I coded a simple #openproxy checker. It includes a unique key in each test URL. There's a particular IP that loads up the test URL immediately after my script probes certain proxies. Is something automatically capturing every page that users request via the proxy? Hmmmmmmm...

Vibe coding a trading simulation with some random cryptocoins. A +105.14% return in only 10 days by doing some basic balancing? Impressive. Very nice. You know how LLMs are prone to hallucinating facts? In this case, the LLM appears to be hallucinating money. It's all BS.

Um... why is Windows Calculator accessing the network?

Using floats for currency and pricing is never a bad idea

This afternoon's #vibecode battle. I asked it to make a modification at the very start, and the remainder of the prompts were solely to get it to actually run. In desperation, I asked it to think and reflect, which seemed to improve things drastically - working 2 prompts later.

Vibe coding: I asked Qwen3 coder to come up with a virtual girlfriend site. Floating lovehearts! Then I requested we flip it around, and make it a virtual boyfriend. Now we have lightning bolts, and fish darting around... Half tempted to ironically make this live

Why does #Windows10 currently have 2973 files open on my NAS!? The open files include: - A phone bill from 2020 - A newsletter from 2017 - A ZIP file from 2007 - A folder from 2004 Why does Windows quietly open these "resting" files, and then *keep* them open?

Using two GPUs and 43GB of VRAM to (very slowly) disassemble 16 bit DOS code seems slightly inefficient. On the plus side, the LLM *can* deduce - after several minutes of plodding along - that the code prints out "Hello world" #msdos #x86 #16bit

Google AI is cheerfully stupid, and can apparently be heavily influenced by the search query. At least it noticed that the IP 142.250.70.228 belongs to Google

I started at a new campus this week. Didn't have my security pass yet, only a basic lanyard ID. Several times, I had to loiter quietly at the secured staff entrance, and follow others in. Some staff members - who don't know me - even offered to let me in. No one checked my ID.

I joke to my offspring that The Return of the Living Dead soundtrack has probably been re-released on vinyl, artificially inflating the price of the CD. So I look on ebay, and: The Return of the Living Dead soundtrack has been re-released on vinyl, artificially inflating the price of the CD.

When I power on my laptop after a few weeks: Windows 8.1: Hey, there's some important updates you may want to install. Your choice? Windows 10: I'm installing updates and checking for malware in the "background", but your PC is effectively unusable for now. Come back in a couple of hours.

There's something unsettling loading a site after a month, and seeing the requested page - with personal info - show briefly, before the site demands that you log in to access that info. My Windows laptop occasionally flashes content hidden behind a lock, when it's asking for the unlock password...

I've recently discovered that if my cat is doing something objectionable, like clawing the carpet, I can roll him onto his side then gently fold his back end towards his front. He's so confused that he starts kicking his own head

TIL: If you accidentally hit maximise instead of close, you end up with a gigantic full screen calculator. This is a 1920x1080 monitor

a fly landed on my screen as i was doomscrolling. it has barely moved since, even once i resumed doomscrolling. it's like it's absorbing all the pixels flying past, through its thousands of lenses (i think it's time to close bsky and go to bed)

"Sign in to turn on offline mode again" The further you read, the more confusing and illogical this sentence seems. Huh?

Feral #cat update: She's comfortable enough to stalk me when I'm preparing her food. If I wander around the corner when she's chilling in the yard, she'll be scared, but won't dart off. Today, I called out her name, and she poked her head out from under the hut. She responded when I called. 🥹 🥹

Big Trouble in Little Butthole bsky.app/profile/hamm...

This beautiful feral #cat lives under a hut in my back yard. She had two #kittens a few months ago. They're now with a foster carer. She's been trapped, neutered, vaccinated, chipped, so she's now officially part of our family. She still keeps her distance, but the trust is slowly growing. ❤️

Feral #cat update: she initially sniffed the trap then ran off, but within a couple of hours she was in there. She's going to be desexed today, then released back into my yard. Slowly making friends with her; I hope she'll forgive me for today. ❤ Next up: trapping and socialising her tux kittens.

There are only two nights this week when I can trap a feral #cat. After I set the trap: - The wind picked up, which scared off feral kitty - The neighbour commenced an extended bout of 2 stroke lawn maintenance. Eh, it's noisy and smelly. - Then the thunder started...

I'm currently trying to befriend and socialise a couple of feral kittens living in my back yard. TIL: They really don't like Dad Sneezes. I'm sorry, I tried to hold it #cats #kittens

It's 4am in Melbourne, and it's hot. I was going to sit outside in my garden, but wondering if the police flying overhead are going to pick up my heat signature and think that I'm the person they're looking for? Nah, I'm just a dude quietly sitting in a chair, with a laptop, watching kittens play

Why does the title of a video playing on Youtube show when I hit the volume key? Like, how did Firefox and presumably Microsoft decide that there was some benefit to showing the title of the current Youtube video when I modify the volume? Even if it's... an ad?

