Notices by Quixoticgeek (quixoticgeek@social.v.st)

Will this apply to mastodon?

https://aus.social/@drwaus/113517928742372177

Dear Acer. I told one of your sales droids to go away politely.

A second different sales droid has cold called my personal number. I was polite this time.

I am unlikely to be polite next time.

@slothrop @TechConnectify you can make stock in anything that can boil water. But the key thing with the instant pot is the pressure function. Where as making beef stock on the stove is a job that requires about 12 hours of boiling. In the instant pot it can be done in about 2. The pressure is the point

@slothrop @TechConnectify Are they really the same thing? I know I can cook rice in my instant pot. But can I make stock in a rice cooker in a couple of hours ?

@TechConnectify I had the counter space for either an instant pot, or an air fryer, and the ability to make stock easier won out.

Is the instant pot on your list of appliances to do a video about ?

I feel sick.

@cstross no. The trains are every 15 minutes. And 9 cars long. They literally just don't run enough trains.

Middle of the day on a Sunday. Train is standing room only. FFS.

No idea what type of toadstool this is, but I'm pretty sure it's only edible once... Makes a nice photo tho.

What total utter bastards.

Cruelty. Intentionally punching down on the most vulnerable in society.

https://mastodon.world/@nlnews/113248195119609127

Got a video recommended at me asking why is the sport of archery gender segregated?

And the answer they fail to find, but is the truth, and the same reason chess is.

Men don't wanna be beaten by a girl.

It's that simple.

"we can't have buses cos we live in a city that was designed in medieval times, and the roads are too small."

Dijon: hold my mustard.

@slothrop not sure where suing comes into it. But checking the device is what you think it is should now be the norm.

Advantages of right to repair. You can take your device apart to check what has been added along the supply chain.

Right to repair is now a security issue.

The friend I'm staying with has left me alone with an Alexa that's connected to their Spotify while they goto the shops.

Said friend has spotted my attempts to corrupt their Spotify recommendations algorithm, and is thus trying to throw things into the mix remotely.

Which is how I just got rick rolled... And had savage daughter interrupted by baby shark...

@cstross "but the weight!!"

I'm still annoyed that Shimano put holes in the jockey wheels of the rear mech, to save weight. Which then immediately fill with road gunk... Which is heavier than plastic...

@cstross clearly whoever designed that has never had to clean their bike... After 100km that frame will be full of all sorts of crud.

@ChrisMayLA6 @wood5y the UK is a country with delusions of adequacy...

@BethanyBlack yay you're here! I was starting to worry. Hope you're well?

Hint: if your reply explaining to me how simple and affordable the train ticket system in your country is is so long you put it behind a CW for length. It's not a simple and affordable ticket system.

For comparison. The Dutch system.

"About €1.5 to check in, then about €0.15 per km. An extra ~€2.5 to use the high speed. You can get discount cards for off peak"

There you go, under 140 characters.

That's how simple a fare structure should be.