coffee at my desk.
Do you squint at super bright “light mode” screens? Do you default to dark mode because otherwise you’re just straining all day? I switched to light mode today as a test. And it’s fine. The difference? I recently got glasses. Maybe you need them too?