Notices by Jeff Atwood (codinghorror@infosec.exchange)

A black cat owns me as a pet, too, so I can relate

But if you truly loved me you’d already know

@thomasfuchs one million percent agree. Why is the Mastodon web client in such a sorry state after ALL THESE YEARS? I'm tempted to blog this, it's so annoying.

@Ciantic @thomasfuchs @Gargron to be clear, I would make the feedback as constructive as I can, because I truly want this all to work, for everyone. But the fact that I have to manually refresh the web page (!!) multiple times a day to get things to "work" is just.. nuts?

10x developers, unite and take over!

“Alcohol is harmful to the health starting at very low levels.” (2023) https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/13/well/mind/alcohol-health-effects.html

"Don’t kid yourself – alcohol is a poison and it does bad things to the body. The less you drink the better you’ll feel the next day." https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/scientific-proof-that-a-bacon-sandwich-is-the-best-386742

Is it just me or "do humans have free will" one of those completely pointless, abstract, hypothetical discussions that simply doesn't matter one god damn bit?

I just noticed this GMail UI change, might have been around a while.. but educating the average user about the difference between Spam and Phishing seems like.. a lot? Must be a huge problem to put it at the forefront like this: 🪝

"If Apple was a country, its annual sales—nearly $400 billion last year—would make it roughly the 40th biggest economy in the world, ahead of Iran and on par with Denmark." the era of companies as nation-states has only just begun IMO

The Programmers' Credo, via the ineffable pinboard, Maciej Ceglowsi. Yes I had this bronzed myself. Twice, one for me, one for him. And we deserve every bit of it! 😉

It is 2023 and I can absolutely confirm that printers still suck balls. Tray 2 is overfilled.. seriously? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9wsjroVlu8

to those of us who think "AI is gonna take over the world in a few years" I would like to gently remind everyone that we still can't even make a decent laser printer after 45 years of trying

I had these cards made for my partner, and she has my permission to use them once per week, because.. sometimes I just need to stop talking and listen. They probably should come pre-printed for all men from birth... I am only slightly kidding. 😉

Hello! I am now on mastodon!