Notices by ghorwood↙↙↙ (ghorwood@mastodon.social)

really enjoying watching this country find out that gretzky is not a great guy.

watching the snow melt is actually quite satisfying.

a major but overlooked drawback of on-premisis hosting is that one strange noise from the server room can ruin your entire day.

join the eu? my sibling in christ, this country can’t even harmonize interprovincial regulations.

i blogged about php's usort function for people who would rather do their complex sorting in php instead of sql.

https://gbh.fruitbat.io/2025/02/07/php-powerful-sorting-with-usort/

the cats we've been looking after act kinda... weird. maybe 'uncanny' is a better word. and yesterday lee said out of the blue 'these cats are like some ai's idea of what a cat should be'. and now we call the big one 'catgpt'.

new plan to contribute to the trade war:
1. get an empty jug of maple syrop
2. fill it with water
3. mail it to some random trumpnik. fill out the customs form to read 'value $40'
4. stick them with a $10 tariff payment

i have reached the point on the rescue project where i am selecting queries into files and running diffs. so, y'know, that's not the greatest.

the biggest hammer may lack grace and elegance, but it always works. never underestimate the power of a simple diff to figure out What The Hell Is Going On with your legacy rescue repo.

i have changed my profile picture for the first time since creating this account. apologies.

the role of the superhero is to 'save the world'; protect it. y'know, keep the status quo status quo-ing.

the villains (at least the interesting ones), want to 'fix the world'. shake things up, make a dent. that's why they're always monologing.

in the fictional world of the silver screen or four-colour pages, it's obvious who the good guys and who the bad guys are. but when some rando in real life stands up and does some straight-up riddler shit, the whole planet goes 'fuck yeah!'.

take note.

@prettygood when the client is telling their customers that they have a “custom algorithm” and you’re like “yeah, it’s division”.

it’s amazing how much of programming is just doing some grade eight math and having everyone go “wow!”

all these maga incel chud types squawking about “robot girlfriends” haven’t once thought about eulas or privacy policies. they haven’t thought about ms recall (or whatever the next version of that is). they haven’t thought about who can buy (or subpoena) their “girlfriend”’s data. they haven’t thought about security; what cozybear, or whomever, could see or, worse, do when the light are out; the literal attack vectors.

and i find this hilarious.

instead of having a popup that says “it’s better in the app” just be honest and say “we made a shitty website”.

i really wish this viking game let you name your longship because “fjord fjesta” is sitting right there, unused.

there is significantly more evidence for the statement "white people in milwaukee are killing and eating human beings" and, yet, if i said it, everyone would know it was false. just an observation.

this person must be stopped at all costs.

- tech firms lay off thousands to boost stock price
- jobs report shows rising unemployment
- stock market panics and nasdaq crashes
- tech firms' stock prices go down

brilliant strategy. the best.

@Gargron @waxandbeans the ten inch picture disk is literally my favourite medium.