Jim @sullybiker@sully.site

Valentino Rossi has finally retired. What a career, on and off the bike a fascinating person.

@robey@mastodon.technology That looks like the back page of a Sam's book

I don't know what Ubuntu changed in input handling with 20.04 but it's annoying and I've had to unplug and reconnect USB devices on a couple of machines now because its shit the bed for no obvious reason.

In the meantime, put some food in the vending machines, you bastards.

I am back in my office. For how long? The delta variant is probably going to shut us down again.

@checkervest you're having a good 24hrs. It'll be better soon enough.

@TheRealPomax@mastodon.soci"I was all about the ethics, then Jeff offered me a ride on his rocket. Too late I realized he didn't mean blue origin, that crafty old dog"

@alex This reminds me a little bit of the video screens in HL2/source, they were implemented as a hidden room on the map. So weird the little tricks devs have to come up with to make visuals work.

@checkervest Also the dog is wet

I get the high school outreach target of the project, but given that antivaxxers are paranoid about shills being everywhere *already* is this a good idea?
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/01/technology/vaccine-lies-influencer-army.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage

Kermit being rude

@nyquildotorg I remember Ridley Scott said to David Fincher of Alien 3 regarding studio worries that he could shoot someone pissing up a wall and it would still make money. It's all that matters to the studio.

@nyquildotorg They likely had data - the networks love data - that showed that the show is doing #numbers and so decided to wave a load of dosh at the showrunner.

@sunspot@spinster.xyz @alex @issdeinschnitzel@gleasonator.com I just don't think. this is right at all. It's *nothing* like Twitter.

Is it possible you are self-selecting your communities and so creating the same experience wherever you go?

@nyquildotorg The messaging around Covid at the moment is such a mess.

@encarsia@octodon.social Did you ride almost 200k? You legend 😩

@alex "I have appeased these crocodiles for so long and now they're trying to eat me. halp"