Notices by Ryan Finnie (foo@fosstodon.org), page 5

10-10-321 and 10-10-220 still have web sites which are very much stuck in 1999.

https://www.1010321.com/
https://www.1010220.com/

@eythian In the 90s in the US you could dial a prefix before the phone number to choose a specific long distance provider, often to get better rates than the main provider associated with the originating line.

Which dial-around sticker do you have on your bedroom phone?

- 10-10-220
- 10-10-321
- 10-10-811
- Other

(Pretend that’s a real poll which you can mix with images in Mastodon.)

Handy astronomy tip:

If you’re wondering what that bright star in the sky is and you’re sure it’s a star, it’s a plane.

If you’re wondering what that bright plane in the sky is and you’re sure it’s a plane, it’s Jupiter.

This is your yearly reminder that US Robotics still exists in 2024, and is still manufacturing dialup modems.
https://www.usr.com/products/usr5686g/

@brooke Fyre Festival, kitty edition

@ckape No lasers visible. Disappointed.

3, 2, 1,

I have a client who pays me by writing a check, taking a photo of it with his phone, and texting it to me.

I then deposit it by transferring the photo to my laptop, displaying it fullscreen, then using my phone's bank app to take a picture of the laptop screen.

The crazy part is this is totally fine. The app doesn't care about the obvious moire pattern (and in this last case, a fireplace in the background), and there's nothing in the bank's rules which says a dog can't deposit checks this way.

@misty This is one of my favorite videos on the subject. It's specific to SNES games, but further reinforces that the whole "developer's intent" thing is a disjointed mess and no consensus should be taken from it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssluTgfkdlg

@whitequark Prior to 2022, the military air force of North Korea was called the Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force.

According to homeopathy, a 10X developer is a solution which contains a ratio of 1:10^10 developer to water, and is statistically unlikely to contain any molecules of original developer. It is used for curing developer.

@mcc

@Dio9sys Meanwhile, in the Trackmania community, being French gives you a handicap, at least for mapping. French maps are known to be... well, put it this way, "French" is its own style of mapping, next to Fullspeed, Tech, RPG, etc.

@eniko I didn't know about it specifically, but must have known about it subconsciously, considering I created the Strategic Cake Reserve in our Minecraft world nearly 15 years ago. But ostensibly that was a play on the Gold Reserve.

(This was back when making cake was REALLY hard.)

Is there a protocol for hiring a parking lot day laborer? Do they have a taxi-rank-like agreement for who's closest to the entrance? Is it bad form to not pick the one closest to the entrance?

Whenever I go to Home Depot, the day laborers wave at me. I want to wave back because it's the nice thing to do, but am afraid it would be interpreted as flagging them down for a job and they'd be disappointed. Usually I end up with a smile and a half-hearted hand raise.

It's pretty impressive that there's an entire network of thousands of locations across the country where the sole purpose is to facilitate the payment of ransoms and extortions.

@TechConnectify Meanwhile, as someone who grew up in the Midwest (WI) but moved to CA/NV 20 years ago, I still get that pang of "wait, should I be doing this?" when I schedule all my most energy intensive tasks (laundry, dishwasher, etc) for the middle of the day, before remembering it is actually the cheapest.

@TechConnectify: "... so I charge in the middle of the night, when electricity is at its cheapest"
Me: *raises eyebrow in Californian*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTctVqjhDEw