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So I am using Google podcasts and for the first time encountered a podcast which somehow disabled the “fast forward” and “skip back” buttons
So I’ve unsubscribed from that one… and will possibly looking for a new podcast app.
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“Now is my service production quality?”
I’ve worked for companies where I have seen the mindset described in this video. They are not fun companies to work for, and the people who thrive in them are not fun people to work with. The good companies to work for are the ones where there is an eye on SRE but there’s an…
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A quick & clear demonstration of why the general public, pundits, and perhaps politicians on any part of the political spectrum, are not well-qualified to discuss inauthentic online behaviour
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“I think it’s because us tech reporters live in a bubble” — I love this exchange, and I feel that @WilliamTurton is correct; cc: @daveyalba
I feel that this a fascinating little exchange: We have Davey Alba at NYT asking why engagement on the Facebook Papers is light; and William at Bloomberg chimes in with an observation that I consider a deep and obvious truth, but which Davey finds perhaps disheartening. Narrator: Perhaps you could explain your thinking in a…
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‘She often speaks without thinking’: Nadine Dorries, our new minister for culture wars | Nadine Dorries | The Guardian
Oh, really? Changing her mind has been a feature of Dorries’s political career. She argued and voted against gay marriage, for example, dismissing it as a policy pursued “by the metro elite gay activists”. She has since said that her opposition to the gay marriage bill was her “biggest regret”. She once claimed that a…
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Blood, rage & history: The world’s first terrorists # This is an interesting article, but it also leaves me wondering what the invention of SSRIs & other treatments have done to politics?
Back when Anarchism was the big bad scary thing: He was captured at the scene of the bombing. He said he had one regret: that he didn’t kill more “bourgeois”. If only he had a bomb big enough, he boasted, he would have blown up the whole of Paris. Only from the rubble could…
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Hard Examples: why it’s a really bad idea to strongly enforce against “Single User Multiple Accounts” (#SUMA or #FINSTA) on Instagram, Facebook & other Social Media, via #yungkendee; cc: @FrancesHaugen
Regular readers will know that from 2013-16 I was a software engineer for Security Infrastructure at Facebook, working as part of the (then) Protect & Care team which also included the (then) Site Integrity team. This was an “at the coalface” role of user protection, safety, integrity and security, and I benefitted greatly from being…
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As Prudes Drive Social Media Takedowns, Museums Embrace… OnlyFans? | Techdirt
But all of this online prudishness has other consequences. Scott Nover, over at Quartz, has an amazing story about how museums in Vienna are finding that images of classic paintings are being removed from all over the internet. Though, they’ve come up with a somewhat creative (and surprising) solution: the museums are setting up OnlyFans…
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Tip: Muscovado Whisky Popcorn is very, very, very good.
For the Caramel 3 tbsp darkest muscovado sugar; the oily, resinous-looking stuff, ideally. 1 or 2 tbsp whisky (I used Jameson) 1 tbsp water 2 tbsp best butter, salted (crystals) if possible Add to a tiny saucepan; bring to boil stirring with a wooden spoon, and reduce. Scale recipe up if needed. Start this well-before…
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4x 23g vacuum pack bags of dried Chestnut Mushrooms. Banana for scale.
First Batch. [Previously] Each bag is essentially a single punnet of mushrooms.
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The Best Thing about having both a Vacuum Chamber and a Dehydrator in the Kitchen
So a few years ago a colleague-friend gave me a sous-vide wand; as all these things begin, at first I purchased a cheap “food-saver” type vacuum sealer, but eventually bought a vacuum chamber because it allows for bagging soups and other liquids without stress. Another friend extolled the virtues of the Excalibur dehydrator series, and…
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You know that trope about aliens arriving and being so much quicker and more dangerous than us? What if that’s us? What if we meet intelligent life that experiences time at 1/5th our speed?