Steve

Certainly not leaving much to the imagination.

Password entry field with "Must be at least 14 characters long" at the top, and a red error under it saying "Password must be at most 16 characters long"

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Nothing irrationally infuriates me more than cling film.

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

Is there anything worse than hearing a recording of your own voice. 😱

Password field for a registration form showing an error "Password must be 30 characters or less".

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Screenshot of the Guardian website after following a news article link. Literally no sign of the article, no headline, no content, nothing. Just a massive ad, and a massive box asking for financial support.

There are ways to do ads, and requests for support, but I'm sorry, this just isn't it.

Apple Releases iOS 26 Adoption Rates, and They’re Pretty Much in Line With the Last Few Years At least according to Apple’s own numbers from the App Store, iOS 26 adoption is pretty much exactly in line with the rates for iOS 18 and 17.

I may have missed it, but I'm now curious about macOS 26 adoption rate.

Royal Mail staff tell BBC letters sit undelivered as firm prioritises parcels Staff and customers tell the BBC prioritising parcels can mean missed NHS appointments and late payment fines.

We've had Christmas cards arriving in January (sent in early December), jury summons arriving after the deadline has passed, thankfully nothing time sensitive from the NHS at least. This all rings true though. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Big Design, Bold Ideas The one where I’ve only gone and redesigned my website

blogged: Big Design, Bold Ideas
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I polished my website; fresh design and a no holds barred content strategy!

thanks to @vale.rocks for the indispensable help

They are tricky for sure, and easy to put pressure in the wrong place. Apple offically only sells the entire keycap sets, which are stupidly expensive. I'm not sure about in-stores for repair, I fear it may be an all-or-nothing. I almost dread to suggest it, but support live chat might tell you?

The local "Apple Store" (offical reseller) sends everyone to us for that. I don't know if that's store specific, or if the offical line is "entire top-case replacement". Happy to offer guidance if you fancy trying it yourself, fiddly but doable for sure.

Gotta get those 60 hours in somehow.

The "c'mon, do something" MEME, poking the words "AI Bubble".

Image from The Matrix showing the "human batteries" pods.

Don't worry, three times I read that as "Feeding...", took me a good couple of minutes.

Let it be known that @dbushell.com is a gentleman and a scholar. Also you should follow his blog if you don't already.

Microsoft reveals just 3.3% of Copilot Chat users pay for it : CEO talks momentum while paid uptake remains minimal

Just pop already.

"Only 3.3 percent of Microsoft 365 and Office 365 users who touch Copilot Chat actually pay for it".

Can we just put the whole thing in the junkyard?

Man, I'm going to have to go browser shopping again.

AI Policy and The Inevitable The one where I double down on my AI stance

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(if anybody still cares.)

So long as it still has an off switch, all good.

Dammit. I came for sarcasm and the throwing of AI shade, not Rick.

Imagine having to listen to him talk for an hour.

"In a wide-ranging speech to world leaders in Davos that lasted more than an hour, Trump insists taking Greenland from Denmark "would not be a threat to Nato"."

A screenshot of Lala and Po from the teletubbies. The screenshot is clearly taken from someone's phone, as the borders of the tv can be seen, as well as glimpses into the apartment behind them. Po is in bed wrapped up in a blanket. The text below them reads "I know you were high at my mother-in-laws funeral..."

More screenshots from the Teletubbies. Lala seems to be upset with a terrified Po. the text below reads "Did you kill the dog? Why would you do that?!"

A third screenshot from the Teletubbies, this time the same scene as before. Po is wearing an apron while Lala seems to still be upset at him. The text below reads "You're nothing but a failure of a man."

In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies.

I have translated some of the highlights

CreepyLink Make your links look as suspicious as possible

This might be my new favourite URL shortener. creepylink.com

Not Great Straits

*felt

I took an older M2 16" home from the office yesterday to try it out, I think I lasted a couple of hours at most and I grabbed my 14" back out of my backpack. I love the screen, but man that chassis is massive. I left like I was sitting a mile away from the keyboard.