Korea is not letting me watch specific YouTube videos (e.g. one from Northernlion) unless I verify my age, which requires a Korean phone number. Brace yourself, Australia, because this is the future the two major parties want.

My @sailyworld.bsky.social eSIM is working immediately upon landing in Korea even though I activated it two days early while I was still in Australia like a dumbass. Hopefully it's still active on our last day here.

Hong Kong airport is so modern I expected to find three seashells in the bathroom.

First time I've ever been asked if I'd like milk in my cafe latte!

We're spending October in South Korea! Let me know if you're interested in photos. I'll be posting them on FB for family but am not sure if anyone here wants to see them.

A pattern is developing where everyone who fights back against a Trump attack inevitably wins with their reputation much better than before, and everyone who caves to him looks like shit and has Trump coming back for more a month later.

The narrator in The Binding of Isaac just exclaimed "WHAT IN THE HECK?" and that's first time I've ever heard him say that in over 6,000 hours of playing.

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@standupmaths.bsky.social Re latest video: I'm not sure it counts as "psychic" if you're guessing something from a website. You're not reading anyone's mind. Precognitive maybe?

Let me ask my designer, Harry Conic Gradient.

Got our NBN speed boost! W00t!!!

@support.bsky.team is it normal for the bluesky Android app to make me sign in again every week or two? Coz it's really annoying.

Text messages from assassin revealed in court.

Now I have both the #Balatro achievements I was hunting for: Completionist and Completionist+. No intention on getting Completionist++.

From medium.com/@aletheisthe..., which @scott.hanselman.com posted a few months back.

Decided I'm going to try to return/replace my new Pixel 10 Pro XL. The WiFi radio in it is janky as hell. Every day or two it will disconnect from my home WiFi, while Sal's identical model hasn't dropped a beat.

Number one in yesterday's @cssbattle.dev!!!

Did today's @cssbattle.dev in 118 chars. Pretty rapt with that effort.

Always funny dealing with co-workers who aren't used to chronically-online people like me. Them: "Hey Matt, I sent you an email just now about XYZ ..." Me: "Yeah, I've already sent you two replies."

Just had Magic Cue work on my Pixel for the first time, but it gave me a date in the American format. 🙃

I really enjoy watching @nandovmovies.bsky.social's videos, but it kills me every time he uses "verse" when he means "versus".

The age assurance trial findings accidentally prove the social media age ban is unworkable. Bias against girls and people of colour, plus massive privacy risk = a policy that will harm the very kids it claims to protect. Time to abandon this flawed approach.

Met with a solicitor today to start on a will. He asked me advice about updating to Windows 11, and when I gave it he said he was happy I was able to help. "Quid pro quo!" I said. "Not quite," he replied with a smile.

The PixelSnap charger with stand is AU$120 and doesn't actually come with a wall wart. Just the USB-C plug. Bravo Google.

Hello from my new Pixel 10 Pro XL!

I have two Google accounts - my original primary one that doesn't have Gmail, and a secondary one that is just for Gmail. Can I delete the secondary one and "free up" the Gmail address so I can add it to my primary one? Or does Google keep a hold on the address?

I wonder if Jimmy Fallon is aware that Albury has a high school named after him.

Just pre-ordered two Google Pixel 10 Pro XLs. Moonstone for me and jade for @salchellew.bsky.social. Excited!

Clicking "don't recommend channel" on any YouTube video that uses AI voiceovers.

The freakin' keyboard language switcher in Windows 11 is buggy as hell. I *only* have en-AU installed, but the system tray icon will randomly appear, and the menu will have en-UK or en-US (or sometimes both) in it.

🇺🇦 Re-upping this one in the name of decency and democracy. Slava Ukraini!

when they close it all up, I do believe this will go down as the funniest video on the internet

Hands up if you knew that Superman was once a Herald of Galactus. Wild that they're both in cinemas at the same time.

Just grabbed a Lenovo Idea Tab 12.7" for AU$490 from OfficeWorks. It's really nice! Wanted a light tablet for travelling.

When you write, "The President is not allowed to do X," I read, "Trump is about to do X and get away with it."

Shout-out to Azure Sentinel which, we discovered today, will return a max of 64MB of data from a KQL query, but give you different rows every time. Spent all morning trying to figure out why a Power BI report yielded different numbers every time we refreshed it.

Oh no. Saw the new "War of the Worlds" movie on Prime and thought we'd give it a go. Lasted about 20 minutes. I've seen videos from amateur film makers on YouTube with better writing and visual effects.

C'mon, ABC News. Canada is not "being taxed" by Trump's tariffs. US importers are being taxed.

Ready for my second viewing of Fantastic Four tonight. First movie I've seen twice in the cinema for many years. I'm pretty certain I spotted an easter egg that I've not seen anyone talk about. Will confirm tonight!

I'd comment on how embarassing this is for the reply guy in the screenshot, but honestly just being on Xitter at all is pretty embarassing nowadays.

I won a prize 😁

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The Fantstic Four is Marvel's answer to Warren Ellis's "The Four" from _Planetary_.

Good

I just wanted to say, I’m probably more proud of this Ted talk than just about anything I’ve ever done so I’m gonna be absolutely useless for the next couple of weeks as I promote the shit out of this because I want you to watch it because it matters in the moment we are in youtu.be/dVG8W-0p6vg

Welp, finally finished Ironheart. Even as a Marvel zombie, that was a slog. Annoying characters, dumb plot, just ... silly. The big villain reveal in the last episode was the only redeeming feature, and I'm psyched to see more of that one character. The others (including Riri) I'd happily forget.

Superman is chaotic and yes, silly, but in all the best ways. Breathtaking in parts.

Power BI desktop has been "working on it" for about half an hour. And when I say "working on it" I mean that's the message it's giving me next to a spinning progress wheel because I had the temerity to close a popup window.

I'm in the top 10 for yesterday's #CSSBattle! 😁

Lest anyone think my life is boring: Today I saw my odometer tick over to 255555. Uh huh.