Notices by Laurie Voss (seldo@alpaca.gold)

Did you know that if you leave La Croix in the fridge and its gets too cold they will freeze and then loudly explode, scaring the shit out of everyone in the office? Today we learned.

iOS users in the EU are going to have a notably better user experience; how long until US users demand the same? https://www.macrumors.com/2024/01/25/ios-17-4-alternative-app-marketplaces-eu/

In addition to alternative, cheaper app stores, iOS users in the EU will get their choice of browser engines: https://9to5mac.com/2024/01/25/third-party-default-browsers-engines/

Madonna’s song “Like a Virgin” debuted closer to world war 2 (1944) than today.

I quietly support the entire cloud hosting ecosystem by owing every provider of every service like $2.70 each month for random demos that I forgot I left running and don't have time to cancel.

You would not believe how many species of mushrooms live on a tiny stretch of the coast of North America.

It is fully 600 pages long.

I don't know why I have to tell people "don't use the browser which is also a crypto scam and run by a famous homophobe" but apparently I do. Don't use Brave. https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinux/111447997418108806

This "cold and dark" bullshit is bullshit.

Home.

The difference between bad drivers in Boston and California is that while Californian drivers seem to drive badly because they don't know any better, Bostonians know they are driving like assholes and are doing it on purpose.

I need America to understand that making chocolate darker does not make it better.

@erincandescent Venn diagram of those two is a bullseye.

There are *ads* in the *start bar* in Windows 11, in an operating system I paid for. Whose joke of enshittification is this?

Warning: if you are operating a 30 year old cellphone it has greater value as an antique.

@ZachWeinersmith 11 year old me believes it is Bohemian Rhapsody and has never had his mind changed.

Real talk: I think a lot of "return to office" executives are just people who never learned to type quickly enough to use Slack comfortably.

A rainy day in old town Nice.

She was last seen in the Castro, heading east. Our place is in the Mission so she might head back there.

Update: she has been spotted at 17th and Mars near Corona Heights, still on the loose.