Greetings! My name is Invalid Handle, or handle.invalid if you wish to be technically correct

Microsoft Windows: Hey, you haven't rebooted a while, so we thought we'd automatically install an app you didn't ask for, pin it to the task bar so you'd please please notice it, then reboot your computer as you slept, killing off all of your open programs. You're welcome.

Hey Live

Dude, Here's My Car?

The Bi Lebowski

I felt guilty about putting out our cat, who is not house trained, on a super cold night. So guilty that I got up an hour earlier to let him in. At that time the temp was just above freezing point. (10 minutes later) Cat: I've had my breakfast, can I go out now?

Romantic chatbot: Adult man pivots mid-reply to two boys in a trenchcoat

I've had a Pokemon Mini sitting in my "to sell" collection for a while. I just found another one on my desk. I don't remember buying it. I reckon I've "rediscovered" them several times over the past 20 years, without realising they were two different units. Do these things spontaneously reproduce?

Planned power outage. I need to pull-start a generator in just under 48 hours from now. But I had my covid and flu vaccines yesterday, one in each bicep, and today, my dominant arm is super sore. I didn't think this through

I have my new batteries wired up. I've triple checked everything. The only thing left to do is cross my fingers, cut the mains power supply, and I hope I don't hear a "thunk" as every server power light goes out.

Been more than a few times where I've been driving late at night, I've pulled into the kerb ready to turn, and someone waiting stares at me, looks down at their phone, then back up at me, confused. No, I'm not your Uber, I'm just passing through

Datasheet for industrial fans includes pictures to emphasise how unhappy mistreated fans will be.

I ordered 10 of these #z80 CPUs back in 2012. Turned up to collect them, then I said yeaahh, let's add another 10 to the order. At the time, they were selling for about USD $0.75 each. A decade later I still haven't used any, but for some reason, I'm wishing I'd bought more...

Yo, check out this Toshiba 3TB HDD: - Takes 5 days to zero fill 3TB - S.M.A.R.T. tripped years ago - So many bad sectors remapped, it stopped counting - Great first purchase - Get into the market while you can - Generous terms available - I know what I've got

It's heartbreaking to receive one of those "I saw you through your webcam" #scam emails demanding Bitcoin for silence, looking up the address, then seeing at least one person has already sent funds. There's no footage to blackmail you with; they never actually recorded you.

LLM attempts to determine precise value of Pi via brute force

My #cat is a stereotypical bastard cat. He very rarely makes eye contact. He's more likely to ignore me, or yawn and walk to his food bowl. So when he actually looks up at me with his dreamy eyes: It feels kinda special

The message the West African scammer wants a response to sounds like it was written by a West African scammer. Is this just two scammers chatgpt-ing to each other?

"Hi, Greg! How are you? I wish you would let me pat you. Maybe one day. I feel like we're becoming friends." - Me speaking to the cat who sleeps on the grass outside my home office window pretty much every day, but won't let me get too close to it. <3

One thing that frustrates me with modern Windows: boot time consistency. Why is it that the majority of boots are fine, but, on occasion, the machine is virtually unusable for 10+ minutes as some mystery background process consumes the large majority of my resources?

A staff member assisting with a study on mild sexual exhibitionism slowly realises the lead scientist should probably be participant #1 </dream>

DOCUMENT PROOF OF EXISTENCE Archive: 2024_02_11.zip Date: 11 February 2024 SHA256 Checksum (Windows) "certutil -hashfile 2024_02_11.zip sha256" > SHA256 hash of 2024_02_11.zip: > aa9db68ec255c3b0d41e3458b3756d8829a04c4f53716466407b10db1656daa6

- "Your slot expires in 9 minutes" - Alright! *adds products and goes to checkout* - "Please complete step 3" - "Please complete step 3" - "Please complete step 3" - *finally figures out step 3* - "Your slot has expired. Please choose another slot. First available is tomorrow."

How to fix a misbehaving fridge: Manufacturer: Pay several hundred dollars for a tech to attend. Online boards: Fit a genuine replacement fan yourself. It's $150, but OEM is worth it for peace of mind. Indian guy on Youtube: Drill four holes and screw on a $5 computer fan

I know we live in an age of AI, but I'm wondering just how common it is for the US government to sue a computer "So we, uh, have an arrest warrant for that web server over there. Let's do this the easy way, pal."