When the network comes back and 400 cron emails finally get delivered all at once. I feel there should be a Darmok and Jalad phrasing of this.
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I write screen savers and sell beer. Impresario of DNA Lounge, the world's greatest nightclub. Also wrote your parents' web browser and stuff.
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Happy time_t 1777777777 to all who celebrate.
# date +'%F %r %Z = %s'
2026-05-02 08:09:37 PM PDT = 1777777777
Why are there no photos of the bombed out AWS data centers? Asking for an everybody.
A slopfondler walks into a bar.
They: Hey. I found a good use of AI!
Me: No you didn't.
They: Wait let me tell you about it.
Me: Please don't. I'm begging you. Stop talking.
They: No, you'll like this.
Me: I assure you, I will not...
https://jwz.org/b/yk4i
There have been exactly two innovations in web browsers in the last 16 years:
1. "Show Reader Automatically" in 2010;
2. "Hide Distracting Items" in 2024.
Everything else has either been a waste of goddamned time, or actively malicious. Mostly the latter.