Jim @sullybiker@sully.site

Speaking of which, Josh Steffen did some Lars-ification of popular songs as a joke, and they got so big he now has loads. Try not to laugh...
https://youtu.be/_MnYTN2Lf98

So, #Metallica and Lux Aeterna. It's strong out of the blocks, and really grows. Very interested to hear what the album is like. Hatfield's vocal style is the best it's been in years, nice to hear Lars grooving although this ratatatatatatata crash crash thing he's done for the last 2 decades is...well, you know. #Metal

I work with some very, very smart young people and this timeline seemed a little fanciful to me, which caused some cynicism in the rest of the story.

The Hive social story never added up to me. A developer that decided they thought they could do better than legacy social media, so taught themselves coding in June 2019, releasing an application in...October, just 4 months later. There was apparently and unnamed developer involved too. Now..

Hive Social turns off servers after researchers warn hackers can access all data – Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/12/hive-social-turns-off-servers-after-researchers-warn-hackers-can-access-all-data/

There is nothing that makes me feel every second of my 48 years more than the phenomenon of the 'reaction video'. I don't understand it, and I know it's because I'm old. #grumble

https://www.theregister.com/2022/12/01/lastpass/ #lastpass breach

Like smartphones the obsession with more features to collect ever more data results in a poorer customer experience, unless you pay for a new product. Fuck that.

My Fitbit tracker which I have found useful for tracking exercise and sleep habits had a firmware update recently which has resulted in it being slower, and with less battery life due to 'new features'. It is two years old. My wife suggests just getting another one, but why play the game? It still works, just a bit less pleasant to use.

Pretzel mode:activate #dogstadon

I absolutely loathe Instagram Stories, so I don't need to go into how I feel about a practically identical implementation on Signal.

My old workplace. The office manager used to really go for it at Xmas, I loved it.

Sidekiq showing a steady decline since the surge. It's very shallow, but it's trending down. #mastoadmin

#YouTube reply #Spam reaching new levels of annoyance. They're getting pretty sharp using the Channel profile pics, but it's all Crypto or giveaway shite and easy to spot.

Listening to Cal Newport on Sam Harris' latest pod and he's talking about the future of the internet moving away from the 'big 3' to fragmented, distributed, and weird, which is the 'net at its healthiest.

Swiftonsecurity can get in the fucking sea

Signs Fedi has made it #322

The influx of gimmick accounts where the posters are extremely funny (they think) but they don't interact with anyone.